Martin Saggers

Martin Saggers has been added to the full list of First Class umpires for 2012, replacing John Steele who retired at the end of the last season.

Martin Saggers, the former Kent and England seamer, is one of two new umpires added to the ECB's list of reserve first-class umpires for next season

Former England swing bowler Martin Saggers has announced his retirement after picking up a serious knee injury in August

Jeremy James reports on the second day of the Championship clash between Kent and Durham at Canterbury

A round-up from the first day of the latest Championship matches

Cricinfo looks at the fortunes of some of the other bowlers who were picked as Headingley specialists

A round-up from the first day in the latest County Championship matches

Former England seamer Martin Saggers has been signed on loan by Essex for one month

Kent have released bowler Alamgir Sheriyar and allowed opening batsman Michael Carberry to talk to other counties

A sterling performance from Mushtaq Ahmed put Sussex in a strong position after two days of their season-end match against Kent at Hove

Kent secured a three-wicket win against Bangladesh A on the second day at Canterbury

Kent struggled to 123 for 8 in reply to Bangladesh A's 185 at Canterbury

West Indies found out that traveling by road in the UK can be a rather haphazard affair as they arrived late for their warm-up match against Kent

Andrew Miller gives his marks out of ten for England's performance against New Zealand

Craig McMillan has failed a late fitness Test and will miss the Headingley Test, while Stephen Fleming is battling to recover from an ear infection

James Anderson has been ruled out of the second Test against New Zealand at Headingley which starts on Thursday

Matthew Walker top-scored with an unbeaten 151, and the nightwatchman Martin Saggers scored his second first-class century, as an inspired Kent chased 429 to overwhelm Worcestershire at Canterbury

Sussex made sure that they didn't start their year as champions with a defeat, batting solidly through the day at Lord's until bad light brought about an early finish at 5pm to force a draw with MCC

After competing hard throughout the series it was disappointing that Bangladesh ended it with an indisciplined batting performance which saw them bowled out inside three hours and slide to a 329-run defeat