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A round-up of the County Championship action on July 18, 2008

A round-up of the County Championship action on July 17, 2008

John Ward reports on the first day of the Championship match between Worcestershire and Glamorgan at New Road

A round-up of the County Championship action on Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire are out of this year's Twenty20 Cup and Glamorgan now face Durham in the last quarter-final

Surrey failed to record their first Championship win of the season despite making Nottinghamshire follow-on

A summary of the action on the last day of the latest round in the County Championship

A summary of the latest action in the County Championship

Surrey are on course for their first Championship win of the season after making Nottinghamshire follow-on

A summary of the latest action in the County Championship

Surrey's top four batsmen made it look like hard work, but their lower order came to the team's rescue on the second day at Trent Bridge

A summary of the latest action in the County Championship

Only 30 overs were possible at a drizzly Trent Bridge, but Nottinghamshire's bowler's made the most of the helpful conditions after winning the toss and putting Surrey into bat

Yorkshire have announced they are going to appeal against their expulsion from the Twenty20 after they fielded an ineligible player, 17-year-old Azeem Rafiq, during their group match against Nottinghamshire

Allrounder Mark Hardinges, left-arm spinner Ian Fisher along with pace bowlers Carl Greenidge and Will Rudge won't be offered new deals by Gloucestershire

Defending champions Kent secured their place in Twenty20 Finals Day with a convincing 42-run victory against Warwickshire at Edgbaston

Sixteen wickets fell on the opening day at New Road with Worcestershire's Championship batting problems continuing as they fell to 146 all out

Yorkshire have been excluded from this year's Twenty20 Cup after fielding an ineligible player, the 17-year-old offspinner Azeem Rafiq, during their match against Nottinghamshire on June 27. The club have been fined £1000, with the points now awarde

The Twenty20 quarter-final between Warwickshire and Kent at Edgbaston has been abandoned due to heavy rain and will now be played on Thursday

For a team containing six internationals, Lancashire were expected to cruise past Middlesex's motley crew of Londoners, South Africans and Irishmen, and never more so than when they reduced the hosts to 21 for 4. They were denied by one man, Dawid Malan