Month: July 2011

Leicestershire completed a massive 223-run win over Sri Lanka A on the fourth day at Grace Road, Jigar Naik’s offspinners bringing him four wickets as several bowlers contributed to the county’s win

Leicestershire completed a massive 223-run win over Sri Lanka A on the fourth day at Grace Road, Jigar Naik’s offspinners bringing him four wickets as several bowlers contributed to the county’s win

Perhaps it was the loss of 23 overs to poor weather on the third
night. Perhaps it was the lack of a really good quality spinner. Or
perhaps they were just unlucky

Australian batsman Sam Robson hit an unbeaten 94 and helped maintain Middlesex’s promotion bid with a six-wicket County Championship win over Division Two rivals Surrey in Guildford

Jeetan Patel continued his hounding of Sussex as Warwickshire stepped up their challenge for the County Championship title with victory by an innings and 43 runs at Edgbaston

The way cricket is marketed these days, you could be forgiven for thinking that the game consisted only of international matches and Twenty20, which does great injustice to the real bedrock of the English professional game, the County Championship

Alfonso Thomas marked his first County Championship appearance of the season with 4 for 62 as Durham were forced to follow-on by Somerset at Taunton