Sussex opener Ed Joyce celebrated his promotion to captain with his sixth half-century of the season but it was Warwickshire who took the first-day honours in the Division One clash at Arundel

England Test captain Andrew Strauss failed again with the bat, leaving Chris Rogers fighting almost single-handedly to save Middlesex from following on against Gloucestershire

Half-centuries from Michael Powell and Mark Wallace gave Glamorgan a lifeline going into the final day of their County Championship clash against Derbyshire at Cardiff

The ICC’s decision to slash minnows’ representation at the next two World Twenty20 tournaments has sparked outrage among Associate and Affiliate nations, who have decided to lodge a formal protest at Thursday’s full council