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Will Tavare completed a six-hour century as Gloucestershire built a strong position on the second day of the Specsavers County Championship match with Leicestershire at Bristol

Michael Carberry closed in on a first Specsavers County Championship of the season with a fine 84 not out on the second day against Middlesex

Crucial innings from Corey Anderson - 39* off 22 balls - and Sam Billings - 55 off 40 - helped Delhi Daredevils post their second win in three matches

In an error-strewn match, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Kuldeep Yadav bowled equally immaculate spells, but it was Kolkata Knight Riders who came away with their third win of the season and jumped to the top of the points table

There were half-centuries for Sean Dickson, Darren Stevens and Wayne Parnell but Jofra Archer's 7 for 67 was the star turn as Sussex dismissed Kent for 304 at Hove

Nottinghamshire cricketers were in no mood to be drinks waiters at Durham's revivalist party as they sliced through them on the opening day

Ben Coad claimed a four-wicket haul to continue his impressive start to the season as Warwickshire stumbled to 152 for 8 on a rain-hit day

Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Jordan Clark are two deeply contrasting cricketers, but on a gloomy day at Kia Oval they forged a wonderful alliance to change the complexion of the opening day

Somerset were dismissed for a sub-par 209 on the first day of their season before Alastair Cook bedded in for Essex

Worcestershire closed within 27 runs of Glamorgan's first innings as they enjoyed the best of the first day in Cardiff

Sam Robson and Steve Eskinazi both scored half-centuries before getting out in their 80s as Middlesex opened their Specsavers County Championship title defence

Will Tavare and Graeme van Buuren registered half-centuries as Gloucestershire reached the close on 236 for 4 on the opening day of the Specsavers Championship

Gary Wilson marked his first-class Derbyshire debut with an impressive half century on a day of fluctuating fortunes against Northamptonshire

Andrew Tye picked up 5 for 17 - the best figures for an IPL debutant - to lead Gujarat Lions to their first victory in IPL 2017

Shaiman Anwar's maiden T20I hundred in the second T20I and UAE bowlers' performance in the 3rd T20I helped them secure a 3-0 series win against PNG in Abu Dhabi

Kieron Pollard's 47-ball 70 hauled Mumbai Indians to a six-wicket win against Royal Challengers Bangalore, for whom a Samuel Badree hat-trick wasn't enough to defend 142

Led by Umesh Yadav's 4 for 33, Kolkata Knight Riders restricted Kings XI Punjab to 170, a total they chased down with eight wickets in hand

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