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Playing on the pitch that had been used for the Championship match between the two sides, Essex won the toss and elected to bat

Somerset needed to score at 5 runs per over to win this game but through some disciplined and aggressive bowling from the Leicestershire attack they were always behind the asking rate

Neil Killeen bowled Durham to victory as Derbyshire crashed to defeat in a dramatic final over at Derby

Martin Bicknell and Saqlain Mushtaq each scored half centuries in a last wicket partnership of 116 as Surrey's Championship game against Lancashire meandered towards a draw at Old Trafford

Gloucestershire missed out on promotion from the second division of the County Championship, despite an exciting three-wicket victory over Nottinghamshire at Bristol

Surrey crowned their title triumph with a touch of farce at Old Trafford today

Worcestershire pursued the faintest chance of reviving their promotion bid by declaring 136 behind after avoiding the follow-on against Northamptonshire at New Road this morning

From the very last scheduled ball of the very last Championship match at The County Ground, Yorkshire retained their 115-year record of never having lost at the ground

Glenn McGrath produced his best performance in county cricket to give Worcestershire an outside chance of staying in the promotion race by beating Northamptonshire at New Road

Glenn McGrath was installed as Worcestershire's Player of the Year after a defiant but ultimately unsuccessful bid to snatch promotion with victory over Northamptonshire at New Road

Surrey's Mark Butcher and Lancashire's Mike Smethurst each recorded unusual career bests as the last day of the Old Trafford Championship match took some bizarre twists today

Drizzle delayed the resumption until 1.30 and with play underway in the other three promotion matches, both captains, Ronnie Irani and Neil Smith agreed to declarations to set up the possibility of a positive conclusion

It may have been headed for the gold medal as the dullest Test match of the year, but New Zealand's fightback with both the bat and ball may yet produce one of the more exciting finishes

As Zimbabwe struggle to save the First Test against New Zealand, Alistair Campbell carried most of the responsibility as he goes into the final day on 45 not out

There was no play possible on the third day of the PPP Healthcare Championship match between Lancashire and Surrey because of rain

Heavy overnight rain, coupled with morning thunderstorms left the County Ground at Southampton saturated

Nathan Astle's 'dismissal' said it all about New Zealand's first innings on day three in the first Test against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo

Black clouds scudding over New Road put another dampener on Worcestershire's slender hopes of escaping to victory over Second Division champions Northamptonshire

Just how expensive will Zimbabwe's last 50 runs prove in New Zealand's bid to win the first Test in Bulawayo

Warwickshire declared immediately on reaching 400 which gained them their first batting point as they narrowed the gap on third placed Essex to just two points