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SCOTLAND made a disastrous start to their Friends Provident Trophy campaign in Edinburgh as Lancashire earned clinical revenge for last season’s shock at Old Trafford.

The Scots had gone into battle in confident mood in the wake of that stunning success. Read

Holders final bid

RUGBY UNION: The Wirral Floodlit Cup final takes place at New Brighton tonight (7.30pm). Read

Cheshire at ready

CRICKET: Beaten by Suffolk in last season’s Lord’s final, Cheshire open their programme of group games in the Minor Counties Cricket Association knock-out with a visit to Ampthill Town to meet Bedfordshire on Sunday (11am). Read

Competition to reward sides which uphold spirit of the sport

PLAYERS’ good behaviour in the Business Assistance Liverpool Competition will lead to two clubs receiving special Spirit of Cricket awards for their on-field conduct this year. Read

Cricket: Flintoff ready for New Zealand Test

ANDREW FLINTOFF is “ready to go” for the first Test against New Zealand and is already bowling at his optimum. Read

Cricket: Flintoff takes heart from first steps back

ANDREW FLINTOFF was heartened by his first-class comeback with Lancashire and hopes his latest return from ankle surgery will be permanent. Read

Cricket: Rainhill’s Wilding delivers fine start

RAINHILL who are back in the Bromborough Paints Merseyside and Southport Alliance this season gained a four-wicket success over Haydock with Tony Wilding taking 6-66 and skipper Mike Rotheram hitting 52. Read

Cricket: Duncan Fletcher fires a shot at Ashes heroes

FORMER England cricket coach Duncan Fletcher does not believe Andrew Flintoff is capable of holding down a place as a top-six batsman in the Test side unless his bowling returns to its peak again. Read

Cricket: Familiar story as rain stops play at Old Trafford

LANCASHIRE and Derbyshire were forced to watch the rain fall at Old Trafford as their opening Friends Provident Trophy North Division game was washed out without a ball bowled. Read

Parry puts on a champion display

Parry puts on a champion display

CHAMPIONS Firwood Bootle were soon into the groove as they opened the defence of their crown in emphatic style. Read

Usher shows the way as Edge seal win

THERE were four wins and two draws in the ECB Premier Division as The Right Move Abroad Cheshire County League got off to a dry, but bitterly cold start with hot soup the dish of the day on most grounds. Read

Cricket scores from he North West

(t) BOOTLE (25) 222-9d (53.5 overs) (Parry 98, Kelliher 30, Snellgrove 25, I Cockbain 21; Clubb 4-36) v COLWYN BAY (5) 103 (37.3) (SE Morris 42, Jones 18; Davis 5-29) Result: Bootle won by 119 runs Read

Prize Guy upsets St Helens at home

HUYTON and St Helens suffered heavy defeats on home ground. Read

Houghton has survival first aim for Park

ONE of the main aims of the new Sefton Park skipper Robbie Houghton in 2008 is to ensure that his team stays in the First Division of the Business Assistance Liverpool Competition. Read

Horton unconcerned over second-season syndrome

CONVENTIONAL wisdom holds that this will be the most testing season of Paul Horton’s cricket career. Read

Alliance gets off to damp opening

BROMBOROUGH Paints Merseyside and Southport Alliance clubs will have 26 league games this season which will again mean Bank Holiday fixtures. Read

English version of the Indian Premier League to move step closer

A MULTI-million pound English version of the Indian Premier League will move a step closer today when Texan billionaire Allen Stanford holds talks with the England and Wales Cricket Board. Read

Cricketer Patrick Jackson

Formby find life life tough at the top

IT probably wasn’t quite the start they had dreamed of but Formby at least showed a fighting spirit which will no doubt benefit them in cricket’s top flight. Read

Parry takes it slow after lightning rise

A HOST of good judges agree that the Firwood Bootle all-rounder Stephen Parry has all the makings of a first-class cricketer – and Lancashire’s decision to award the 21-year-old a professional contract merely provided official confirmation of their opinion. Read

Rainford reaping their rewards after many years of hard slog

DECADES of devoted service by past and present officials of Rainford CC will receive their due reward tomorrow when the club plays its first matches in the Business Assistance Liverpool Competition. Read

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