Sajid Mahmood

Saj Mahmood was left of Essex's first match of the season but Gloucestershire's unbroken, fourth-wicket partnership of 229 carried the day

The future of Sajid Mahmood, the former England fast bowler, has been resolved with Essex signing him on a two-year deal.

He was picked on the basis that international cricket needed bowlers who bowled fast. But while the prognosis was the right one, Mahmood wasn't

England A completed their third win in a row over the United Arab Emirates in a thrilling manner at Sharjah, reaching their target of 189 with just one wicket to spare

Lancashire have released former England faster bowler Saj Mahmood after ten years at the club

Dropped by Lancashire, and playing out the rest of the season for Somerset, Sajid Mahmood tries to stay positive and believes he still has plenty to offer

Sajid Mahmood had a night to forget as Lancashire lost to Derbyshire by 17 runs via the Duckworth/Lewis method in a Friends Life t20 game played in steady rain under the County Ground floodlights.

An unbroken 90-run partnership for the fourth wicket between Karl Brown and Steven Croft blunted Worcestershire's fightback and left Lancashire with a substantial advantage at the end of a sternly-contested second day of the County Championship match at

After Yorkshire's wonderful fightback on day three, this fascinating, absorbing Roses match has produced more ebbs and flows

Richard Pyrah produced Headingley heroics worthy of Ian Botham as he batted Yorkshire back into their Roses clash with Lancashire

Twenty wickets tumbled at Aigburth but there was nothing wrong with the pitch as Dale Benkenstein proved

Nottinghamshire were once again reliant on club stalwarts Paul Franks and Chris Read to dig them out of a hole on the first day of the Division One meeting with Lancashire

Lancashire revived their hopes of qualifying for the Clydesdale Bank 40 semi-finals with a dramatic last-over win against Nottinghamshire at Old Trafford

Sajid Mahmood, the former England fast bowler, has replaced Kemar Roach as one of Western Australia's overseas players for the Twenty20 Big Bash

Jimmy Adams amassed a brilliant 194 off 507 balls but relegation-threatened Hampshire failed to prevent an County Championship defeat in a thriller against Lancashire at Liverpool

Lancashire are on course for their fifth County Championship win of the season after taking charge against Hampshire at Liverpool on the second da