County Cricket 2010

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Dont know why you would even bother scheduling cricket fro April in England.
MCC University matches over the weekend
2 - Abandoned without a ball being bowled
4 - Match drawn

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Sussex have signed Brendon McCullum for the Twenty20 as a replacement for Tillakaratne Dilshan after he was declined permission to play by the Sri Lanka board.

Dilshan had been due to join Dwayne Smith as Sussex's two overseas players for the tournament that starts on June 1, but Sri Lanka have now scheduled tours to USA and Zimbabwe over the same period.

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I am a big fan of county cricket, but one question I've got...

Aside from the abu dhabi curtain raiser, when does the actual season kick off?

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This weekend

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Netherlands have secured Michael Dighton, the Tasmanian batsman, as their overseas player for the Clydesdale Bank 40.

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OVERSEAS PLAYERS FOR CHAMPIONSHIP SIDES

Division ONE
Essex- Danish Kaneria (Pak), Chris Martin (NZ - short term)
Yorkshire- Tino Best (WI), Ryan Harris (Aus), Jacques Rudolph (SA), Herschelle Gibbs (SA, T20 only)
Hampshire- Anajtha Menids (SL), Rangana Herath (SL), Shaid Afridi (Pak, T20 only), Adbul Razzak (Pak, T20 only)
Durham- Michael di Venuto (Aus), Albie Morkel (SA T20 only), Ross Taylor (NZ T20 only TBC)
Warwickshire- Imran Tahir (SA)
Kent- Malinga Bandara (SL)
Someset- Murali Kartik (Ind), Damian Wright (Aus), Cameron White (Aus T20 only), Kieron Pollard (T20 only)
Lancshire- Ashwell Prince (SA), Kumaar Sangakkara (SL), Darren Powell (WI)
Nottinghamshire- Hashim Amla (SA), David Hussey (Aus), Dirk Nannes (T20 only)

Division TWO
Derbyshire - Chris Rogers (Captain) (Aus), Loots Bootman (SA), Robin Peterson (SA)
Leictershire- Andrew McDonlald (Aus), Brad Hodge (Aus T20 only)
Sussex- Yasir Arafat (Pak), Dwayne Smith (WI T20 only), Brendon McCullum (NZ T20 only)
Worcestershire - Shakib Al Hasan (Bang), Phil Jacques (Aus), Steve Smith (Aus T20 only)
Surrey- Rao Ifhkar Anjum (pak), Piyush Chawla (Ind), Andrew Symonds (Aus)
Glamorgan- Mark Cosgrove (Aus), Shaun Tait (Aus T20 only)
Middlesex- Iian O'Brien (NZ), Adam Gichrist (Aus, T20 only), David Warner (Aus T20 only)
Northamptonshire- Elton Chigumura (Zim)
Gloustershire- James Franklin (NZ)

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Essex v Hampshire (Championship Div One)
Essex won by 62 runs
Essex 345 (BA Godleman 92, JS Foster 88, DA Griffiths 5/85, DR Briggs 3/61)
Hampshire 354 (JHK Adams 169, Exras 49, DD Masters 4/67)
Essex 256 (T Westley 69, RN ten Doeschate 66, Kabir Ali 5/33)
Hampshire 185 (RN ten Doeschate 5/13)

Warwickshire v Yorkshore (Championship Div One)
Yorkshire won by 4 wickets
Warwickshire 217 (A Shahzad 3/40, SA Patterson 3/51)
Yorkshire 274 (JA Rudolph 75, JJ Sayers 50, Imran Tahir 3/67)
Warwickshire 347 (IJL Trott 88, JO Troughton 78, IR Bell 54, OJ Hannon-Dalby 5/68)
Yorkshire 6/291 (JM Bairstow 81, JA Rudolph 69*, A Lyth 67)

