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County Championship - Division Two Future imperfect
The rise of Twenty20 and India's power have challenged England's ability to function independently. A lot may depend on the attempt to fudge together the county game with the franchise system launched in the IPL
Kruger leaves Leicestershire Warwickshire sign off with style County Championship Division Two round-up Leicestershire end on a high County Championship Division Two round-up Warwickshire secure Division Two title County Championship Division Two round-up Top of the class Ambrose bats Warwickshire within sight of title County Championship Division Two round-up Some young, some old, some homegrown Mickleburgh receives contract extension Nottinghamshire hold edge in title race Salisbury earns Warwickshire promotion Middlesex wrap up eight-wicket win Rogers to captain Derbyshire in 2009 Six-gun Nannes routs Worcestershire Gillespie poised to retire from first-class cricket Essex keep promotion hopes alive Hick farewell ended by injury County Championship Division Two Washout at soggy Cardiff Glamorgan v Worcestershire, Cardiff, 4th day Rain hits promotion hopes Bopara shows form for Essex Northamptonshire speed to 300 Wet end not mandatory Kidderminster bails out flood-hit Worcestershire Worcester floods once again An utterly damp squib Rain ruins county programme Fraser favourite to become Middlesex managing director Fernando flies in for Worcestershire Godleman grinds Middlesex ahead Middlesex v Gloucestershire, Lord's, 2nd day Lewry extends Vaughan's trot Hodd impresses but Yorkshire hit back Richardson rips through forlorn Gloucestershire Middlesex v Gloucestershire, Lord's, 1st day Rees ton rescues Glamorgan Hampshire's turnaround Panesar commits to Northamptonshire Nottinghamshire draw but go top of Division One Ervine hands Hampshire shock win over Durham Foster and Wright rout Leicestershire Smith saves Durham as wickets tumble Men behaving badly Tredwell and van Jaarsveld seal Kent win Denly and Joseph pile misery on Lancashire Joseph demolishes Lancashire Ramprakash altercation overshadows ton Langeveldt and Hinds ruin Middlesex Kaneria spins out Warwickshire Matt Mason appointed Worcestershire bowling coach Rogers holds firm for Derbyshire Who cares for county cricket? Trescothick and Langer flay Surrey Troughton ton secures batting points Warwickshire v Northamptonshire, Edgbaston, 4th day Rain wipes out county programme Tahir and Tomlinson crush Yorkshire Durham sense victory after 23 wickets fall Lancashire labour to Rayner and Lewry Malan and Middlesex strike gold Worcestershire go top in thumping win Five-star Croft spins Glamorgan to crushing win Solanki and Moore share record stand Broad answers England omission Ealham sends Nottinghamshire top Lancashire and Hampshire set for tense final day Brown and Benham thwart Lancashire Half-centurions propel Lancashire Udal 91 drives Middlesex to 300 Middlesex v Worcestershire, Lord's, 1st day Moore and Mitchell seal 10-wicket rout Worcestershire v Glamorgan, New Road, 4th day Arif bowls Worcestershire towards victory Worcestershire v Glamorgan, New Road, 3rd day Durham surge to the top Arif makes an immediate impression Worcestershire v Glamorgan, New Road, 2nd day Kent and Hampshire face heavy defeats Solanki prospers as Glamorgan toil Worcestershire v Glamorgan, New Road, 1st day Smith hundred puts Durham in charge Somerset stun leaders Kent Flintoff bludgeons Lancashire to victory Kent sense victory after Arafat show Flintoff fails as Lancashire struggle McGrath and Rudolph flay Kent Bowlers dominate at New Road Worcestershire v Northamptonshire, Worcester, 1st day Wagh and Patel lift Nottinghamshire top Two-innings time again Thorp's five sends Durham top Gloucestershire bar agent fees Bell's form boosts Warwickshire Two England captains fail with the bat Two into three won't go From hit and giggle to do or die Yorkshire leapfrog Somerset to go top Middlesex make it two wins in a row Middlesex v Essex, Lord's, 4th day Thomas gives Somerset hope of victory Morgan and Nannes keep Middlesex ahead Middlesex v Essex, Lord's, 3rd day Yorkshire put the leaders on the rack Shah inflicts more pain on Essex Middlesex v Essex, Lord's, 2nd day Murtagh delivers Middlesex some much-needed relief Middlesex v Essex, Lord's, 1st day Rudolph century boosts Yorkshire Middlesex members move against committee Spread it over the summer Trescothick and Langer lift Somerset to the top Prior makes his case Derbyshire still in hunt for victory Middlesex v Derbyshire, Lord's, 3rd day Harmison hat-trick inspires Durham Scott earns Middlesex narrow lead Middlesex v Derbyshire, Lord's, 2nd day Benkenstein and Smith hurt Sussex Derbyshire batsmen in wasteful form Middlesex v Derbyshire, Lord's, 1st day Sussex hit back after slump Denly's century not enough Strong Gale bolsters Yorkshire Trescothick pushes Somerset ahead Honours even despite Masters six Spongers or smart operators? South Africans put Leicestershire on top Leicestershire v Northants, County Championship, Grace Road, 1st day Nerveless Arafat hands Kent first win Somerset's Ashes rivals pile on the runs Trescothick steadies Somerset The overseas invasion Pietersen builds on Tomlinson's efforts Bopara starts with a bang Ramprakash notches hundred No. 99 Marshall hundred cannot stall Glamorgan Ambrose century drives Warwickshire Rain plays havoc on county circuit Bopara learns the hard way Allrounder conscious of need for runs Gloom and too few Englishmen Nel hit by penalty points Maddy sets up Warwickshire win ECB allows Cook to play Essex one-day fixture Yorkshire build on Hoggard haul Murtagh cleans up Glamorgan with seven Middlesex v Glamorgan, Lord's, 3rd day Murtagh leads strong Middlesex riposte Middlesex v Glamorgan, Lord's, 2nd day Caddick hopeful of swift return Middlesex struggle on bowlers' day at Lord's Middlesex v Glamorgan, Lord's, 1st day Fired-up Flintoff helps sink Somerset Nottinghamshire rout Kent by 10 wickets Nottinghamshire on the brink of victory Ealham puts Kent on the back foot Moving and maturing Pattinson bags five on Notts debut Pushing for promotion County Championship Division Two preview Gillespie, Bond and Marshall cleared for season ICL-county situation as clear as mud Confusion over the coming season Clarke dismisses inequality claims Davidson's comments 'deeply regrettable' Leicestershire chairman attacks county inequality ECB under fire for financial policy Jason Gillespie signs for Glamorgan Zondeki signs for Warwickshire
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