*    England 'A' Lions win toss and bat first,Shah,Bopara and Prior squander chance to impress selectors,Luke Wright hits ton:At Southampton England Lions 287,87.5 overs v New Zealanders Scorecard

*    Women's Asia Cup in Sri Lanka Rout of the hosts Sri Lanka Women 123-9,50 overs lost to India Women 124-2,26 overs(Rawat 56*) Scorecard 

*    ECB County Championship  Wickets tumble in the sunshine May 7th,Pietersen ton,Flintoff duck but wickets,Tomlinson 8 wkts,Davies 7 wkts Div1 At Old Trafford Horton & Flintoff give Lancs the edge  Lancashire 143,54.1 overs(Davies 7-33) & 293.81.3 overs(Horton 108,Wiseman 4-87) v Durham 114(Anderson 4-31,Flintoff 4-21) &28-3,12 overs(Flintoff 3-7) Scorecard, At Trent Bridge  Notts 202,82.4 overs & 106-2,30 overs(Y Arafat 67,McLaren 57) v Kent 238,76.2 overs(Y Arafat 67,McLaren 57, Sidebottom 5-55) Scorecard, At  Taunton Somerset 126,32 overs(Tomlinson 8-46) & 159-1,41 overs(Trescothick 62*) v Hants 359,111.5 overs(Pietersen 100, Crawley 104) Scorecard Div 2 At Middx 302,107.5 overs(Strauss 88,Joyce 66,Middlebrook 5-69) & 19-3,10 overs(Nel 3-8) v Essex 207,69.4 overs(Gallian 56,Westley 60,Evans 6-35) Scorecard,At Derby Derbyshire 270,86.5 overs(Clare 66) v Warwicks 14-0,7 overs Scorecard

*    MCClaw helps balance between bat and ball Bats are to be defined with unprecedented precision in a new law that has taken four years to come to the vote Writes CM-J Timesonline

*    Results of ICC Cricket Committee meeting More

*    Lord's could host neutral Tests and Twenty20 Champions League in future More

*    Friends Provident Trophy  May 5th Scots shock Lancs  Midlands Division:  At Northampton   Ireland 203-9,50 overs lost to Northants 207-2,42.2 overs by 8 wkts  Scorecard   North Division:  At  Old Trafford  Scotland 155-9,50 overs(Hogg 66*) beat Lancashire 153-9,50 overs by 2 runs Scorecard  At Headingley Durham 185,45.3 overs lost to Yorkshire 186-5,35.4 overs by 5 wkts  Scorecard  Neil Whitaker Reports South East Division: At The Oval Kent 282-7,50 overs beat Surrey 192,42.4 overs(Y Arafat 4-35) by  90 runs  Scorecard  At Hove  Middlesex 273-5,50 overs lost to Sussex 275-3,48 overs(Adams 109*) by 7 wkts  Scorecard  Midlands Division:  At Edgbaston Leics 148-6,23/23 overs beat Warwickshire 103,21.5/23 overs by 45 runs Scorecard  South/West Division:  At Glamorgan 185-4 28/28 overs lost to Worcs 186-3,26.3/28 overs by 7 wkts Scorecard

*    Respected figures to discuss impact of Twenty20 format on game at the two-day ICC Cricket Committee, which meets in Dubai May 5th More

*    Singapore player hits double century in 20/20 matchMore

*    Ashes 2009 Tour itinerary announced by ECB More

*    Women's Asia Cup in Sri Lanka India(Rumeli Dar 92*) thrash Pakistan by 182 runs Scorecard  Sri Lanka overwhelm Bangladesh by 8 wkts Scorecard

*    Essex required 248 runs to win with day to bat but fell short by 92 runs:At Chelmsford  New Zealanders 355,91.1 overs(JH Marshall 128,10th wicket 59 runs*,ten Doeshate 6-57) & 195,67.4 overs(Mills 54*) v Essex 258,90.4 overs(Bopara 66) & 208,70.1 overs(Cook 57) Scorecard Vettori finger injury scare More

