Chris Nash will realise a boyhood dream if Sussex beat Gloucestershire on Sunday and book a place in the Friends Provident Trophy Final at Lord's.
Ravi Bopara conceded that retiring after a century was not his favourite sensation - but was grateful for the warm-up his fellow England batsmen were afforded in the warm-up match at Edgbaston.
England completed a satisfactory build-up to the Ashes with nearly all their leading batsman making runs in the drawn practice match against Warwickshire, who closed on 27 for three.
Arul Suppiah’s career-best 131 and an exhilarating 54-ball century from Peter Trego led Somerset to an astonishing chase of 476 to beat Yorkshire in the LV= County Championship match at Taunton.
Durham stretched their lead in LV= County Championship Division One by completing a crushing five-wicket win over Worcestershire, while Nottinghamshire's hopes were dashed by rain.
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