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Weather means frustration at Taunton

Rain ensured only 10.4 overs were possible on the opening day of Somerset’s LV= County Championship match with Division One leaders Warwickshire.

International duty hits counties

Rob Barnett

Ireland’s Twenty20 international series with Bangladesh this week has left an added strain on several of the counties in LV= County Championship action, many of whom are also without England Test players.

Trescothick on the comeback trail

Marcus Trescothick will make his long-awaited return from ankle surgery when he leads Somerset Second XI in their three-day match against Essex.

Somerset finally break CB40 duck

Craig Kieswetter’s 47-ball half-century helped Somerset to their first Clydesdale Bank 40 win of the season, a 60-run Group B success over Scotland.

Fit-again Collingwood boosts Durham

Durham have named Paul Collingwood in their squad for the crucial Clydesdale Bank 40 Group B clash with Hampshire.

Dragons again left steaming

The Welsh Dragons suffered their fourth washout in 11 days as their Clydesdale Bank 40 floodlit game against Somerset at the SWALEC Stadium was abandoned without a ball bowled.

England player availability

ECB announced the following England player availability ahead of the first Investec Test against South Africa for all centrally contracted and non-contracted players in the current NatWest one-day international squad.

Boucher ends South Africa career

South Africa wicketkeeper Mark Boucher has been forced to to retire from international cricket by the eye injury that earlier ruled him out of the tour of England. On Monday he had surgery on a laceration to the left eyeball.

Amla prospers for Proteas

Hashim Amla top-scored with 64 in South Africa's 282 for nine declared, but their two-day tour match with Somerset at Taunton petered out into a draw.

See your CB40 team on Road to Lord’s

Clydesdale Bank 40 cricket is back this week after the mid-season break as the teams battle it out on the Road to Lord’s.