English Domestic

View image | gettyimages.com After 328 runs in just 3 innings, Chris Gayle has said farewell to Somerset following the expiration of his short-term contract though could return later should the Taunton based side make the knockout stages.  Somerset announced a deal had been reached for Gayle to play for ...

View image | gettyimages.com Former England wicketkeeper Matt Prior has announced his retirement from all forms of the game after failing to overcome an achilles injury that has kept out of the game for almost a year. 33 year old Prior will go down as one of England’s best wicketkeeper/batsman ...

View image | gettyimages.com Defending champions Yorkshire have closed the gap on early season leaders Durham to 11 points after they beat Middlesex by four wickets in the County Championship. Yorkshire have been hampered by a string of England call-ups for key players including Joe Root, Gary Ballance, Adam Lyth, ...

   Somerset wicketkeeper Craig Kieswetter has retired from cricket after failing to recover sufficiently from a horrific eye injury in 2014.  The former England opening batsman was struck on the face in 2014 by a balled boweled by Northants David Willey that shattered his cheekbone as well as giving the ...

View image | gettyimages.com   It’s been a long time coming for Leicestershire but they finally won a four day game. Having gone over two years without a win, they beat Essex by six wickets on a nervy final morning at Chelmsford, led by Angus Robson with the bat after ...

View image | gettyimages.com With the 2015 World Cup over and England’s appointment of Trevor Bayliss as Head Coach, the summer Ashes series is firmly in the minds of the Three Lions fans but The Sports Lowdown takes us forward four years to take a look at who should be ...

View image | gettyimages.com It has been over two years since Leicestershire last won a County Championship fixture, but after improved performances this season, are they going to break their duck in 2015? Cricket is a funny old game but there has been nothing funny down at Grace Road for ...

View image | gettyimages.com Leicestershire Foxes secured their first win of the summer with a seven wicket victory over Derbyshire Falcons at Grace Road in an East Midlands Clash with Niall O’Brien leading the Foxes home with an excellent 47 not out.  The Foxes won the toss and inserted the ...