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Durham batting defies doubts for third win

Wise heads around these parts do not give Durham better than an outside chance in the Championship this season, arguing that for all the strength of their seam bowling resources they have a brittle quality to their batting line-up that too often lets them

12-May-2015•Jon Culley at Chester-le-Street

Denly repels Hogan to leave Kent in charge

Kent strengthened their chances of securing their opening win of the season by removing Glamorgan's dependable leader Jacques Rudolph in the closing moments of the third day's play in Canterbury.

12-May-2015•Press Association

Eckersley responds after Pietersen masterclass

Ned Eckersley hit a superb 118 as Leicestershire fought hard to avoid defeat against Surrey following Kevin Pietersen's epic 355 not out in the Second Division match at the Kia Oval

12-May-2015•Press Association

Handscomb, Marshall respond to Horton 168

An unbroken 130-run partnership between fourth-wicket pair Peter Handscomb and Hamish Marshall after tea on day three ensured Gloucestershire took charge against Lancashire at Old Trafford.

12-May-2015•Press Association

Middlesex become shock leaders

Middlesex, unfancied as Championship contenders after their poor finish to last season, cemented top spot in the First Division by beating Sussex by 79 runs at Hove to claim their third successive win

12-May-2015•Press Association

Patel delivers Warwickshire first win

Warwickshire stretched their winning run against Worcestershire by wrapping up a 181-run County Championship victory before tea on the final day as Jeetan Patel picked up four second innings wickets

12-May-2015•Press Association

Kabir Ali retires from cricket

Kabir Ali was forced to retire from cricket after failing to recover from a long-standing shoulder injury

12-May-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

Willey ton keeps Northants in touch

David Willey gave another pulsating demonstration of the talent which has won him international recognition as his second century of the season kept Northamptonshire in their Championship Division Two match against Derbyshire

11-May-2015•Press Association

Hants stumble despite Carberry's grit

Barely 16 months ago, Michael Carberry was an England cricketer. And watching him bat against Yorkshire on the second afternoon of this game, it was not difficult to believe

11-May-2015•Paul Edwards at Headingley

'I deserve England place' - Pietersen

"I want my England place and I think I deserve my England place." Kevin Pietersen wasted no time in stating his case after a spectacular, unbeaten triple-centur

11-May-2015•Tim Wigmore at The Oval

Pietersen meets England after triple ton

Kevin Pietersen scored an unbeaten 326 at The Oval ahead of a meeting with the ECB's new director of cricket, Andrew Strauss

11-May-2015•Tim Wigmore at The Oval

Rankin, Wright record take game away from Worcestershire

Moeen Ali suffered the indignity of becoming the first bowler hit for six by Boyd Rankin in first-class cricket as Warwickshire built a strong position on the third day against Worcestershire at Edgbaston

11-May-2015•Press Association

Wood, Hutton shine as Notts take charge

Nottinghamshire were dismissed for 178 in their second innings but in conditions still offering substantial help to the bowlers a target of 261 to win may be enough to give Chris Read's side a first win of the season

11-May-2015•Jon Culley at Chester-le-Street

Lancashire slide after Horton hundred

Gloucestershire took four wickets after tea to damage Lancashire's first-innings response to 388 on day two of their Championship match at Old Trafford

11-May-2015•Press Association

Kent take lead despite Bragg ton

Glamorgan batsman Will Bragg scored his second hundred of the summer to ensure honours remained fairly even at the mid-point of their Championship clash with Kent in Canterbury

11-May-2015•Press Association

Advantage Middlesex as wickets tumble

Division One leaders Middlesex are well placed to claim their third successive win after another bowler-dominated day at Hove

11-May-2015•Press Association

Critchley makes Derbyshire history

Teenager Matt Critchley made history in only his second first-class game when he became the youngest Derbyshire player to score a century

10-May-2015•Press Association

Shahzad injury is a worry for Sussex

An injury to Ajmal Shahzad put a dampener on Sussex's opening day against Middlesex after they dismissed the LV= County Championship leaders relatively cheaply at Hove

10-May-2015•Press Association

Bairstow strums on Gracie's harp

If there is anything disgruntled Yorkshiremen do not appreciate, it is empathy from a vaguely Lancastrian source. Nevertheless, after an inactive time in the Caribbean, they might have appreciated an old lyric from the cross-Pennines songstress Gracie Fie

10-May-2015•Paul Edwards

Wessels ton highlights his value to Nottinghamshire

Given the attention commanded by some of his team-mates at Trent Bridge, Riki Wessels has become one of those cricketers who could be forgiven for feeling that whatever he does, no one really notices.

10-May-2015•Jon Culley at Chester-le-Street

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