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Angus Robson recorded a maiden first-class century but bottom-placed Leicestershire failed to make the best of his 115 as promotion-chasing Hampshire fought back on the opening day of their Division Two tussle

Robson's maiden century resists Hampshire

Nottinghamshire may feel suddenly that their title challenge is a little under-resourced after being held in check on the first day of their Championship match against Durham.

Late blow a concern for depleted Notts

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Barrow's best frustrates Willey

Alex Barrow's career-best 88 helped Somerset recover from a poor start to post 314 all out on the opening day of the LV=County Championship match with Northamptonshire at Taunton.

Charlie Morris claimed his 50th first-class wicket of the season for Worcestershire but Alex Hughes led a revival for Derbyshire on the opening day at Derby

Morris and Hughes share honours

Chris Cooke scored a superb maiden first-class century to keep Kent's attack at bay and guide Glamorgan to 329 all out on the opening day of the Division Two match at Canterbury.

Cooke's maiden ton revives Glamorgan

Michael Clarke will head back to Australia to nurse the hamstring he injured during the tri-series match against Zimbabwe on Sunday

Clarke to head home with hamstring injury

Faf du Plessis shared a double-century stand with AB de Villiers recently. The partnership, though, goes a long way back. The two went to school together and then played for Titans

Du Plessis' old bond grows stronger

That stand-off between the BCCI and the Rajasthan Cricket Association has left players from the state unsure about their future

Uncertainty grips Rajasthan players

Former Bihar captain and offspinner, V Venkatram, has been named coach of the Jharkhand Ranji Trophy side

V Venkatram to coach Jharkhand Ranji team

Australia Women secured an unassailable 2-0 series lead with a 63-run victory in the second T20 against Pakistan Women at Kerrydale Oval

Kimmince routs Pakistan Women

Mushfiqur Rahim and Nasir Hossain struck fifties and shared an unbeaten 144-run partnership for the seventh wicket to revive the Bangladeshi innings on the first day of their three-day tour game against St Kitts & Nevis

Mushfiqur, Nasir fifties lift Bangladeshis

New Zealand legspinner Bruce Martin said he was "gutted" at not even being given a domestic contract, less than a year after he played in a Test against Bangladesh

Bruce Martin 'gutted' by domestic snub

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Villani and Osborne crush Pakistan

After winning the ODIs 4-0, Australia Women continued their dominance over Pakistan Women in the T20 international series

30-Aug-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

Narine, Russell pick CLT20 over Tests

Sunil Narine and Andre Russell were considered for selection for the first Test against Bangladesh but opted to play in the Champions League T20 in India instead

India offspinner R Ashwin has been conferred the Arjuna award, an Indian government honour to recognise outstanding achievement in national sport

Ashwin honoured with Arjuna award

Somerset have announced that Dave Nosworthy is to leave his position as director of cricket, after less than two years in the job

Nosworthy to leave Somerset

A finger injury has sidelined Rohit Sharma from the rest of the England series. M Vijay has been called up as his substitute

Injured Rohit to miss rest of England series

It has emerged that a spectator was ejected from the second ODI between England and India in Cardiff for allegedly relaying information to bookmakers in the subcontinent - a practice known as "court-siding"

Cardiff intercepts bookmaking scam

The Justice Mukul Mudgal panel, which is investigating allegations of fixing and corruption in IPL 2013, submitted an interim report to the Supreme Court of India on Friday. The court will take up the case on September 1

Mudgal panel submits interim report