Middlesex

India renewed their love affair with Lord's by hammering Middlesex by 95 runs - the same margin by which they won the Test there earlier this summer - in a one-day tour game.

Matt Carter rounds up the latest LV= County Championship action with 10 talking points from a week which saw Middlesex assume the leadership mantle.

Matt Carter reflects on the opening week of county cricket in the UK, picking out a number of talking points as the LV= County Championship got underway.

Matt Carter takes a detailed statistical look ahead to the LV= County Championship, which gets underway this weekend, starting with Division One.

Eoin Morgan has been named as Middlesex's limited overs captain ahead of the 2014 season, replacing Neil Dexter.

A round-up of the day's county cricket news, including Leicestershire's capture of former Kent and Nottinghamshire bowler Charlie Shreck.

Ireland fast bowler Tim Murtagh has signed a new three-year contract with Middlesex and is set to remain at Lord's until the end of the 2016 season.

Former Middlesex and England spinner John Emburey believes his former side are unlikely to clinch this year's LV= County Championship title.

Middlesex County Cricket Club Managing Director of Cricket Angus Fraser tells us he is chuffed with the way 2013 has gone for his club.

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.

Gloucestershire, Middlesex and Essex all completed victories in the remaining matches in round 13 of the LV= County Championship, while there was a much-needed win for Warwickshire in the day's Friends Life t20 fixture.

Yorkshire are the new leaders of the LV= County Championship after completing victory over Derbyshire, while Middlesex and Essex look well placed for wins going into the final days of their matches at Hove and Chelmsford.

There was a win for Warwickshire at Edgbaston as they kept their LV= County Championship title defence alive. Meanwhile rivals Yorkshire and Middlesex took complete control of their matches against Sussex and Derbyshire.

Draws now look inevitable at Old Trafford and Canterbury, but the match at Edgbaston is nicely set up going into the final day. Elsewhere, Gloucestershire, Leicestershire and Yorkshire all enjoyed outstanding days in the LV= County Championship.

There was more joy for the nation's batsmen as runs flowed on another sunny day around the country. Laurie Evans and Rob Key both reached three figures for their sides, while Sean Ervine, James Taylor, Daniel Bell-Drummond, Michael Lumb and Ateeq Javid all prospered.

Round 13 of the LV= County Championship kicked off around the country today, with the batsmen enjoying the best of the sunny conditions. There were centuries for both Murray Goodwin and Michael Carberry.

There were wins for Warwickshire, Hampshire, Essex, Worcestershire, Lancashire, Yorkshire and Northamptonshire in the day's Friends Life t20 action.

A round-up of the latest county cricket action plus a look ahead to tomorrow's Friends Life t20 matches.

There were wins for Durham, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Glamorgan and Middlesex in the evening's Friends Life t20 matches. Meanwhile, at Cheltenham, Kent and Gloucestershire set up a last day run chase in their LV= County Championship Division Two match.

There is a new leader in Division Two of the LV= County Championship, while there were wins for Durham, Warwickshire and Kent elsewhere on an entertaining day on the county circuit.