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Glamorgan v Sussex (Championship Div Two)
Sussex won by 201 runs
Sussex 284 (RSC Martin0Jenkins 65, JAR Harris 4/68, DA Cosker 3/43)
Glamorgan 191 (MJ Powell 48, MS Panesar 3/20, RSC Martin-Jenkins 3/34)
Sussex 311 (MW Goodwin 83, JAR Harris 4/46)
Glamorgan 203 (J Allenby 62, BJ Wright 57, CD Nash 4/12)

Leicestershire v Northamptonshire (Championship Div Two)
Leicestershire won by 6 wickets
Leicestershire 395 (WA White 89, JWA Taylor 88, TJ New 82, DS Lucas 5/64)
Northamptonshire 190 (CW Henderson 6/21)
Northamptonshire 269 (RA White 68 WA White 4/58)
Leicestershire 4/65

Surrey v Derbyshire (Championship Div Two)
Derbyshire won by 208 runs
Derbyshire 451 (CJL Rogers 200, GM Smith 66)
Surrey 352 (MR Ramprakash 102, GJ Batty 65, GM Smith 4/58, RJ Peterson 3/87)
Derbyshire 6d/274 (CJL Rogers 140*)
Surrey 165 (SM Davis 56, RJ Peterson 3/32)

Worcestershire v Middlesex (Championship Div Two)
Worcestershire won by 111 runs
Worcestershire 287 (DKH Mitchell 85, PA Jaques 47, ST Finn 5/69)
Middlesex 126 (RA Jones 6/37)
Worcestershire 119 (AN Kervezee 43, PA Jaques 41, ST Finn 9/37)
Middlesex 169 (DJ Malan 69, A Richardson 4/35)

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Chris Martin, the New Zealand pace bowler, has signed as Essex's overseas player until early May as cover for Danish Kaneria

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Surrey have confirmed they are in talks with Brian Lara in a bid to lure him out of retirement to play Twenty20 for them this season. Lara, who retired from international cricket after the 2007 World Cup, has not played competitively for two years

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West Indies fast bowler Tino Best has been signed by Yorkshire for the County Championship until the end of May.

Best, 28, did well for Yorkshire against Lancashire on the club's recent pre-season tour of Barbados. The coaching staff and captain Andrew Gale were pleased by his enthusiasm and eagerness to use a county stint to work towards a comeback to international colours

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Nottinghamshire v Kent (Championship Div One)
Nottinghamshire won by an innings and 32 runs
Nottinghamshire 456 (HM Amla 129, NJ Edwards 85, PJ Franks 73, CMW Read 62, A Khan 3/108)
Kent 200 (Azhar Mahmood 52, AR Adams 4/63, RJ Sidebottom 3/31)
Kent 224 (SR Patel 3/24, LJ Fletcher 3/43)

Gloustershire v Northamptonshire (Championship Div Two)
Northamptonshire won by 94 runs
Northamptonshire 186 (RA White 95, GM Hussain 5/36)
Gloucestershire 86 (DS Lucas 4/21, AJ Hall 3/17)
Northamptonshire 243 (JA Brooks 53 (number 10), PW Harrison 44 (number 9), GM Hussain 4/62, J Lewis 3/56)
Gloucestershire 249 (SD Snell 52, L Evans 3/53, JA Brooks 3/55)

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Hampshire confirmed they are in talks with Australian paceman Brett Lee over a possible move to the Rose Bowl.

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Durham v Essex (Championship Div One)
Match Drawn
Essex 484 (JC Mickleburgh 174, JS Foster 169, CD Thorp 4/79, LE Plunkett 4/112)
Durham 198 (KJ Coetzer 55, MJ DiVenuto 21, TJ Phillips 3/8, RN ten Doeschate 3/53)
Durham 7/352 (MJ Di Venuto 99, DM Benkenstein 98, P Mustard 60*, ID Blackwell 52, TJ Phillips 4/113)

