Keaton Jennings became the third Durham batsmen to make two hundreds in the same match and set Durham on course for victory against Somerset

Keaton Jennings produced a superbly hard-working hundred before three late wickets put Durham on top against Somerset

Close analysis, sharp writing, love of the game, talk about splendid moustaches - a new "biography" of Test cricket has it all

Three books on the master commentator and Australia captain offer you the wisdom of Benaud

Sussex began their innings needing to bat out 92 overs for the draw or score 309 runs to win. They never looked like reaching either objective

Should Sussex avoid defeat against Yorkshire, who already possess a lead in excess of 300, they may celebrate as if the pennant itself had returned to Hove and its sea-scented air

Sussex achieved virtual parity on first innings at Headingley as they pursue a First Division future

Still needing nine points to be safe from relegation, Sussex cannot yet permit themselves the gentle deceleration towards October in all its amber abundance

This was an excellent match for Surrey. It illustrated their strengths and suggested they are ready for the tough school that is Division One of the County Championship

Alec Stewart thinks Sam Curran is the best 17-year-old he has ever seen and thinks Tom Curran should have been on the England Lions tour. Surrey's director of cricket opens up about English cricket's exciting double act

Life was going swimmingly for Zafar Ansari. He had been selected for England's tour of the UAE and could dream of a possible Test debut against Pakistan. Then he dropped a catch at cover, summoned the physio and the day turned sour

The allrounder has prospered this season for Surrey, but scoring runs and taking wickets are only one part of what makes Zafar Ansari tick

As Somerset and Hampshire fought out a relegation stalemate, which will leave Somerset the happier, sustenance was to be found behind the stands in Priory Barn

Jimmy Adams put a poor season behind him with a fighting unbeaten century which gave Hampshire a good chance of saving the game on a placid Taunton pitch

Tom Abell was three months old when Marcus Trescothick notched his own first hundred against Surrey at Bath in 1994. The pair eventually put on 272 against Hampshire, one short of the first-wicket record for matches between the counties

Marcus Trescothick and Tom Abell put on an unbroken stand of 147 in reply to Hampshire's first innings of 240, helping to ease relegation fears at Taunton

The Red Rose heritage made the wait even harder to bear but Lancashire at last shed their unwanted title of champions chokers

Lancashire will appear at their sixth Finals Day after they beat Kent by virtue of losing fewer wickets after the sides managed 142 apiece off their 20 overs

The county that seemed to own limited-overs trophies in the late 20th century has only the 2003 National League Division Two trophy to show for its efforts this millennium