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County Championship: R Ashwin picks match-turning six-wicket haul for Surrey against Somerset

Looking to get some quality match practice ahead of joining the Indian in Durham on Thursday, Ashwin did more than enough with 58 overs under his belt and a match haul of 7 for 127.

County Championship: Ravichandran Ashwin endures dour day for Surrey as Somerset post mammoth score

Ashwin, who is one of the three Indian spinners to take over 400 Test wickets, gave away 99 runs as Somerset scored a mammoth 429 all out in 148.5 overs.

Steady Ashwin bowls with new ball for Surrey, gets 28 overs under his belt on Day 1

Ashwin also became the first specialist slow bowler in last 11 years to open the bowling in an English county game after Jeetan Patel in the year 2010.

Somerset's Jack Brooks becomes English county cricket's first Covid-19 substitute

The rules state a like-for-like replacement should be made where possible and, although Brooks is best known as a seamer, he was cleared to take part by match referee Wayne Noon.

West Indies Test captain Kraigg Brathwaite signs for Gloucestershire

The opening batsman, who replaced Jason Holder as red-ball skipper of the Windies last month, will head to Britain at the end of his country's ongoing second Test against Sri Lanka, scheduled to finish on Friday.

How Netflix's The Dig explores the subtlety of archeological study, of probing memory and the past

The Dig reminds us that the role of archaeology is not in treasure-seeking, but in reflecting on our complex relationship to the past, and how and why we value it.

South African fast bowler Marchant De Lange signs two-year contract with Somerset

The 30-year-old, who made the last of his 12 international appearances for the Proteas in 2016, already has county experience after four seasons with Welsh club Glamorgan.

Alastair Cook shines as Essex clinch inaugural Bob Willis Trophy after draw against Somerset

Reigning county champions Essex extended their red-ball dominance after edging the first in what could be a new tradition of first-class season deciders for English counties.

Pakistan batsman Babar Azam to rejoin Somerset for T20 Blast, available for team's last seven group games

Babar Azam is set to be available for Somerset's final seven group matches plus the knockout stages should they qualify.

'Sit in the balcony, watch me score a ton,' former India spinner Maninder Singh recalls Sunil Gavaskar's words

Former India left-arm spinner Maninder Singh has said that Sunil Gavaskar's immense concentration was one of his biggest strengths.