County Cricket

Somerset began the latest round of County Championship fixtures strongly with Tom Abell scoring a ton, taking the score to 339 for seven against Lancashire. Elsewhere the bowlers dominated in the rest of the fixtures on the first day with as many as five bowlers registering their five-wicket hauls.

As the 17th week in the County Championship gets underway, Middlesex and Essex are still leading the Division One and Division Two points tables respectively. Here are a few key statistics ahead of the action-packed week ahead of us.

Yorkshire County Cricket Club has confirmed that the first team coach Jason Gillespie will depart at the end of the ongoing domestic season.

Australian fast bowler John Hastings has been signed by Worcestershire County Cricket Club as an overseas player for the 2017 domestic season.

In their championship encounters on day four, Surrey and Yorkshire secured wins in Division One while Sussex, Kent and Worcestershire registered victories in Division Two. Elsewhere, Durham and Hampshire drew their encounters against Warwickshire and Somerset respectively in Division One.

Worcestershire have added West Indies fast bowler Miguel Cummins to their squad as an overseas player for the final three rounds of the ongoing County Championship.

Warwickshire County Cricket Club is planning to conduct a day-night championship game by the end of the ongoing season in an attempt to stage the first day-night Test match in England next year.

A four-wicket haul each from Jamie Porter and David Masters dismissed Leicestershire for 175 in their second innings as Essex completed a convincing innings victory at Grace Road. Here is all you want to know on day three of the latest round of the County Championship.

Yorkshire Vikings, Surrey, Warwickshire and Somerset have qualified for the semi-finals of the 2016 Royal London One-Day Cup. Ahead of the action filled knock-out games, here are a few key statistics.

The two teams looking to challenge Essex at the top of Division Two of the County Championship both dismissed their opponents on day one as the latest round of action got underway while in Division One, teams battled to take advantage of leaders Middlesex not being in action.

Derbyshire have confirmed that pace bowler Will Davis and all-rounder Rob Hemmings have signed two-year contracts which will keep them at the club until at least the end of the 2018 season.

At the end of the 14th week, Middlesex and Essex managed to extend their lead at the top of the points table in Division One and Division two respectively. Ahead of the 15th week in the championship, here is a statistical round up.

Northants Steelbacks clinched the 2016 NatWest T20 Blast title by overcoming a dreadful start to their run chase to beat Durham Jets by four wickets in a competitive final at Edgbaston.

Ben Stokes hit 56 in 36 balls and Mark Wood returned four for 25 to put Durham Jets into the NatWest T20 Blast final thanks to a seven-run win over Yorkshire Vikings in the day's second semi-final.

Both Northants Steelbacks and Notts Outlaws lost early wickets but it was the former who recovered better to win the first NatWest T20 Blast semi-final by eight runs at Edgbaston.

Surrey beat Northants Steelbacks by one wicket while Yorkshire Vikings held on to beat Kent Spitfires by 11 runs to book a meeting with each other in the semi-finals of the Royal London One-Day Cup.

Warwickshire will host Somerset in one Royal London One-Day Cup semi-final after both teams convincingly won their quarter-finals against Essex and Worcestershire respectlvely.

After the quarter-finals, Notts Outlaws, Northants Steelbacks, Durham Jets and Yorkshire Vikings qualified for the semi-finals of the NatWest Twenty20 Blast. Ahead of the finals day, here are a few key statistics.

There were wins on day four of the the latest round of Specsavers County Championship matches for Hampshire, Surrey, Essex, Glamorgan and Gloucestershire.

Essex batsman Dan Lawrence may have played his last match of the season after suffering a hamstring injury that will rule him out for up to four weeks.