Michael Yardy

A spirited performance from England Lions' gave them the edge going into the final day

The England selectors named two 16-man squads for the forthcoming ODI and Test series in New Zealand and a 13-man England Lions squad to tour India

The England selectors named two 16-man squads for the forthcoming ODI and Test series in New Zealand and a 13-man England Lions squad to tour India

A round-up from the latest County Championship matches

Offspinner Ollie Rayner took 5 for 68, his first five-wicket haul, to give Sussex hope of enforcing a win over Sri Lanka A, but the tourists eked out 191 for 8 as the match ended in a draw

Sussex chipped away at Sri Lanka A's first innings score of 225 on the second drizzly day at Hove, with Richard Montgomerie notching a solid 52

The Indians ended the second day of their warm-up match against Sussex in a strong position at Hove, but not without moments of uncertainty and drama

England's unconvincing clear-out in one-day cricket

Paul Collingwood has been unveiled as England's new one-day captain, at the head of a new-look squad that contains two uncapped players in Warwickshire's Jonathan Trott and the Hampshire allrounder, Dmitri Mascarenhas

Paul Collingwood has been unveiled as England's new one-day captain, at the head of a new-look squad that contains two uncapped players in Warwickshire's Jonathan Trott and the Hampshire allrounder, Dimitri Mascarenhas

Paul Nixon and Matt Prior appear to be competing for England's wicketkeeping slot after both were named in the 25-man England Performance Squad (EPS) for the 2007 season

Sussex suffered a significant blow ahead of their County Championship defence with Michael Yardy picking up a broken finger after being struck by Steve Harmison at Lord's

Steve Harmison struck with his 22nd ball in competitive cricket since the end of a humbling Ashes series during an encouraging outing for MCC against Sussex at Lord's

As England's World Cup campaign fumbles on in the Caribbean the domestic season swings into action at Lord's on Friday as MCC take on the county champions Sussex

Sussex have appointed allrounder Michael Yardy as vice-captain for the 2007 season

Stuart Broad put England A in a strong position as the second Test against Bangladesh A finally got underway at Bogra following the first-day washout

The England A squad arrived in Bangladesh on Thursday with the twin aims of braving the local conditions and playing some quality cricket

England's approach to one-day cricket has been a shambles for years, but in recent months - just as the rest of the world gears up for the World Cup, in fact - the planning and preparation has gone into meltdown

Michael Yardy, the Sussex allrounder, has been handed the England A captaincy for the tour of Bangladesh after he was overlooked for the main one-day squad in Australia