
Essex secure safety with Warwickshire draw
Essex virtually secure their County Championship Division One status as their match with Warwickshire ends in a rain-ruined draw.
1998 articles

Essex virtually secure their County Championship Division One status as their match with Warwickshire ends in a rain-ruined draw.

Gloucestershire bowl out Northants for 192 in their second innings before reaching 158-3 to win by seven wickets.

Promoted Leicestershire are confirmed as Division Two champions after their game against Kent ends in a draw.

Skipper Jonny Bairstow and James Wharton lead Yorkshire to safety as their rain-ruined County Championship match with Sussex ends in a draw.

Durham pick up five crucial batting bonus points in their fight against relegation as their game against Worcestershire is drawn.

Hampshire survive 126.5 overs in the second innings to end Somerset's title hopes and keep themselves out of the bottom two.

Yorkshire sign England international all-rounder Sarah Glenn.

Sri Lanka beat Afghanistan to qualify for the Asia Cup Super Four stage, eliminating their opponents in the process.
Glamorgan seal promotion to the top flight of the Championship for the first time in 21 years as their match away to Derbyshire ends in a soggy draw.

England's Phil Salt is on the path to T20 batting greatness, writes chief cricket reporter Stephan Shemilt.

Nottinghamshire beat Surrey by 20 runs to go top of the County Championship and become favourites for the title.

No play is possible on day three between Leicestershire and Kent, Warwickshire and Essex, and Derbyshire and Glamorgan.