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Mark Ramprakash has the chance to reach a major milestone this week, needing just one century to reach 100 first-class hundreds.

A round-up from the latest Friends Provident Trophy matches as Simon Jones takes a five-wicket haul, and Essex amass 391 against Surrey

A magnificent unbeaten 126 from Usman Afzaal powered Surrey to a convincing 67-run win over Sussex at Hove

A round-up from the latest Friends Provident Trophy matches

Kent's middle-order went from mild-mannered to supermen at The Oval, where a late assault from Geraint Jones and Azhar Mahmood turned a shaky start into a match-winning 282 against Surrey

A round-up from the latest Friends Provident Trophy matches

On the day when James Benning turned 25 years old he gave himself the ultimate birthday present for a cricketer - a century at Lord's that set up an easy win for his side

A round-up from the last day in the latest County Championship matches

The third, soporific day at Hove inched the match inexorably closer to a batsman's draw, with Sussex's last five batsman adding 157 in 45 overs, only occasionally breaking into a trot

A round-up from the latest County Championship matches

Will Luke meets Surrey's Chris Jordan, their 19-year-old fast bowler with a blistering future

Carl Hopkinson and Murray Goodwin both fell short of hundreds, but Sussex nevertheless made Surrey's bowlers toil in the Hove sunshine to reach 318 for 5 at stumps on the second day

James Ormond has signed a one-year contract with Surrey after proving his fitness to the county

A round-up from the latest County Championship matches

The potential of an English Premier League to counter the dominance of its Indian counterpart may be gathering momentum, but already there is a split among the county chief executives

A round-up from the final day of the latest County Championship matches

A round-up from the third day of the latest County Championship matches

18 percent of first-class cricketers in England would risk incurring a year-long county ban by the ECB to play in the next Indian Cricket League (ICL), and 35 percent would consider retiring from international cricket prematurely, according to a survey co

A round-up from the opening matches in the Friends Provident Trophy. Durham, the defending champions, start against Yorkshire