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James Coles masterclass extends Middlesex's home misery

NICK FRIEND AT LORD'S: Coles turned down franchise interest to commit to an England Lions winter, which included a valuable white-ball spell in South Africa, and the fruits of that experience were in evidence as he stole Kane Williamson's show

Middlesex batter rewarded for stellar start with England Lions call-up

Max Holden, who has 663 Division Two runs, including two centuries, so far this season, has been added to the squad to take on India A next month

Don't miss Kane Williamson, an enormous coup for the T20 Blast

NICK FRIEND: Williamson spoke warmly on Wednesday, ahead of his Middlesex debut, of his relationship with Virat Kohli, his passion for red-ball cricket and his desire to help his new team, as he prepares for a summer on the county circuit

How did Middlesex come to lose the most T20s in the world?

NICK FRIEND: No team has lost more T20s than Middlesex, who last won at Lord's in 2022, and only six men's teams have lower win percentages since the format began in 2003; and yet, they have tried everything along the way – without cracking it

Leicestershire disappearing over horizon as Division Two runaway leaders

NICK FRIEND AT LORD'S: These are still early days and there is more than half a season left to play, but by Monday evening Leicestershire could be forty points clear of third, having won twice as many games as anyone else; these are novel times

A wise head from a different era, Sam Robson bats on

NICK FRIEND - INTERVIEW: Robson has played 216 first-class matches in his career – and seven T20s; he enters his testimonial summer at Middlesex as a dying breed in a changing game

Compelling contest given a dramatic finale

NICK HOWSON AT LORD'S: Middlesex and Kent both had moments of joy and despair over this County Championship encounter. In the end, it was the hosts who held their nerve

Middlesex and Kent butt heads ahead of fascinating crescendo

NICK HOWSON AT LORD'S: Daniel Bell-Drummond makes a resolute 223, the most significant single contribution in this match by some distance, setting up an interesting final day on which all four results are possible

Zak Crawley lights the spark of Kent's comeback

OSCAR RESS AT LORD'S: After the bowling attack had dismissed Middlesex for 238 in the morning session, England's Test opener contributed 68 to the visitors' recovery, which was led by a century from Daniel Bell-Drummond

Curse strikes Kent again as injuries sweep through Canterbury

NICK FRIEND AT LORD'S: Keith Dudgeon and Nathan Gilchrist have both gone down injured immediately after career-best spells, and the Kent squad that arrived in north London was missing four players from the side predicted by the MCC's scorecards

Mickey Arthur buoyed by Derbyshire's "shoots of progression" after running Middlesex close

OSCAR RESS: If this County Championship Division Two contest was an early barometer of how both sides are doing, then the hosts appear to be much better placed than they were last season

How four minutes of madness almost changed everything

OSCAR RESS AT DERBY: The visitors survived a major self-inflicted scare on the final day as they handed Derbyshire two wickets in as many balls in the final over of the morning session before holding on for a draw

Derbyshire out to show that early-season optimism can sustain beyond unbeaten April

NICK FRIEND AT DERBY: Few would have bet on Leicestershire and Derbyshire occupying the top spots in Division Two at the end of April, but both are unbeaten and displaying tangible signs of progress after years of red-ball struggle

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David Lloyd's redemption milestone fails to floor defiant Middlesex

DAVID SHARMAN AT DERBY: It wasn't quite the feel-good hit of the summer it could have been for the former Derbyshire captain, but he still stamped his mark on a game whose path is not yet defined