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Wales 192-4 Shackleton 1-41, Job 1-54, Virgo 1-18, Kemble 1-21 Gloucestershire 123-7 Jennings 39

Mark Ramprakash duly completed his double century as Surrey racked up a massive total against Somerset at Taunton

A superb exhibition of swing bowling on a blameless pitch, reduced Warwickshire to 16-6 wickets off 15 overs

The first target for the not out batsmen Mike Burns (51) and Keith Parsons (13)will be 458 to avoid the follow on, but knowing that they will be without the services of paceman Simon Francis for the Surrey second innings they will be hoping for a

There is always a sense of occasion about one-day internationals at Chester-le-Street, which makes it doubly disappointing when the weather intervenes as it did here

A place in the quarter-finals of the 38 County Cup competition awaits Lincolnshire if they beat Leicestershire County Board XI at Cleethorpes on Sunday

Mark Ramprakash made it a day of misery for Somerset and consolidation for the Frizzell County Championship leaders as he made an unbeaten 199 for Surrey, including 26 boundaries, at Taunton

Division two seems, at this early stage to be splitting into two mini-divisions of its own, with Essex, Middlesex, Derbyshire and Worcestershire in pursuit of promotion while the rest struggle to contend with apparently limited playing resources

SYDNEY, July 3 AAP - Former Australian cricket captain Allan Border will add some spice to the Ashes rivalry when he emulates England legend Ian Botham on a charity walk from Sydney to Brisbane later this year.

Berkshire batted positively, Fray (57*) and night watchman Patel (78*), added another 140 runs in 22 overs before declaring at 153-1

Lincolnshire failed to take the last two wickets which would have completed victory over Buckinghamshire at Grantham after making the visitors follow on

England captain Nasser Hussain insists that England will persevere with Matthew Hoggard despite two below-par performances in the NatWest Series

Havant's reward for beating South Wilts by three wickets in the south zone final is a plum home draw at the opening national round stage of the ECB Club Championship

Alec Stewart will become the first England player to make 150 appearances in one-day internationals tomorrow afternoon, when England meet India in the NatWest Series day-night match at Chester-le-Street.

Somerset spent a hard day in the field at Taunton today where table toppers Surrey amassed 448 for 5

David Pryke, the South African pace bowler with the "windmill" action, jets into the Lymington Sports Ground tomorrow (SAT) to put the town club's Southern Electric Premier League Division 2 promotion prospects under threat

SYDNEY, July 3 AAP - Australian selector Allan Border today challenged the nation's cricketers to help end the search for a world class allrounder.

A stunning performance at Lord's yesterday completed the 'perfect' season for Loughborough University's cricketers and put Loughborough's name on the third of three available titles for the second successive year.

New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming achieved another captaincy career milestone with the series victory over the West Indies today when becoming this country's most successful Test captain away from home

New Zealand's fighting defiance to create history at the end of today's drawn second Test with the West Indies at Grenada won the admiration of New Zealand Cricket's chief executive Martin Snedden