Cricket News

Kent's brave last day victory pursuit ran out of time and steam at The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence where Gloucestershire escaped with a scare and a draw after a rain-affected final day.

Chesney Hughes continued his impressive start to the season with another half-century before Derbyshire's match against Sussex at Derby ended in an inevitable draw

Kent's batsmen were left cursing the weather and missing out on a fifth batting bonus point as Gloucestershire rallied on a rain-protracted third day in Canterbury where the hosts closed on 478 for 8

An extraordinary day's cricket saw 21 wickets fall and Leicestershire, having declined to enforce the follow-on, close with a lead of 313 with four wickets remaining in their second innings

Kent captain Sam Northeast led from the front with an unbeaten 154 that moved his side into a commanding position

Worcestershire were in complete control when the weather closed in at Cardiff, having reduced Glamorgan to 42 for 4 following Brett D'Oliveira's history-making maiden double century

Ed Joyce delivered a batting masterclass as he and Luke Wells enjoyed a record-breaking day at Derby to put Sussex in a position of total dominance over Derbyshire

Brett D'Oliveira followed his hundred against Essex with another impressive display on the opening day against Glamorgan

Lewis Hatchett too five wickets for Sussex against a struggling Derbyshire

Hamish Marshall saved Gloucestershire from first-day capitulation against Kent by scoring the 28th first-class hundred of his career in steamy Canterbury.

Alex Wakely is not the first visiting captain to be mislead by a green tinged Grace Road pitch

Kent all-rounder Matt Coles has been suspended for two Championship matches by an ECB disciplinary commission

Chris Nash batted for more than seven hours in the longest innings of his career to guide Sussex to safety and illustrate the benefits of his time with South Africa's adhesive opener Gary Kirsten

Billy Godleman was controversially reprieved on the final afternoon at Wantage Road as Derbyshire comfortably batted out for a draw against Northamptonshire

Worcestershire batsman Tom Kohler-Cadmore gave another demonstration of his potential with a superb unbeaten century

Kent's new opening partners Daniel Bell-Drummond and Tom Latham batted their side to a 10-wicket victory over Glamorgan and re-wrote their county's record book in the process

Leicestershire could have been forgiven on this of all days if their thoughts occasionally strayed from the Sussex coast to the parties going on in their home city.

Centuries from David Lloyd and Graham Wagg restored Welsh pride and ensured Kent will need to be on their mettle to secure a win

Brett D'Oliveira scored his maiden County Championship hundred - the third generation of his family to achieve the feat - on day three of the Division Two clash with leaders Essex at New Road

An extraordinary innings of 97 in 69 balls from Rory Kleinveldt put Northamptonshire in charge against Derbyshire at Wantage Road