County Cricket

A round-up of all of today's county news and action.

Sussex moved themselves into title contention with a three-day win over Middlesex at Hove, while in the Clydesdale Bank 40, the Netherlands' encouraging campaign ended with a whimper at Old Trafford.

Surrey completed their trip to Durham with a crushing defeat in the Clydesdale Bank 40 to follow on from their humiliating one earlier in the week in the LV= County Championship. Elsewhere, Northamptonshire took control over Leicestershire at Wantage Road and Sussex kept the upper hand over Middlesex at Hove.

It was a good day for Warwickshire as they wrapped up a seven-wicket victory over Worcestershire to open up a handsome advantage over Nottinghamshire the top of the LV= County Championship's first division. Elsewhere, Kent suffered a setback in their hopes of promotion by being bowled out for 101 against Essex. We round-up those matches plus the rest of the day's action as well as the latest news from the county circuit.

Whether in the unofficial Test match at Old Trafford or in any of today's LV= County Championship Division One fixtures, it was a day to be a bowler, in spite of the sunshine that bathed much of the country in a warm glow.

Any of the three County Championship contenders will do well to emerge with a win from the current crop of matches, as Somerset and Nottinghamshire's encounter at Taunton continued to be plagued by wet weather and Warwickshire suffered at the hands of Phil Hughes on the opening day at Edgbaston.

Warwickshire Fast Bowler Boyd Rankin has signed a new three year contract extension to remain at Edgbaston until at least the end of the 2015 cricket season.

Warwickshire all-rounder Darren Maddy has signed a new contract extension with the Bears for the 2013 season.

Rain played another starring role in today's county action with late starts and early finishes again the norm in many of the games. The England Lions also got underway against their Australian counterparts, although they were without Ravi Bopara, who decided that he hadn’t recovered sufficiently from his personal problems shortly before the start.

A round-up of today's county action, plus the latest news, and previews of tomorrow's fixtures.

Rain had its say in all of tonight's Clydesdale Bank 40 fixtures but fortunately wasn't able to prevent a result in any of them. Meanwhile, Derbyshire extended their lead at the top of the County Championship’s second division.

Rain ruined much of the action on the final day of matches in the latest round of the LV= County Championship. Only Glamorgan were able to force a result, with a thrilling finale to their match at Swansea, which moved them up to seventh in Division Two.

The battle for the LV= County Championship became a four-way one thanks to Sussex's dispatching of Worcestershire at Hove and Somerset and Warwickshire's continuing struggles at Aigburth and Uxbridge. In Division Two, Kent look to be having the best of their promotion tussle at Derby.

We round-up the action from another day on the county circuit, where title challengers Somerset and Warwickshire were again made to work hard; while in Division Two, promotion challengers Kent and Derbyshire played out an intriguing first day at Derby.

The beginning of August marked the start of another round of action in the LV= County Championship, with two of the three title contenders in action at Uxbridge and Aigburth, and Yorkshire looking to make up ground on Derbyshire at the top of Division Two. We round up all six of today's matches, and the rest of the action.

A round-up of all the day's county news plus previews of all of tomorrow's matches.

All four of today's matches ended in a draw as a combination of rain, flat pitches and good batting meant that the bowlers struggled on the final day of matches in round 13 of the LV= County Championship.

A round-up of all of the day's county action.

It was an excellent day for both Championship contenders as Nottinghamshire's and Warwickshire's batsmen both made the most of the warm weather to pile on the runs at Trent Bridge and Edgbaston.

A round-up of all the latest from the county circuit.