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(c)Cricinfo en-gb Ottis Gibson was named man-of-the-match as Durham wrapped up victory over Hampshire in the Friends Provident Trophy final on Sunday leaving Shane Warne's dreams of a domestic title shattered https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/307498.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/307498.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-307498 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Although Dale Benkenstein and Shane Warne were captains with very different emotions when play was abandoned in the Friends Provident final they agreed that third umpire referrals haven't worked in this year's tournament https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/307426.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/307426.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-307426 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT In their sixteenth year of first-class status, Durham claimed their first domestic trophy as they won the rain-interrupted Friends Provident final by 125 runs at Lord's https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/307394.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/307394.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-307394 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Durham, in their first Lord's final, and Hampshire, led by Shane Warne, go head-to-head for the Friends Provident final on Saturday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/307300.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/307300.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-307300 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Shane Warne will captain Hampshire at Lord's on Saturday when they face Durham in the Friends Provident Trophy final https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/307255.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/307255.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-307255 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Steve Harmison will not play for Durham against Hampshire in the Friends Provident final at Lord's on Saturday, after suffering from discomfort in his back https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/307151.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/307151.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-307151 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Hampshire overcame a sluggish start to book their place in the Friends Provident Trophy final with a battling 40-run victory over Warwickshire at Southampton https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/298778.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/298778.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-298778 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Low-scoring matches are often not short of drama, and that was certainly the case at Riverside where Durham scrambled into the Friends Provident Trophy final https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/298768.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/298768.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-298768 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ian Bell will not feature in Warwickshire's Friends Provident Trophy semis even though England made him available https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/298537.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/298537.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-298537 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The final group-stage matches in the Friends Provident resulted in Durham, already confirmed as semi-finalists after winning on Sunday, finishing top of the North Conference to be at home to Essex while Hampshire secured home advantage against Warwickshir https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/297881.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/297881.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-297881 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up from the latest Friends Provident matches as semi-final places are chased https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/297562.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/297562.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-297562 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of the latest Friends Provident matches https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/296784.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/296784.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-296784 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Will Smith's first limited overs century powered Durham to the top of the North Conference as they completed a 143-run demolition of Worcestershire https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/296614.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/296614.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-296614 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Derbyshire's problems with the setting sun again caused a delay as they lost their floodlit Friends Provident Trophy match against Yorkshire at Derby by 39 runs https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/296552.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/296552.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-296552 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT There is increasing concern that Scotland might be thrown out of England's domestic one-day competition due to their staging "off-shore" tournaments which, the ECB say, "could dilute moneys coming into the game" https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/scotland/content/story/296277.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/scotland/content/story/296277.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-296277 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of the latest Friends Provident matches where Surrey and Nottinghamshire are among the sides to beat the weather https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/296159.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/296159.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-296159 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Jesse Ryder, Ireland's overseas player from New Zealand, is unlikely to play for them again after failing to turn up for the washed out Friends Provident match against Surrey at The Oval https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ireland/content/story/296125.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ireland/content/story/296125.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-296125 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of the latest Friends Provident matches as Scotland pull off a shock against Lancashire in the only game to escape the rain https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/296042.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/296042.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-296042 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Mark Ramprakash's unbeaten 142 paved the way for Surrey's 16-run Friends Provident Trophy victory over Sussex at Hove https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/295563.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/295563.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-295563 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up from the matches in the latest Friends Provident Trophy https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/295061.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/295061.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-295061 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up from the latest Friends Provident matches where rain wrecked most of the fixtures with only Essex managing a positive result https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/294031.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/294031.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-294031 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Carl Greenidge tore through Ireland's middle order with 4 for 15 in their Friends Provident match against Gloucestershire at Dublin, in a comprehensive 185-run win, overshadowing a fine bowling display from Ireland's captain Trent Johnston https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/293782.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/293782.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-293782 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ireland have signed Jesse Ryder, a 22-year-old New Zealand allrounder, as their second overseas player https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ireland/content/story/293660.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ireland/content/story/293660.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-293660 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up from the latest Friends Provident Trophy matches https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/293415.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/293415.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-293415 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up from the latest Friends Provident Trophy matches https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/293309.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/293309.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-293309 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Niall O'Brien, the Ireland wicketkeeper-batsman, will play for Ireland during the Friends Provident Trophy https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ireland/content/story/293156.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ireland/content/story/293156.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-293156 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Nantie Hayward, the South Africa quick bowler, has signed as one of Ireland's overseas players for the Friends Provident Trophy. He has played 16 Tests and 21 ODIs for South Africa but hasn't appeared on the international stage since 2004 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/292931.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/292931.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-292931 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Alistair Brown, the Surrey and former England batsman, struck an astonishing 176 from just 97 balls in Surrey's world record 496 for 4 against Gloucestershire at The Oval https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/292817.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/292817.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-292817 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up from the latest Friends Provident Trophy matches https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/292811.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/292811.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-292811 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ireland have named a 12-man squad for their opening Friends Provident fixture, against Kent, at Stormont on Sunday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/292451.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/292451.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-292451 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Scotland's selectors have left out some familiar faces in their squad for the opening three rounds of their Friends Provident campaign https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/scotland/content/story/292424.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/scotland/content/story/292424.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-292424 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up from the Friends Provident Trophy https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/291907.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/291907.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-291907 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT South African left-hander Arno Jacobs will join Australian George Bailey as the two permitted overseas professionals for the Scotland in this year's Friends Provident Trophy campaign https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/scotland/content/story/291829.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/scotland/content/story/291829.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-291829 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT As the county season swings into action Cricinfo provides a lowdown on all the silverware that is on offer over the coming months https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/291265.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/291265.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-291265 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The ECB will this season allow players to refer on-field decisions to the third umpire on a trial basis in their domestic 50-over tournament this season https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/289918.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/289918.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-289918 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT