"Hitting the ball felt completely fine," Steven Smith says of the training sessions with a hard cricket ball in a baseball cage in New York.read full article.

Essex open up a healthy lead against Yorkshire courtesy of Tom Westley's century on day one of their County Championship ...

Ben Compton is awarded his county cap and scores 66 as Kent reach 325-4 at stumps on day one of their game against North ...

Keaton Jennings and Chris Green score centuries as Lancashire recover from 132-6 to post a first-innings total of 367 ag ...

Half-centuries from James Rew, Tom Abell and Tom Banton dig Somerset out of trouble against County Championship Division ...

Three Warwickshire players make half-centuries as the Bears reach 372-7 after the first day of their match against Susse ...

Adam Hose hits 266 off 253 balls as Worcestershire pile up 456-3 on the opening day of their game against Hampshire.

Half-centuries from Zaman Akhter and James Bracey revive Gloucestershire as they reach 279-7 against Glamorgan with Maso ...

Dom Sibley and Sam Curran score centuries as Surrey reach 407-3 on the opening day of their home Championship game again ...

Division Two leaders Leicestershire are made to toil on home soil against Middlesex on day one of their County Champions ...

The answer to India's search for 20 wickets may lie in their world-class wristspinner, who could sow doubt in England's ...

Rohit says the team had their hearts in their mouths when the catch was being checked by the third umpire.read full article.