Hampshire have signed South Africa all-rounder Ryan McLaren for the final month of the Championship season. The 32-year old will replace departing fast bowler Jackson Bird and could make his debut in the match at Durham, which starts on 1 September.
Struggling Leicestershire have re-signed Wayne White from Derbyshire on a three-year contract. The all-rounder will also be available for Leicestershire for the remainder of the 2015 season, other than when the team plays Derbyshire in the LV= County Championship.
Middlesex beat Sussex by 20 runs at Lords Middlesex 234 (Malan 93, Magoffin 4-48) and 331 (Malan 120*, Robson 77, Magoffin 5-73) - Sussex 300 (Machan 81, Yardy 70, Wells 61, Patel 4-42) and 245 (Brown 68, Nash 66, Harris 4-57)
Nottinghamshire beat Worcestershire by five wickets at New Road Nottinghamshire 330 and 234-5 (Wessels 88, Taylor 66) - Worcestershire 269 and 292 (Whiteley 78, Ball 4-67)
Surrey beat Essex by three wickets at Colchester Surrey 346 (Burns 158, Porter 4-96) and 314 for 7 (Harinath 87, Burns 71, Wilson 56*, Westley 4-75) - Essex 369 (Pettini 134, Browne 114, Ansari 5-108) and 289 for 9 dec (Westley 90, Batty 5-102)
Leicestershire beat Derbyshire by three wickets at Grace Road Leicestershire 314 (Cosgrove 102, O'Brien 60) and 273 for 7 (O'Brien 87, Palladino 3-32) - Derbyshire 345 (Madsen 172*, Shreck 4-84) and 241 (Godleman 101, McKay 4-39, Raine 3-53)
Glamorgan have been given a two-point deduction and ordered to forfeit their Royal London One-Day Cup match against Hampshire following an ECB disciplinary panel hearing at Lord's
Former West Indies batsman Brendan Nash is looking for a new county after being told by Kent he has no future at the club.
Leicestershire have been deducted 16 points in the LV= County Championship and fined £5,000 following a disciplinary panel hearing at Lord's called to rule on the persistent misbehaviour of their players. The punishment severely undermines their attempts to avoid the wooden spoon for the third successive season and leaves them 32 points behind the second-bottom club, Kent, with only four matches remaining.
Lancashire County Cricket Club (LCCC) says some of its players were involved in a disturbance in Kent on Saturday. The club issued a statement confirming it was aware of an "incident" now being investigated by Kent Police. A man in his 20s, understood to be batsman Liam Livingstone, sustained a head injury at The Auction House bar in New Street, Ashford. Earlier in the day, Lancashire had qualified for the T20 Blast Finals Day following a tied match against Kent.
Royal London Cup Durham 247 for 8 (Richardson 56) beat Derbyshire 192 (Madsen 77, Hastings 4-24) by 55 runs Northamptonshire 217 for 6 (Cobb 58, Taylor 3-45) beat Gloucestershire 215 (Howell 80, Roderick 57, Crook 4-37, Stone 3-34) by four wickets Worcestershire 176 for 2 (Fell 60*, Clarke 51*) beat Leicestershire 172 (Hepburn 4-34) by eight wickets Somerset 273 for 7 (Allenby 53*, Trego 41, C Overton 40*) beat Surrey 267(Davies 111, Burns 76, Wilson 59) by three wickets Middlesex 255 for 2 (Malan 156*, Stirling 58) beat Glamorgan 251 for 9 (Ingram 102, Rudolph 58, Harris 4-38) by eight wickets Warwickshire 218 for 6 (Porterfield 100, Jordan 3-39) beat Sussex 217 (Bailey 59, Patel 3-42, Hannon-Dalby 3-46) by four wickets Kent 340 for 5 (Billings 118*, Bell-Drummond 73, Blake 50*; Hutton 3-72) beat Nottinghamshire 335 (J Taylor 109, Hales 81, Christian 59; Claydon 4-66, Coles 3-54) by 5 wickets Lancashire 301 for 4 (Prince 102, Petersen 82; Wood 2-66) beat Hampshire 272 (Wheater 111, Adams 53, Dawson 52; Jarvis 3-46) by 29 runs
Glamorgan seam bowler Will Owen has retired at the age of 26 because of long-term back and hip injuries
Royal London Cup Surrey 291 for 8 (Burns 95, Fuller 3-26) beat Gloucestershire 279 (Howell 60, T Curran 4-65) by 12 runs Somerset 122 for 1 (Trego 71*, Cooper 43*) beat Leicestershire 120 (Gregory 3-26) by nine wickets Derbyshire 234 for 8 (Thakor 68, Elstone 52, Morris 3-46) beat Worcestershire 181 (Fell 46, Thakor 3-37) by 49 runs (D/L method)
England all-rounder David Willey has signed a three-year contract with Yorkshire as the club that has led the way in producing its own players has pulled off a spectacular signing to help address its disappointing limited-overs form.
Opener Paul Horton has not been offered a new deal by Lancashire and will leave at the end of the season. Sydney-born Horton, 32, made his debut in 2005 and has scored over 9,500 runs at an average of 38, including 21 centuries and 51 fifties.
Royal London Cup quarter-finals Tuesday 25 August: Nottinghamshire v Durham 1400 (TV) Wednesday 26 August: Gloucestershire v Hampshire 1030 Thursday 27 August: Surrey v Kent 1400 Essex v Yorkshire 1400 (TV)
Former England fast bowler Chris Tremlett has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. The 33-year-old made a total of 12 Test appearances and played a vital role in the 2010-11 Ashes victory in Australia. "After 16 enjoyable years I feel that now is the right moment to call time on my playing career," the Surrey player wrote on Twitter. "Unfortunately injury has hampered me throughout my career and now plays the leading role in my decision to retire." Tremlett has been affected by back and knee injuries in recent years and has been restricted to three Championship appearances for Surrey this season.
Luke Ronchi is returning to Somerset as an overseas player for the last four matches of the County Championship. The 34-year-old New Zealand wicketkeeper played in five T20 games for the county earlier this summer. He will be available to play against leaders against Yorkshire at Headingley, starting on 1 September and the three games that follow.
Nottinghamshire captain Chris Read is preparing to become the first wicketkeeper in more than a decade to claim 1,000 first-class dismissals. The 37-year-old's five catches in Nottinghamshire's Championship win over Warwickshire took him to 998. When Read reaches the target, he will be the first player to do so since Jack Russell in 2002.
Middlesex beat Durham by 71 runs at Chester-le-Street Middlesex 196 (Compton 71, Onions 7-68) and 280 (Dexter 112, Malan 63, Rushworth 5-49) - Durham 169 (Muchall 64) and 236 (Borthwick 95, Harris 5-71)
