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Dean Cosker and Will Owen took three wickets apiece as Glamorgan bowled out Kent on an abbreviated first day of their County Championship Division Two clash at Cardiff

Glamorgan take first day honours

Kevin Pietersen will mark his return from injury by captaining Surrey in this week's three-day game against Cambridge MCCU

England captaincy choices "fascinating" - Pietersen

Ireland allrounder Kevin O'Brien has scored two domestic contracts that will keep him busy this summer

In-demand Kevin O'Brien scores two contracts

England batsman Ian Bell's half-century was not enough as his Warwickshire side succumbed to an 18-run defeat against Northamptonshire

Northants overcome Bell to stay unbeaten

Gareth Rees scored only his second one-day century as the Glamorgan beat Lancashire at Old Trafford

Rees hundred gives Glamorgan the points

Rory Hamilton-Brown and Tom Maynard both hit half-centuries as Surrey made it three wins in three games as they claimed a 17-win over Leicestershire

Cobb's effort not enough for Leicestershire

Andrew Gale hit a century as Yorkshire got off the mark in Clydesdale Bank 40 Group A with a resounding 93-run victory over Kent in Canterbury

Gale hundred sets victory platform

Khawaja helps Derbyshire make it three in a row

Craig Kieswetter hit his second CB40 century of the season as Somerset made it maximum points from their first four games with an eight-wicket win over Gloucestershire

Kieswetter continues form with second hundred

Tim Phillips recorded career-best one-day figures of five for 28 as Essex hammered the Unicorns by eight wickets at the Victory Ground

Phillips takes five as Essex ease home

Matt Prior scored just four on his return to county duty but Sussex Sharks secured an easy nine-wicket win against Middlesex Panthers in Group A of the CB40 League at Hove

Wright guides Sussex to victory

Ian Cockbain made a career-best 72 as Gloucestershire kept themselves in with a chance of stopping Division Two leaders Middlesex registering a fourth successive win

Gidman forces Middlesex to take draw

Sussex youngster Luke Wells took the opportunity of an County Championship match heading nowhere to score his second century of the season

Wells makes most of final day with ton

England Lions opener Adam Lyth hit his third half-century of the season as Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire played out a draw on a rain-affected day at Trent Bridge

Yorkshire avoid over-rate penalty

David Harrison, the Glamorgan seamer, has been forced to retire due to a persistent hip problem

Injury forces Harrison to retire

07-May-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Northamptonshire complete Kent double

Northamptonshire wrapped up a comfortable five-wicket win over Kent to give them a double over their visitors inside a month in the County Championship Division Two