Manchester:Former England fast bowler Darren Gough had his best first-class figures for nine years Friday but suffered a broken bone in his bowling hand, which could keep him out for up to a month, during Yorkshire's First Division County Championship match against Kent.
London:South Africa import HD Ackerman set a personal landmark when he smashed an unbeaten 309 for Leicestershire in the English County Championship second division match against Glamorgan.
More imagesHarare:Zimbabwe's premier provincial cricket team Mashonaland, which is usually stuffed with Test players, was taking the field this weekend with an all-black eleven for the first time in its more than 100-year history.
London:Former Zimbabwe captain Andy Flower led from the front as MCC reached 166 for 3, 34 behind county champions Sussex's 200 at stumps on the first day of English cricket's curtain raising match at Lord's.
Perth: Acting captain Michael Hussey slammed his first Sheffield Shield century for two years as Western Australia caned the Tasmanian attack on the opening day of the four-day clash at the WACA Ground.
Melbourne: Left-hander Chris Rogers smacked 103 as Western Australia reached a first innings 273 on the opening day of the Sheffield Shield clash with Victoria at the Junction Oval in Melbourne.
Sydney: Former Zimbabwe Test batsman Murray Goodwin belted an unbeaten 184 while Australian Test opener Justin Langer had another miserable day as Western Australia punished the New South Wales attack in a Sheffield Shield clash here.
Hove: Sussex clinched the County Championship for the first time in their history on Thursday, finally ending a 113-year wait to claim the biggest prize in English domestic cricket.
London: Darren Gough continued to press his case for an England recall by making 72 for Yorkshire in its county championship match against Hampshire at the Rose Bowl on Thursday.
Perth: A former Zimbabwe cricketer warned on Friday that safety at World Cup games in his country cannot be guaranteed.
