Carl Hooper

Sourav Ganguly said his team was confident of wrapping up the three-Test series at the Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, India's happiest hunting ground

The job spec might more realistically have spelled out terms for a saviour rather than a captain, because that was what the West Indies Board was looking for when they appointed Carl Hooper as captain in March 2001

One of the cast-iron truths of human existence is that you learn from mistakes

Gary Keedy, Lancashire's left-arm spinner, picked up 7 for 132 on the final day at Old Trafford, but Gloucestershire, helped by a century from Chris Taylor, still made 289 to set Lancashire an improbable 290 to win

Lancashire have snapped up Dinesh Mongia, the India batsman, on a short-term deal while Carl Hooper recovers from injury

It's amazing what a winter's rest can do for a jaded fast bowler

Carl Hooper, Mal Loye, Iain Sutcliffe and John Wood were all awarded their county caps by Sir Dennis Landau, Lancashire's president, during a ceremony at Old Trafford

Guyana's selectors are likely to include Carl Hooper in their squad for next month's Red Stripe Bowl, even though his contract with Lancashire will prevent him taking part in the El Dorado Five Star limited-overs tournament which forms the basis for

Hampshire Hawks suffered their second successive defeat in the National League Division Two, losing to runaway leaders Lancashire Lightning by 45 runs at the Rose Bowl

Gloucestershire 232 for 7 beat Essex 227 by five runs at Bristol Scorecard With the game in their sights, Essex suffered a dramatic collapse of eight wickets for 40 runs to blow it against Gloucestershire

Kent 535 v Surrey 125 and 169 for 7 at Canterbury (Day 2) Scorecard Surrey's title hopes took a massive dive as they spiralled to almost-certain defeat against Kent

Darren Gough, Graham Thorpe, Vinod Kambli, Ajay Jadeja: four international comebacks at various stages of progress - from fact to probable to unlikely to 'forget it, mate'

Carl Hooper held up Surrey's quest to go back on top of the Championship with a majestic hundred, as Lancashire sneaked into a four-run first innings lead

Leicestershire 166 and 636 for 4 drew with Surrey 501 and 117 for 2 at Grace Road Scorecard John Sadler scored his maiden first-class century as Leicestershire put a dent in Surrey's bid for the Championship

Carl Hooper and Mark Chilton guided Lancashire to their ninth-successive victory in the National League, against Middlesex, to put them back on top of the table

Hampshire 226 for 3 beat Scotland 225 for 5 by seven wickets at the Rose Bowl Scorecard John Crawley continued his rich vein of form to overcome a gutsy performance from Scotland, as Hampshire moved into second place in the National League

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

Sussex 429 v Surrey 212 for 6 at Hove Scorecard Sussex tightened their control over Surrey in this intriguing tussle of the top two

Sussex 416 and 166 for 5 beat Leicestershire 320 and 258 by five wickets Scorecard Tony Cottey followed his 147 in Sussex's first innings with a steady 58 in a five-wicket win against Leicestershire at Grace Road