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Cricket: Gibbs ready for Twenty20

GLAMORGAN’S new Twenty20 signing Herschelle Gibbs has played down hopes he could extend his stay in Wales this summer and become the Welsh county’s first Kolpak signing. Read

Cricket: Burton dig in to force draw

IT’S tight at the top of Division One of the Antur Insurance Pembroke County Cricket League with four sides within a win of current leaders Haverfordwest. Read

Cricket: Gibbs is eager to make an impact

NEW Glamorgan signing Herschelle Gibbs is hoping he can inspire the ailing Welsh county to a Twenty20 quarter-final place. Read

Cricket: Dalrymple holds key to Glam’s prospects

HERSCHELLE Gibbs’ arrival at the Swalec Stadium yesterday coincided with Glamorgan’s most encouraging batting display for the last three weeks as the Welsh county put themselves in a position to avoid a third straight championship defeat today. Read

Cricket: Day of the Davies’

SKIPPER Craig Davies led from the front as Newtown tasted their first success of the season in the Marston’s Shropshire Premier League with a crushing 79-run win over neighbours Welshpool. Read

Cricket: Bay battling back

COLWYN Bay have won at last. The suffering seasiders, 10 games without success and rooted to the foot of the Premier League table, finally cracked it with a crushing nine-wickets hammering of the side one place above St Helens Recs to leap two rungs up the ladder in one relieving bound. Read

Cricket: Frustrating fourth for leaders Llandudno

REIGNING champions Llandudno have now gone four games without a victory in the Readers Romida North Wales League – quite an unusual statistic for the talented Seasiders – after they managed only a “winning” draw with Brymbo yesterday. Read

Cricket: First taste of defeat

WEST Wales Conference leaders Talybont crashed to their first defeat of the season, going down by nine wickets to reigning champions Aberystwyth. Read

Cricket: Glam face follow-on fears yet again

FRAIL Glamorgan head into day three of their Division Two clash against Warwickshire contemplating the possibility of having to follow on for the third consecutive game. Read

Cricket: Jones fighting fit

RAMPANT former Glamorgan pace ace Simon Jones continued his renaissance with Worcestershire as he claimed a second five-for of the season against Derbyshire in their County Championship Division Two clash at Chesterfield. Read

Cricket: Herschelle can six up Glam

GLAMORGAN are hoping the signing of South Africa’s explosive batsman Herschelle Gibbs will capture the hearts of the Welsh cricket public – and propel them to a Twenty20 quarter-finals spot. Read

Cricket: Broad smile for England

STUART BROAD finally emerged from the shadows to make firm strides towards establishing himself as a match-winning bowler for England as they progressed towards a comprehensive final Test victory over New Zealand. Read

Cricket: Buoyant Sully slip up at Deepweir

SHOCK of the season in the Premier Division of the Thomas, Carroll South Wales Cricket league came at the Deepweir where runaway leaders and reigning champions Sully lost their unbeaten record to their bogey side Sudbrook. Read

Cricket: Harris saves day

AFTER losing their first five wickets with just 42 runs on the board, Glamorgan’s James Harris rescued leaders Pontarddulais against Swansea in Division One of the Andrew Knox Limited South Wales Association. Read

Cricket: Mark is so magical

SHOCK of the season in the Premier Division of the Thomas, Carroll South Wales Cricket league came at Deepweir, where runaway leaders and reigning champions Sully lost their unbeaten record to their bogey side Sudbrook. Read

Cricket: England beat New Zealand

ENGLAND beat New Zealand by an innings and nine runs. Read

Cricket: Maynard in Kolpak hint

GLAMORGAN cricket manager Matthew Maynard has given a broad hint the Welsh county might enter the Kolpak movement if the legal loophole is allowed to continue. Read

Cricket: Anderson shines to rock the Kiwis

JAMES Anderson justified his promotion up the order to deliver an unexpected performance with bat and ball to put England firmly in control of the final npower Test against New Zealand. Read

Cricket: Croft back in mix for Twenty20 challenge

GLAMORGAN cricket manager Matthew Maynard has revealed Robert Croft will figure in the Twenty20 campaign which starts in Cardiff next Wednesday. Read

Cricket: Warwickshire make comfortable start

WARWICKSHIRE moved comfortably onto to 91 without loss on the opening morning of their LV county championship match against against Glamorgan at Cardiff. Read