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Allenby and Wright stave off Essex

Jim Allenby’s first hundred of the season and a fighting half-century from Ben Wright ensured that Glamorgan came away with a draw from their LV=County Championship battle with Essex at Colchester.

Westley and Shah put Glamorgan to sword

Tom Westley and Owais Shah hit centuries as Essex declared on 520 for nine in reply to Glamorgan’s 438 all out on the third day of their LV= County Championship Division Two match at Colchester.

Openers pilot Essex revival

Openers Tom Westley and Jaik Mickleburgh put together an unbroken partnership of 165 to lead a superb Essex fightback against Glamorgan on the second day of their LV= County Championship Division Two match.

Walters ton hurts Essex

Stewart Walters’ century moved Glamorgan into a dominant position in their LV= County Championship Division Two clash with Essex at Colchester.

England call-ups force counties to reshuffle

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England commitments leave several counties shorn of their key performers for this week’s LV= County Championship matches. Nottinghamshire are without four players, including James Taylor, against Durham.

Essex ease past faltering Kent

Kent slumped to their second defeat of the LV= County Championship season with a full day of their 161st Canterbury Week clash versus Essex still remaining as the visitors chalked up a resounding seven-wicket win.

Yuvraj due for India comeback

Yuvraj Singh is set to make an immediate return to international cricket in India’s two Twenty20s at home to New Zealand next month. He and Harbhajan Singh have been included for those games and the World Twenty20 that follows.

Dogged Foster defies Kent

Essex captain James Foster hogged the crease on day two of LV= County Championship Division Two clash with Kent to give his side an invaluable 47-run first innings lead at Canterbury.

Fans get say on future of county cricket

The ECB is giving cricket fans the opportunity to have their say on county cricket and its future, through the biggest survey of its kind in the history of the domestic game.

Seam trio prosper for Essex

David Masters, Graham Napier and Maurice Chambers claimed three wickets apiece as Essex dismissed Kent for 226 on day one of their LV= County Championship Division Two clash at Canterbury.