Follow the latest round of LV= County Championship fixtures, with Alex Hales, Tom Fell, Paul Horton and Jason Roy all compiling centuries.
By Glen Robertson & Callum Dent
7.04pm – As promised, here is the state-of-play after another intriguing day of county action:
Division One
Alex Hales compiled a stunning 183 and Phil Jaques hit 77 in Nottinghamshire’s 397 for seven as Warwickshire’s decision to field backfired at Edgbaston.
Worcestershire’s academy director Damian D’Oliveira has died at the age of 53, the county have announced.
D’Oliveira, the son of Worcestershire and England legend Basil D’Oliveira, had been battling cancer for the last two and a half years.
A statement on the county’s official website read: “Worcestershire are sad to report that academy director Damian D’Oliveira passed away in the early hours of this morning.
“The 53-year-old played for the county between 1982 and 1995.
By Jonathan Veal
Moeen Ali insists his maiden Test-match century lost some shine after England’s heart-breaking Investec Series defeat to Sri Lanka.
The 27-year-old all-rounder, playing just his second Test, batted for 385 minutes as he compiled a watchful and unbeaten 108 at Headingley in a bid to try and save the game and series.
But that knock was in vain as the hosts slipped to a 100-run defeat, with last man James Anderson falling to the penultimate ball of the match.
By Rob Barnett
Moeen Ali’s valiant maiden international ton was in vain as Sri Lanka won their first Test series in England with a nail-biting victory, dramatically secured from the penultimate ball at Headingley.
For the second time in two Tests, after the hosts had failed to take the final Sri Lanka wicket at Lord’s eight days ago, the action went down to the wire.
Yorkshire made a big move in the title race by wrapping up another crushing victory over Warwickshire inside three days in the LV= County Championship at Edgbaston.
A massive effort by the seamers on a mostly benign pitch saw the home side bowled out for 186 in their second innings as Yorkshire added the maximum 24 points to their position at the top of the Division One table.