Chris Read

England won in Bangladesh, but fell in a heap in Sri Lanka

Chris Read and Paul Franks have both agreed new two-year deals with Nottinghamshire

Richard Johnson's second five-wicket haul in only his second Test along with 95 from Nasser Hussain put England in complete control of the second Test at Chittagong

England ended the second day with the edge over Bangladesh, but not after another alarming collapse and a serious injury to Marcus Trescothick

England's selectors today named the tour parties for the first part of this winter's tour

Glamorgan 238 for 8 beat Yorkshire 237 by one run at Colwyn Bay Scorecard Matthew Hoggard's comeback match ended in disappointment, as Glamorgan snuck to a thrilling last-ball victory at Colwyn Bay

Surrey 693 beat Nottinghamshire 240 and 242 by an innings and 211 runs at Whitgift School Scorecard With the honourable exception of Chris Read, Nottinghamshire rolled over and had their tummies tickled as Surrey stormed to an

Kent 189 and 284 beat Essex 183 and 235 by 55 runs at Canterbury Scorecard Muttiah Muralitharan showed his worth as an overseas player with a match-winning 6 for 61 for Kent as Andy Flower bravely fought out what in the end was a lost cause for

Alec Stewart has shed more light on his decision to retire from Test cricket at the end of the summer, explaining that the prospect of another tough winter tour was the main reason

A sterling batting performance against the odds at Trent Bridge gave the Hampshire Hawks an exciting last ball victory in the floodlit National League Division Two clash against Nottinghamshire Outlaws.

Chris Read believes he is ready to step into Alec Stewart's shoes as England's first choice wicketkeeper

Chris Read: rated by Rodney Marsh as one of the best young players he has seen Chris Read's hands look small and delicate

So, England have won the inaugural NatWest Challenge, and today's decider at Lord's was a fitting finale to an uplifting trio of matches

England A collected more bonus points today after skipper Mark Alleyne made his first half-century in the Busta Cup against Windward Islands in St Lucia

With the A team party to tour West Indies announced at midday, speculation is growing as to the make up of the squad, and the identity of the captain in particular

MW Alleyne (Gloucestershire, capt), JP Crawley (Lancashire, vice-capt), IJ Ward (Surrey), VS Solanki (Worcestershire), U Afzaal (Nottinghamshire), A Habib (Leicestershire), DJG Sales (Northamptonshire), CMW Read (Nottinghamshire, wkt), JS Foster

Nominations are coming in for this annual Award, which has been presented since 1950

Centurion - The England touring party arrived at SuperSport Park, Centurion this morning for their first official practice of the tour

Thirteen selected, including two new faces, and Chris Read and Aftab Habib are both certain to play at Edgbaston