Lancashire v Warwickshire (Championship Div One)
Lancashire won by 121 runs
Lancashire 253 (AG Prince 82, SJ Croft 64, G Chapple 54*, CR Woakes 3/44, NM Carter 3/64)
Warwickshire 254 (IR Bell 47)
Lancashire 319 (SJ Croft 56, SI Mahmood 52 (at no. 11), NM Carter 5/79)
Warwickshire 197 (IJ Westwood 82, SC Kerrigan 5/43 (on debut)

Yorkshire v Someset (Championship Div One)
Yorkshire won by 6 wickets
Someset 272 (ME Trescothick 117, DG Wright 21, TT Bresnan 3/48)
Yorkshire 419 (AW Gale 101, AU Rashid 63, TT Bresnan 61, JJ Sayers 51PD Trego 4/26, DG Wright 2/63)
Someset 344 (Z de Bruyn 83, AV Suppiah 71, DG Wright 25, OJ Hannon-Dalby 5/68
Yorkshire 4/199 (A Lyth 90, AW Gale 68*, DG Wright 1/23)

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Derbyshire b Leicestershire (Championship Divison Two)
Leicestershire won by 203 runs
Leicestershire 279 (WI Jefferson 94, TN New 61, TD Groenwald 3/44)
Derbyshire 207 (GM Smith 54, PJ Peterson 54, CJL Rogers 3, NL Buck 4/33, MJ Hoggard 3/43
Leicestershire 8d/330 (WA White 101*, MAG Boyce 90, RJ Peterson 4/91)
Derbyshire 199 (WL Madsen 109, CJL Rogers 0, NL Buck 3/35)

Middlesex v Glamorgan (Championship Div Two)
Glamorgan won by 78 runs
Glamorgan 315 (MA Wallace 79*, J Allenby 57, MJ Powell 55, MJ Cosgrove 0, GK Berg 3/59)
Middlesex 160 (DS Harrison 5/62)
Glamorgan 219 (MJ Cosgrove 17, GK Berg 4/72)
Middlesex 296 (DJ Maldan 115, AJ Strauss 69, HT Waters 4/39, MJ Cosgrove 0/14)

Surrey v Sussex (Championship Div Two)
Sussex won by 10 wickets
Surrey 205 (A Harinath 62, RSC Martin-Jenkins 5/45, Naved-Al-Hasan 4/28)
Sussex 416 (MW Goodwin 74, Naved-Al-Hasan 68*, MH Yardy 68, RSC Martin-Jenkins 64, LJ Wright 63, KW Dernbach 4/65)
Surrey 243 (U Afzaal 87, Naved-Al-Hasan 3/89)
Sussex 0/33

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Durham have signed South African allrounder Albie Morkel and Ross Taylor, the New Zealand batsman, for this season's Twenty20 Cup.

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Makhaya Ntini will play for Kent for the next month of the season as the county fills the gap left by Stuart Clark's withdrawal.

Ntini, who was dropped by South Africa midway through the series against England but has retained his central contract, will then be replaced by Malinga Bandara, the Sri Lanka legspinner, later in the summer.

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Lancashire have moved to sign Simon Katich and Shivnarine Chanderpaul as replacements for Sri Lankan batsman Kumar Sangakkara who has been ruled out on account of his extended international commitments.

Australian opener Katich will arrive in June and be available to play in the first half of the Twenty20 and also the Roses Match with Yorkshire. He will then link up with Australia for their series against Pakistan in England, being replaced by Chanderpaul who will remain with the club for the remainder of the season having had previous spells with Durham.

