Nottinghamshire beat Essex by 39 runs in the T20 Blast Quarter Final at Trent Bridge Nottinghamshire 162 for 7 (Smith 50, ten Doeschate 3-19) - Essex 123 (Ryder 47, Patel 4-20) by 39 runs
Jake Lehmann, son of Australia coach and former Yorkshire batsman Darren, has joined the White Rose until the end of the current season. The 24-year-old replaces Travis Head, who was called up to the Australia squad on Monday, but is not eligible to play in limited-overs cricket. He averages 41.05 from 19 innings for South Australia in first-class cricket.
T20 Blast Northamptonshire 135 for 3 (Rossington 63*, Roland-Jones 2-24) beat Middlesex 132 for 7 (Bailey 46, Stirling 35, Kleinveldt 3-24) by seven wickets
T20 Blast Durham 180 for 5 (Stoneman 61, Richardson 37, Jennings 36) beat Gloucestershire 161 (J Taylor 80) by 19 runs
Hampshire and England fast bowler Reece Topley has been ruled out for the remainder of the season. Topley, 22, has made just one appearance for his county since moving from Essex at the end of last season. He fractured a hand while batting against Warwickshire in April but has since sustained a stress fracture to his back.
Essex have signed all-rounder Will Rhodes from Yorkshire until the end of the County Championship season. Rhodes, 21, who made his List A and T20 debut for Yorkshire in 2013, will go straight into the Essex squad for their game against Derbyshire on Saturday
T20 Blast Yorkshire 180 for 8 (Willey 79, Lees 36, Ingram 4-32) beat Glamorgan 90 (Rashid 4-26) by 90 runs
Yorkshire's T20 Blast QF victory completed a quarter-final clean sweep for the North Group to join Nottinghamshire, Northamptonshire and Durham on NatWest T20 Blast finals day at Edgbaston a week on Saturday.
Warwickshire and Ireland fast bowler Boyd Rankin will miss the rest of the season after breaking his leg. Rankin will miss Ireland's forthcoming one-day matches against Pakistan, South Africa and Australia as well as the Intercontinental Cup and Twenty20 games against Hong Kong. The 32-year-old fractured his left tibia during a training session.
Middlesex beat Durham by an innings and 80 runs at Lords Middlesex 536 for 9 dec (Gubbins 145, Compton 131, Roland-Jones 66, Franklin 56*) - Durham 204 (Rayner 4-17, Franklin 3-26) and 252 (Rayner 5-85)
Tense finish in the Notts - Hants game....Hants need 2 wickets in about 25 overs to win the vital relegation tussle.... watch it on this link... http://live.trentbridge.co.uk/#stream
Sussex beat Gloucestershire by an innings and two runs at Hove Sussex 527 (Wells 120, Brown 113, Jordan 52, M Taylor 4-130) - Gloucestershire 367 (Klinger 129, Mustard 71, Miles 56, Magoffin 5-73) and 158 (Taylor 56, Jordan 4-36)
Surrey beat Warwickshire by 227 runs at Edgbaston Surrey 252 (Burns 50, Patel 4-58) and 390 (Sangakkara 88, S Curran 62, Wright 4-75) - Warwickshire 247 (Barker 62, S Curran 5-44) and 169 (Bell 32, Footit 2-17)
Lancashire drew with Yorkshire at Old Trafford Lancashire 494 (Hameed 114, Clark 84*, Procter 79, Jarvis 57) and 232 for 3 dec (Hameed 100*, Smith 87) - Yorkshire 360 (Lees 85, Gale 83, Jarvis 4-70) and 188 for 0 (Lees 114*, Lyth 63*)
Warwickshire beat Essex by 70 runs in the Royal London Cup Quarter-Final at Edgbaston Warwickshire 283 for 7 (Trott 101, Evans 70, Ambrose 60, Napier 3-60) - Essex 213 (Westley 61, ten Doeschate 53, Patel 3-2, Poysden 3-46)
Somerset beat Worcestershire by nine wickets in the Royal London Cup Quarter-Final at Taunton Somerset 214 for 1 (Jayawardene 117*, Allenby 81) - Worcestershire 210 (Moeen 81, Mitchell 64, Trego 3-33)
Yorkshire beat Kent by 11 runs in the Royal London Cup Quarter-Final at Canterbury Yorkshire 256 for 9 (Lyth 88, Coles 3-39) - Kent 245 (Stevens 54, Blake 50, Plunkett 4-52, Willey 3-34)
Dean Cosker, the left-arm spinner who was the last remaining active player of Glamorgan's 1997 County Championship winning side, has announced his retirement after a 21-year career. Cosker made his Glamorgan debut in 1996 and then took 20 wickets in the trophy-winning campaign the following season.
A Kumar Sangakkara boundary off the last ball saw Surrey beat Northamptonshire by one wicket in the Royal London Cup Quarter-Final at Wantage Road Surrey 279 for 9 (Sangakkara 130*, Roy 42) - Northamptonshire 276 (Kleinveldt 76*, Cobb 66, Dernbach 4-39)
