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Nottinghamshire's hopes of avoiding an embarrassing innings defeat by Middlesex were plunged into doubt on the third morning at Trent Bridge as seamers Angus Fraser and Richard Johnson picked up seven wickets between them

Nottinghamshire can take very little credit for making Middlesex bat for a second time as they slumped to an embarassing 10 wicket defeat inside 3 days at Trent Bridge

Carl Crowe took a career best 4 for 55, and coupled with Vince Wells 4 for 54 it led Leicestershire to an unexpected victory after Hampshire had directed much of the play in the morning session

Jason Brown claimed his 100th first-class wicket in only his 23rd match to help Northamptonshire close in on an emphatic victory against Sussex at Northampton

Northamptonshire missed out on maximum batting points against Sussex at Northampton today, opting instead to build up a formidable first-innings lead

At lunch Leicestershire had reached 116 for 5 a lead of 154 over their hosts

An eventful morning at Trent Bridge saw Notts recover from the loss of both openers to reach 87-2 in their first innings, still 325 behind Middlesex's all-out total of 412

Russell Warren and Tony Penberthy secured a handy first-innings lead for Northamptonshire in their top-of-the-table Division Two contest with Sussex at Wantage Road

A wretched last two sessions for Nottinghamshire left them 167 runs behind Middlesex on first innings and facing an uphill battle to avoid defeat after Justin Langer enforced the follow-on

James Kirtley bowled Sussex back into contention with a double-strike to slow top-of-the-table Northamptonshire's progress in the County Championship Division Two contest at Northampton

Stuart Law overshadowed another dismal batting display by Nasser Hussain as Essex took control of their County Championship Division One match at Kidderminster against Worcestershire

Hampshire had some early good fortune at the start of the fourth and final day of their championship clash with leicestershire

Durham captain Nick Speak produced his highest score of the season as his team reached an unlikely first-innings lead against Kent in the Division One relegation battle at Riverside Stadium, Chester-le-Street

The floodlit West Country National League showdown at Bristol ended in frustration and disappointment for both teams and a 6,000 crowd

An innings of immense power by Justin Langer gave Middlesex the upper hand on the opening day of their Championship match at Trent Bridge

Former England Test batsman Rob Bailey highlighted the West Indies' bowling problems leading up to next Thursday's Fourth Test at Headingley

Jason Brown and Darren Cousins shared eight wickets to earn Division Two leaders Northamptonshire maximum bowling points against Sussex at Wantage Road

Notts made an early breakthrough and took another wicket just before lunch on the first morning of their County Championship match at Trent Bridge against bottom-of-the-table Middlesex but the visitors, put into bat by Jason Gallian, had clearly

Graeme Swann struck two important blows as Division Two leaders Northamptonshire shaded the first-session honours against second-placed Sussex at Wantage Road

Struggling at lunch time on the second day to save the follow on, the target was achieved more easily than expected, due in the main to an innings of patience coupled with an array of fine stokes by Hampshire wicket-keeper Adrian Aymes