Lancashire v Notts, County Championship, Division One, Old Trafford, 2nd day

Davies and Livingstone show Lancashire's top-flight mettle

Apr 18, 2016: Lancashire take satisfaction in a hard-fought batting performance against a Nottinghamshire seam attack which included three international bowlers

Gloucestershire v Derbyshire, County Championship, Division Two, Bristol, 2nd day

Gloucs solid in reply to Madsen 150

Apr 18, 2016: Wayne Madsen scored his 19th first-class century for Derbyshire to put his side in a strong position against Gloucestershire on day two of the County Championship Division Two match at Bristol

Glamorgan v Leicestershire, County Championship, Division Two, 2nd day

O'Brien's 93 keeps contest even

Apr 18, 2016: Niall O'Brien fell seven runs short of a century as he helped Leicestershire recover from 99 for 3 to 297 for 6 by the second day of their Specsavers County Championship match against Glamorgan

Sussex v Essex, County Championship, Division Two, Hove, 2nd day

Westley impresses after Cook's grilling

Apr 18, 2016: Alastair Cook's exploratory first outing in a new helmet ended after five balls but that was the worst of the impermanence from Essex

Middlesex v Warwickshire, County Championship, Division One, Lord's, 2nd day

Trott flouts helmet regulations to resist Finn

Apr 18, 2016: Jonathan Trott has become the latest batsman to demonstrate the virtues of vision over armour as he made his first half-century since July in Championship cricket

Yorkshire v Hampshire, County Championship, Division One, Headingley, 2nd day

Bairstow and Plunkett flay injury-hit Hampshire

Apr 18, 2016: There will be few greater mismatches in Division One of the Championship than the 28 overs at Headingley during which Jonny Bairstow and Liam Plunkett laid waste to an injury-weakened Hampshire attack

Sunrisers Hyderabad v Mumbai Indians, IPL 2016, Hyderabad

Warner 90* leads Sunrisers to first win

Apr 18, 2016: An unbeaten 59-ball 90 from David Warner steered Sunrisers Hyderabad to their first win of the season after their bowlers had kept Mumbai Indians to 142

Glamorgan v Leicestershire, County Championship, Division Two, 1st day

McKay's six wickets keep pressure on Glamorgan

Apr 17, 2016: Clint McKay took six wickets for Leicestershire to keep them in the hunt against Glamorgan in Cardiff

Gloucestershire v Derbyshire, County Championship, Division Two, Bristol, 1st day

Hughes misses ton but Derbyshire well set

Apr 17, 2016: Chesney Hughes fell four short of a hundred as Derbyshire posted 242 for three against some accurate Gloucestershire bowling on the opening day of the Specsavers County Championship match in Bristol.

Sussex v Essex, County Championship, Division Two, Hove, 1st day

Emotional Nash hundred as Sussex remember Hobden

Apr 17, 2016: There was emotion before play at Hove in a memorial for Matthew Hobden and Chris Nash followed that with a fitting innings

Yorkshire v Hampshire, County Championship, Division One, Headingley, 1st day

Lyth, Bairstow tons warm up champions

Apr 17, 2016: Thanks to outstanding hundreds for Adam Lyth and Jonny Bairstow, the new season began for Yorkshire in most satisfying fashion

Lancashire v Notts, County Championship, Division One, Old Trafford, 1st day

Wagner immediately hits right notes for Lancashire

Apr 17, 2016: Neil Wagner made an immediate mark in a Lancashire shirt with six wickets on the opening day against Nottinghamshire

Middlesex v Warwickshire, County Championship, Division One, Lord's, 1st day

Robson revives memories of the good times

Apr 17, 2016: Sam Robson's name has slipped down the list of potential England partners since the last of his seven Tests in August 2014.

Royal Challengers Bangalore v Delhi Daredevils, IPL 2016, Bangalore

Quinton de Kock's 48-ball ton stuns RCB

Apr 17, 2016: Quinton de Kock's bruising 51-ball 108, the first hundred in IPL 2016, powered Delhi Daredevils to a seven-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium

Kings XI Punjab v Rising Pune Supergiants, IPL 2016, Mohali

Vijay, Vohra fifties give Kings XI first win

Apr 17, 2016: Half-centuries from openers M Vijay and Manan Vohra gave Kings XI Punjab their first win of the IPL season after their bowlers had kept Rising Pune Supergiants to 152 in good batting conditions

Mumbai Indians v Gujarat Lions, IPL 2016, Mumbai

Hobbling Finch wins Lions a thriller

Apr 16, 2016: Aaron Finch overcame a bout of cramps to make an unbeaten 54-ball 67 as Gujarat Lions held their nerve to beat Mumbai Indians by three wickets in a last-ball thriller

Nepal v Namibia, ICC WCL Championship, Kirtipur

Bowlers, Vesawkar give Nepal five-wicket win

Apr 16, 2016: Basant Regmi's returns of 3 for 40 and Sharad Vesawkar's unbeaten 99-ball 50 helped Nepal seal a five-wicket win over Namibia in the ICC World Cricket League Championship fixture in Kirtipur

Sunrisers Hyderabad v Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL 2016, Hyderabad

Gambhir, bowlers lift KKR to convincing win

Apr 16, 2016: With an attack comprising six international bowlers, Kolkata Knight Riders stamped their authority on Sunrisers Hyderabad to keep them to 142, and then hunted it down with eight wickets in hand

Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab, IPL 2016, Delhi

Mishra, de Kock hand Kings XI a thrashing

Apr 15, 2016: A fine cocktail of experience and youth delivered Delhi Daredevils their first victory of the season, against Kings XI Punjab at the Feroz Shah Kotla

Gujarat Lions v Rising Pune Supergiants, IPL 2016, Rajkot

Finch, McCullum propel Lions to big win

Apr 14, 2016: Aaron Finch and Brendon McCullum pillaged 85 off 51 balls in a chase of 164, helping Gujarat Lions romp to a seven-wicket win against Rising Pune Supergiants in Rajkot