Hampshire scrambled to their first LV County Championship win of the season in dramatic fashion when they beat Durham by just four runs, leaving Steve Harmison stranded on 36 not out.

Hartley Country Club might be new to the Shepherd Neame Kent Premier Cricket League but there are no signs of debutant nerves as they continued their winning streak with an easy five wicket win over bottom of the table Lordswood.

Middlesex beat Essex by an innings at Lord's as expected, but it took them a session and a half to take the remaining six wickets needed to complete victory, with Tim Murtagh completing a 10-wicket haul.

Kent's rain-hit LV County Championship Division One match with Sussex petered out into a draw at Canterbury.

Chris Read steered Nottinghamshire to a comfortable draw against Lancashire at Old Trafford after a burst of three wickets in four balls from Dominic Cork had given the hosts hope of winning.

Career-best figures from teenager Chris Woakes helped Warwickshire to a five-wicket win over Glamorgan and top spot in Division Two of the LV County Championship.

Peter Moores has identified England's improving lower-order batting as a reason for optimism as they begin looking ahead to measuring themselves against South Africa later this summer.

Yorkshire replaced Somerset at the top of the LV County Championship First Division with a thrilling 40-run victory at Taunton.

Yorkshire's attack bowled their side to the top of Division One of the LV County Championship as they turned things around to record a 40-run victory over Somerset at Taunton.

Rob White's commanding century guided Northamptonshire to a second successive win in LV County Championship Division Two, on a picturebook day for the county at Wantage Road.

Sri Lanka's first ever Test captain, Bandula Warnapura, is to step down from his role as director of operations for Sri Lanka Cricket to join the Asian Cricket Council next month.

St Just were held to a draw at home by Paul but their grip over the Jolly's Drinks Cornwall Cricket League continues to gather strength

Michael Vaughan challenged England to learn from their mistakes if they are to continue on their upward curve ahead of the visit of South Africa.

Four late wickets helped Northamptonshire claw their way back into the LV County Championship Division Two match at Wantage Road, but Gloucestershire still held sway at the close.

Justin Kemp's first century of the season lit up a LV County Championship Division One clash with Sussex at Canterbury that seems destined for a stalemate.