County Cricket News / Updates Thread - 2015 Season

Derbyshire have signed New Zealand international batsman Neil Broom on a two-year contract from next season.
The 31-year old, who has played 22 ODIs and 10 Twenty20 internationals, holds a UK passport and will play in all forms

 

Royal London Cup - Semi Final 1
Gloucestershire beat Yorkshire by eight wickets at Headingley
Gloucestershire 267 for 2 (Klinger 137*, Marshall 78*) - Yorkshire 263 for 9 (Lyth 96, Howell 3-37)

 

Leicestershire have signed Middlesex batsman Neil Dexter on a three-year contract.
Dexter has had a solid Championship season for Middlesex as they push for runners-up spot in Division One of the Championship, although his impact in one-day cricket has been less apparent. He joins Leicestershire in search of the security of a long-term deal that Middlesex could not offer..

 

Royal London Cup - Semi Final 2
Surrey beat Nottinghamshire by four runs
Surrey 300 for 5 (Sangakkara 166, Wilson 48, Foakes 42) - Nottinghamshire 296 for 7 (Smith 124, Patel 51, Mullaney 42*)

 

South Africa international leg-spinner Imran Tahir has played his last game for Nottinghamshire this season after picking up an upper thigh problem. The 36-year-old was sidelined with the injury while on one-day international duty against New Zealand. Tahir played three One-Day Cup games and one County Championship fixture for Notts following his arrival in July.
However, the club can still call on the services of Australian all-rounder Dan Christian in Tahir's absence.

 

Surrey's former England one-day international batsman Vikram Solanki has announnced his retirement from first-class cricket at the age of 39.
The ex-Worcestershire skipper, who spent 17 years at New Road until 2012 when he joined Surrey, played 51 ODIs.
Solanki hit 18,359 first-class runs, his 34 tons including a career-best 270 against Gloucestershire in 2008.
He also played in three Twenty20 internationals for his country, two of which were at the 2007 World T20. He also twice hit tons for England among his 16 limited-overs centuries.

 

Durham four-day captain Paul Collingwood has extended his contract for a further year.

 

Sidebottom is still an incredibly good bowler - especially when the ball swings and seams. 5-18 today v Middx - he took 3-0 in the first over!!

 

Yes amazing start to the game

Yorkshire clinched a second consecutive Championship title as a superb bowling display dismissed Middlesex for 106 on the first morning at Lord's.

 

Leicestershire have secured the signing of Lancashire batsman Paul Horton on a three-year contract.
It is the second time this week that the club has signed a batsman with proven First Division quality and captaincy experience following the signing of Neil Dexter from Middlesex on Monday.

 

Lancashire have signed wicketkeeper Phil Mustard on loan from Durham after Alex Davies suffered a knee injury.

 

Former England spinner Monty Panesar has been released by Essex.
The 33-year-old initially joined Essex on loan in 2013, before making a permanent move from Sussex the following season.
But Panesar, capped 50 times at Test level for England, has made just three first-class appearances this season.

 

Durham beat Worcestershire by three wickets at Chester-le-Street
Durham 277 (Borthwick 73, Stoneman 52, D'Oliveira 5-48) and 291 for 7 (Borthwick 99, Richardson 65*) - Worcestershire 350 (Kohler-Cadmore 89, Fell 83) and 217 for 9 dec (D'Oliveira 49, Whiteley 47)
Worcestershire relegated from Division 1

 

Sussex drew with Somerset at Hove
Sussex 409 (Yardy 104, Zaidi 91, Joyce 83) - Somerset 438 for 4 dec (Trescothick 210*, Trego 100*, Hildreth 68)
Somerset stay just ahead of Sussex in the table in the battle to stay up

 

Yorkshire beat Hampshire by five wickets at the Ageas Bowl
Yorkshire 97 for 4 dec and 305 for 5 (Gale 125, Leaning 76) - Hampshire 400 for 9 dec (Dawson 140)
Hampshire tried to force a result in their bid to avoid the drop - but Yorkshire got the runs needed for victory

 

Nottinghamshire drew with Warwickshire at Edgbaston
Nottinghamshire 365 (Taylor 164, Read 63, Barker 5-68) - Warwickshire 187 (Ball 4-48)

 

Surrey drew with Lancashire
Surrey 480 (Ansari 99, Roy 66, Wilson 51, Burns 50, Batty 50*, Kerrigan 4-128, Anderson 3-84) and 283 for 7 declared (Sangakkara 118, Croft 4-35) d- Lancashire 272 (S Curran 5-67, T Curran 3-54) and 195 for 7 (Hameed 91, T Curran 3-46)
Surrey are 8 points clear of Lancashire with one game to play

 

Essex beat Leicestershire by 5 wickets at Grace Road
Essex 18 for 0 dec and 307 for 5 (Browne 151*, Bopara 69) - Leicestershire 251 for 7 dec (Cosgrove 94, Robson 50, Ryder 4-77) and 73 for 1 dec

 

Craig Overton has received an automatic two-match suspension after an ECB cricket discipline commission examined a disturbing disciplinary record which has brought three umpiring reports in a single season.
The suspension is a blow to Somerset, who are not yet safe from relegation, and will cause further concern about the on-field behaviour of Overton, who has been called up, along with his brother Jamie, for an England fast bowlers camp in South Africa in November.

 

Gloucestershire kept up their amazing winning record in finals at Lord's as they pulled off a thrilling six-run One-Day Cup win over Surrey.
Jade Dernbach's superb 6-35, finished with a hat-trick, saw Gloucestershire all out for 220 in the 48th over.
Kumar Sangakkara (60) and Rory Burns (56) then shared a stand of 101 to put Surrey in control on 143-2.
But eight wickets went down for 71 runs as they were all out for 214 with three balls remaining in the final over.

Gloucestershire 220 (Jones 50, Dernbach 6-35) beat Surrey 214 (Sangakkara 60, Burns 56, Taylor 3-43) by six runs