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Riki Wessel;s and James Taylor settled Notts' nerves as they finished the third day 70 short of Worcestershire's target with seven wickets intact

The pain of defeat was the inspiration behind England's success in the Investec Ashes, according to Joe Root, the one England player to have made a century in the four Tests to date.

Gloucestershire dodged early rain on day four in Swansea as they posted their fifth LV= County Championship win of the season. Chris Dent led the victory charge as his unbeaten 65 helped the visitors to their 108-run winning target for the loss of three w

Ten out of the 16 South Africa A players have been hospitalised in Chennai, forcing their match tomorrow against Australia A to be postponed to Tuesday

They had to wait over a fortnight, but India A's first win since arriving in Chennai was a comprehensive one, as a century from Mayank Agarwal and a 90 from captain Unmukt Chand made light work of a target of 245

James Anderson has been included in a 14-man England squad for the final Investec Ashes Test at the Kia Oval but will not be risked unless he has completely recovered from the side injury which ruled him out of the Trent Bridge encounter.

George Worker made a half-century on international debut to set up a crushing win for New Zealand over Zimbabwe in the only T20

Darren Lehmann has admitted that abandoning the plan of playing an allrounder was a mistake, and that the selectors got things wrong at certain times in the Ashes series

Darren Lehmann's position as coach is not in danger, but the team's style of play away from home will be reviewed after England reclaimed the Ashes, the Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland has said

Ricky Ponting, the former Australia captain, has called upon Cricket Australia to use English Dukes balls in Sheffield Shield matches as a way of helping young batsmen to cope better with the swinging, seaming ball

Monty Panesar, surprisingly recalled to the Essex side at the Colchester Festival, showed signs that he could resurrect his professional career on the day that England won the Ashes

Glenn Maxwell and Adil Rashid both plundered centuries as Yorkshire dramatically changed the complexion of their LV= Championship match against Durham at Scarborough

Teenaged legspinner Mason Crane bamboozled Warwickshire to become the youngest Hampshire player to take a County Championship five wicket haul on Day Two at the Ageas Bowl

Whatever Trevor Bayliss' ability as a coach - and an early Ashes victory enhances an already outstanding record - he surely has no future as a media spin doctor

It was quite fitting that, with England sealing a Test match victory with two days to spare, Middlesex and Sussex took the opportunity to fashion what is set to be a thrilling climax at Lord's to fill the spare time

Mumbai batsman Hiken Shah has challenged his suspension from official cricket by the BCCI in the Bombay High Court

Gloucestershire, with a thoroughly professional all round performance ,should win their fifth championship game of the season on the final day after David Payne rallied an injury-hit side

Trouble-shooter Chris Read guided Nottinghamshire into a strong position at New Road, helping eke out a total of 330 by making 90

Kent slumped to a 51-run home defeat in the Royal London Cup with more than 12 overs to spare to allow Lancashire - the team they will meet in next Saturday's NatWest T20 Blast quarter-final - to land a resounding win