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The figures might be unremarkable, but Boyd Rankin produced an unusually fine spell of fast bowling on the first day of Warwickshire Championship match with Somerset

In January this year Paul Harris lost his South Africa contract but he tells ESPNcricinfo he still wants to play for South Africa

Opener Paul Horton fell one short of his first hundred in the County Championship since April 2010 as title-chasing Lancashire closed to within 33 of Nottinghamshire’s first-innings total of 326 at Trent Bridge

A defiant century by Yorkshire skipper Andrew Gale carried his side to safety against County Championship leaders Durham as the rain-shortened match was shortened at Chester-le-Street

Gloucestershire leapfrogged hosts Surrey to move into County Championship promotion contention after achieving a determined four-wicket win at The Oval

It’s one of those days when both teams would have hit the bed reasonably satisfied

Sri Lanka have been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate during the third Test against England, at the Rose Bowl

Ross Taylor’s prolific run-scoring during his time as New Zealand’s stand-in captain was a major factor in him beating Brendon McCullum for the full-time job

The longest day was over all too quickly for Hampshire as their relegation fears in the County Championship increased with a crushing nine-wicket defeat by Worcestershire at New Road

South Africa stalwarts Jacques Kallis and Mark Boucher have both left the Warriors franchise and will re-join Cobras