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Daryl Mitchell and Brett D'Oliveira ended a lean start to the County Championship season with centuries on a day of personal milestones as Worcestershire took charge of the Division Two match against Derbyshire

Mitchell, D'Oliveira tons puts Worcs on top

With Glamorgan still trailing by 42 runs, and five wickets down in their second innings, Notts will be confident of completing their fourth successive championship win of the season

Ingram resists but Notts close to victory

Jamie Porter led the Essex attack in bowling out Hampshire twice inside three sessions for a three-day win to move to the top of the Specsavers County Championship first division, at least for 24 hours

Essex go top as Porter spearheads innings win

Kumar Sangakkara treated Lord's to a fine century on the first day of the London derby but it is no exaggeration to say that Dawid Malan, Middlesex's own classy left-hander, achieved the same standards in reply

Malan paints his own picture as Middlesex battle back

20-May-2017•Vithushan Ehantharajah at Lord's

Tailender Brooks sleeps six short of maiden ton

After a long break for rain, an unbroken stand of 165 between the Jacks - Leaning and Brooks - put Yorkshire in a position where they shouldn't lose the Roses match

20-May-2017•Paul Edwards at Old Trafford

Reckless Glamorgan no match for leaders

Nottinghamshire dismissed Glamorgan for 187 to assume total control in Cardiff and spent the night reflecting whether to impose the follow on

Jamie Porter and Matt Quinn shared five Hampshire wickets in 17 balls of carnage in overcast evening conditions on the second day of Essex's Specsavers County Championship match at Chelmsford

Hampshire subside in 17 balls of mayhem

Only 47.3 overs were possible on the second day at the Fischer County Ground, after the first day was entirely washed out

Horton makes the best of a bad job

Nathan Lyon made his first mark in the County Championship on another frustrating day for Derbyshire and Worcestershire in the Division Two match at Derby

Lyon strikes before storm curtails the day

South Africa, powered by Quinton de Kock's hundred, produced a convincing victory by 66 runs against Sussex at Hove

De Kock brushes off cobwebs with powerful hundred

James Anderson was enjoying a productive Roses new-ball spell against Yorkshire - and then local rivalries gave way to England concerns as he limped off injured

Anderson turns local rivalry into national concern

19-May-2017•Paul Edwards at Old Trafford

Sangakkara celebrates the great unveiling

They unveiled a portrait of Kumar Sankakkara at Lord's and he responded by scoring a hundred for Surrey in the London derby - and did so with barely a hair out of place

19-May-2017•Vithushan Ehantharajah at Lord's

Cook, Westley ensure day of toil for Hampshire

Alastair Cook and Tom Westley both posted centuries for Essex as Hampshire endured a day of toil at Chelmsford

Reece battles to repel Worcestershire's seamers

Jake Libby returned to his old stamping ground in Cardiff with a century to help Nottinghamshire into a strong position on the opening day of their Specsavers County Championship game against Glamorgan

Libby revels in return to old stamping ground