Month: September 2011

Greg Smith and Ned Eckersley both hit centuries as Leicestershire recovered from a nightmare start to put the brake on Middlesex’s promotion charge

Sussex veteran Murray Goodwin hit his fourth County Championship hundred of the summer as the visitors reached 312 for 6 on day one against Nottinghamshire

History was made in Canterbury as floodlit championship cricket with a pink ball came to the St Lawrence ground for the first time

While Durham’s County Championship title hopes drifted away on the remnants of Hurricane Katia, Worcestershire made virtually certain of Division One safety on the first day at Chester-le-Street

Varun Chopra and Shivnarine Chanderpaul shared a third-wicket stand of 188 as Warwickshire assumed control of the County Championship Division One title race

Hamstring injuries are not known to be fatal to the individual that suffers them

Former West Indies fast bowler Curtly Ambrose has been inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame

West Indies legspinner Devendra Bishoo has won the ICC Emerging Player of the Year award

Former Australia greats, allrounder Alan Davidson and the late fast bowler Frederick Spofforth have been inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame

Former Australia Women’s captain Belinda Clark has become only the second woman to be inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame