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The weather was the winner as Leicestershire’s County Championship Division Two game against Essex at Grace Road ended in a tame draw

James Taylor, the Nottinghamshire batsman, has been added to England’s Performance Squad after being left out of the initial 26-man selection

Delhi Daredevils confirmed their standing as the team to beat with a power-packed performance to knock out Kings XI Punjab

Lancashire will not have Junaid Khan for the Friends Life t20 due to international commitments

Surrey fought back thanks to Stuart Meaker’s five wickets on day three as Somerset closed with a second-innings lead of 278

Luke Pomersbach, the Royal Challengers Bangalore batsman who was detained by police for allegedly assaulting a US national and her fiancé, has been granted bail

Misbah-ul-Haq, Pakistan’s Test and ODI captain, has said that his team’s recent record against Sri Lanka gives it the edge leading into the tour slated for June and July

Andrew Strauss scored his first Test hundred since December 2010 as England took a firm grip on the match

Kent edged towards safety in their Division Two match with Northamptonshire on a rain-hit at Canterbury. Crucially, they managed to inch past the follow-on figure of 269 to keep themselves on course for their fifth draw in six.

ESPNcricinfo previews the IPL match between Kings XI Punjab and Delhi Daredevils in Dharamsala