County Cricket

We preview the penultimate round of LV= County Championship games in which leaders Durham host relegation-threatened Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire host Middlesex.

Despite the 18th round of the LV= County Championship being somewhat rain-affected, it still managed to produce several results that could prove critical come the end of the season.

Matches in the LV= County Championship were again heavily affected by the English autumnal weather, with day three of the fixture at Lord’s between Middlesex and Nottinghamshire seeing no play at all due to rain.

Essex, Lancashire, Hampshire, Yorkshire, Somerset and Nottinghamshire all enjoyed good second days to their eighteenth round LV= County Championship matches as the rain largely stayed away to allow more play than was the case on day one.

Rain affected every single one of the day's LV= County Championship matches to some degree. What play there was saw the batsmen struggle for fluency for the most part, with Surrey finding it particularly hard going in their relegation clash at Taunton.

Yorkshire captain Andrew Gale tells us in this cricket video how proud he is to play for the White Rose county and to captain the side.

A preview of tomorrow's games in the LV= County Championship.

Nottinghamshire's seamers made the most of some good bowling conditions and some poor Somerset batting to ease their side into the Yorkshire Bank 40 final.

Former England captain and Middlesex batsman Andrew Strauss says that his former county are now a force to be reckoned with following an excellent 2013 county campaign.

Using the latest stats from Opta, see if you can beat the bookies and make a winning bet on the penultimate round of the LV= County Championship fixtures.

Former Yorkshire batsman and international umpire Dickie Bird confidently predicts that the White Rose county will win this year's LV= County Championship.

Derbyshire once again lifted themselves out of the LV= County Championship Division One relegation zone; this time following a thrilling win over Somerset at Taunton.

There were wins for Middlesex, Essex, Durham, Gloucestershire and Kent as the 17th round of matches in the LV= County Championship began to draw to a close as the teams rushed things to a conclusion with an eye on tomorrow’s abysmal weather forecast.

There were potentially decisive contributions from Ollie Rayner, Samit Patel, Will Gidman, Ben Foakes and Graham Napier on the second day of matches in round 17 of the LV= County Championship.

It was a day for the bowlers as the 17th round of the LV= County Championship began around the country. Worcestershire, Leicestershire and Somerset were each bowled out for little more than 100, while 15 wickets fell at Cardiff.

The 17th round of the LV= County Championship begins tomorrow and, with us now into September, matches kick off half an hour earlier at 1030 BST.

Derbyshire find themselves back at the foot of Division One of the LV= County Championship after Surrey prevailed on a tense final day at The Oval.

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.