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Hampshire leave bottom spot with an Edwards swagger

Hampshire followed up Fidel Edwards' ferocious second-evening spell by beating Sussex and telling the West Indian quick they had never seen anything faster

09-Jun-2015•Vithushan Ehantharajah at Hove

Coughlin career-best sees off Somerset

Paul Coughlin's superb spell saw Durham move back to the top of the table with their fifth win from seven games in the LV= County Championship while Somerset slipped to the foot of the table.

09-Jun-2015•ECB/PA

Bairstow a 'victim of circumstance' - Gillespie

Yorkshire coach Jason Gillespie insisted that Jonny Bairstow is a victim of circumstance and after dropping him in the wake of the Ashes whitewash England need to recognise his ability

08-Jun-2015•Jon Culley at Headingley

Ferocious Edwards revels down the Hove slope

Fidel Edwards' ferocious bowling spell made good a rapid century from Adam Wheater and left Hampshire anticipating a first Championship win of the season

08-Jun-2015•Vithushan Ehantharajah at Hove

Collingwood graft, Hastings might turns day

After turning likely defeat into a comfortable win in their last LV= County Championship match at Worcester, Durham brought about another transformation at home to Somerset.

08-Jun-2015•ECB/PA

Revived Brooks shows benefit of a break

Yorkshire bowled superbly, with control and discipline, as the Division One leaders, Middlesex, were restricted to only one batting point

07-Jun-2015•Jon Culley at Headingley

Hove serves up another challenge for batsmen

Last year the pitches were too dull at Hove. Now they're too fruity. The last two four-day games here have only needed three for a result. With 14 wickets falling on the first day this time, be prepared to add this one to the list

07-Jun-2015•Vithushan Ehantharajah at Hove

Myburgh defiant while Durham fret about Onions

For the second time this season Johann Myburgh defied one of his former counties, Durham, as he gave struggling Somerset a slight edge on the first day at Chester-le-Street

07-Jun-2015•ECB/PA

Fiery Clarke ends Middlesex chase

A fourth innings target of 270 in 54 overs proved beyond Middlesex at Lord's as they settled for a draw against Warwickshire in the Division One match at Lord's after a disruptive spell from Rikki Clarke

03-Jun-2015•PA/ECB

Leach takes nine but Hampshire earn draw

Worcestershire bowler Joe Leach celebrated his best match figures but Will Smith and Adam Wheater's fifties saved the game for Hampshire as the sides drew at the Ageas Bowl

03-Jun-2015•ECB/PA

Gurney's five hurtles Nottinghamshire to first win

Five wickets for Harry Gurney - a career-best 5 for 43 in fact - ensured that the magnificent contribution of the two rookie pace bowlers, Luke Wood and Jake Ball, was made to count as Sussex were finished off in 32 overs

03-Jun-2015•Jon Culley at Trent Bridge

Homegrown talent gives Notts chance of first victory

Two days still remain in this match, the weather is at last warming up and batting conditions will become easier, yet you suspect that Nottinghamshire's lead will be enough to break their duck for the season

02-Jun-2015•Jon Culley at Trent Bridge

Compton keeps Middlesex afloat

On a day when those old-school virtues of patience and judgment were suddenly being pined for up at Headingley, what England might have given for some of Nick Compton's obduracy at the head of their futile rearguard

02-Jun-2015•Andrew Miller at Lord's

Mitchell and Cox help make up lost time

Daryl Mitchell and Ben Cox tightened Worcestershire's grip on their LV=Championship match with bottom-placed Hampshire on a rain-truncated day at the Ageas Bowl

02-Jun-2015•ECB/PA

Wood makes remarkable century to turn Notts day

By his own admission, Luke Wood has no pedigree as a batsman. When he made his debut at the end of last season his thoughts were that if he might achieve anything in cricket it would be through his ability with the ball. He might now have to revise that

01-Jun-2015•Jon Culley at Trent Bridge

Mitchell backs up Leach five-for to put Worcestershire on top

Daryl Mitchell hit an unbeaten 80 as Worcestershire consolidated an increasingly powerful position at the end of the second day at the Ageas Bowl

01-Jun-2015•ECB/PA

Warwickshire build on Evans grit

A gritty 98 from Laurie Evans, coupled with a spirited lower-order onslaught from Jeetan Patel and Keith Barker, enabled Warwickshire to enjoy the better of another gloomy day at Lord's

01-Jun-2015•Andrew Miller at Lord's

Finn presents platform for Middlesex to build from

Every spell that Steven Finn sends down this season comes laden with caveats. Is it safe to suppose that he is really getting back to his best? Dare we whisper about a return to the Test squad with the Ashes around the corner?

31-May-2015•Andrew Miller at Lord's

Late wickets improve Worcestershire's day

Bowlers Joe Leach and Jack Shantry took three late wickets to swing the first day in Worcestershire's favour at the Ageas Bowl

31-May-2015•ECB/PA

Devon, Cornwall excited by Championship debate

If the County Championship is extended to 21 teams and a Minor County needs to be elevated, a combined Devon and Cornwall team could be the answer

28-May-2015•Tim Wigmore

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