A century from skipper Dane Vilas was the crucial contribution as the South African guided his team to a remarkable and improbable chase of 314 courtesy of an unbroken century stand with Josh Bohannon

31/08/2018 | The Cricketer | Worcestershire Men | Lancashire Men | Domestic | County Championship |

SAM MORSHEAD AT THE AGEAS BOWL: It was bizarre. A theatre of oddities. A parade of the absurd. Victorians might well have paid ha'pence to point and laugh. Yet, at the end of it all, somehow, we have a competitive Test match on our hands

31/08/2018 | Sam Morshead | India | England match centre | England |

Three Test matches will precede five one-day internationals and three T20Is in the Caribbean, with England due to arrive in the region on January 11. The tour concludes on March 10

31/08/2018 | The Cricketer | West Indies | Global Game | England news | England |

The County Championship leaders are now ten games unbeaten in the competition in 2018 after demolishing Nottinghamshire at The Oval just after lunch on day three by an innings and 125 runs

31/08/2018 | The Cricketer | Surrey Men | Nottinghamshire Men | Domestic | County Championship |

Sussex, set 231 to victory, were optimistic about their chances but a lively bowling display earned Middlesex victory before tea on the third day. Sussex were bowled out for 175 in 44.5 overs

31/08/2018 | The Cricketer | Sussex Men | Middlesex Men | Domestic | County Championship |

With the news that he has joined Nottinghamshire on loan ahead of a three-year-deal, The Cricketer looks at the explosive talent’s career of ups and downs and where he may fit in at Trent Bridge

31/08/2018 | The Cricketer | Nottinghamshire Men | Northamptonshire Men | Domestic | County Championship |

SAM MORSHEAD: Last year, Rob Franks raised more than £15,000 to amputate his own left leg. Less than 12 months on, he is averaging 56, plotting a return to the England disability team and quite literally walking on the wings of aeroplanes

31/08/2018 | Sam Morshead | Grass Roots | Features |

The batsman, 23, will make an initial loan move to Trent Bridge for the remainder of the season before turning the switch permanent in the autumn

31/08/2018 | The Cricketer | Nottinghamshire Men | Northamptonshire Men | Domestic | County Championship |

Former South Africa Test star Morne Morkel had figures of 3-39 while 20-year-old Conor McKerr, just as tall at 6ft 6in and just as hostile, took 4-26

31/08/2018 | The Cricketer | Surrey Men | Nottinghamshire Men | Domestic | County Championship |

Being well-placed on 25 not out at Lunch, Kohli surpassed the legendary duo of Sachin Tendulkar and Viv Richards by scoring 6,000 runs in the longest format quicker, taking 119 innings compared to Richards and Tendulkar’s 120

31/08/2018 | The Cricketer | India | Global Game | England match centre |

SIMON HUGHES: I thought the best way to bowl and get him out was to keep pitching it up and let him have a go at it and hope he whacks it up in the air," Malcolm Nash remembers. "And that’s exactly what he did, except he didn’t whack it too short!

31/08/2018 | Simon Hughes | Features | Domestic |

“I don’t know how he’s practicing, I don’t know what he’s doing away from the game. I am concerned when I see him play because I think he makes similar mistakes. Even at the age of 33/34 you can improve yourself"

31/08/2018 | The Cricketer | India | England | Domestic |

After raising his bat and calling time on his famous commentating career at the end of last summer the inimitable Henry Blofeld is now heading for sunnier climes at the end of the year to move to Menorca with his wife, Valeria

31/08/2018 | The Cricketer | Domestic |

The allrounder has called time on his stay at Wantage Road after a three-year stint with the county. During his time with Northants, he reached the T20 Blast Finals Day twice, winning the competition in 2016

31/08/2018 | The Cricketer | Northamptonshire Men | Domestic | County Championship |

Rashid Khan, who played for the south coast county in 11 matches of this year's competition, claiming 17 wickets, will turn out for the Sharks in the first half of the 2019 tournament

31/08/2018 | The Cricketer | Men's T20 Blast | Sussex Men | Domestic |