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Leicestershire have had eight points of their 27-point County Championship deduction reinstated but their Division One status remains in limbo. The original penalty for breaching pitch regulations, relating to their win against Glamorgan in August, was announced on 16 September. Leicestershire took 19 points from the match against Glamorgan – …

Outgoing Sussex head coach Paul Farbrace is “so proud” of the team after finishing third in the County Championship despite a season of financial turmoil. The club were handed a 12-point deduction before the 2026 Championship campaign following losses of £1.3m in 2025. They went on to win seven of …

Surrey have signed England all-rounder Freya Kemp from Hampshire on a “multi-year deal” from the 2027 season onwards. The 21-year-old left-arm seamer has played for England 49 times, scoring 585 runs across 36 innings and taking 36 wickets across both formats. She enjoyed a successful international campaign in 2026, striking …

Kent have confirmed that Mikey Cohen will join Joey Evison in leaving the club following the conclusion of the 2026 season. South African-born French bowler Cohen, 28, joined Kent before the 2024 campaign, qualifying as homegrown player through residency and took 13 wickets in 11 appearances across all formats. Evison’s …

Ryan Campbell is to become the director of cricket and high performance coaching at Durham, therefore vacating his role as head coach. Campbell will step into the role that fellow Australian Marcus North had before he became England’s new national selector earlier this summer. The 54-year-old has been in charge …

In a breakout international summer, Cox impressed by scoring fifties in all three Tests when picked to bat number three against Pakistan. He also hit 76 against Sri Lanka when deputising for Buttler in the third ODI at The Oval on Sunday. “I thought it was quite a Jos Buttler …

Tom Westley has stepped down as captain of Essex after seven seasons in the role. Essex finished eighth in Division One of the County Championship, one spot above the relegation places. However, their top-flight status rests on the outcome of Leicestershire’s appeal against a 27-point deduction for breaching pitch regulations. …

In the most bizarre of cricketing summers, Ben Duckett has had a bizarre summer of his own. The only Englishman to compile a Test ton, and the scorer of 141 against India in a one-day international at Lord’s, ends with nine scores below 20 from his other 15 innings. He …

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Incoming chief executive Richard Kenyon is to lead a review of Lancashire’s cricket operation and performance structure. Kenyon, who spent more than a decade at Everton, will officially take over the role from Daniel Gidney on 5 October after a 10-month spell as Nottinghamshire chief executive. The review will build …

Rothesay County Championship, Division Two, Old Trafford (day four) Durham 493: Gay 141; Ali 6-166 Lancashire 397-6: Bohannon 190*; Parkinson 4-92 Lancashire (11 pts) drew with Durham (13 pts) Match scorecard Josh Bohannon made an unbeaten 190 to ensure Lancashire ended a disappointing County Championship campaign with a draw against …

Available for over a year England thrashed Sri Lanka at the Oval to finish the summer with a series victory. Simon Mann is joined by Phil Tufnell, Ebony Rainford-Brent, Russel Arnold and Andy Zaltzman to review the Sri Lanka series and the limited overs summer and ask how strong England’s …

Second ODI, Johannesburg South Africa 365-9 (50 overs): Miller 142 (93); Edwards 5-67 Australia 333 (49.5 overs): Marsh 84 (53); Williams 3-54 South Africa won by 32 runs Scorecard Temba Bavuma and David Miller struck sublime centuries as South Africa beat Australia by 32 runs in the second one-day international …

Rothesay County Championship, Division One, Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton (day four) Surrey 422: Lawrence 139 & 127-5: Gorantla 28; Gregory 2-22 Somerset 731: Abell 307, Lammonby 229, Pretorius 84; Lomror 4-212 Somerset (13 pts) drew with Surrey (12 pts) Match scorecard Tom Abell became the eighth Somerset player to …

Having taken more wickets on two of England’s Test grounds (103 at Lord’s and 67 at Edgbaston) than at the rest of the venues he has played on put together (138) hardly weakens the former Middlesex man’s argument. And while spearheading the county champions’ bowling attack does not necessarily translate …

“I wasn’t confident at all last year and even after three games this year, I was questioning myself as a coach and I think all the players were questioning themselves as well, so it’s been a pretty remarkable turnaround and credit to all the players for the way they’ve responded. …

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Rothesay County Championship, Division Two, Lord’s (day three) Northamptonshire 103 & 285: Zaib 110, Vasconcelos 69; Helm 4-62, Gohar 3-57 Middlesex 255 & 134-3: Geddes 59*, Holden 50 Middlesex (20 pts) beat Northants (3 pts) lead by seven wickets Match scorecard Max Holden and Ben Geddes shared a century partnership …

Kent began day three knowing victory would guarantee second place, but Tom Boorman was dropped in the first over, after he edged Khaled Ahmed – keeper Chris Benjamin left it for first slip Crawley, who seemed surprised and missed the chance. However, both overnight batters went in the space of …