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India have made a conscious effort to speed up their over-rate to help the captain, MS Dhoni, avoid being banned for the next Test at Trent Bridge

Surrey strengthened their bid for a place in the last four of the Clydesdale
Bank 40 with a nail-biting three-wicket win over Warwickshire at Guildford

Martin Guptill’s first century for Derbyshire set up a 31-run victory over Kent
in the Clydesdale Bank 40 match at Derby

Josh Cobb blazed his way to a career-best 91 not out to fire Leicestershire
Foxes to only their second victory of the season in the Clydesdale Bank 40 and
put a dent in Northamptonshire Steelbacks’ hopes of reaching the semi-finals

Explosive hitting from Nottinghamshire’s top order paved the way for a 19-run
victory over Gloucestershire in the Clydesdale Bank 40 match at Cheltenham

Lancashire cruised to an eight-wicket win over Unicorns to pick up only their
third Clydesdale Bank 40 victory of the season

Ed Joyce’s 89-ball century kept Sussex on course for a Clydesdale Bank 40
semi-final spot with an eight-wicket win against Group A strugglers
Worcestershire at New Road

Plays of the Day from the fourth day of the first Test between England and India at Lord’s

Charl Willoughby claimed 4 for 80 as Somerset inflicted Durham’s second Championship defeat of the season with a nine-wicket success at Taunton

In an effort to cut costs, Sri Lanka Cricket’s new interim committee, headed by Upali Dharmadasa, has decided to cut down on the staff at SLC headquarters in Colombo