James Anderson signalled his determination to secure a key role in the Ashes with a timely display for England to help them take control of their warm-up match against Warwickshire.
Five-star Anderson tops superb day

Durham paceman Liam Plunkett was on song as the LV= County Championship Division One leaders moved close to victory in their match against Worcestershire at Chester-le-Street.
Durham close in on victory

Nottinghamshire need nine wickets on the final day to claim their fourth LV= County Championship Division One win of the season after Mark Wagh hit his second Championship ton of the campaign.
Wagh puts Notts on …

Liam Plunkett was again Durham’s enforcer as they closed in on a fourth successive LV= County Championship win against Worcestershire.
Plunkett sets up Durham win

Joe Sayers hit a timely second LV= County Championship century of the season as Yorkshire slowly built on a position of strength at Taunton.
Sayers builds Yorkshire lead

Kent’s decision to give the new ball to former Pakistan all-rounder Azhar Mahmood reaped three late wickets and left LV= County Championship Division Two leaders Gloucestershire facing a last-day defeat in Beckenham.
Mahmood rewards Key’s faith

Surrey’s Mark Ramprakash underlined his status as the most successful batsman the LV= County Championship has seen by continuing his remarkable assault on former club Middlesex.
Ramps batters Middlesex again

A thrilling finish is in prospect at Derby after a dramatic third day in which 15 wickets fell - six of them to Iain O’Brien who claimed Leicestershire’s best bowling figures of the season.
O’Brien heroics …

Durham need just 115 runs to win on day four against Worcestershire at the Riverside after another fine performance from pace bowler Liam Plunkett.
Plunkett wickets sink Worcs hopes

James Anderson takes a five-wicket haul against Warwickshire to put England in control after day two of their three-day Ashes warm-up match.
Anderson puts England in command

Mark Ramprakash’s 136 helps build a narrow lead for Surrey over Middlesex on day three at Lord’s.
Patient Ramprakash guides Surrey

Joe Sayers hits 152 as Yorkshire gain a 441-run lead over Somerset going into the final day at Taunton on Friday.
Sayers keeps Yorkshire in charge

Nottinghamshire’s England internationals are relishing the prospect of facing Australia in the upcoming Ashes series.
Notts trio psyched up for Ashes

Mark Wagh smashes 131 runs to seize control for Nottinghamshire against Lancashire on day three at Trent Bridge.
Wagh ton edges Notts into control

Mark Ramprakash’s 136 helps build a narrow lead for Surrey over Middlesex on day three at Lord’s.
Patient Ramprakash guides Surrey

New Zealand seamer Iain O’Brien claims Leicestershire’s best bowling figures of the season in a dramatic third day at Derby that sees 15 wickets fall.
O’Brien claims six on third day

Ticket information for Lancashire Lightning’s match against Somerset Sabres at Old Trafford in the quarter-finals of the Twenty20 Cup.
Twenty20 Quarter-Final Tickets on sale Friday

The last Trophy semi-final at Old Trafford, ahead of Sunday’s match with Hampshire, was indeed a special one. A ‘Roses’ match no less, and this 1996 clash came with a lot of very recent history …

Lancashire CCC Members only have until 4:30pm on Friday 3rd July to make a £8 saving on the price of their Friends Provident Trophy Semi-Final ticket.
Save £5 on your FPT Semi-Final Ticket

Team news from Sunday’s Friends Provident Trophy semi-final at Old Trafford (1045 BST).
Lancashire v Hampshire

Durham need just 115 runs to win on day four against Worcestershire at the Riverside after another fine performance from pace bowler Liam Plunkett.
Plunkett wickets sink Worcs hopes

New Zealand seamer Iain O’Brien claims Leicestershire’s best bowling figures of the season in a dramatic third day at Derby that sees 15 wickets fall.
O’Brien claims six on third day

Yorkshire Vice-President Harry McIlvenny - who remembers this cigarette-card image of his football hey-day with Bradford Park Avenue? - has died aged 86.
Vice-President, cricketer and ace soccer striker Harry McIlvenny dies

Joe Sayers hits 152 as Yorkshire gain a 441-run lead over Somerset going into the final day at Taunton on Friday.
Sayers keeps Yorkshire in charge

Trinidadian Darren Bravo doesn't try to emulate Brian Lara, but it's simply genetic.
The dashing 20-year-old Bravo who just made his International debut for the West Indies is actually a cousin of the legendary former West …