Ben Duckett's third Championship century provided a spirited response for Northamptonshire on the second afternoon against Derbyshire but the visitors closed on course for victory

Alastair Cook admitted that the habitual failure of England's top order had become an "area of concern" following their humiliating 405-run defeat in the second Test

Quite how England respond to their Lord's thrashing remains to be seen, but for Michael Clarke there was no screaming and shouting after Australia's opening defeat in Cardiff as he instead trusted his players to answer their own questions

The Bravo brothers shined again and kept Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel's chances of reaching the final alive with an 18-run win against St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in a rain-reduced match in Port-of-Spain

Barbados Tridents captain Kieron Pollard inspired his team to a 14-run win against Guyana Amazon Warriors with 4 for 30 to keep the team on top of the table in their last league match, in Guyana

Alex Hughes made his maiden first-class century as Derbyshire made a healthy first innings 361 on the opening day of their LV= County Championship Division Two match against Northamptonshire

Warwickshire spinner Jeetan Patel secured his first five-wicket haul of the season as Somerset made uneven progress after choosing to bat in the LV= County Championship match at Edgbaston

Netherlands bowled Kenya out for 97, and needed to chase the target in under eight overs to claim the top spot in Group B and gain direct qualification to the World T20 in India. But their four-wicket victory took a few balls too many

A power-packed half-century from 23-year old Stephan Baard was followed up by a triple-wicket maiden from from Bernard Scholtz as Namibia outplayed Papua New Guinea by 49 runs in Malahide

Gloucestershire dominated the final day of their LV= County Championship game at Cheltenham, beating Leicestershire by 155 runs to register back-to-back wins in a season at the picturesque college ground for the first time since 1998

KL Rahul, who has not played first-class cricket since the Ranji Trophy final in November last year, is set to make a comeback with the India A team against Australia A in Chennai

Kyle Coetzer's 38-ball 63 and Safyaan Sharif's 3 for 27 wrapped up a 23-run win for Scotland over Oman in their World T20 Qualifier Group B game in Edinburgh

Hong Kong legspinner Nizakat Khan has been suspended from bowling in international cricket after an ICC panel found his action to be illegal

Hampshire, bottom of Division One, have announced that Jimmy Adams has stepped down as captain of their Championship side to find form with the bat.

Guyana Amazon Warriors captain Denesh Ramdin steered his side to a slender three-wicket win after legspinner Keron Cottoy rocked their middle order in the chase of 112