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Durham v Hampshire (Championship Div One)
Durham won by 5 wickets
Hampshire 345 (MA Carberry 113, JHK Adams 68, LE Plunkett 4/107, ME Claydon 3/84)
Durham 384 (ID Blackwell 83, MJ DiVenuto 71, Kabir Ali 5/98)
Hampshire 298 (N Pothas 76, ID Blackwell 3/78)
Durham 5/262 (MJ Coetzer 72, ID Blackwell 62, MJ DiVenuto 18, DR Briggs 3/75

Essex v Lancashire (Championship Div One)
Lancashire won by 8 wickets
Essex 176 (RN ten Doeschate 55*, JM Anderson 6/44, G Chapple 3/30)
Lancashire 312 (PJ Horton 123, SC Moore 61, SJ Croft 56, DD Masters 4/81, CJC Wright 3/76)
Essex 173 (AN Cook 50, SI Mahmood 3/18, JM Anderson 3/53)
Lancashire 2/38

Kent v Yorkshire (Championship Div One)
Match Drawn
Kent 317 (DI Stevens 91, TT Bresnan 5/52, A Shahzad 3/65)
Yorkshire 283 (JM Bairstow 70, AU Rashid 59, Azhar Mahmood 4/58, A Khan 3/60)
Kent 8d/357 (JB Hockley 82, M van Jaarsveld 78, JC Tredwell 72*, GO Jones 53)
Yorkshire 5/300 (A Lyth 84, TT Bresnan 70, JJ Sayers 61, A McGrath 55, JC Tredwell 3/69)

Nottinghampshire v Somerset (Championship Div One)
Nottinghamshire won by 2 wickets
Somerset 272 (PD Trego 66, DG Wright 43, PJ Franks 3/45, SCJ Broad 3/79)
Nottinghamshire 250 (PJ Franks 61, HM Amla 58, CM Willoughby 4/40, DG Wright 2/41)
Somerset 227 (ME Trescothick 98, DG Wright 78, SCJ Broad 5/89, PJ Franks 3/33)
Nottinghamshire 8/250 (MA Wagh 70, HM Amla 64*, CM Willoughby 3/83, DG Wright 1/30)

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Gloucestershire v Sussex (Championship Div Two)
Sussex won by 207 runs
Sussex 152 (JEC Franklin 4/27)
Gloucestershire 128 (Naved-Al-Hasan 4/49, CD Collymore 3/15)
Sussex 302 (RSC Martin-Jenkins 102, MA Thornley 64, SP Kirby 3/54, GM Hussain 3/66)
Gloucestershire 119 (JE Anyon 3/29, CD Collymore 3/30)

Surrey v Worcestershire (Championship Div Two)
Match Drawn
Surrey 493 (SM Davies 137, RJ Hamilton-Brown 125)
Worcestershire 465 (MM Ali 126, VS Solanki 114, BF Smith 80, AN Kervezee 68, BJM Scott 55, PA Jaques 0, A Nel 3/41, JW Dernbach 3/85)
Surrey 8d/239 (MR Ramprakash 82, SM Davies 69)
Worcestershire 8/170 (MM Ali 70*, PA Jaques 0, GJ Batty 3/75)

Northamptionshire v Middlesex (Championship Div Two)
Northamptonshire won by 6 wickets
Middlesex 8d/442 (JA Simpson 101*, AB London 77, Extras 69 (b 20, lb 25, w 15, nb 08), SD Robson 52, JA Brooks 3/89)
Northamptonshire 307 (SD Peters 62, N Boje 61*m DJS Sales 55, D Evans 5/87)
Middlesex 3d/258 (SA Newman 112, DJ Malan 56*)
Northamptonshire 4/395 (SD Peters 183*, AG Wakely 87)

Derbyshire v Glamorgan (Championship Div Two)
Derbyshire won by 8 wickets
Glamorgan 272 (BJ Wright 60, MA Wallance 58, J Allenby 57, MJ Cosgrove 4, PS Jones 4/60, RJ Peterson 3/77)
Derbyshire 363 (GM Smith 165*, GT Park 61, CJL Rogers 28, DS Harrison 4/53, MJ Cosgrove 1/17)
Glamorgan 211 (GP Rees 102, MJ Cosgrove 11, GM Smith 4/66)
Derbyshire 2/121 (CJL Rogers 51*)