#one-day-cup

#one-day-cup

Nottinghamshire will start their defence of the County Championship title with a game against Somerset at Taunton. They won the title for the first time since 2010 by winning seven of their 14 games and losing only once, finishing 16 points clear of Surrey, who were champions in the three previous years. The opening round of fixtures will begin on Friday, 3 April and Surrey will start their campaign against Warwickshire at Edgbaston,

Ali Orr's second century of the tournament guided Hampshire into the One-Day Cup semi-finals as they saw off Middlesex in their quarter-final at Radlett. The left-hander struck 108, batting through most of the innings to underpin Hampshire's recovery from 95-5 as they set their opponents a target of 230 with paceman Henry Brookes taking 4-53. Liam Dawson then stifled Middlesex's reply with his spell of 4-33, supported by fellow left-arm spinner Andrew Neal (1-30) as the hosts were bowled out for 187 in 45.3 overs.

Foxes captain Peter Handscomb hit 107 as the Foxes reached 285-7, but despite 5-52 from promising 18-year-old Alex Green, Craig Miles' six saw the home side win by three wickets with nine balls to spare.