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Gary Ballance hit his second fifty in three days after being dropped by England but it was not enough to prevent Yorkshire from losing to Surrey by six runs in the Royal London Cup

A record-breaking stand of 211 between openers Mark Stoneman and Phil Mustard helped Durham maintain their winning start in the Royal London Cup

Glamorgan were indebted to a brilliant unbeaten 94 from Chris Cooke as they chased down a target of 318 to beat Kent by three wickets in a thrilling Royal London Cup match in Cardiff

Middlesex have signed Junaid Khan as their latest overseas player

Gary Ballance eased his England disappointment by inspiring Yorkshire to a seven-run Duckworth-Lewis victory over Derbyshire in a rain-affected Royal London Cup game at Derby

James Vince rejuvenated his England one-day chances with a first century of the summer as Hampshire opened their Royal London Cup campaign with an 87-run victory over Sussex at the Ageas Bowl

Ravi Bopara turned in a superb all-round performance as Essex crushed Lancashire by seven wickets with 17 overs to spare in their Royal London Cup Group B match at Chelmsford.

Surrey made a convincing start to their Royal London Cup campaign with an emphatic 220-run victory against Northamptonshire at the Kia Oval, powered by a thunderous 74-ball hundred from Jason Roy

Derbyshire kicked off their Royal London Cup campaign with a 29-run Duckworth-Lewis victory over Somerset in a game reduced to 14 overs a side at Taunton

Wet weather prevented Nottinghamshire and Glamorgan from completing their Royal London Cup match at Welbeck Cricket Club

Paul Collingwood made his List A best score of 132 as Durham got the defence of their Royal London Cup title off to the perfect start with a 54-run win over Northamptonshire

Alex Hales and Dan Christian helped Nottinghamshire kick off their Royal London Cup campaign in impressive style with a nine-wicket victory over Warwickshire

After a disappointing finish to the NatWest T20 Blast group stage, England's domestic schedule came in for criticism from one of its leading T20 players

Glamorgan failed to take advantage of Essex's clash with Kent being a wash out as Gloucestershire claimed an eight-wicket victory in Cardiff

Yorkshire Vikings took a crumb of comfort out of a dismal campaign by beating North Group leaders, Birmingham Bears, by eight wickets in their final NatWest T20 match at Headingley

The last series of group matches in the NatWest T20 Blast saw a number of teams deeply interested in what their rivals were doing or, more to the point, given the wide band of rain that moved in from the West, whether they were playing at all

ESPNcricinfo previews the final round of NatWest T20 Blast matches by outlining what each county needs to do to finish in the top four