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Chris Woakes bowls for Warwickshire in the County Championship (PA Images)

Warwickshire seal two-day win over Essex to boost title hopes

Craig Overton

Overton, Leach help Somerset remain top with crushing victory

Ben Stokes helped to bowl Durham to victory against Northamptonshire

Revenge for Stokes as Durham win to move closer to promotion

Ben Stokes, Durham. County Championship (PA Images)

Stokes stars as Durham thump Derbyshire to boost promotion hopes

Durham's Ben Stokes (PA Images)

Stokes makes impact with bat and ball for Durham

Rocky Flintoff celebrates his first senior Hundred for Lancashire, in the Metro Bank One Day Cup (Getty Images)

Update

Rocky Flintoff hits 65-ball ton for Lancashire in One Day Cup

Ben Stokes inspired Durham to victory over Essex

Stokes fires Durham to One-Day Cup victory over Essex in Gay's absence

Fergus O'Neill took 5-39 as Nottinghamshire went top

Notts knock Essex off County Championship top spot

Somerset's Craig Overton (centre) is congratulated as he took 5-29 against Nottinghamshire to guide them to a big win at Trent Bridge

Overton puts Somerset in County Championship title race as Essex move top

England Lions' Emilio Gay. England have named the uncapped Sonny Baker, Emilio Gay and James Rew in their first Test squad of the summer, wi

England new boy Gay out for duck on difficult day for Durham

England's Ben Duckett (right) and Zak Crawley walk out to bat on day one of the fourth NRMA Insurance Ashes Series 2025 test at the MCG

Analysis

England top order battle rages on as Duckett and Gay pile on runs

Joe Root scored 96 in his first appearance of the summer for Yorkshire against Sussex at Headingley

Root falls four short of century in first knock of season for Yorkshire

Ben Duckett bats for Nottinghamshire in the County Championship (Getty Images)

Duckett makes first half-century of season for Nottinghamshire