Ravi Bopara notched yet another century as England completed their Ashes preparations with a rather tame draw against Warwickshire.
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| Fixture |
|---|
| Friday 3rd July |
| County Championship - Div 1 |
| Durham vs Worcestershire |
| Nottinghamshire vs Lancashire |
| Somerset vs Yorkshire |
| County Championship - Div 2 |
| Derbyshire vs Leicestershire |
| Kent vs Gloucestershire |
| Middlesex vs Surrey |
| One Day Int Third Match |
| West Indies vs India |
| Tour Match Four Day Match |
| England Lions vs Australia |
| Women's ODI 3rd Match |
| England Women vs Australia Women |
| Saturday 4th July |
| Test Match First Test Match |
| Sri Lanka vs Pakistan |
| Result |
|---|
| Tuesday 30th June |
| Women's One Day International Series |
| England Women vs Australia Women England Women won by 55 runs. |
| Monday 29th June |
| Women's One Day International Series |
| England Women vs Australia Women England Women won by 9 wickets. |
| Sunday 28th June |
| One Day International Series |
| West Indies vs India West Indies won by 8 wickets. |
| The Twenty20 Cup |
| Middlesex vs Sussex Sussex won by 6 wickets. |
| Nottinghamshire vs Lancashire Lancashire won by 9 wickets. |
| Northamptonshire vs Worcestershire Northamptonshire won by 7 wickets. |
| Warwickshire vs Somerset Warwickshire won by 1 run. |
| Essex vs Hampshire Hampshire won by 6 wickets. |
| Leicestershire vs Durham Durham won by 6 wickets. |
| Kent vs Surrey Kent won by 16 runs. |
| County Championship - Division One |
|---|
| Pos | Team | P | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Durham | 6 | 94 |
| 2 | Nottinghamshire | 5 | 82 |
| 3 | Somerset | 6 | 70 |
| 4 | Hampshire | 6 | 63 |
| 5 | Lancashire | 6 | 62 |
| 6 | Sussex | 6 | 58 |
| 7 | Yorkshire | 6 | 54 |
| 8 | Warwickshire | 5 | 46 |
| 9 | Worcestershire | 6 | 36 |

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