Why watching the Snooker World Championship at the Crucible in Sheffield is like an intimate Paul McCartney acoustic gig ...

Romario Shepherd hits the second-fastest half-century in IPL history as Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Chennai Super Kings ...

England batter Joe Root makes 90 as Yorkshire set Warwickshire 185 to win their County Championship match at Headingley.

Leeds United and Burnley both reached 100 points in the Championship, a first in a season for the division. BBC Sport ...

Essex (3 pts) lead Somerset (3 pts) by 224 runs. Match scorecard. Jordan Cox scored a chanceless half-century as Essex assumed control at the ...

Kent skipper Daniel Bell-Drummond led his side's fightback by posting his first red-ball hundred in over a year on the second day of their County Championship game against Middlesex at Lord's.

Over 30,000 tickets have already been sold for the Ashes opener between England and Australia at Wembley later this year. The ...

Joe Root is out for one as Yorkshire are bowled out for 205, with Ethan Bamber taking 5-47, but Warwickshire are 161-6 in reply at the close.

Tony Roland-Jones takes 5-33 as Middlesex bowl out Kent for 129 at Lord's, with the home side reaching 158-4 at close of play in reply.

Uncapped Essex pair Sam Cook and Jordan Cox have been included in the England squad for the one-off cricket test against Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge, starting May 22.

Australia batter Marcus Harris makes 165 not out against his old county Gloucestershire as Lancashire take control on day one.

Rothesay County Championship Division One, Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton (day one)Essex 206: Thain 41; Pretorius 3 ...