The summer sun slowly begins to make way for frost and fog as another domestic season is ticked off with mixed results for the 18 first-class counties.
Yorkshire reigned supreme in red-ball cricket while their bitter rivals Lancashire lost their coach, top-flight status and a thrilling Twenty20 Final against hosts Birmingham.
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Hampshire and Worcestershire clinched promotion but things are going from bad to worse at Leicestershire. We review the Division Two season club-by-club…
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Mushfiqur Rahim continues to be dismissed as Bangladesh’s one-day international captain and replaced by paceman Mashrafe Mortaza.
Nevertheless, Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hassan has declared that wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur will continue to direct the Test side.
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Yorkshire’s opening batsmen Adam Lyth and Alex Lees have claimed the top honours in the Cricket Writers’ Club Awards.
The pair played a vital part in Yorkshire’s LV= County Championship title success this season so that as a result Lyth continues to be named the William Hill CWC Championship Player of the Year, with Lees picking up the CWC Young Cricketer of the Year award.
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Somerset have named Matthew Maynard as their new Manager of Cricket.
The 48-year old replaces Dave Nosworthy, that has returned to South Africa, and he’s been selected for the job ahead of former England coach Ashley Giles.
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South Africa have recalled fast bowler Vernon Philander to their squad for the upcoming one day series against New Zealand and Australia.
The 29-year old replaces Mthokozisi Shezi after missing the recent triangular series in Zimbabwe, which likewise contained Australia, because of hamstring injury.
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Jeetan Patel has rounded off a memorable season by winning the title of county cricket’s Most Valuable Player, as stated by the FTI MVP standings.
The FTI MVP is a cumulative points system that rewards players for each run scored, wicket taken and catch held – and how well they get it done. Players additionally reach bonus points according to specific standards.
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Hampshire have signed Jackson Bird and Yasir Arafat for next season.
Australian fast bowler Bird will spend three months in the AEGEAS bowl and play in most formats, while Pakistan allrounder Arafat is going to be accessible limited to limited overs matches.
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Hampshire quick bowler David Balcombe has joined Surrey on a two-year contract.
And two more players are leaving the Ageas Bowl – wicketkeeper Michael Bates and quick bowler Ruel Braithwaite have both been released.
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Nottinghamshire star James Taylor acknowledges he was relieved to be called back to the England squad.
Taylor was named in the one-day international squad that will play Sri Lanka ahead of the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
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Nottinghamshire star James Taylor acknowledges he was relieved to be called back to the England squad.
Taylor was named in the one-day international squad that will play Sri Lanka ahead of the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
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Australian trainer Darren Lehmann supported Mitchell Johnson will play in the approaching Tests and one-day series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates.
Johnson was removed in the Twenty20 Champions League having a rib injury, but left together with the national squad for the UAE on Sunday.
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Duncan Fletcher will continue to head India through the World Cup with Ravi Shastri keeping his job as team manager.
Fletcher’s future as trainer came under examination when Shastri was made prior to the one day series with England, however they appeared from that series having a 3-1 triumph and just lost the dead rubber before going down in the single Twenty20 international.
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Former New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns will appear in court next week to face one count of perjury linked into a libel action he brought in great britain in 2012.
Cairns won £90,000 in damages after he sued Lalit Modi, creator of the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament, over an accusation of matchfixing made on Twitter in January 2010.
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Division One winners Yorkshire needed to settle to get a spectacular draw against Somerset in their final LV= County Championship fixture of the season.
The hosts started day four at Headingley having a shortage of 36 and already two wickets down in their second innings, but kicked to post a total of 365 to establish Somerset a goal of 182 for success.
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Pakistan batsman Younis Khan has taken a swipe in the team’s selectors after being left from their one day squad.
Disgruntled Khan said on Friday that he’d step aside from all cricket for five months as the team is reconstructed, although he challenged the time of such major change with all the World Cup just around the corner.
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Paul Allott reckons Glen Chapple is improbable to be both player and trainer for Lancashire next season.
