Somerset v Warwickshire, Specsavers Championship Div 1, Taunton, 2nd day

Leach's web puts Somerset on the brink of victory

Sep 7, 2016: Jack Leach spun Somerset close to a two-day victory with the ECB pitch inspector looking on but they will have to return on the morrow after Rikki Clarke and Chris Wright finally fashioned Warwickshire resistance on a turning surface

India Blue v India Green, Duleep Trophy 2016-17, Greater Noida, 3rd day

Bowlers all but seal India Blue's entry into final

Sep 6, 2016: After grinding India Green down on the first two days by posting 707, India Blue turned in a masterful effort on the field to skittle their opponents for 236 in 61 overs on the third day of the Duleep Trophy league fixture in Greater Noida

Yorkshire v Durham, Specsavers Championship Div 1, Headingley, 1st day

Lees fortifies Yorkshire's hat-trick hopes

Sep 6, 2016: Alex Lees sustained Yorkshire during a tricky opening day against Durham with a season's best 132, passing 1000 first-class runs in the process

Surrey v Hampshire, Specsavers Championship Div 1, The Oval, 1st day

Burns lightens gloom but umpires darken the mood

Sep 6, 2016: Rory Burns shone through the gloom at Kia Oval, and so did the floodlights - although not brightly enough for the umpires who did cricket a disservice

Somerset v Warwickshire, Specsavers Championship Div 1, Taunton, 1st day

Bess six-for on debut as 21 wickets fall

Sep 6, 2016: Somerset offspinner Dom Bess marked his Specsavers County Championship debut with 6 for 28 as 21 wickets fell on the opening day of the match with Warwickshire

Nottinghamshire v Middlesex, Specsavers Championship Div 1, Trent Bridge, 1st day

Newell takes blame as Patel and Ball offer hope

Sep 6, 2016: Jake Ball's hat-trick left Middlesex in a mess after Samit Patel scored 100 to give Nottinghamshire the upper hand after the first day at Trent Bridge

Leicestershire v Sussex, Specsavers Championship Div 2, Grace Road, 1st day

Magoffin, Archer blow Leicestershire away

Sep 6, 2016: A green pitch and humid conditions saw wickets tumble on the first day of the Specsavers County Championship Division Two match between Leicestershire and Sussex at the Fischer County Ground

Kent v Northants, Specsavers Championship Div 2, Beckenham, 1st day

Kleinveldt leads way to dent Kent hopes

Sep 6, 2016: Northamptonshire's seamers embraced the role of wreckers, intent on ending Kent's hopes of promotion back to Division One

Glamorgan v Gloucestershire, Specsavers Championship Div 2, Cardiff, 1st day

Selman's hundred dispels unhappy memories

Sep 6, 2016: Glamorgan would have been in deep trouble had Australian born Nick Selman not scored 101, almost half the team's total, in an attacking innings

Sri Lanka v Australia, 1st T20I, Pallekele

Australia canter to win after record 263, Maxwell slams 145*

Sep 6, 2016: In 90 minutes of outlandish clean-striking, Glenn Maxwell marked a monumental return to form, sent Sri Lanka into freefall, and stole their T20 world record from under their noses

Ireland v Hong Kong, 1st T20I, Bready

Nizakat, bowlers help Hong Kong go 1-0 up

Sep 5, 2016: Hong Kong kickstarted their two-match T20 international series against Ireland with a 40-run win, made possible by Nizakat Khan's half-century, followed by a collective effort from the bowlers

India Blue v India Green, Duleep Trophy 2016-17, Greater Noida, 2nd day

Pujara, Jackson tons help India Blue amass 707

Sep 5, 2016: India Blue's marathon innings ended on 707 at stumps on the second day of their 2016-17 Duleep Trophy match against India Green, after centuries from Cheteshwar Pujara and Sheldon Jackson

Ireland Women v Bangladesh Women, 1st T20I, Bready

Ireland defend 54 in tight 10-over contest

Sep 5, 2016: Ireland Women defended 54 against Bangladesh Women in a T20I that was reduced to 10 overs a side in Bready

India Blue v India Green, Duleep Trophy 2016-17, 1st day, Greater Noida

Agarwal 161 and Pujara fifty highlight run-fest

Sep 4, 2016: Opener Mayank Agarwal smashed 161 off 218 balls, Gautam Gambhir collected 90 and Cheteshwar Pujara was unbeaten 63 as India Blue dominated India Green in their Duleep Trophy match

Sri Lanka v Australia, 5th ODI, Pallekele

Warner century seals Australia's dominance

Sep 4, 2016: For the fifth time in the series Sri Lanka batted first and a vaguely familiar match played out as Australia ran down the hosts' 195 in the 43rd over, zipping up the series 4-1

England v Pakistan, 5th ODI, Cardiff

Sarfraz, Malik help Pakistan avert whitewash

Sep 4, 2016: Pakistan achieved their sixth-highest successful ODI chase to avert a whitewash at the hands of England in Cardiff

Australia A v India A, Quadrangular A-team series, final

Mandeep, Chahal help India A clinch Quadrangular series

Sep 4, 2016: India A's spinners, led by Yuzvendra Chahal, took eight wickets between them to lead the side's 57-run win over Australia A in the final of the Quadrangular A-team one-day series in Mackay

Warwickshire v Middlesex, Specsavers Championship Div One, Edgbaston, 4th day

Franklin excited by Finn title boost

Sep 3, 2016: Middlesex's lead has been trimmed by Yorkshire to four points after a rain-affected round and James Franklin knows that there is still lots of good cricket to play if they are to end their title drought

Hampshire v Yorkshire, Specsavers Championship Div One, Ageas Bowl, 4th day

Lyth's curse sums up Yorkshire's frustration

Sep 3, 2016: Jack Brooks gave Yorkshire fleeting hopes of victory but rain intervened to leave them frustrated on the final day at the Ageas Bowl

National Performance Squad v South Africa A, Quadrangular Series, Mackay

South Africa A cruise to third place

Sep 3, 2016: A solid all-round showing from Theunis de Bruyn helped South Africa A clinch third place in the A-team quadrangular series in Australia without much bother