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Michael Carberry put behind him nine months of illness trauma to score his first century of the season as Hampshire and Yorkshire ambled towards a high-scoring draw at the Rose Bowl

Ton for fit-again Carberry

Tom New hit an unbeaten 51 on a rain-affected third day to put Leicestershire in a strong position against Kent in the County Championship Division Two match at Grace Road

New shines between the showers

Durham were frustrated by the weather on day three at Chester-le-Street, where only 12.2 overs were bowled in the Championship leaders' Division One match against Nottinghamshire

Rain ruins Durham push

Alfonso Thomas completed match figures of 10 for 88 as Somerset moved into the thick of the County Championship Division One title race with a nine-wicket victory over Sussex at Taunton

Thomas stars in Sussex slump

Surrey maintained their unbeaten record in Clydesdale Bank 40 Group B with a dramatic 12-run victory over Northamptonshire under the lights at the Oval

Hamilton-Brown keeps Surrey top

It was a day with two outstanding figures, one of them, unusually, a fielder. Steven Croft's first century for three years - only the second of the all-rounder's career in first-class cricket - had the most influence on the match

Croft ton shares limelight with Clarke's catching

03-Aug-2011•Jon Culley at Aigburth

Craddock gives another display of his talent

Tom Craddock took four wickets and Owais Shah and Jaik Mickleburgh weighed in with half-centuries as Essex fought back on the second day against Glamorgan

Jos Buttler struck a superb 109-ball century to rescue Somerset on the second day of their County Championship match against Sussex at Taunton

Buttler responds after Panesar's five

Former England batsman Anthony McGrath scored a century for Yorkshire as bottom-placed Hampshire endured another miserable day in the field at the Rose Bowl

Yorkshire pile up huge total

A superb unbeaten 133 by Nottinghamshire skipper Chris Read was finally upstaged by a six-wicket haul for Graham Onions

Read and Onions share honours

A devastating spell from Kent's left-arm seamer Adam Ball left their County Championship Division Two game against fellow strugglers Leicestershire finely poised at Grace Road

Ball keeps match in the balance

Mark Ramprakash has expressed disappointment at the one-match suspension he has been handed by Surrey following his reaction to being given out obstructing the field

Ramprakash angry at Surrey ban

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Woakes helps put Warwickshire ahead

02-Aug-2011•Jon Culley at Aigburth

Honours even after bowler's day at Grace Road

Leicestershire snapped up three late wickets to hit back against Kent on the opening day of the County Championship Division Two match at Grace Road

A century from skipper Alviro Petersen helped Glamorgan dominate the first day of their County Championship Division Two match against Essex at Cardiff

Petersen century makes Foster pay

Alfonso Thomas claimed 6 for 60 - his best figures in English first-class cricket - as Sussex were bowled out for 245 by Somerset on the opening day of the County Championship match at Taunton

Alfonso six-for puts Somerset on top

Michael Di Venuto's 132 held Durham together as the County Championship leaders reached 272 for 7 on the first day against Nottinghamshire at Chester-le-Street

Di Venuto ton rescues Durham

Jacques Rudolph came within a run of celebrating his return to the Yorkshire ranks with a century as bottom-placed Hampshire endured another difficult day at the Rose Bowl

Rudolph's happy return leaves Yorkshire in charge