Graham Napier

Owais Shah failed by just four runs to mark his first-class debut for Essex with a century in the County Championship clash against Middlesex out at Chelmsford

The Surrey and Essex faithful came to Croydon to watch England star Kevin Pietersen bat, but left for home marvelling over Graham Napier's astonishing display of pyrotechnics

Graham Napier celebrated a dramatic hat-trick but Essex Eagles' day-night Clydesdale Bank 40 clash against Glamorgan Dragons fell victim to the weather

Graham Napier will miss the remainder of the 2010 domestic season after suffering a stress fracture to his back and Ryan ten Doeschate is out for six to eight weeks

Graham Napier is determined to use the IPL as a chance to prove the England selectors were wrong for overlooking him for the preliminary World Twenty20 squad

A summary of the fourth round of matches in New Zealand's domestic one-day competition

All the latest Championship action as Essex secure a vital win with one ball to spare but Derbyshire are denied by Middlesex

Graham Napier, the Essex allrounder, will play for Central Districts in New Zealand's domestic Twenty20 and one-day competitions

A round-up of the latest County Championship action as Alfonso Thomas gives Somerset control and David Masters stars against his former club

A round-up from the latest Twenty20 Cup matches

A round-up from the latest Friends Provident Trophy matches

Graham Napier is still trying to come to terms with what has been a whirlwind year as he has gone from a bit-part county player to an England international with a stop at the IPL on the way

Paul Collingwood has been confirmed as England's captain for the ICC World Twenty20 and will lead a squad including James Foster, Robert Key, Graham Napier and Eoin Morgan as the selectors continue to unveil a new way of thinking

England's selectors are having a busy time of it and two days after naming a new-look Test squad the ICC World Twenty20 party will be unveiled at Lord's on Friday with all eyes on who will take the captaincy

Graham Napier has signed a two-year deal with Essex which will keep him with the county side until the end of the 2011 season

Essex allrounder Graham Napier is keen on joining the Mumbai Indians for the second season of the IPL which gets underway in South Africa from April 18

Graham Napier, the Essex allrounder, will stay back in New Zealand to represent the England Lions for the forthcoming three-match one-day series against New Zealand A

The BBC has reported that the few England players in line to secure lucrative IPL contracts are very unhappy with having to pay 10% of their auction fee back to their counties

Following David Warner's incredible debut for Australia, a look at XI players whose careers have been inspired by Twenty20