Yorkshire v Durham, Specsavers Championship, Division One, Headingley, 4th day

Yorkshire appetites whetted after Sidebottom's four

Sep 9, 2016: Yorkshire, pressing for a hat-trick of Championship titles, completed a thumping 228-run defeat of Durham

Notts v Middlesex, Specsavers Championship, Division One, Trent Bridge, 4th day

Compton keeps Middlesex top and sentences Notts to the drop

Sep 9, 2016: The differing emotions between the two sides told the story: as the Middlesex dressing room reverberated with an exuberant rendition of the team song, Nottinghamshire's players sat looking tired and dejected

Sri Lanka v Australia, 2nd T20I, Colombo (RPS)

Record Maxwell fifty powers Australia sweep

Sep 9, 2016: Sri Lanka had been changing their side every match and Australia had already sent several men home, but like a well-heeled theatre troupe, the players that remained delivered the same performance they seemed to have given many times already this series

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

India A 46 ahead after bowlers lead fightback

Sep 9, 2016: India A's bowlers picked up the last eight Australia A wickets for just 71 runs to bowl them out for 228 and script a stunning comeback, earning a two-run first-innings lead

Scotland v Hong Kong, 1st ODI, Edinburgh

Bad light forces thriller to end as no-result

Sep 8, 2016: Bad light brought the first ODI to an excruciating end with Hong Kong needing 18 to win off 12 balls with six wickets in hand when the match was called off

Notts v Middlesex, Specsavers Championship, Div One, Trent Bridge, 3rd day

Ball's burst revives Notts' hopes

Sep 8, 2016: Nottinghamshire and Middlesex go into the final day of this match with everything at stake

Surrey v Hampshire, Specsavers Championship Div 1, The Oval, 3rd day

Ervine leads Hampshire on revenge mission

Sep 8, 2016: Sean Ervine and Ryan McLaren scored hundreds on the third day at The Oval to help Hampshire to a commanding 582 for 9 before finally the declaration came

Yorkshire v Durham, Specsavers Championship Div 1, Headingley, 3rd day

Yorkshire delight in not-quite-perfect day

Sep 8, 2016: Yorkshire asserted themselves so successfully against Durham with both bat and ball that victory looks comfortably within their grasp on the final day

Glamorgan v Gloucestershire, Specsavers Championship Div 2, Cardiff, 3rd day

Glamorgan feel Payne in heavy defeat

Sep 8, 2016: Gloucestershire completed a ten-wicket victory on the third afternoon in Cardiff to condemn Glamorgan to a seventh loss of the season in the Specsavers Championship

Kent v Northants, Specsavers Championship Div 2, Beckenham, 3rd day

Billings' late dash to no avail as Kent's promotion hopes are crushed

Sep 8, 2016: Sam Billings drove through the night to take his place in Kent's batting order, but he couldn't save the day, and their season

Somerset v Warwickshire, Specsavers Championship Div 1, Taunton, 3rd day

Somerset hold nerve in 31-run win

Sep 8, 2016: Jack Leach finished with 6 for 42 as Somerset completed a 32-run Specsavers County Championship victory over Warwickshire on the third morning at Taunton

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

India A collapse to 230 with pink ball

Sep 8, 2016: Australia A's bowlers, led by Mitchell Swepson and David Moody, restricted India A to 230 with the pink ball after Manish Pandey's 76-ball 77 on the first day in Brisbane

England v Pakistan, T20I, Old Trafford

Pakistan cruise to ruthless nine-wicket win

Sep 7, 2016: Pakistan, in their first T20 under Sarfraz Ahmed's captaincy, secured a thumping nine-wicket victory with a massive 31 deliveries to spare

India Blue v India Green, Duleep Trophy 2016-17, Greater Noida, 4th day

India Blue enter final after dull draw

Sep 7, 2016: The match between India Blue and India Green laboured to a predictable draw in Greater Noida, as India Blue, who began the final day with a lead of 555, batted on until they were bowled out an hour from the dinner break

Glamorgan v Gloucestershire, Specsavers Championship Div 2, Cardiff, 2nd day

Marshall ton puts Gloucestershire in control

Sep 7, 2016: Hamish Marshall's fourth championship century of the season - his 22nd for his county - and an unbeaten 58 from David Payne enabled Gloucestershire to gain an advantage in Cardiff

Leicestershire v Sussex, Specsavers Championship Div 2, Grace Road, 2nd day

Allround Robinson seals rout as Leicestershire fold in two days

Sep 7, 2016: Leicestershire were bowled out for less than 150 for the second time in the match as they subsided to an embarrassing innings defeat at the hands of Sussex

Kent v Northants, Specsavers Championship Div 2, Beckenham, 2nd day

Duckett double hammers Kent promotion bid

Sep 7, 2016: Kent collapsed to 15 for 4 after Ben Duckett's double-hundred gave Northamptonshire a healthy first-innings lead

Surrey v Hampshire, Specsavers Championship Div 1, The Oval, 2nd day

Alsop's hundred allows Hampshire to be optimistic

Sep 7, 2016: If Hampshire do go down, which they so easily could have done last year and have looked like doing for most of this one, all is not lost

Yorkshire v Durham, Specsavers Championship Div 1, Headingley, 2nd day

Sidebottom's day of dark mutterings, slumped shoulders and wrath

Sep 7, 2016: It could be a wonderful climax to the Championship season, but Ryan Sidebottom was not in the mood to enjoy it as chances went astray at Headingley

Nottinghamshire v Middlesex, Specsavers Championship Div 1, Trent Bridge, 2nd day

Gubbins keeps Middlesex dream alive

Sep 7, 2016: A stalwart effort from Nick Gubbins kept Middlesex in contention at Trent Bridge as they faced a stiff challenge from a Nottinghamshire side fighting for their first division lives