Chris Read's last match at Trent Bridge ended with a first defeat of the season, by eight wickets against Worcestershire, to throw the Division Two promotion race wide open

Worcestershire require another 103 with eight wickets intact to inflict Notts' first defeat of the season and strengthen their promotion hopes in the process

Riki Wessels' 60 prevented Worcestershire from taking a decisive grip on their top-of-the-table encounter but Nottinghamshire still have work to do to avoid defeat

Ed Barnard starred with four wickets on an excitable but brief day of action at Trent Bridge

Steven Mullaney claimed three wickets - including the key scalp of James Vince - as Nottinghamshire held on to reach their first T20 final since 2006

Ryan McLaren removed the two key names in Warwickshire's middle order as Lancashire closed in on victory

Nottinghamshire can travel to NatWest Blast Finals Day with a virtually impregnible lead at the top of Division Two after dominating Northants on the opening day

Former Yorkshire and England offspinner Geoff Cope's biography is a good-natured, insightful look back at the career of a man who was no stranger to adversity

Glamorgan bowler Don Shepherd, who took 2218 wickets in a first-class career spanning 22 years, has died at the age of 90

Adam Lyth achieved the highest T20 score ever witnessed in England and Yorkshire laid claim to the highest team total on a memorable night at Headingley

Reece Topley's future, the ignoring of Sam Northeast and the unpredictability of Pakistan cricket jostle for attention in our latest NatWest Blast round-up

Tim Bresnan finished with 6 for 19 to close out victory for Yorkshire in front of a capacity Headingley crowd as the rain fell at the end of a must-win Roses clash

There may have been more high-profile matches since his comeback when Mohammad Amir has revived memories of his fast-bowling prowess but surely few where he exuded such joy in his bowling

Mohammad Amir's five-for and an unbeaten half-century from Ryan ten Doeschate helped Essex take charge at North Marine Road

Controversial debuts, Headingley homesickness and journeys from hell make up just some of the latest news from the NatWest T20 Blast

There is a Test series to win, and another to follow, but minds are starting to drift towards the Ashes series and the questions still looming over England

Toby Roland-Jones enjoyed a dream debut at The Oval - though he admitted taking a hat-trick as well would have been "too greedy" - but will start from scratch as England look to improve their consistency

Dominic Sibley wanted a written assurance that he would bat in thre top three in all three formats - and that was too much for Alec Stewart

The freewheeling Pakistan batsman who came to prominence with a matchwinning century against India in the final of the Champions Trophy, is heading to Somerset

The 100th Test match at The Oval concluded with a wonderful piece of theatre when Moeen Ali completed England's victory in the third Test against South Africa with a hat-trick