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Leicestershire Foxes' Clydesdale Bank 40 clash with Hampshire Royals was abandoned after a series of rain interruptions wrecked all attempts to secure a result

Rain rules at Grace Road

Persistent rain showers meant Nottinghamshire and Essex had to settle for a point each in Sunday's abandoned Clydesdale Bank 40 clash at Trent Bridge

Essex top Group C despite rain

Glamorgan's bid to keep in touch with the Clydesdale Bank 40 Group C was dashed by the rain at Cardiff

Weather intrudes at Cardiff

Surrey lost their 100% record in Group B of the CB40 League when they had a wasted journey to face Durham at Chester-le-Street

Rain washes out Chester-le-Street clash

Glamorgan finished their disappointing Friends Life t20 campaign with an eight-wicket Duckworth-Lewis victory over Gloucestershire in Cardiff.

Jones and Owen set up Glamorgan win

Lancashire heaped more misery on bottom club Northamptonshire with a 64-run victory in their final North Group fixture at Old Trafford.

Lancashire end with massive victory

Leicestershire took the runners-up spot in the Friends Life t20 North Group when their five-wicket victory put a dampener on the opening of Warwickshire's £32million pavilion at Edgbaston

Leicestershire spoil Edgbaston party

Nottinghamshire secured top spot in the North Group of the Friends Life t20 with a 25-run victory over Worcestershire, denying the visitors a place in the quarter-finals

Defeat means Worcestershire miss out

Murray Goodwin made the second Twenty20 hundred of his Sussex career to help his side reach the quarter-finals for the third successive year

Goodwin stars in Sussex triumph

Yorkshire gained a measure of revenge for two one-day defeats at the hands of Derbyshire this season with an eight-wicket victory in the Friends Life t20

Sanderson make mark in rare outing

Rain thwarted Hampshire's bid to complete a clean sweep of their Friends Life t20 South Group home fixtures as Friday's clash with Middlesex was washed out.

Rain denies Hampshire home cleansweep

Kent booked their place in the quarter-finals of the Friends Life t20 with a 15-run win over Essex in front of a packed house at Chelmsford

Stevens powers Kent to quarter-finals

15-Jul-2011•The Bulletin by Liam Brickhill

Somerset fined, Trescothick handed suspended ban

Somerset have been fined, and captain Marcus Trescothick handed a suspended two-match ban, for repeated player disciplinary breaches

15-Jul-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Mahmood stars in crucial win

Azhar Mahmood broke the hearts of a 15,000 crowd at The Oval with a stunning all-round performance that helped steer Kent to a crucial 15-run Friends Life t20 South Group win

Tony Palladino shattered Glamorgan with a five-wicket haul as Derbyshire completed the double over the Welsh outfit in the County Championship

Palladino skittles Glamorgan

Paul Collingwood claimed a hat-trick in taking 5 for 6 to dismiss Northamptonshire for 47, the lowest score in English Twenty20 cricket, at Chester-le-Street

Northants downed by Collingwood hat-trick

It has been a disappointing season for both these sides, who began as co-favourites for the Championship but will be happy enough now to steer clear of relegation

Somerset drift to draw at Trent Bridge

14-Jul-2011•Jon Culley at Trent Bridge

Prior guides Sussex victory

Matt Prior warmed up for next week's first Test against India at Lord's by hitting a brilliant unbeaten 97 to guide Sussex to a five-wicket County Championship victory over Hampshire at Hove

Yorkshire took just short of an hour on the final morning to complete a County Championship double over Worcestershire with a six-wicket victory at Scarborough

Root guides Yorkshire win