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Last season, there was just one century in the entire Twenty20 competition, as made by Gloucestershire's Ian Harvey

Rain affected several games in the latest round of National League games, with the matches between Kent and Essex, Scotland and Sussex, and Durham and Leicestershire all called off with no result

Adam Hollioake continued his good form in the Twenty20 Cup by helping Surrey to their second win as many days, against Hampshire

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Shahid Afridi, rejected by both the Pakistan national side and Pakistan A, has been signed up by Kent on a short-term contract

After a first-day washout, Usman Afzaal made up for lost time with an unbeaten 83, as Northampton reached the close on 257 for 5 against Lancashire in the first division of the Frizzell County Championship

The rain came back to wreak havoc on the final day of play in the latest round of the County Championship

West Indies found out that traveling by road in the UK can be a rather haphazard affair as they arrived late for their warm-up match against Kent

In the latest round of National League games, a lightning-fast 92 from Nick Knight meant that Lancashire were chasing 310 at Edgbaston

In the latest round of Championship matches, a record-breaking 341 from Craig Spearman set up a 10-wicket win for Gloucestershire over Middlesex, while 13 wickets from Heath Streak for Warwickshire helped his side beat Northants at Edgbaston

Andrew Hall picked up four cheap wickets as Worcestershire ran through Leicestershire to win by 124 runs at Oakham School Ground

On the final day of the latest round of Championship matches, there were wins for Kent, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, in Division One, while Yorkshire Glamorgan and Leicestershire also all recorded victories

A hat-trick from Alex Wharf cemented Glamorgan's position at the top of the first division table with a 13-run win over Warwickshire

In the third round of the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy, there were big wins for Worcestershire, Warwickshire and Essex, while Gloucestershire and Middlesex were made to work harder for their victories

In the concluding day of the latest round of Championship matches, there were wins for Surrey, Notts and Glamorgan

Brad Hodge unbeaten 154 outgunned Ian Ward's 136 in the outstanding match of the latest round of National League matches, as Leicestershire held out for a one-run victory over Sussex at Horsham.

Kent took over from Lancashire at the top of the County Championship, after Mohammad Sami produced another withering spell of hostile fast bowling to seal a 145-run victory over Northampton at Wantage Road

If at any time Rob Key felt drained or simply fed up of carting Northamptonshire's attack all over Wantage Road, the motivation to carry on was provided by the tannoy announcer

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In the latest round of County Championship matches, Kent beat Northants by 145 runs after Mohammad Sami ripped through the home team with 6 for 99