Northamptonshire clung on to their top-division status with a last-gasp win at Canterbury which sentenced Kent - and the four-day county champions Warwickshire - to second-division cricket in next year's totesport League

A hat-trick from Alex Wharf cemented Glamorgan's position at the top of the first division table with a 13-run win over Warwickshire

Michael Kasprowicz, the Australian fast bowler, will be back on board for Glamorgan in their National League match against Warwickshire at Edgbaston tomorrow

Zaheer Khan has joined Surrey as an unpaid amateur, and he made an instant impact as he blasted out two wickets in his first over

Brad Hodge unbeaten 154 outgunned Ian Ward's 136 in the outstanding match of the latest round of National League matches, as Leicestershire held out for a one-run victory over Sussex at Horsham.