Darren Gough reflects on the 2012 County Championship season

Alastair Cook admitted that England would miss Kevin Pietersen on their Test tour of India but was unable to provide any hopes of an immediate reconciliation between the player and the ECB

Discussions have been had and apologies made but the ECB are still not ready to welcome one the world's best batsmen back into the international fold

Kevin Pietersen's management has issued a statement expressing his disappointment at his exclusion from the England squad for the Test tour of India

Yorkshire could look back on a highly satisfying season after their final game ended in a 239-run win over Essex

Anthony McGrath may have played his last game for Yorkshire but if he does leave the club, he can do so in the knowledge that he has played a big hand in Yorkshire's promotion

Kevin Pietersen's selection for England's tour of India is looking increasing likely

Rory Hamilton-Brown looks set to leave Surrey, with Somerset leading the list of counties hoping to attract him.

It speaks volumes about the state of transition in which the England team finds itself that there is so much uncertainty about the make-up of the Test squad to tour India.

Kevin Pietersen has pressed England to investigate his suspicion that his England team mates Graeme Swann and James Anderson were feeding information to the parody Twitter account that ridiculed him

Warwickshire director of cricket Ashley Giles talks about his eventful journey with the club, during which they went from rock bottom to county champions, and his England aspirations

The ECB has decided not to give Kevin Pietersen a central contract as discussions continue over his international future

Jim Troughton has admitted that the pain of missing out on the Championship title in 2011 played a large part in pushing his side to go the extra step in 2012

Two of the architects of Warwickshire's 2012 Championship triumph were former Essex players: Chris Wright and Varun Chopra

Warwickshire allrounder hopes to represent Scotland after a change in the regulations allowing players to turn out for the country of their parents

Warwickshire secured their first County Championship title since 2004, taking less than half the third day at New Road to take the remaining eight wickets in Worcestershire's second innings

With last year's agonising disappointment in mind, Ashley Giles won't be at peace until the Championship title is secured

Liam Plunkett has been given permission to talk to other counties. He has a year to go on his Durham contract but has played only one Championship match this season after losing form and confidence.