Geoff Boycott's latest autobiography is nuanced and rounded, and acknowledges errors, failings and regrets

When bad light brought a premature end to the day's play at Trent Bridge, Nottinghamshire were not far from a winning line they must have expected to cross it some hours earlier. Once again, it was Samit Patel's who changed the complexion of the game.

Samit Patel might be remembered in years to come as a man who could have done it for England, but didn't quite manage it, or wasn't given the opportunity to. He's already a Nottinghamshire stalwart, though

Sometimes you turn up expecting to see one thing, then it turns out you see something completely different. Today was one of those days. It ended with Notts in complete control of the match

Rob Key tried to liven things up with an imaginative declaration but for Kent it still proved to be a long week in Derby

Darren Stevens and Doug Bollinger combined today to put Kent in apparent control of a curious match that started a day-and-a-half late

Joe Root beat a rapid retreat from Yorkshire's season opening media event at Headingley for an x-ray on a broken thumb that for much of the past month has born a similarity to Yorkshire's startling new purple one-day kit

A fine collection of charming bulletins from around the globe shows just how far an insular game has spread