Chapple, 40, took on the training duties in the Red Rose county when Peter Moores was named as England supremo before in 2013, and joined that function with skippering his side, together with bowling essential overs.
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Pakistan batsman Younis Khan has taken a swipe in the team’s selectors after being left from their one day squad.
Disgruntled Khan said on Friday that he’d step aside from all cricket for five months as the team is reconstructed, although he challenged the time of such major change with all the World Cup just around the corner.
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Allrounder Ravi Bopara has signed a fresh one-year deal to prolong his stay at Essex.
Bopara, who had been recalled to the England squad for their one day series in Sri Lanka earlier this week, has spent his whole first class career together with the county and made his introduction 12 years ago.
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Gloucestershire completed their LV= County Championship season on a high and refused Kent the possibility of a possible fourth-set Division Two end when they cruised to an emphatic 244-run triumph with two sessions to spare in Canterbury.
The visitors blown off Kent for 203, mopping up their closing five wickets in the session for just 32 runs to inflict a sixth defeat to the injury-hit hosts and bank 19 points for his or her success.
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Surrey have procured the professional services of seven players on long term contracts including skipper Gary Wilson, quick bowler Stuart Meaker and experienced off-spinner Gareth Batty.
The threesome have all signed two-year extensions with their present prices, keeping them at The Kia Oval until 2016.
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Mitchell Johnson is fighting to beat a rib injury and WOn’t be released to compete in a Twenty20 tournament in India.
Cricket Australia says the quick bowler will continue to work with medical staff before being given the thumbs up to go back to activity.
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Former New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns has been charged with one count of perjury, the Metropolitan Police have supported.
The charge relates to the 2012 libel case which saw Cairns given £90,000 after he sued Lalit Modi, the former commissioner of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
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Warwickshire took partial payback for their defeat by Durham in last Saturday’s Royal London One Day Cup final having a devastating LV= County Championship triumph over the northeast county inside three days at Edgbaston.
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James Tomlinson took six wickets as Hampshire beat Glamorgan to seal promotion and the LV= County Championship Division Two title.
Tomlinson returned amounts of 6-48 as Glamorgan were whittled out for 152 in their second innings in the SWALEC Stadium as well as the visitors won by 291 runs.
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Lancashire kept their hopes of avoiding relegation living as Glen Chapple saw them past 300 to claim an important bonus point within their clash with Middlesex at Emirates Old Trafford.
The allrounder hit an unbeaten 45 off 64 balls and found Lancashire to their goal with four balls to spare on day three, immediately calling to get a statement to have Middlesex bat to get another time.
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Warwickshire took partial payback for their defeat by Durham in last Saturday’s Royal London One Day Cup final having a devastating LV= County Championship triumph over the northeast county inside three days at Edgbaston.
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James Tomlinson took six wickets as Hampshire beat Glamorgan to seal promotion and the LV= County Championship Division Two title.
Tomlinson returned amounts of 6-48 as Glamorgan were whittled out for 152 in their second innings in the SWALEC Stadium as the visitors won by 291 runs.
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The Pakistan Cricket Board has suspended 16 national bowlers with suspect actions.
The serious crack down follows the prohibition given to spinner Saeed Ajmal before this month after he was located to straighten his elbow up to 43 degrees, well over the prescribed limit of 15.
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John Hastings will return to Durham as their overseas player for the 2015 County Championship effort.
The Australia all rounder will go back to the Emirates ICG after finishing the national season at home with Victoria.
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Leicestershire have announced they have finished the signing of classy Australia seamer Clint McKay for the 2015 season.
Leicestershire have weathered a disappointing effort and therefore are set to complete bottom of Division Two of the County Championship, having yet to win a match this year.
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Former England fast bowler Sajid Mahmood would be to leave Essex along with leg spinner Tom Craddock after failing to win a fresh contract for next year.
Mahmood, 32, played eight Tests and 30 limited overs matches for England, scoring a Test maximum of 34 and taking 53 wickets for his nation.
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