*    Friends Provident Trophy  May 10 & 11th    Midlands Division:  At Northampton   Leics 268-6,50 overs beat Northants 261-8,50 overs by 71 runs Scorecard,   At Trent Bridge      Leics 197,48 overs lost to Notts 198-8,50 overs  Scorecard , At Edgbaston  Warwickshire 232-8,50 overs lost to Northants 236-5,45.3 overs by 5 wkts Scorecard North Division: At Edingburgh   Durham 181-9,50 overs beat Scotland 52-5,17.1/17.1 overs by 46 runs D/L Method Scorecard,  At Old Trafford Yorks 204-7,45/45 overs lost to Lancs 216-7 44/45 overs by 3 wkts D/L Method Scorecard Neil Whitaker reports  South East Division: At Canterbury Sussex 218-9,50 overs lost to Kent 219-1, 42.1 overs by 9 wkts Scorecard ,   At the Oval  Essex 391-5,50 overs(Pettini 144,Gallian 117,ten Doeshate 60,Denbach 10-0-107-0) beat  Surrey 235,38.2 overs by 166 runs Scorecard   South/West Division: At Bristol  Somerset 290-6,50 overs lost to Glos 294-6,48.2 overs by 4 wkts Scorecard , At Worcester  Hants 209,48 overs lost to Worcs 211-1,27.3 overs by 9 wkts  Scorecard

*    Women's Asia Cup Final India trounce Sri Lanka to take title:At  Welagedara Stadium, Kurunegala  India 260-7,50 overs(Rawat 97,Raj 66,Dhar 50,Sinwardene 4-53) beat Sri Lanka 83,35.2 overs(Seena 3-10,David 3-11) by 177 runs Scorecard

*    England 'A' Lions win toss,Shah,Bopara and Prior squander chance to impress selectors,Luke Wright hits ton,Redmond stakes test claim,McCullum run out gives Lions the edge,Carberry hits ton :At Southampton England Lions 287,87.5 overs & 360-8dec,89.3 overs(Carberry 101,Swann 52,Martin 3-76) drew with New Zealanders 273,99.5 overs(Redmond 146,McCullum 47ro,Hoggard 3-45,Tremlett 3-58,Onions 3-53) & 201-4,60 overs(How 74,Redmond 64) Scorecard

*    ECB County Championship  Wickets tumble in the sunshine May 7th,Pietersen ton,Flintoff duck but wickets,Tomlinson 8 wkts,Davies 7 wkts Div1 At Old Trafford Horton & Flintoff give Lancs the edge then Anderson routs Durham  Lancashire 143,54.1 overs(Davies 7-33) & 293.81.3 overs(Horton 108,Wiseman 4-87) beat Durham 114(Anderson 4-31,Flintoff 4-21) & 90,34.4 overs(Anderson 5-46,Flintoff 3-21) by 238 Scorecard, At Trent Bridge  Notts 202,82.4 overs & 279,89.1 overs(Read 88,Wood 58,McLaren 6-75) lost to  Kent 238,76.2 overs(Y Arafat 67,McLaren 57, Sidebottom 5-55) & 244-7,71.3 overs(van Jaarsveld 63,Broad 3-59) by 3 wickets Scorecard, At  Taunton Trescothick and Langer reaffirm their class Somerset 126,32 overs(Tomlinson 8-46) & 654-6dec,137 overs(Langer 188,Trescothick 151,de Bruyn 98,Trego 84*) drew with Hants 359,111.5 overs(Pietersen 100, Crawley 104) & 198-1,69 overs(Brown 104*) Scorecard  Div 2 At Middx 302,107.5 overs(Strauss 88,Joyce 66,Middlebrook 5-69) & 203,40 overs(Nash 50*,Palladino 4-29,Nel 3-38) lost to  Essex 207,69.4 overs(Gallian 56,Westley 60,Evans 6-35) & 301-8,95.5 overs(Wright 71*,Middlebrook 33*-9th wkt 99 runs) Scorecard,At Derby Derbyshire 270,86.5 overs(Clare 66) & 417-6dec,122.3 overs(Clarke 81,Klokker 103*,Rogers 64,Clare 64*) drew with Warwicks 310, 98.5overs(Trott 104,Maddy 57) & 160-4,57 overs Scorecard

