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Zafar Ansari is refusing to dwell on what might have been. But for a badly broken thumb, he could have made a Test debut in Sharjah and now be booked on a flight to South Africa

Mark Footitt, the former Derbyshire left-arm fast bowler, and Liam Dawson, the Hampshire left-arm spinner, have been called up to the England Performance Programme (EPP) in South Africa and Dubai next month

ESPNcricinfo keeps tabs on the movement between counties ahead of the 2016 season

Durham seamer Chris Rushworth has been named the Professional Cricketers' Association Player of the Year and hopes further success can push him towards England honours

Tom Curran, the Surrey pace bowler, has been added to the England Performance Programme for the training camps in South Africa and the UAE

Jason Roy, fresh from putting pen to paper on a three-year deal, marked Surrey's second division title with 77 from 35 balls

Tom and Sam Curran became the first pair of brothers to account for all 10 wickets in a County Championship match since 1950 as they skittled out Northamptonshire

Kumar Sangakkara scored his fifth Championship hundred of the season before Sam Curran's maiden fifty kept Surery on track

Gloucestershire claimed their first limited-overs trophy in more than a decade after tightening like a vice during the last third of Surrey's innings to suffocate the run chase and triumph in a thrilling finish

This was an excellent match for Surrey. It illustrated their strengths and suggested they are ready for the tough school that is Division One of the County Championship

Surrey remained in total control of their LV= Division Two match at Old Trafford and by the close of third day had set Lancashire 492 to win and thereby achieve the most unlikely of victories

Life was going swimmingly for Zafar Ansari. He had been selected for England's tour of the UAE and could dream of a possible Test debut against Pakistan. Then he dropped a catch at cover, summoned the physio and the day turned sour

On the day he was called up to his first England Test squad Zafar Ansari suffered an injury scare when he damaged his hand against Lancashire at Old Trafford and was sent to hospital

The viewing figures for last month's T20 Finals Day at Edgbaston were 10 per cent down on the previous lowest recorded in 2013, and 498,000 worse than the highest recorded in 2005

Surrey scraped into the Royal London Cup final when Tom Curran prevented Steven Mulllaney hitting the last ball for six, leaving Kumar Sangakkara to celebrate a triumphant hundred and Greg Smith so close in reply

Gareth Batty took a hat-trick and 6 for 51 overall as Surrey clinched promotion from LV= County Championship Division Tw by beating Derbyshire by an innings and 98 runs at the Kia Oval

Derbyshire began the third day with thoughts of perhaps forcing a first-innings lead but ended it trailing by 247 runs after Surrey plundered 560

After nearly decade without a first-class trophy Surrey hardly need to be reminded how tough county cricket, regardless of the division, can be