County Cricket

Yorkshire have never faced NatWest T20 Blast quarter-final opponents Glamorgan in Twenty20 cricket before but that is not preventing Adam Lyth from looking forward to the make-or-break clash in Cardiff.

Northants Steelbacks booked their place at NatWest T20 Blast Finals Day with a comfortable seven-wicket win over Middlesex in front of their home fans at Wantage Road.

Yorkshire have signed Jake Lehmann, the son of Australia coach and ex-Yorkshire batsman Darren, as cover following Travis Head's One-Day International call-up.

Notts Outlaws produced an outstanding performance in the field to defend a score of 162 for seven and beat Essex Eagles by 39 runs to book a NatWest T20 Blast Finals Day place at Edgbaston.

Former Essex fast bowler Darren Gough is predicting a win for his former side when they take on Notts Outlaws in the first NatWest T20 Blast quarter-final tonight.

All four Specsavers County Championship matches that ended today were drawn, which means Middlesex maintain a 13-point lead at the top of Division One and Essex are back on top of Division Two - by just one point.

Kent, Northamptonshire, Somerset and Yorkshire claimed victories on another dramatic day of Specsavers County Championship action up and down the country.

Andrew Gale says he and his Yorkshire team-mates need no extra motivation to try to clinch a third County Championship title in a row, a feat he says would be "unbelievable" to achieve.

It was a day of milestones and high drama in the Specsavers County Championship with Ryan Sidebottom, Nick Selman and Will Smith having days to remember.

There are now eight matches ongoing in the Specsavers County Championship and today's action proved something of a mixed bag with bowlers on top in some games, batsmen enjoying themselves in others, and some remaining very finely balanced.

Two Specsavers County Championship Division Two matches got underway today and despite rain delays, Glamorgan and Kent made early inroads with the ball against Northamptonshire and Worcestershire respectively.

Essex, Kent, Somerset, and Surrey completed the Royal London One-Day Cup quarter-final line-up after the final clutch of South Group games were affected by rain.

Varun Chopra has will signed a three-year contract to rejoin Essex from Warwickshire after a seven-year spell at Edgbaston.

Worcestershire and Warwickshire registered victories against Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire respectively on a day where three other games were abandoned due to rain in the Royal London One-Day Cup on Monday.

Ahead of the 14th week of the County Championship, Middlesex and Essex have continued to thrive at the top of the points table in Division One and Division Two respectively. Here are a few key statistics of the upcoming matches.

Another busy day in the Royal London One-Day Cup saw everything from last over dramatics to easy victories. With there still being a lot to play for in both groups, the teams were vying for crucial victories to try and secure a place in the next stages of the competition.

Tom Abell scored a very special century where the second highest score in the game was 39 as Somerset held their nerve to register a 10-run victory over Sussex in the South Group encounter of Royal London One-Day Cup in Taunton.

The line-up for the quarter-finals of the NatWest T20 Blast has been confirmed after the final round of group games provided plenty of drama this evening.

Worcestershire have rewarded all-rounder Brett D'Oliveira for excellent form in 2016 with a three-year contract which will keep him at the club until the end of the 2019 season.

As a youngster, Andrew Gale had ambitions to play a different sport but says he ended up becoming a cricketer almost by accident.