Liam Dawson

Not even a career-best 169 from Liam Dawson could save Hampshire from providing Somerset with their first win of the season at the Rose Bowl.

Hampshire opener Liam Dawson stood between Somerset and their first win of the season after a defiant century at the Rose Bowl

Charl Willoughby and Gemaal Hussain each took four wickets for Somerset as Hampshire surrendered a position of power

Relegation-threatened Warwickshire inched closer to County Championship Division One safety on a gloomy, interrupted day at the Rose Bowl by claiming all three bonus bowling points against Hampshire

Veteran Dominic Cork and youngster Liam Dawson rescued Hampshire with a 62-run unbeaten stand for the seventh wicket as Warwickshire's bowlers caused problems

Hampshire vastly improved their chances of remaining in the top flight of the LV= County Championship by extending their lead over Kent to 294 with four wickets intact going into the final day of this clash against their fellow strugglers

A round-up from the latest County Championship matches

A round-up from the latest Twenty20 Cup matches as Yorkshire secure a nail-biting win while Lancashire and Hampshire have more comfortable success

A powerful batting display from Hampshire, led by Michael Lumb's 100, propelled them into the Friends Provident Trophy semi-finals as they proved too good for a Middlesex team missing key players

A round-up from the second weekend of Friends Provident Trophy action

Vikram Solanki's defiance spared Worcestershire from the humiliation of launching their Division One campaign with an innings defeat inside two days at the Rose Bowl

Liam Dawson, the Hampshire left-arm spinner, has been added to the England Lions squad for their tour of New Zealand next month

England's young cricketers have taken time to hit their straps on their tour of South Africa, but the Under-19s secured a tense eight-run win over their South African counterparts to level the five-match ODI series 2-2 with one to play

A strong England Under-19 squad has been named for their tour of South Africa early next year

Jon Culley reports on the third day of the Championship table-topper at Trent Bridge

Hampshire have signed Imran Tahir, the Pakistani legspinner, as their overseas player for the next two seasons

Ravi Bopara was named the Cricket Writers' Club Young Cricketer of the Year at their annual dinner in London

Cricinfo looks back at some of the best county performances from August