County Cricket

The race for the LV= County Championship title is hotting up, with Durham now just 5.5 points behind leaders Yorkshire with a game in hand after completing victory over them at Scarborough.

There were wins for Somerset and Northamptonshire as the 16th round of matches in the LV= County Championship began to draw to a close around the country.

Essex, Worcestershire, Lancashire, Northamptonshire and Somerset were among the teams to enjoy good second days to their 16th round LV= County Championship matches.

The 16th round of the LV= County Championship kicked off in the late summer sunshine around the country, with Durham fairly dominating the opening day of their crunch match against Yorkshire.

Tomorrow sees the start of the sixteenth round of matches in this season's LV= County Championship, with the competition now entering its latter stages.

There were several dramatic twists and turns on the final day of group matches in the Yorkshire Bank 40 before the identity of the four semi-finalists were confirmed.

There were wins for Durham and Lancashire as the 15th round of matches in the LV= County Championship drew to a close. Meanwhile, Essex and Glamorgan kept their Yorkshire Bank 40 semi-final hopes alive ahead of the final round of matches tomorrow.

Durham and Lancashire look well-placed going into the final day of their 15th round LV= County Championship matches tomorrow. Meanwhile, Kent were denied by the rain at Canterbury and Glamorgan completed victory over a hapless Leicestershire.

Yorkshire look almost inked in for the title after completing victory over Nottinghamshire and then watching Middlesex slip up against Derbyshire and Warwickshire be thwarted by the rain against Somerset. Elsewhere, Lancashire and Durham are nicely placed at the halfway point of their matches.

Derbyshire, Durham, Yorkshire and Glamorgan will all be pleased with the position that they find themselves in at the various stages of their LV= County Championship matches in the 15th round of fixtures.

A round-up of the day's county cricket news and action.

There were centuries from Wayne Madsen, Craig Kieswetter, David Sales and Stephen Peters as the batsmen prospered on the opening day of matches in round 15 of the LV= County Championship.

A round-up of the day's county cricket action plus a preview of tomorrow's LV= County Championship matches.

There were wins for Gloucestershire and the Unicorns in today's Yorkshire Bank 40 matches.

It is the stuff that fairytales are made of. An unfancied team who haven’t tasted success in a generation were crowned winners of the 2013 Friends Life t20 by beating a much richer and much bigger club.

A Zafar Ansari maximum proved crucial for Surrey as they caused a surprise by beating defending champions in the second Friends Life t20 semi-final.

With the required run rate threatening to get out of hand, enter the man who has enjoyed a season so spectacular as to be almost unbelievable since re-joining the club from Middlesex over the winter.

A bumper edition of the County Cricket Round-Up including extensive previews of Friends Life t20 Finals Day.

Gautam Gambhir and Piyush Chawla will play county cricket in September after agreeing terms with Essex and Somerset.

A round-up of the day's county cricket news and action involving Hashim Amla, Kane Williamson and Adam Tillcock.