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Lancashire heaped more misery on bottom club Northamptonshire with a 64-run victory in their final North Group fixture at Old Trafford.

Leicestershire took the runners-up spot in the Friends Life t20 North Group when their five-wicket victory put a dampener on the opening of Warwickshire’s £32million pavilion at Edgbaston

Nottinghamshire secured top spot in the North Group of the Friends Life t20 with a 25-run victory over Worcestershire, denying the visitors a place in the quarter-finals

Murray Goodwin made the second Twenty20 hundred of his Sussex career to help his side reach the quarter-finals for the third successive year

Rain thwarted Hampshire’s bid to complete a clean sweep of their Friends Life t20 South Group home fixtures as Friday’s clash with Middlesex was washed out.

Yorkshire gained a measure of revenge for two one-day defeats at the hands of Derbyshire this season with an eight-wicket victory in the Friends Life t20

Kent booked their place in the quarter-finals of the Friends Life t20 with a 15-run win over Essex in front of a packed house at Chelmsford

Andrew Strauss warmed up for next week’s first Test by taking the early honours at the start of the head-to-head with Zaheer Khan on his guest appearance for Somerset

Graeme Smith has had an operation on his right knee to determine the severity of the injury that he sustained while playing for the Pune Warriors during the IPL

Pakistan fast bowlers Mohammad Talha and Sohail Khan have said they have made significant improvements to their game at the ongoing emerging players camp in Lahore