Sussex thrash Hampshire, Somerset beat Durham, and more: county cricket day three – as it happened

Josh Hull hurtled back to catch Tom Hartley off his own bowling and Leicestershire romped to their fifth victory of the season against Lancashire

Pope determined to prove he warrants England place and Stokes’ defence

The batter is relaxed about Jacob Bethell’s potential return after his Test century against Zimbabwe, with India and Australia to come this summer

County cricket: Ahmed and Hill turn on the style for Leicestershire

Gloucestershire struggled at Northants as Parkinson becomes unfortunate Derbyshire history-maker

Sean Williams seizes rare Test chance as Zimbabwe show love and pride in defeat

The veteran’s 88 was full of crisp cuts, punishing pulls and swingeing sweeps – delighting the visitors’ dancing, singing and chanting fans

Ben Stokes hits out at speculation over centurion Pope’s England status

Ben Stokes has criticised speculation about Ollie Pope’s position in the England team, saying that parts of the media were pursuing ‘an agenda’

England crush Zimbabwe by an innings and 45 runs: men’s cricket Test, day three – as it happened

Over-by-over report: England defeated Zimbabwe inside three days, with Shoaib Bashir taking six wickets to finish off the tourists

Shoaib Bashir grabs six Zimbabwe wickets as England win Test in three days

Shoaib Bashir took a career-best six for 81 as England broke Zimbabwe’s initially bold resistance to seal victory by an innings and 45 runs at Trent Bridge.

England thrash West Indies by nine wickets: second women’s T20 international – as it happened

Nat Sciver-Brunt and Em Arlott starred as England hammered West Indies with more than 10 overs to spare at Hove

Sciver-Brunt inspires England to wrap up T20 series win over West Indies

England’s women completed a T20 series victory over West Indies with a nine-wicket win at Hove

Crocombe skittles Hampshire as Lancashire toil again – as it happened

Wickets tumbled at Southampton while Lancashire struggled again at Leicester and Matt Henry shone for Somerset

‘My happy place’: Shoaib Bashir’s delight after taking historic 50th Test wicket

The spinner became the youngest player to reach the landmark for England after taking three for 62 in the first innings against Zimbabwe

Sam Cook strikes early but he’s still in a race against time to convince England

Finally getting his chance after a decade in county cricket, medium pacer needs to make an impact in Zimbabwe’s second innings to prove he deserves his place

Bennett scores Zimbabwe’s fastest Test century before England regain grip

Zimbabwe lost two late wickets in the final session at Trent Bridge after providing a tough workout for England’s attack for much of day two

England enforce follow-on as Zimbabwe close the day two down still 270 runs behind – as it happened

England hold a 270 run lead after enforcing the follow on and claiming 12 wickets across the day.

Zimbabwe come in from cold but left crying for help at early signs of mismatch

Tourists are in England for first time in 22 years and faced dual threats of hostile batting and cold weather