Lancashire came within two wickets of defeating Worcestershire but the draw leaves them having to beat Gloucestershire in their final match - and they also need to get three more bonus points that their opponents

Warwickshire have been crowned as the 2004 County Champions, after Sussex - the previous title-holders and the only team that could have caught them - slumped to defeat in a topsy-turvy encounter against Middlesex

Scotland ended their second season of National League cricket with an emphatic victory over Derbyshire at the Grange

In the first division, a hundred from Ed Smith on the third day at Canterbury put Kent in an excellent position against Northants

Six matches, six draws: the weather certainly came out on top in the latest round of matches in the Frizzell County Championship

Championship leaders Warwickshire's match at Bristol ended in a tame draw, with Mark Wagh and Jonathan Trott's half-centuries taking Warwickshire to 308 for 8 after Gloucestershire had amassed 592 for 8 declared thanks to Craig Spearman's 237

After Surrey and Sussex's wins yesterday, draws were the order of the day in Division One of the County Championship today, with Alex Loudon and Niall O'Brien guiding Kent to safety at Edgbaston as Kent were eventually bowled out for 420

Grant Flower, the former Zimbabwean batsman, has agreed to join Essex from next season

Kent eased to a comprehensive 236-run victory over Sussex on the fourth day at Canterbury, thanks to a penetrative spin assault from Min Patel and Alex Loudon