Sussex captain Chris Adams celebrates Sussex are the Frizzell County Champions of 2003

© Getty Images It was said that England had to win the toss if they wanted to win the match and level the series

He made his debut for Surrey in 1981 - a full year before England colleague James Anderson was born - and his Test debut in 1990

In years to come, anyone looking at the scores in the 2003 Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy final is likely to consign it to the "win the toss and win the match" genre

Whisper it quietly, but there is an aggression and confidence about this England side that has more than a hint of Australia about it

The last of the round-robin matches in the NatWest Series, between South Africa and Zimbabwe, could well have been one of those dreadful dead-rubber events when one team has qualified for the final and the other is out of the tournament

Darren Gough: England's gunslinger It was always the line in those melodramatic B movie westerns

In some ways, the match between England and Zimbabwe in Bristol has become a semi-final for the NatWest Series

Shaun Pollock goes through his paces in the Old Trafford nets After the disappointment of the rain at Headingley, it is ironic that the NatWest Series caravan now moves on to Old Trafford for a day/night match between England and South

Vikram Solanki: displays the full charm and range of the great wristy Indian strokeplayers Vikram Solanki finally arrived as an international batsman with his innings of 106 against South Africa at The Oval

Plans have been announced to enhance security at The Oval ahead of Friday's second one-day international between England and Pakistan in order to prevent a repeat of the scenes at Old Trafford, where hundreds of spectators stormed onto the outfield

The Saturday of the first Lord's Test has a little tradition attached to it that is not widely known

How good was the World Cup for the Asian teams involved

Alec Stewart, the veteran of 170 one-day internationals, has informed the chairman of selectors, David Graveney, that he thinks the time is right for England to look for a new wicket-keeper in the build-up to the 2007 World Cup

According to George Dobell, writing in the Birmingham Post, Warwickshire are lining up Kenyan leg-spinner Collins Obuya as their second overseas player for the coming season

The merry-go-round of international cricketers appearing in the domestic game continues with the news that Australian all-rounder, Greg Blewett, is set to join Kent as stand-in for Andrew Symonds for the first six weeks of the season

It was always known that Hampshire would have a new captain this season, but now it has been confirmed that John Crawley will be the man to do the job

Philip Weston, the 29 year-old Worcestershire left-handed opening batsman who joined the county in 1989, has been released from the final year of his contract

It took 54 matches to do so, but the World Cup has eventually confirmed that Australia are the best team on the planet, and by a distance

Nottinghamshire have signed South African pace bowler Steve Elworthy as a replacement overseas player for the early part of the forthcoming season as cover for New Zealander all-rounder Chris Cairns and Australian leg-spinner Stuart MacGill while