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Glamorgan spinner Dean Cosker claimed 5 for 48 but Essex held on for a draw on the final day of their County Championship Division Two clash at Cardiff

Cosker five-wicket haul in vain

Kent captain Rob Key fell two runs short of a century as the County Championship Division Two match against Leicestershire ended in a draw at Grace Road

Key falls short of ton but steers Kent to safety

Michael Carberry and Neil McKenzie wrote themselves into the record books with a partnership of 523 as Hampshire's clash with fellow relegation candidates Yorkshire at the Rose Bowl ended in a draw

Carberry makes triple-century in 523-run stand

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Durham unable to force victory

Durham were unable to tempt Nottinghamshire into chasing a target of 272 in 58 overs and had to settle for a draw in their bid to succeed their visitors as County champions

Paul Collingwood has ended months of speculation about a possible move away from Durham by signing a three-year contract that will commit him to Chester-le-Street until at least the end of 2014

Collingwood commits to Durham

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Sehwag, Zaheer play in practice game

The Indians chose to test all their options before the Edgbaston Test, with Virender Sehwag and Zaheer Khan taking part in their two-day practice match against Northamptonshire

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Root helps Lions move into lead

A 98-run opening stand and a composed half-century from England Lions opener Joe Root put the hosts 92 runs ahead at stumps on the third day in Scarborough

Lancashire's match against Warwickshire at Liverpool ended in a draw, but only after a late flurry of wickets just failed to secure a dramatic victory for the home side

Warwickshire hold on at Aigburth

04-Aug-2011•Jon Culley at Aigburth

Hosts extend lead in Cardiff

Owais Shah scored his second century of the season but that could not prevent Essex trailing as they go into the final day of their County Championship match against Glamorgan at Cardiff

Michael Carberry put behind him nine months of illness trauma to score his first century of the season as Hampshire and Yorkshire ambled towards a high-scoring draw at the Rose Bowl

Ton for fit-again Carberry

Tom New hit an unbeaten 51 on a rain-affected third day to put Leicestershire in a strong position against Kent in the County Championship Division Two match at Grace Road

New shines between the showers

Durham were frustrated by the weather on day three at Chester-le-Street, where only 12.2 overs were bowled in the Championship leaders' Division One match against Nottinghamshire

Rain ruins Durham push

Alfonso Thomas completed match figures of 10 for 88 as Somerset moved into the thick of the County Championship Division One title race with a nine-wicket victory over Sussex at Taunton

Thomas stars in Sussex slump

Graeme Swann has declared himself fit for the third Test against India at Edgbaston following the blow he took to his left hand in Nottingham

Swann declares himself fit for Edgbaston

Andrew Flintoff, the man whose greatest years as a Test cricketer coincided with England's last sustained run of excellence in five-day cricket, believes the team of 2011 is a better outfit than the 2005 side that won six series in a row

England better than in 2005 - Flintoff

The former Glamorgan allrounder, Allan Watkins, died in hospital in Kidderminster on Wednesday afternoon at the age of 89

Allan Watkins dies aged 89

Surrey maintained their unbeaten record in Clydesdale Bank 40 Group B with a dramatic 12-run victory over Northamptonshire under the lights at the Oval

Hamilton-Brown keeps Surrey top