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Fast bowler Hamid Hassan was the Man of the Match as Afghanistan beat Canada by nine wickets

Owais Shah scored his second century of the season but that could not prevent Essex trailing as they go into the final day of their County Championship match against Glamorgan at Cardiff

James Taylor pushed his claims for a place in next week’s third Test squad by making 98 in the drawn match with Sri Lanka A at Scarborough

After bowling Zimbabwe out for 370, Bangladesh scored at a brisk rate, but lost three wickets to give Zimbabwe the advantage

The Indians chose to test all their options before the Edgbaston Test, with Virender Sehwag and Zaheer Khan taking part in their two-day practice match against Northamptonshire

The Indians chose to test all their options before the Edgbaston Test, with Virender Sehwag and Zaheer Khan taking part in their two-day practice match against Northamptonshire

Glamorgan spinner Dean Cosker claimed 5 for 48 but Essex held on for a draw on the final day of their County Championship Division Two clash at Cardiff

Kent captain Rob Key fell two runs short of a century as the County
Championship Division Two match against Leicestershire ended in a draw at Grace
Road

Durham were unable to tempt Nottinghamshire into chasing a target of 272 in 58
overs and had to settle for a draw in their bid to succeed their visitors as County champions

Paul Collingwood has ended months of speculation about a possible move away from Durham by signing a three-year contract that will commit him to Chester-le-Street until at least the end of 2014