Sports

Ricky Ponting will not be fielding in the slips on the tour of Sri Lanka due to continuing troubles with the finger he fractured during last summer’s Ashes series

England’s Sunday centurion Ian Bell admitted to making a ‘naive’ error he hoped he would never repeat after he was – temporarily – run out just before tea

Yorkshire’s miserable Clydesdale Bank 40 campaign hit a new low in Amstelveen as they suffered an embarrassing four-wicket loss to Holland

Australian Adam Voges struck a brilliant unbeaten century and Samit Patel took four wickets as Nottinghamshire eased to an important 21-run win over Glamorgan

A magnificent century from Sean Ervine helped Hampshire to a comprehensive 53-run win over Leicestershire in the Clydesdale Bank 40 at the Rose Bowl

Paul Horton hit 97 to guide Lancashire to a dramatic four-wicket victory over Gloucestershire in a high-scoring Clydesdale Bank 40 contest at Cheltenham

Phil Mustard’s highest one-day score took Durham level on points at the top of group B in the Clydesdale Bank 40 League with a five-wicket win against Warwickshire at Chester-le-Street

Phil Mustard’s highest one-day score took Durham level on points at the top of group B in the Clydesdale Bank 40 League with a five-wicket win against Warwickshire at Chester-le-Street

Martin van Jaarsveld’s 78-ball century put Kent on the way to an 86-run win against Worcestershire in a battle of the Clydesdale Bank 40 strugglers at New Road

Middlesex will require 91 runs to beat Derbyshire when they start the second innings of their County Championship match at Lord’s after finally dismissing their visitors for 243