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Plunkett impresses with bat and ball

As Tim Bresnan waits anxiously for England's selectors to announce their first Sri Lanka line-ups, there will be some interest, too, in Liam Plunkett, who is bowling fast and scoring runs

12-May-2014•Jon Culley at Headingley

Onions injury blow adds to Durham's woes

Durham's thin squad, which was already up against it in attempting to defend their Championship title, has been dealt a further blow by the news that Graham Onions will need to see a specialist about his back problem

12-May-2014•Alan Gardner at Hove

Morgan shows signs of life

Eoin Morgan reached the close against Lancashire at Lord's unbeaten on 76 and eyeing his first Championship hundred since 2009 and something to put before the England selectors

12-May-2014•Andrew McGlashan at Lord's

Bresnan strives to prove his worth

Tim Bresnan summoned up some stubborn resistance to keep Yorkshire competitive against Championship leaders Warwickshire

11-May-2014•Jon Culley at Headingley

Wright latest to send England reminder

With England seeking a new start under Peter Moores it is the opportune time for players to push their name forward. Luke Wright was the latest to do so with a century against defending County Champions Durham

11-May-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

Lancashire fight as Dexter takes six

Neil Dexter returned a career-best six-wicket haul but Lancashire fought hard under leaden London skies

11-May-2014•Andrew McGlashan at Lord's

Northern giants lose winning habit

A month into the new season, Yorkshire and Durham, the two best sides in the County Championship last season, have won one match between them, and that against the side currently in last place

07-May-2014•Jon Culley in Chester-le-Street

Yates weathers the storm

Gary Yates insisted that rain wrecked the chance of an absorbing Lancashire run chase and, as sceptical as some supporters seemed to be, nobody could prove him wrong

07-May-2014•Paul Edwards at Old Trafford

Newell spells out Patel's task

Samit Patel claims not to have any thoughts of an England recall but after a stalemate at Taunton his Notts coach, and now England selector, Mick Newell, said it was too early to write him off

07-May-2014•Alex Winter at Taunton

Depleted Warwickshire thrash favourites

Warwickshire's went to the top of the Division One table after their second win in succession over a Middlesex side whose brittle batting continues to cost them.

06-May-2014•George Dobell at Edgbaston

Durham prosper while Sanga nets

Kumar Sangakkara's debut for Durham in his brief stay ahead of the Sri Lanka series was a second-ball duck but Yorkshire ran aground against hundreds from Mark Stoneman and Michael Richardson

06-May-2014•Jon Culley in Chester-le-Street

Lancashire fail to get the point

Lancashire failed to reach 200 for the third time in four innings before Sussex gave them a lesson at Old Trafford about how to construct an innings

06-May-2014•Paul Edwards at Old Trafford

Taunton beauty masks real issue

Exactly 40 years after the death of Adge Cutler, Somerset is still permeating the national consciousness - thanks to its cricketers

06-May-2014•Alex Winter at Taunton

Bairstow stirs England interest

Jonny Bairstow's return to batting form in Yorkshire's mammoth score against Durham was timely with his wicketkeeping rival Matt Prior still trying to shake off an achilles complaint

05-May-2014•Jon Culley in Chester-le-Street

Warwickshire enough for Ambrose

Tim Ambrose and Jeetan Patel hit centuries to help Warwickshire carve out a first-innings lead of 295.

05-May-2014•George Dobell at Edgbaston

Somerset harvest far from certain

Exactly 40 years after the death of Adge Cutler, Somerset is still permeating the national consciousness - thanks to its cricketers

05-May-2014•Alex Winter at Taunton

Battling Davies stifles Old Trafford grumbles

When bullets meet balsa wood there is generally only one winner. The metaphors regularly employed should have warned that Lancashire would find Sussex's attack hard to handle

05-May-2014•Paul Edwards at Old Trafford

Yorkshire end Riverside havoc

Victory for Yorkshire at Chester-le-Street last season did not stop Durham ultimately winning the Championship but Andrew Gale will feel there is no harm in setting down a marker again

04-May-2014•Jon Culley in Chester-le-Street

Hain's maturity a lesson to Middlesex

A casual observer at Edgbaston could have been forgiven for thinking they had seen Jonathan Trott return to form as young Sam Hain stood out for Warwickshire on the first day of a game where ball dominated bat

04-May-2014•George Dobell at Edgbaston

Patel's swagger suits Notts

A swaggering century from Samit Patel at Taunton underlined his talent but he has been spurned by England too often to be obsessing over an England rec

04-May-2014•Alex Winter at Taunton

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