Danny Briggs

Ollie Rayner's carefully measured half-century gave Sussex a small but important first-innings advantage over Hampshire

James Vince hit an unbeaten 85 as Hampshire crushed Sussex by 112 runs at Hove to clinch first place in the South Group of the Friends Life t20

Tailender Danny Briggs kept his nerve to guide reigning champions Hampshire to a thrilling two-wicket win over Glamorgan at the Rose Bowl

Yorkshire were unable to force a victory over Hampshire despite dynamic bowling by Tim Bresnan and Ryan Sidebottom on a tense final day

A round-up of the action from the seventh round of the Regional Four-Day Competition

A round-up of the action from the seventh round of the Regional Four-Day Competition

A round-up of the action from the sixth round of the Regional Four-Day Competition

A round-up of the third day of the fourth round of the Regional Four Day Competition

Hampshire secured their County Championship Division One status after completing a nail-biting 130-run victory over relegation-haunted Kent with just minutes to spare

West Indian batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul saved Lancashire from embarrassment with an innings of 118 at the Rose Bowl, the 54th first-class century of a distinguished career

Sometimes fortune comes heavily disguised. A few weeks ago, when Hampshire were languishing at the bottom of the County Championship table and struggling for any form of consistency in their limited-overs cricket, many at the club were bemoaning the loss

Essex's hopes of securing a quarter-final place in the Friends Provident t20 competition received a boost when they earned a thrilling three-wicket victory over rivals Hampshire at Chelmsford

An extraordinary return of 3 for 5 by Isle of Wight-born spinner Danny Briggs eased Hampshire to an emphatic 45-run Friends Provident t20 win over Kent in Canterbury

Hampshire opening batsman Jimmy Adams scored his second Friends Provident t20 century of the season to help crush Glamorgan by 54 runs at the Rose Bowl

Hampshire paid the penalty for allowing Ian Blackwell a comfortable start as his innings of 83 tilted an evenly-balanced contest in Durham's favour at the Riverside

A round-up of the fourth day's games at the Under-19 World Cup

A round-up of the latest Championship action with promotion and relegation to still be decided, but the weather has so far played the main role