Surrey's England U-19 batsman stood firm to leave his side well on top at the Ageas Bowl

Kent skipper Sam Northeast scored more than half his side's runs before he was last out for 110 in the Specsavers County Championship match against Durham

Skipper Mark Cosgrove did his utmost to rally winless Leicestershire after the departure of their coach but by the close of the second day a season of struggle remained unrelenting

Gloucestershire's seamers made early inroads after the visitors chose to bowl first in bowler-friendly conditions on the opening day of their Specsavers County Championship match against Leicestershire

Essex's lead in Division One is a formidable one but Lancashire's dismissal of bottom club Warwickshire confirmed they cannot be discounted

R Ashwin held the match ball aloft to an applauding crowd after his five second-innings wickets sent Worcestershire second at New Road

Leaders Notts were too strong for promotion rivals Northants - and Worcestershire and R Ashwin are next up

Nottinghamshire are closing in on their seventh victory of the season after maintaining the upper hand against Northamptonshire

Everything is going to plan for Worcestershire who will hope for a matchwinning flourish by R Ashwin on the final day

With two batsmen heading to hospital and a bowler hobbling off, the last thing Northants needed was to come face to face with Riki Wessels at his most destructive

Liam Livingstone has many admirers in the England set-up and the first double hundred of his career will make them sit up and take notice

Glamorgan set up a quarter-final against Leicestershire as two of the Blast's surprise packets face a head-to-head in Cardiff

Essex are well beaten but both sides fail to make the last eight

For the second night running Surrey held their nerve in a low-scoring NatWest T20 Blast thriller to land a 10-run over Kent that secured their place in the knockout stages

Matt Pillans defended seven off the final over against a Notts side already certain of a home quarter-final

Birmingham's trio of young batsmen Ed Pollock, Dominic Sibley and Adam Hose all stood out before a nerve-jangling last-over finish

Peter Trego and Johann Myburgh crashed stylish half-centuries to earn Somerset a quarter-final place as they thrashed Hampshire by 98 runs

Northants' title defence is over as rain washed out what had the makings of a challenging chase against bottom club Durham

John Wright's Derbyshire gain their first quarter-final place since 2005 as Worcestershire are well beaten

In a remarkable end to a dramatic match, Warwickshire skittled Middlesex for 136 at Lord's to claim their first win of the season in the Specsavers County Championship's Division One by a thumping 190-run margin.