James Franklin

James Franklin and Chris Taylor both hit centuries as Gloucestershire beat Northamptonshire Steelbacks but it wasn't enough to earn the Gladiators a last-four spot in the Clydesdale Bank 40

James Franklin took career-best figures of 7 for 14 as Derbyshire were bowled out for just 44 on a day in which 24 wickets fell at Bristol

Gloucestershire captain Alex Gidman hit his first century of the season as his team kept alive their hopes of a place in the semi-finals with a nine-wicket victory over the Netherlands at Bristol

Will Porterfield and James Franklin blasted Gloucestershire to victory as Rotterdam rain reduced their Clydesdale Bank 40 clash with Holland to a 10-over thrash

Essex leapfrogged Gloucestershire into second place in the Clydesdale Bank 40 Group B with a six-wicket win at Bristol

Gemaal Hussain was the pick of the bowlers as Gloucestershire took 15 Northamptonshire wickets to move to the brink of victory on the second day of their County Championship clash at Wantage Road

Gemaal Hussain became the third bowler to take 50 first-class wickets this season as Gloucestershire put Worcestershire under pressure on the second day at Cheltenham

Will Porterfield finally ended Gloucestershire's century jinx with a career-best 175 out of a total of 324 for 4 on the opening day against Worcestershire at Cheltenham

Glamorgan opener Mark Cosgrove made his fourth century of the season to ensure the County Championship match with promotion rivals Gloucestershire remains evenly balanced at Cheltenham

Inserted beneath cloudy skies, Glamorgan suffered a spectacular collapse to 104 for 7 and were indebted to Mark Wallace and Robert Croft, who raised 105 for the eighth wicket to save their side from further embarrassment

Struggling Gloucestershire virtually ended Middlesex's hopes of reaching the Friends Provident t20 quarter-finals by beating them by six wickets with four balls to spare at Uxbridge

Kent took an early lead in the battle to avoid the Friends Provident t20 wooden spoon by securing a 12-run win over fellow South Group strugglers Gloucestershire at Canterbury

James Franklin fell one run short of becoming the first Gloucestershire player this season to hit a County Championship century

Sussex slid to their first defeat of the Friends Provident t20 campaign and missed their chance of setting a new domestic record of 14 successive Twenty20 wins

Captain Alex Gidman and James Franklin both fell agonisingly short of centuries but Gloucestershire still had the best of the opening day of their County Championship match

Gemaal Hussain confirmed his position as the leading wicket-taker in County Championship cricket this season by taking his tally to 29

Surrey collapsed to their third County Championship defeat in four games against Gloucestershire at The Oval today

Sixteen wickets fell on a dramatic day at the Brit Oval where Gloucestershire finished 190 runs ahead of Surrey with three-second innings wickets in hand in their County Championship Division Two clash

James Franklin's first one-day century inspired Gloucestershire Gladiators to a 51-run win over Derbyshire Falcons in the opening Clydesdale Bank 40 fixture at Bristol