Take a casual glance at the Cricket World Cup table and you might think that England are sitting pretty. They are second in the table, with the maximum six points from three games and an enviable net ...

Village cricket conjured much to the imagination; a patch of land, owned by the local upper class. A pub at hand, barrels primed for the close of play. And a duck pond or river, into which the burly ...

Village Cricket, says Tim Heald, is the very essence of Englishness. We know the images it conjures up: the blacksmith and the squire walking out to bat; the vicar's wily off-spin; cattle peering over ...

Village cricket is struggling in the region that has produced the latest National Village Cup champions, officials have warned. Foxton Granta, which play in Foxton, Cambridgeshire, lifted the Voneus ...

A cricket association chairman said he feared for the future of the village game in a county that boasts England's champion club. Foxton Granta, who play in Foxton, Cambridgeshire, lifted the national ...

A cricketer who has played for the same village club for 67 years fears it will soon close due to a shortage of players. Earlier this year, Glasshouses Cricket Club in Nidderdale had to withdrawn from ...

Detectives Barnaby and Troy investigate the murder of Tara Cavendish, who is beaten to death with a cricket bat near a quarry on her husband's estate. Dean Man’s Eleven - Fletcher's Cross is preparing ...

Andrew Footner tweeted after he was knocked for six at a village cricket match after a fight broke Credit: Photo: SWNS Group A village cricket match was abandoned after a fight broke out on the pitch ...