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An extraordinary 135 not out off just 58 balls from Sam Billings and a century from Sam Northeast led Kent to a nail-biting Royal London Cup win in a match featuring 754 runs

Northeast, Billings blast Kent to win

Jonathan Trott's century for Warwickshire failed to dampen the 150th anniversary celebrations in Gosforth as Durham claimed victory

Trott century fails to stifle Gosforth party

Eoin Morgan smashed a brilliant 128 not out from 86 balls to lead Middlesex to a morale-boosting six-wicket victory against London rivals Surrey

Morgan hundred takes derby

Jack Taylor claimed four wickets as Gloucestershire made it back-to-back Royal London Cup successes with a 35-run victory over Hampshire at Bristol

Taylor defends low Gloucs total

Derbyshire surrendered their 100 per cent record in the Royal London Cup in frustrating fashion when rain cut short a run-chase against Worcestershire at New Road

Rain erases Derbyshire bid

Leicestershire captain Ramnaresh Sarwan has returned home to the West Indies to receive treatment for an ongoing back injury

Back injury forces Sarwan home

31-Jul-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

Mullaney fifty brings Notts home

Steven Mullaney and Ajmal Shahzad batted Nottinghamshire to an impressive three-wicket victory in the Royal London One-Day Cup against Glamorgan at Cardiff.

30-Jul-2014•Press Association

Tredwell makes triumphant Kent return

James Tredwell made a triumphant return for Kent under the Canterbury floodlights by helping then chase down a daunting Durham target

Stand-in captain Varun Chopra continued a golden spell as Warwickshire made it two wins in three days in the Royal London Cup with a convincing 118-run demolition of Sussex at Edgbaston

Brown hails Chopra's golden run

Nottinghamshire clawed back a tie in the Royal London Cup after an oepning stand of 125 between Marcus Trescothick and Nick Compton had promised to set up a Somerset victory

Nottinghamshire fightback earns a tie

Tom Fell, in just his second 50-over innings for Worcestershire, led his side to their first victory in the Royal London Cup as they beat Northamptonshire by 88 runs at Campbell Park.

Fell leads Worcester to easy win

Will Gidman kept his nerve with the bat to steer Gloucestershire to a three-wicket victory over Yorkshire in the Royal London One-Day Cup at Headingley.

Cool Gidman brings Gloucs home

Northamptonshire's veteran batsman David Sales is to retire at the end of the season due to recurrent injury problems

Sales announces retirement

29-Jul-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

Maxwell's brutal assault sets records galore

Glenn Maxwell struck his career-best one-day score as Hampshire relished a record-breaking day against Lancashire at Old Trafford in the Royal London Cup

Adam Rossington's highest score in limited-overs cricket led Northamptonshire to a four-wicket victory against Gloucestershire in the Royal London Cup game at Cheltenham

Rossington leads Northants home

Will Bragg received a last-minute summons to Guildford via his fiancée's phone and responded with a career-best score as Glamorgan saw off a daunting Surrey target

Bragg answers emergency call in style

Derbyshire captain Wayne Madsen struck his second successive Royal London Cup century to lead the Falcons to a seven-wicket victory against Leicestershire

Derbs ride on another Madsen ton

An undefeated 102 by Mark Pettini guided Essex to a winning start against Worcestershire as two rusty teams re-embraced the concept of 50-over cricket

Pettini ton sets up Essex victory

Jonathan Trott's good form continued as Middlesex completed a disappointing start to their Royal London One-Day Cup campaign after suffering an agonising four-run defeat to Warwickshire at Lord's.

More runs for Trott in narrow win