We were promised demonstrations on the first day of the first Test against Zimbabwe at Lord's, but the only scowls on the way down to the ground from the tube station were on the faces of the touts, who must have caught a cold on a match where

The spectators who ran the gauntlet of the demonstrators at Lord's received about two-thirds of the overs expected today, and about one-third of the excitement

It was an unfamiliar-looking Australian side - no Adam Gilchrist, no Darren Lehmann, no Brett Lee (so no Lee in the Leeward Islands) - but by the end of this match, at the beautiful Beausejour Stadium in St Lucia, the tale was rather more familiar

Essex v Surrey Scorecard Before this season Martin Bicknell had made just one first-class century

England start favourites for the first npower Test at Lord's, which starts - weather permitting - at 10.45am today

Alec Stewart, England's most-capped player, retained his place in England's 13-man squad for the first Test against Zimbabwe, which starts at Lord's on Thursday (May 22)

Not many Englishmen come out on top in Australia these days, but an unlikely one managed it this week

Glamorgan, the defending National League champions, strolled to their second win in as many days, overhauling Kent's 192 for 9 with 8.4 overs to spare

The Zimbabweans earned a day off by winning their first tour game with a day to spare - but they had to put in a spot of overtime to do so

It was another hard day at the office for Brian Lara and his not-so-merry men, as Australia romped to 320 for the loss of only three wickets by the close of the first day's play in the third Test at Bridgetown

The annual appearance of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack is supposed to herald the start of summer and the beginning of a new cricket season

Contrasting centuries from Brian Lara and Daren Ganga gave West Indies a handy lead by the end of the third day at Bourda