"Hitting the ball felt completely fine," Steven Smith says of the training sessions with a hard cricket ball in a baseball cage in New York.read full article.

Essex open up a healthy lead against Yorkshire courtesy of Tom Westley's century on day one of their County Championship ...

Keaton Jennings and Chris Green score centuries as Lancashire recover from 132-6 to post a first-innings total of 367 ag ...

Ben Compton is awarded his county cap and scores 66 as Kent reach 325-4 at stumps on day one of their game against North ...

Three Warwickshire players make half-centuries as the Bears reach 372-7 after the first day of their match against Susse ...

Half-centuries from James Rew, Tom Abell and Tom Banton dig Somerset out of trouble against County Championship Division ...

Kent opener Ben Compton signs a new three-year contract with the clubread full article ...

Adam Hose hits 266 off 253 balls as Worcestershire pile up 456-3 on the opening day of their game against Hampshire.

Division Two leaders Leicestershire are made to toil on home soil against Middlesex on day one of their County Champions ...

Half-centuries from Zaman Akhter and James Bracey revive Gloucestershire as they reach 279-7 against Glamorgan with Maso ...

Dom Sibley and Sam Curran score centuries as Surrey reach 407-3 on the opening day of their home Championship game again ...

The answer to India's search for 20 wickets may lie in their world-class wristspinner, who could sow doubt in England's ...