County Cricket News / Updates Thread - 2016 Season

England and Nottinghamshire batsman James Taylor has been forced to retire because of a serious heart condition.
Scans have shown that Taylor, 26, has a condition similar to the one which affected footballer Fabrice Muamba.
Taylor has played seven Tests and 27 one-day internationals for his country

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Essex beat Gloucestershire by 10 wickets on the final day at Chelmsford
Essex 385 (Westley 121, Cook 105, Shaw 4-118) and 94 for 0 (Browne 55*) - Gloucestershire 262 and 215 (Taylor 74, Roderick 58)

 

Nottinghamshire beat Surrey by 3 wickets at Trent Bridge
Nottinghamshire 446 (Mullaney 113, Patel 85, Wessels 81, Read 63*, Rampaul 5-93) and 172 for 7 (Smith 54, T Curran 4-58) - Surrey 225 (Bird 4-56) and 389 (Harinath 137, Sangakkara 83, Ball 5-98)

 

Durham drew with Somerset at Chester-le-Street
Durham 256 (Jennings 116, Gregory 4-58) and 223 for 4 (Jennings 105*) - Somerset 179 (Trego 45, Onions 4-62)

 

England bowler Reece Topley has broken a bone in his right hand while batting during his Hampshire debut.

 

Hampshire drew with Warwickshire at the Ageas Bowl
Hampshire 202 (McLaren 85, Barker 5-53) and 185 for 5 (Dawson 50*) - Warwickshire 360 (Bell 174, Woakes 66)

 

Cameron Bancroft's first experience of county cricket proved to be a galling one after he was penalised under the ECB's discipline code for dissent on his Gloucestershire debut.

 

England captain Alastair Cook has been spoken to by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) following his decision to defy new helmet rules.
The model worn by Essex's Cook in the Division Two win over Gloucestershire has an adjustable grille and a large gap between peak and grille.
This contravenes new regulations brought in following facial injuries to Stuart Broad and Craig Kieswetter.
Cook could face censure if he continues to wear the old helmet.

 

Nottinghamshire seam bowler Luke Fletcher has joined Derbyshire on loan.
The 27-year-old, who had a similar spell with Surrey last season, could feature in five County Championship matches during his month's stay.

 

Lancashire director of cricket and head coach Ashley Giles has signed a new contract to run until 2018.

 

Gloucestershire drew with Derbyshire at Bristol.
Gloucestershire 563 (Dent 180, Norwell 102, Marshall 72, Noema-Barnett 58) - Derbyshire 444 (Madsen 150, Hughes 96, Norwell 4-104) & 260-2 (Hughes 137*, Rutherford 78

 

Sussex drew with Essex at Hove
Sussex 360 (Nash 119, Joyce 61) and 288 (Nash 92, Porter 5-82, Napier 5-92) - Essex 320 (Westley 86, ten Doeschate 51, Ryder 51) and 266 for 7 (Cook 127*)

 

Leicestershire beat Glamorgan by 10 wickets
Leicestershire 427 (O'Brien 93, Horton 67, McKay 65, White 58) and 115 for 0 (Horton 64*, Robson 49*) - Glamorgan 348 (Wagg 64, Lloyd 59, Cooke 56, Bragg 50) and 191 (Donald 57, Raine 4-57)

 

Middlesex drew with Warwickshire at Lords
Middlesex 452 (Robson 231, Patel 4-80) and 306 for 6 dec (Robson 106, Voges 92) - Warwickshire 468 (Trott 219*, Murtagh 3-68, Finn 3-110)
Sam Robson, who followed his first innings of 231 with a second innings of 106, set a new record for the most runs in a first-class game by a Middlesex batsman

 

Lancashire beat Nottinghamshire by eight wickets at Old Trafford
Lancashire 332 (Livingstone 70, Davies 55, Ball 4-63) and 88 for 2 - Nottinghamshire 242 (Read 52, Wagner 6-66) and 175 (Wagner 5-45)

 

Yorkshire drew with Hampshire in Leeds
Yorkshire 593 for 9 dec (Bairstow 246, Plunkett 126, Lyth 111) and 183 for 8 dec (Gale 46, Tomlinson 3-31) - Hampshire 453 for 9 dec (Ervine 123, Vince 119, Sidebottom 4-80)

 

Gloucestershire have signed South African-born all-rounder Graeme Van Buuren on a two-year deal.

 

Hampshire fast bowler Fidel Edwards has suffered a broken leg after reportedly being injured playing football.
He is believed to have sustained the injury in the warm-up on the final morning of Hampshire's County Championship match against Yorkshire

 

Lancashire have signed New Zealand batsman Martin Guptill for the 2016 NatWest T20 Blast season.
It is anticipated that Guptill, the first New Zealander to hit an ODI double-century and a member of the team that reached the 2015 World Cup final, will be available for six Lancashire games between his commitments with Mumbai Indians in the IPL and New Zealand's tour of South Africa.

 

Fast bowler Tino Best has joined Hampshire on a short-term deal.
The 34-year-old joins the county as cover for fellow West Indies paceman Fidel Edwards, who broke an ankle last week.