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It's been an extraordinary eight months for Adam Voges but on perhaps the craziest day of action that he will have encountered in that time, it was his failure to knock on the visitors' dressing-room door that may yet come back to haunt him.

The assumption that Worcestershire will be the whipping boys of 2015 might have to be revised. After two days of impressive cricket from the yo-yo side of the County Championship, it is Somerset who face the prospect of a third consecutive defeat.

James Harris and Steven Finn, two seam bowlers who have laboured so long under the burden of "promise", combined to haul Middlesex into the ascendancy on a day of hard graft at Lord's

Charlie Morris reached a new milestone in a fast-developing career as Worcestershire dismissed Somerset for 250 on the opening day of the County Championship meeting between teams who each lost their first two matches of the season.

It is eight and a half months since Sam Robson sloped back to the pavilion at The Oval after his last innings for England but at two minutes past three on Saturday afternoon, Robson dabbed Scott Borthwick through backward point to bring up his first centu

Durham poised to go top of the First Division: preview of the next round of LV= Championship matches

Warwickshire ultimately decided that much as they might have liked to leave Headingley with a win it was the long game that they were really interested in. Thus not losing became the priority that dictated their tactics on the final day

Composed centuries from captain Adam Voges and James Franklin led Middlesex to a five-wicket Championship victory over Somerset at Taunton after they had been set an unlikely 402 to win

Scott Borthwick's unbeaten 97 saw off Sussex at Chester-Le-Street and ensured that Durham preserved their unbeaten record

Andrew Gale battled in combative style to repel Warwickshire at Headingley but as Yorkshire's captain narrowly missed out on a century there was a reminder of the disciplinary tightrope he must tread

Chris Rushworth's five wickets have set up an intriguing final day in which both Durham and Sussex are hanging on to 100% records

Alex Hales has been feted as a potential saviour of England's one-day game but, after narrowly missing out on a third century in four innings (one of them a double), he is closing in on a fabled first-class landmark

In-form James Hildreth has given Somerset a good chance of victory on the final day as the Taunton wickets show signs of not being the featherbeds of old

John Hastings extended the bowlers' batting blitz begun on the first day by century-making debutant Oliver Robinson as Durham and Sussex swopped blow for blow

Tim Bresnan took a five-wicket haul but Ian Westwood's 196 helped Warwickshire to a strong position against the champions

Adam Voges are at opposite ends of their careers but their brace of 90s held Middlesex together against Somerset at Taunton

The fact that Hampshire, and the club's Ageas Bowl ground, remains a key local concern was evidenced by a walk-on part in the general election hoopla on Monday

Oliver Robinson, rejected by Yorkshire for unprofessional conduct, notched up his maiden first-class century on his Sussex debut and helped to demolish the county's record for the last wicket in the process

Ian Westwood's willingness to graft for runs made this just about Warwickshire's day, although there were satisfied expressions on the faces of the Yorkshire bowlers after restricting their opponents to 270 runs from 97 overs