Jonathan Clare

Four wickets in nine balls for Jack Brooks were to no avail for Yorkshire as they lost their opening Friends Life t20 match with Derbyshire by two wickets with three balls to spare.

Day 3 report from Cardiff

Allrounder Jon Clare took 5 for 17 and also contributed an unbeaten 40 as Derbyshire took the upper hand against Glamorgan

Derbyshire boosted their hopes of a top-four finish in Division Two with a 101-run win over Kent, despite another impressive innings from Joe Denly

Joe Denly took advantage of a dropped catch to score his second century of the season but Derbyshire are still in a commanding position after two days of the County Championship match against Kent at Derby

Derbyshire's seam attack blew away Gloucestershire's batting on a windy day at Derby to put the home side in a strong position in the County Championship Division Two match at the County Ground

Dawid Malan scored a career-best 143 and his first Championship hundred of the summer to move Middlesex into the driving seat at Lord's against Division Two rivals Derbyshire

A maiden first-class century from Ross Whiteley helped Derbyshire fight back on their first day of their Championship match against Northamptonshire

Glamorgan paid a high price for a dropped catch as Jon Clare scored the second century of his career to rescue Derbyshire on the opening day of the Championship match at Derby

Derbyshire moved into a match-winning performance at the midway point of their County Championship clash against Glamorgan thanks to Jon Clare's figures of 5 for 29 and Dan Redfern's 88 with the bat

New Zealand opener Martin Guptill mauled Warwickshire to give Derbyshire a six-wicket win in the Friends Life t20 North Group game at Leek

Derbyshire allrounder Greg Smith took a career-best five-wicket haul as Northamptonshire were shot out for 201 on an opening day at Chesterfield dominated by the ball

Derbyshire have given contracts to Dan Redfern, Jake Needham, Jonathan Clare and Paul Borrington which will keep the players with the club until the end of 2012

Clearly keeping an eye on the future, the ECB has decided to send six of the country's most promising fast bowlers to Florida for a three-week training camp

A round-up from the latest Championship matches

A round-up of the County Championship action on July 18, 2008

A round-up of the County Championship action on July 17, 2008

A round-up of the County Championship action on Wednesday, July 16, 2008

It is still too close to pick a winner at Lord's after Derbyshire's lower order added valuable runs on a truncated third day. With half the side out they were only 73 ahead, but Middlesex couldn't wrap up the innings