Ian Bell

A century from Mark Wagh put Warwickshire in a dominant position on the first day against Lancashire at Stratford-upon-Avon

Warwickshire made the most of a placid pitch and some innocuous bowling to close the first day of their Championship match against Middlesex at Lord's on 348 for 1, with Nick Knight and Ian Bell both making hay - and hundreds - in the sunshine

Hampshire Hawks' first match back in Division One of the totesport League resulted in an impressive 26-run victory over the Warwickshire Bears at a humid but cloudy Edgbaston on Sunday afternoon.

At a time when the England wicketkeeping role is the hottest of topics, James Foster chose an appropriate moment to register his highest first-class score, as MCC gave the County Champions, Sussex, a torrid time on the third day of the season

A combination of bad light and heavy rain meant that only 34.1 overs were possible at Lord's today in the second day of the season-opener between MCC and Sussex

India A's impressive tour was in danger of coming to an ignominious end, as Ian Bell swung his way through their batting with career-best figures of 4 for 12 from nine overs

Kent 362 and 418 for 3 dec beat Nottinghamshire 156 and 337 by 287 runs at Maidstone Scorecard Mohammad Sami completed the superb match figures of 15 for 114, the best bowling figures of the season so far, as Kent completed their first

Surrey 200 for 3 beat Yorkshire 199 by seven wickets at The Oval Scorecard Mark Butcher made the most of a rare chance in limited-overs cricket with 104 from 107 balls - England selectors take note - in Surrey's comfortable seven-wicket win over

Middlesex v Lancashire, Lord's Scorecard Middlesex maintained their unbeaten record this season on another rainy day at Lord's

Ian Bell would have every reason for excusing himself and pinching himself hard today to actually realise that he was in New Zealand as a replacement player with the full England side

Nottinghamshire's Australian batsman Greg Blewett had his hopes of completing 1,000 runs in first-class cricket this summer frustrated by rain in their CricInfo Championship game against Warwickshire at Edgbaston

Former England One-Day International all-rounder Dougie Brown made the third century of his career and England under-21 batsman Ian Bell was well set to make his first in the Championship as a fifth-wicket stand of 176 in 46 overs put Warwickshire in

We are just coming to the end of our three-day match against South Zone in Chennai, from which I was rested and which drifted towards a draw on the last day

When Ian Bell played for England in the Under-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka he was new to the big league

The NatWest England Under 19 Cricket Team travel to Sri Lanka today (Friday 7 January) as reigning Under 19 World Champions, aiming for a repeat triumph in the forthcoming Under 19 Cricket World Cup