Cricket

A long summer of cricket is finally underway, and if the weather continues in its current vain there will plenty of thrilling days in the 2017 County Championship.  The new look Division One now has just eight teams involved, including Hampshire who survived following Durham's demotion due to financial issues forcing the Northerners to join nine others in the battle for promotion from Division Two.  Hampshire and Surrey make early inroads with Division One wins The most eye-catching result from the first week of the season, saw Surrey demolish Warwickshire by an innings and one run at The Oval. 165 from off-season acquisition Mark Stoneman, plus a pair of 71's from Rory Burns and Kumar Sangakkara helped Surrey post 454 in their only innings, with Chris Wright picking up a five-for for the visitors. Mark Stoneman on his way to 165 (image source: Charlie Crowhurst/Stringer/Getty Images) In reply, five Warwickshire batsmen fell for a duck in in their...

Kuldeep Yadav takes 4-68, as India dismiss the tourists for 300, having struck back from 144-1 at the HCPA Stadium in Dharamsala....

England won by 186 runs in Bridgetown to claim a 3-0 series win....

Morgan's superb 107 led England to victory in Antigua by 47 runs to go 1-0 up in three-match series....

England were victorious in their opening warm up game ahead of the ODI series, defeating UWI Vice Chancellor's XI by 117 runs....

Joe Root will be looking to some of his more senior pro's when he steps into the England captaincy role....

747 runs were scored in Cuttack, with the hosts wrapping up the three-match series with one game to spare thanks in large to Yuvraj, who hit 150 and MS Dhoni, who hit 134....

India recovered from 63-4 while chasing 351, with Virat Kohli and Kedar Jadhav scoring centuries as they took a 1-0 lead in the three game ODI series against England...