David Lawrence, the former England fast bowler, has been unveiled as the new President of Gloucestershire. Lawrence, whose five-match England career was cut short by a horrific knee injury in 1992, claimed 625 wickets in 280 matches for Gloucestershire between 1981 and 1997, in which time he formed a feared pace attack alongside Courtney Walsh

The pair bowled at Lancashire training this morning and, as centrally contracted players, were cleared by the ECB to play in the Division One fixture starting at Emirates Old Trafford on Thursday. The ECB also made Stuart Broad available for selection by Nottinghamshire, with the club due to announce their squad tomorrow to travel to

Samiur Rahman, the former Bangladesh fast bowler, has died aged 68 in Dhaka. He was suffering from brain tumor, which was diagnosed in January earlier this year. Samiur was part of Bangladesh’s first two ODIs in 1986, in addition to featuring in the ICC Trophy in 1982 and 1986. He enjoyed a more prolific career

Rajasthan Royals 217 for 5 (Buttler 103, Samson 38, Narine 2-21) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 210 (S Iyer 85, Finch 58, Chahal 5-40) by seven runs Rajasthan Royals defended 217 by the skin of their teeth in an instant IPL classic at the Brabourne Stadium, with debutant Obed McCoy rearranging Umesh Yadav’s stumps to see

The match was in the balance. Shreyas Iyer had played a captain’s knock to give his team a shout in a huge chase of 216. Yuzvendra Chahal‘s first three overs had been plundered for 38. The equation for Kolkata Knight Riders was down to a manageable 40 off four overs, with six wickets in hand.

At least two more fresh cases of Covid-19 have been detected in Delhi Capitals’ contingent, including an overseas player. ESPNcricinfo understands that the other positive case concerns a support staff member. This takes the total number of cases in this IPL to three after Captials’ physiotherapist Patrick Farhart had become the first person to test

The PCB has begun an ambitious bid to launch a franchise-based T20 League for junior cricketers. To avoid a clash with the PSL economy, the proposed five-team tournament tipped to be the Pakistan Junior League (PJL) will have host cities that aren’t part of the PSL bandwagon. The inaugural edition is slated to be held

Yorkshire 376 (Brook 101, Lyth 52) and 213 for 4 (Malan 65, Brook 56*) beat Gloucestershire 227 (Harris 136, Fisher 4-19) and 359 (Bracey 177, Patterson 4-43) by six wickets Yorkshire have endured a rancorous winter, with racism allegations to the fore, but victory in their opening match of the season will sustain the belief

Durham 383 (Lees 182*, Bedingham 76, Borthwick 64, Salter 7-45) drew with Glamorgan 234 and 220 for 5 (Cooke 85*, Carlson 61) Despite a flurry of wickets in the morning session, the final day of the LV=Insurance County Championship match between Glamorgan and Durham in Cardiff finished in a draw after half centuries from Kiran

Gloucestershire 227 and 253 for 6 (Bracey 112*) lead Yorkshire 376 (Brook 101, Dale 4-72) by 104 runs Called into England’s squad as top-order cover for the series against New Zealand last June, he found himself keeping wicket and batting at No. 7 after Ben Foakes slipped in the dressing room at the Kia Oval