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Middlesex 370 and 218 for 2 drew with Surrey 568 at Lord's Scorecard Andy Strauss and Sven Koenig batted Middlesex to safety in a rain-affected last day against Surrey at Lord's

Middlesex 370 and 74 for 0 v Surrey 568 at Lord's Scorecard Mark Ramprakash made history today, becoming the first man to score centuries against all the 18 first-class counties

Essex 423 for 5 v Kent 381 at Chelmsford Scorecard While England were romping to victory at The Oval, Nasser Hussain took the chance to register his first Championship century in four years, making 192 not out as Essex built a useful

Following their victories last night, Gloucestershire and Surrey are the first two counties to qualify for Twenty20 Cup Finals Day, having won their respective groups

Zimbabweans 193 for 5 (G Flower 60* Friend 44) beat Essex 189 for 9 (A Flower 52, Price 3 for 20) by five wickets

Ronnie Irani's dreams of an England recall have been shattered after being advised by medical experts not to bowl again for the rest of his career, because of an arthritic right knee

Crowds for the Twenty20 Cup group matches are currently running nearly three times higher than for the equivalent games in the old Benson & Hedges Cup

Hampshire Hawks lost out by a narrow margin to the Essex Eagles in the Twenty20 competition, as gloom descended over the Rose Bowl.

Advance ticket sales for the Essex Eagles' first home Twenty20 Cup match against Kent Spitfires on Friday 20th June has closed due to unprecedented demand

Essex 182 lost to Warwickshire 307 for 5 by 125 runs at Chelmsford Scorecard Ian Bell continued his return to from with a quickfire century and five wickets as Warwickshire won their first NUL game of the season in style against Essex at

Surrey beat Essex by 44 runs at Imber Court Scorecard An allround performance from Azhar Mahmood enabled Surrey to make it two wins in as many days at a sun-drenched Metropolitan Police ground as Essex never mounted a serious challenge in front

Essex have become the latest county to take advantage of a loophole in European employment legislation, by signing the 22-year-old South African allrounder Ryan ten Doeschate for the remainder of this season

ECB and the counties have extended their partnership with BBC Local Radio around the country to provide unrivalled audio coverage of the new Twenty20 Cup

Andy Flower scored a magnificent unbeaten 115, his first century of the season, as Essex overwhelmed Pakistan by 50 runs at Chelmsford

Warwickshire v Nottinghamshire at Edgbaston Scorecard Kevin Pietersen's second century of the summer put Nottinghamshire in a strong position at Edgbaston, as they closed on 389 for 3 after dismissing Warwickshire for their overnight score of

James Anderson celebrates on his way to 3 for 14 as Lancashire eased into the quarter-finals Durham v Lancashire at Chester-le-Street Scorecard James Anderson continued his astonishing season with three wickets in five overs, as Durham

Jimmy Ormond - match-winning performance for Surrey Getty Images Surrey eased away from the chasing pack with an unflustered 258-run victory over Essex at Chelmsford

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has launched a brand new Cricket Roadshow experience sponsored by England Team sponsor, Vodafone

The first few weeks of the 2003 season have seen many Frizzell County Championship matches being affected by wet weather - and only five out of the 16 matches in Division One, and six of the Division Two games, have ended in a positive outcome

National Cricket League Division One Glamorgan beat Gloucestershire by 10 wickets (D/L) Scorecard Glamorgan may be the Championship's whipping boys, but they stayed within touching distance of leaders Surrey with a 10-wicket demolition of