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Eoin Morgan, England's limited-overs captain, has been given a break by Middlesex amid a form slump that has not seen him pass fifty since the one-day series against New Zealand

Struggling Morgan given a break by Middlesex

Rain-marred Tests which had even less play than the Bangalore Test between India and South Africa

Five of the wettest Tests ever

All presumptions before the Ashes series have been quashed after England's victory at Edgbaston in under three days

England left baffled after three-day win

Kumar Sangakkara on the need for Sri Lanka to shift their focus from school cricket to the domestic first-class tournament

'First-class cricket was a lot tougher when I started'

Ross Taylor has conceded New Zealand will be under pressure in Tuesday's second ODI against Zimbabwe after going down 1-0 in the three-match series on Sunday

Zimbabwe 'batted outstandingly well' - Taylor

A second successive innings of substance by Glenn Maxwell carried Yorkshire to a 32-run win under Duckworth-Lewis-Stern in their Royal London Cup tie against Durham

Maxwell reigns before the rain

Warwickshire notched up their first victory of this season's Royal London Cup after a thrilling last-gasp three-wicket win against Lancashire at Old Trafford

Warks scrape home in nail-biting finish

Samit Patel and James Taylor guided Nottinghamshire to a seven-wicket victory over Essex in the Royal London Cup contest at a sold-out Chelmsford following an unbroken 215-run stand

Patel-Taylor stand overcomes Essex

A Michael Klinger century guided Gloucestershire to a three-wicket win over Somerset at Bristol and maintained their strong position in the Royal London Cup Group A

Klinger ton sees Gloucestershire home

Classy hundreds from Steven Davies and Kumar Sangakkara propelled Surrey to a 77-run victory over Derbyshire in a high-scoring Royal London Cup match at Guildford

Sangakkara, Davies tons trump Durston

Kent cantered to their second Royal London Cup win of the season after dispatching Group A neighbours Sussex by eight wickets in sunny Canterbury

Kent bowlers set up simple chase

Worcestershire Rapids allrounder Joe Leach took a hat-trick from the first three balls of the match but finished on the losing side as Northamptonshire Steelbacks edged home by 21 runs

Northants hit back to win after Leach hat-trick

Craig Ervine, whose maiden ODI ton drove Zimbabwe to a famous win against New Zealand, has said he scented victory during the last eight overs of the hosts' chase though they needed over nine an over

'Started believing in the last eight overs' - Ervine

The Royal London Cup match between Glamorgan and Hampshire at Cardiff was abandoned after the umpires deemed the pitch unplayable

Dangerous Cardiff pitch forces abandonment

Ervine's maiden ton guides hosts home

Imran Tahir has joined Nottinghamshire until the end of the season, replacing Ben Hilfenhaus as the club's main overseas player

Tahir joins Nottinghamshire