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LANCASHIRE cricket manager Mike Watkinson has confirmed that Andrew Flintoff is likely to be unavailable for all of England’s Test series with New Zealand through injury.

The all-rounder had been in outstanding form with the ball on his return from ankle surgery but complained of discomfort in his side while bowling against Durham last week. Read

A QUICKFIRE 69 not out from overseas batsman Adam Voges gave Nottinghamshire a seven-wicket victory over a depleted Lancashire – who lost Dominic Cork to an overnight back spasm – and stretched their lead at the top of LV County Championship Division One.

The hosts began the day on 33 for one, needing just 112 more runs to win, although Sajid Mahmood did give them a scare with two early wickets. Read

County game venue moved

CHESHIRE’S final MCCA Knockout Trophy group match against Cumberland on Sunday, June 1 has been switched from Bramhall Cricket Club to Marple. Read

Leaders Birkenhead St Mary’s facing Alder test

BIRKENHEAD ST MARY’S with five wins to date lead the way in the Bromborough Paints Merseyside and Southport Alliance. Read

Batticciotto bows out ahead of Queensland return

NANTWICH’s star Overseas batsman Glen Batticciotto who has twice topped 150 in four innings in The Right Move Abroad Cheshire County League ECB Premier Division this season, makes his last appearance against Chester Boughton Hall today before being recalled to Australia to take up a first-class appointment with Queensland on June 1. Read

Bootle will have to stop Hey to progress in cup

THOSE who believe that the top division of the Business Assistance Liverpool Competition plays some of the very best cricket in the country must explain a notable gap in its Curricuum Vitae – no club from the Competition has yet appeared in a national knock-out final. Read

FIXTURES: TODAY (11.00 unless stated): First npower Test Match (day 2 of 5): Lord’s: England v New Zealand LV County Championship Division One (day 3 of 4): Riverside: Durham v Yorkshire The Rose Bowl: Hampshire v Surrey Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire v Lancashire Taunton: Somerset v Sussex Division Two (day 3 of 4): The SWALEC Stadium: Glamorgan v Derbyshire New Road: Worcestershire v Gloucestershire LV County Championship - Division Two (day 4 of 4) Grace Road: Leicestershire v Northamptonshire Friends Provident Trophy Midlands Division (1 day): Stormont Belfast: Ireland v Warwickshire (12.00) Friends Provident Trophy South/East Division (1 day): Chelmsford: Essex v Kent (14.30) Indian Premier League (1 day): Mumbai: Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders (15.30) .

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Huyton hope for some luck

THESE are the toughest of times at Huyton CC. The club’s first team, relegated by a distance from the Business Assistance Liverpool Competition’s Premier League in 2007, has yet to win a match this year and is bottom of the First Division table by 22 points. Read

Cheshire’s surprise loss

LAST year’s finalists Cheshire slipped to a surprise defeat at the hands of Oxfordshire in the MCCA Knockout Trophy at the weekend. Read

Oxton go top of the table

ANDY BIRLEY’S nicely-balanced Oxton side whipped Timperley by 10 wickets at Townfield Lane to go top of the First Division in The Right Move Abroad Cheshire County League. Read

FRANCOIS Du Plessis hit a brilliant unbeaten 77 to give Lancashire a thrilling three-wicket Friends Provident Trophy win over Roses rivals Yorkshire at Old Trafford.

The South African rescued the hosts from 76 for five in the 22nd over of a Duckworth-Lewis affected 45-over chase of 214. It meant the Lightning stayed top of the North Division and made them favourites to qualify for the quarter-finals. Read

Vics hit

BIRKENHEAD ST MARY’S maintained winning form in the Bromborough Paints Merseyside and Southport Alliance in a thriller at Rainhill which went to the last over. Read

RIGHT MOVE ABROAD CHESHIRE COUNTY LEAGUE ECB PREMIER DIV

CHESTER BOUGHTON HALL (won toss, 20 pts.) beat HEATON MERSEY (9 pts.) by 4 wickets Read

Ormskirk maintain pace as Bootle slide

Ormskirk maintain pace as Bootle slide

A COMBINATION of young and old thwarted Firwood Bootle’s chance of maintaining pace with leaders Ormskirk. Read

BUSINESS ASSISTANCE LIVERPOOL COMPETITION ECB PREMIER LEAGUE

FLEETWOOD HESKETH (9) 243-5d (55 overs) (Wells 95, Bodhisha 36, ND Rimmer 35, Sykes 34; Swiers 3-65) v (t) MAGHULL (6) 193-8 (54) (McDonnell 73, Walters 34, Swiers 31, G Gillespie 22; Bodhisha 4-41, Davies 3-70) Read

Rainford winning plaudits and matches

RAINFORD are proving the surprise package of the Competition’s First Division. Read

Bowdon impress in victory over Neston

AN impressive performance against Neston at Parkgate brought Bowdon their fourth successive victory and earned them top place in the ECB Premier Division of The Right Move Abroad Cheshire County League. Read

Sutcliffe content with start to season

HAVING seen his team secure two wins and suffer two defeats in the first month of the Premier League season, Hightown captain Ian Sutcliffe is surely justified in feeling “quietly pleased” with his side’s progress. Read

Shazzard comes face to face with paceman

BIRKENHEAD St Mary’s aim to put the blocks on Rainhill overseas player Khuran Shazzard today. Read

Lancashire duo hoping to upset odds at Oulton

THE top four pace-makers in The Right Move Abroad Cheshire County League’s ECB Premier Division meet in two intriguing clashes today. Read

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