England v India, 1st Investec Test, Trent Bridge, 5th day

Burnout worries after deathly slog

Jul 13, 2014: The opening Test ended with the levity of Alastair Cook taking a Test wicket in a match where his captaincy showed encouraging signs but England should be assisted more by their system rather than hindered

Eng v Ind, 1st Investec Test, Trent Bridge, 5th day

Dhoni pleased with lower-order resistance

Jul 13, 2014: Despite failing to close out the match, MS Dhoni looked at the positives and reflected on the lower order stand that rescued India

England v India, 1st Investec Test, Trent Bridge, 5th day

Binny's selection does not prove trivial

Jul 13, 2014: Why had Stuart Binny been picked in this Test? It was probably not with a match-saving innings in mind, but that's what he produced just when India were threatening to topple apart

England v India, 1st Investec Test, Trent Bridge, 5th day

Signs a corner has been turned by England

Jul 13, 2014: The hosts appeared to play with a different attitude at Trent Bridge. No longer was there a sense that the game owed them. They just got on with it and Alastair Cook played the match with a smile on his face

Lancashire v Nottinghamshire, Aigburth, 1st day

Adams enjoys another Lancashire haul

Jul 13, 2014: It sounds increasingly likely that Andre Adams will retire after this season, but days like this against Lancashire - a side he prospers against - continue to show his value

England v India, 1st Investec Test, Trent Bridge, 5th day

A prolific debut at No. 8, and Anderson levels with Trueman

Jul 13, 2014: Stats highlights from the Trent Bridge Test, a match in which all kinds of lower-order batting feats were eclipsed

Durham v Warwickshire, Chester-le-Street, 1st day

Trott finds his groove before Durham hit back

Jul 13, 2014: Jonathan Trott put his demons behind him by scoring a fluent 76 as he and Will Porterfield put Warwickshire into a dominant position until they lost three late wickets to Durham

Northamptonshire v Somerset, Wantage Road, 2nd day

Gregory best gives Somerset control

Jul 13, 2014: Lewis Gregory recorded career-best figures of 6 for 47 as Somerset remained in control of their County Championship game at Northamptonshire.

Worcestershire v Leicestershire, New Road, 1st day

Buck keep league leaders in check

Jul 13, 2014: Worcestershire captain Daryl Mitchell became the second player to reach 1,000 runs in the current County Championship season before Leicestershire's bowlers pegged the Division Two leaders back to 317 for 9.

Derbyshire v Yorkshire, NatWest T20, Chesterfield

Lees gives Yorkshire foot in quarters

Jul 13, 2014: Yorkshire planted one foot firmly in the quarter-finals when they crushed Derbyshire by 59 runs with 15 balls to spare in a one-sided game at Chesterfield.

England news

Kerrigan recalled to England squad

Jul 13, 2014: Simon Kerrigan, the Lancashire left-arm spinner, has been recalled as part of a 14-man England squad for the second Investec Test against India at Lord's

Zimbabwe A v Afghanistan, Tour Match, Bulawayo

Ghani, Sharafuddin help Afghanistan to close win

Jul 13, 2014: A half-century from the opener Usman Ghani, followed by a six-wicket haul from the left-arm spinner Sharafuddin Ashraf helped Afghanistan edge past Zimbabwe A by 16 runs in Bulawayo

Essex v Hampshire, Colchester, 1st day

Topley facing another back injury

Jul 13, 2014: Reece Topley, the Essex left-arm pace bowler, faces another debilitating period on the sidelines after he suffered a recurrence of the lower back injury that beset his winter away with the England Performance Programme

County news

Kieswetter suffers broken nose and cheek bone

Jul 13, 2014: Craig Kieswetter, the Somerset wicketkeeper, spent Saturday night in hospital after being diagnosed with a broken nose and fractured cheek bone following a blow from a bouncer

England v India, 1st Investec Test, Trent Bridge, 5th day

India bat all day in stalemate

Jul 13, 2014: Stuart Binny's 78 helped India draw the first Test comfortably after England had given them a scare with three wickets for 17 runs in the first hour

Peter Sainsbury 1934 - 2014

Hampshire's only double title winner

Jul 13, 2014: Peter Sainsbury, who has died aged 80, was an allrounder for Hampshire and the only player in the club's history to win two County Championship titles.

England v India, 1st Test, Trent Bridge

Anderson, the unlikely renegade

Jul 13, 2014: Jimmy Anderson's innings at Trent Bridge, according to Jonathan Liew in the Telegraph left an "emotional deposit", a feeling somewhere in the realm of joy

Australia A v India A, 2nd unofficial Test, Brisbane, 1st day

India A hit back after Faulkner-Forrest stand

Jul 13, 2014: Fifties from James Faulkner and Peter Forrest helped Australia A put up 7 for 288 on the opening day of the second four-day game against India in Brisbane

Friendly pitches

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St Lucia Zouks v Jamaica Tallawahs, CPL 2014, Grenada

Gayle strikes maiden CPL ton in Tallawahs win

Jul 13, 2014: Chris Gayle feasted on a tame St. Lucia Zouks bowling attack for an unbeaten 111 in a seven-wicket win for the Jamaica Tallawahs, the first century in Caribbean Premier League history