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Stirling, Franklin distract Lord's drinkers in style

For most counties Friday is T20 night but Middlesex have always preferred Thursdays. The stroll from St John's Wood to Lord's, brimming with City types anticipating their first T20 game of the season, showed why.

28-May-2015•Tim Wigmore

O'Brien steers Foxes to consecutive wins

Leicestershire made it consecutive wins in the NatWest T20 North Division as Durham's batsmen struggled to come to terms with a well-grassed but relatively slow pitch at Grace Road.

28-May-2015•ECB/PA

Devon, Cornwall excited by Championship debate

If the County Championship is extended to 21 teams and a Minor County needs to be elevated, a combined Devon and Cornwall team could be the answer

28-May-2015•Tim Wigmore

Lilley and Kerrigan spin Lancs to win

Lancashire's spinners bowled 36.1 overs on the fourth morning, during which seven wickets fell at a cost of 43 runs to give them an innings victory

27-May-2015•Paul Edwards at Southport

Rashid falls short but Yorks secure draw

Yorkshire's unbeaten start to the defence of their 2014 Championship title was under threat against Somserset and it took a solid day-long rearguard action to keep it intact

27-May-2015•Jon Culley in Taunton

Stokes bandwagon heads to Headingley

Ben Stokes' Man of the Match contribution at Lord's means he will likely be the centre of attention once again when the second Test begins

27-May-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

Durham go top after turnaround win

Durham needed only 43 minutes to wrap up a six-wicket win over Worcestershire at New Road which takes them top of the Championship Division One table

27-May-2015•ECB/PA

Roy mixes substance and style to secure victory

With a nonchalant flick to midwicket that could not help but evoke the Pietersen flamingo, Jason Roy secured Surrey a three-wicket win

27-May-2015•Tim Wigmore at Beckenham

Prior still hopeful of returning from injury

Matt Prior has admitted that it was a "tough week" after not being involved in a Lord's Test for the first time since 2008 but said England's memorable win had helped ease the pain

27-May-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

Late strikes rekindle Lancashire's victory push

With seven balls to be bowled on the sunlit, if chilly, third evening of this game, Derbyshire's Ben Slater and Chesney Hughes had every reason to be happy with their work

26-May-2015•Paul Edwards at Southport

Ansari turns match as reputation grows

Even in Division Two, the County Championship demands tenacity and bloody-minded resolve - especially for Surrey of late

26-May-2015•Tim Wigmore at Beckenham

Overton sibling rivalry puts pressure on Yorkshire

As you might expect, the Overton twins have a good deal in common, in physical terms of course and in their talent at sports

26-May-2015•Jon Culley in Taunton

Collingwood's birthday ton sets up a party

Paul Collingwood, on his 39th birthday, added to a long list of match-shaping performances with a 31st first-class century as Durham closed in on a victory which would take them to the top of Division One

26-May-2015•ECB/PA

Jordan six secures one-wicket thriller

Chris Jordan blasted an unbeaten 56 off just 34 balls to steer Sussex to a remarkable one-wicket win over Warwickshire in the LV= County Championship at Hove

26-May-2015•ECB/PA

Bayliss and Farbrace have unbreakable bond

Trevor Bayliss' appointment by England will reunite a coaching unit whose bond was strengthened through one of the darkest moments in modern sport

26-May-2015•George Dobell

Bayliss confirmed as England coach

Trevor Bayliss has been confirmed as England's new coach the day after it emerged that he had become the ECB's preferred choice ahead of Jason Gillpesie.

26-May-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

Foreign talent to the fore as Prince, Petersen prosper

Karl Brown and Steven Croft, two products of the Lancashire academy, sealed the Championship in 2011 but it is already clear that if the Division Two title is to be won this year, the achievement will not be solely, or even largely, the work of homegrown

25-May-2015•Paul Edwards at Southport

McCullum fails to find the 'second launch'

Even at 12 for 3, Brendon McCullum was not thinking about purely trying to save the first Test at Lord's - something that ultimately proved 9.3 overs out of reach in one of the finest Tests staged on the ground.

25-May-2015•Andrew McGlashan at Lord's

Gale frustrated by bowlers, buoyed by Gillespie

Andrew Gale's frustration at Yorkshire's failure to make the most of a commanding position was at least tempered by good news. As he emerged from his rubdown, Jason Gillespie was already putting disappointment behind him and looking forward to a convivia

25-May-2015•Jon Culley at Taunton

Coles happy at home as Kent edge day

25-May-2015•Tim Wigmore at Beckenham

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