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It was Yorkshire who faced criticism if their decision to collude with Hampshire and engineer a run-chase ended up having a decisive effect on the relegation battle. It was Gale who absolved all, his third hundred of the season setting up a five-wicket vi

A man doesn't like to find himself saying "size isn't everything" too often, but in James Taylor's case, it seems almost unavoidable.

Brett D'Oliveira took a career-best five wickets with his leg spin - at Chester-le-Street of all places - to give Worcestershire a glimmer of hope as they try to save their First Division future

Surrey remained in total control of their LV= Division Two match at Old Trafford and by the close of third day had set Lancashire 492 to win and thereby achieve the most unlikely of victories

Life was going swimmingly for Zafar Ansari. He had been selected for England's tour of the UAE and could dream of a possible Test debut against Pakistan. Then he dropped a catch at cover, summoned the physio and the day turned sour

Rod Bransgrove had the Ageas Bowl pavilion named in his honour. He has higher ambitions, though, for the relegation-threatened county: he wants a Championship title

Michael Yardy's final white-ball over conceded 34. His farewell in Championship cricket brought a century that promises to save Sussex from relegation. Hove rose to one of their most stalwart sons

Sussex and Somerset both know a win will secure their First Division future and Sussex's odd couple, Mike Yardy and Azhar Zaidi, combined to give them the edge at Hove

Hampshire's desperation to avoid relegation led to an honest-to-goodness hard-working day of solid Championship battling, unfashionable down to its bootstraps

Tom Fell was cruelly run out for 83 as Worcestershire took the attritional approach in reaching 223 for 4 from 83 overs on the first day of their LV= County Championship match against Durham

Yorkshire's Championship celebration were bittersweet as Middlesex, the coun ty that last beat them, ended their 26-match unbeaten run with a comprehensive victory at Lord's

As Somerset and Hampshire fought out a relegation stalemate, which will leave Somerset the happier, sustenance was to be found behind the stands in Priory Barn

Chris Read became the first wicketkeeper since Jack Russell in 1997 to reach the landmark of 1,000 first class dismissals as Notts turned ther tables on Durham with a sterling victory

Jimmy Adams put a poor season behind him with a fighting unbeaten century which gave Hampshire a good chance of saving the game on a placid Taunton pitch

James Middlebrook took two wickets in an over but an unbeaten 86 from Nick Compton ensured Middlesex would not be beaten inside two days

Michael Richardson narrowly missed out on his first LV= County Championship century of the season as Durham enjoyed the better of the exchanges on the second day of their match against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge

Tom Abell was three months old when Marcus Trescothick notched his own first hundred against Surrey at Bath in 1994. The pair eventually put on 272 against Hampshire, one short of the first-wicket record for matches between the counties

Nottinghamshire were not really Championship challengers. Everybody knew that. As the county who still had an arithmetical chance of the title, their role in the grand scheme of things was to allow everyone to pretend for a day or two more