Scott Borthwick

A century from Ian Blackwell gave Durham maximum batting points and a lead of 36 against Warwickshire, who slipped to 52 for 4 in their second innings on the third day at Chester-le-Street

Durham skipper Phil Mustard underlined that his team will not hand over the County Championship title to Nottinghamshire without a fight

A century partnership between Ian Westwood and Rikki Clarke restored Warwickshire's resolve at Edgbaston after they had registered their lowest total in 11 years

Reigning County Champions Durham need another 102 runs with seven wickets in hand to wrap up their second win of the campaign after a fluctuating third day against fellow strugglers Kent that saw 17 wickets fall

As another English county season springs into life, who are the players worth following over the next six months?

Durham's bowlers wasted no time in wrapping up a comprehensive 311-run victory over MCC in the first match of the county season

Durham put both the MCC's batsmen and the much-hyped pink ball through their paces today, skittling their opponents for 162 to assume take control after two days of the county curtain-raiser

A steady performance from England Under-19's bowlers had Bangladesh Under-19 on the verge of following on by the end of the second day

One of Durham's South African all-rounders, Albie Morkel, came up gold for them in their match against Lancashire, hammering a magnificent unbeaten 45 off 25 balls, with two fours and five sixes