*    MCC Universities N'hants 321-6dec(Wakely 111) & 171-4dec(Wessels 145) drew with Cardiff UCCE 228 & 311-7(Bishop 93*) Scorecard  Worcs 334-5dec & 219-1dec(Moore 144*) drew with Loughborough UCCE 194 & 239-5(Borrington 102*) Scorecard

*    Women's Asia Cup in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka thrash Bangladesh by 9 wickets Scorecard  India humble Pakistan by 207 runs Scorecard

*    Women's Asia Cup in Sri Lanka Rout of the hosts Sri Lanka Women 123-9,50 overs lost to India Women 124-2,26 overs(Rawat 56*) Scorecard 

*    MCC law helps balance between bat and ball Bats are to be defined with unprecedented precision in a new law that has taken four years to come to the vote Writes CM-J Timesonline

*    Results of ICC Cricket Committee meeting More

*    Lord's could host neutral Tests and Twenty20 Champions League in future More

*    Friends Provident Trophy  May 5th Scots shock Lancs  Midlands Division:  At Northampton   Ireland 203-9,50 overs lost to Northants 207-2,42.2 overs by 8 wkts  Scorecard   North Division:  At  Old Trafford  Scotland 155-9,50 overs(Hogg 66*) beat Lancashire 153-9,50 overs by 2 runs Scorecard  At Headingley Durham 185,45.3 overs lost to Yorkshire 186-5,35.4 overs by 5 wkts  Scorecard  Neil Whitaker Reports South East Division: At The Oval Kent 282-7,50 overs beat Surrey 192,42.4 overs(Y Arafat 4-35) by  90 runs  Scorecard  At Hove  Middlesex 273-5,50 overs lost to Sussex 275-3,48 overs(Adams 109*) by 7 wkts  Scorecard  Midlands Division:  At Edgbaston Leics 148-6,23/23 overs beat Warwickshire 103,21.5/23 overs by 45 runs Scorecard  South/West Division:  At Glamorgan 185-4 28/28 overs lost to Worcs 186-3,26.3/28 overs by 7 wkts Scorecard

*    Respected figures to discuss impact of Twenty20 format on game at the two-day ICC Cricket Committee, which meets in Dubai May 5th More

*    Singapore player hits double century in 20/20 match More

*    Ashes 2009 Tour itinerary announced by ECB More

*    Women's Asia Cup in Sri Lanka India(Rumeli Dar 92*) thrash Pakistan by 182 runs Scorecard  Sri Lanka overwhelm Bangladesh by 8 wkts Scorecard

*    Essex required 248 runs to win with day to bat but fell short by 92 runs:At Chelmsford  New Zealanders 355,91.1 overs(JH Marshall 128,10th wicket 59 runs*,ten Doeshate 6-57) & 195,67.4 overs(Mills 54*) v Essex 258,90.4 overs(Bopara 66) & 208,70.1 overs(Cook 57) Scorecard Vettori finger injury scare More

*    Friends Provident Trophy  May 4th Midlands Division: At Leicester  Leicestershire beat Ireland  by 39 runs Scorecard:  At  Trent Bridge  N'hants 189-7,50 overs(Peters 90) lost to Notts 145-4,28/30 overs by 6 wkts D/L Method Scorecard: North Division: At Derby Derbyshire beat Scotland by 6 wkts D/L Method     Scorecard:  At  Old Trafford  Durham 151-7,23/23 overs lost to Lancs 152-5,23/23 overs by 5 wkts  Scorecard: South/West Division: At Southampton  Gloucs 350-5,50 overs(Gidman 105) beat Hants 242-5,29.3/30 overs) by(D/L method) Scorecard:  At Taunton Glamorgan 221-7,50 overs(Hemp 95) beat Somerset 202,46.5 overs by 19 runs Scorecard:South East Division  At  Lord's    Middx 233-8,50 overs lost to Surrey 236-5,47 overs(Benning 106) by 5 wkts Scorecard   At Hove  Sussex 245-6,50 overs lost to Kent 249-6,49.5 overs by 5 wkts Scorecard

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