Durham’s attempt to regain the County Championship that they won in 2008 and 2009 may not be over but it has grown significantly more difficult after Nottinghamshire, sent them home with a third defeat in four matches

Steven Davies hit his first century of the season to keep Surrey in control on the second day of the Division Two clash against bottom-of-the-table Leicestershire at Grace Road

Middlesex hit back strongly on the second day of their top-of-the-table clash in Division Two of the County Championship against Northamptonshire, despite Rob Newton’s century