*    Friends Provident Trophy  May 4th Midlands Division: At Leicester  Leicestershire beat Ireland  by 39 runs Scorecard:  At  Trent Bridge  N'hants 189-7,50 overs(Peters 90) lost to Notts 145-4,28/30 overs by 6 wkts D/L Method Scorecard: North Division: At Derby Derbyshire beat Scotland by 6 wkts D/L Method     Scorecard:  At  Old Trafford  Durham 151-7,23/23 overs lost to Lancs 152-5,23/23 overs by 5 wkts  Scorecard: South/West Division: At Southampton  Gloucs 350-5,50 overs(Gidman 105) beat Hants 242-5,29.3/30 overs) by(D/L method) Scorecard:  At Taunton Glamorgan 221-7,50 overs(Hemp 95) beat Somerset 202,46.5 overs by 19 runs Scorecard:South East Division  At  Lord's    Middx 233-8,50 overs lost to Surrey 236-5,47 overs(Benning 106) by 5 wkts Scorecard   At Hove  Sussex 245-6,50 overs lost to Kent 249-6,49.5 overs by 5 wkts Scorecard

*    Shoaib Akhtar cleared to play in IPL. Five year ban suspended for a month, an appellate panel Sunday May 4th decided to suspend the five-year ban on Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar for one month.More

*    IPL 20/20 Match 21 At Bangalore Bangalore Royal Challengers beat  Deccan Chargers by 3 runs, Match 22 At   Mohali Kings XI Punjab beat  Kolkata Knight Riders by 9 runs Points Table Land of the big shots James Robinson describes his IPL experience Observer

*    Women's Asia Cup in Sri Lanka  Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 96 runs, India(Raj 109*) thrash Bangladesh(Seema 5-17,Goswani 4-18) by 182 runs, India beat Sri Lanka by 29 runs and Bangladesh beat Pakistan by 4 wkts Points Table

*    IPL Match 20 Delhi Daredevils(Sehwag 78)  beat Chennai Super Kings by 8 wickets (with 6 balls remaining) Scorecard

*    Friends Provident Trophy   North Division:  At Derby Derbyshire 236-6,50 overs beat Durham 235,50 overs by 1 run Scorecard  South/West Division: At Southampton  Hampshire 286-4,50 overs lost to Somerset 288-5,48.3 overs by 5 wkts Scorecard

*    MCC Universities    At Durham  Lancs 254-6dec,62.3 overs(Horton 121) & 88-1 dec drew with Durham UCCE 100,41.5 overs(Anderson 4-13) & 79-3,27 overs(Buttleman 56*) Mumtaz Habibullah from Afghanistan plys for Durham UUCCE Scorecard, No play for 3 days at Richmond Middx v Cardiff UCCE Scorecard

*    ECB County Championship Div1 Restricted play at most venues At Hove  Sussex 475,141 overs(Goodwin 98,Hopkinson 97) & 13-0,13 overs drew with Surrey 400-5dec,118.3overs(Ramprakash 123(his 99th century) Newmann 68,Afzaal 71,Brown 76*) Scorecard, At Headingley Yorks 299,121.5 overs(Rudolph 104,Brophy 64,Swann 4-25) & 187-8,69 overs drew with Notts 422,119.1 overs(Read 142,Swann 68,Broad 53) Scorecard  Div 2  At Bristol Glos sporting declaration back fires Glamorgan 277,82.5 overs(Hemp 87) & 178-1 dec,30 overs beat Glos 141-4dec,44.2 overs & 200,71.1 overs(H Marshall 105,Snell 53) by 114  runs  Scorecard  At Edgbaston Warwickshire 433-8dec,124 overs(Ambrose 156*,Carter 84,Trott 82-157 for 8th wkt) drew with Leics  357,100.4 overs(Ackerman 104,Boyce 106,Salisbury 5-67) Scorecard  At Northampton N'hants 168,48.3 overs(Sales 50) & 161-2,35 overs(Boje 52*,Sales 48*) drew with Worcs 400,116.5 overs(Moores 109,Solanki 64) Scorecard

*    Jersey prepares to host ICC World Cricket League Division 5 later in May which sees them and 11 other countries compete including a re-admitted USA. More

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