Michael Yardy

Eoin Morgan and Michael Yardy steadied England's nerves with a game-breaking stand of 67 in 7.1 overs, as Pakistan succumbed to a five-wicket defeat in the first Twenty20 at Cardiff

Holders Sussex Sharks kept their hopes of a third successive 40-over title alive thanks to a brilliant innings from skipper Mike Yardy

Sussex skipper Michael Yardy scored his first four-day hundred of the season to guide his side to a draw in their County Championship match against Division Two opponents Surrey

Sussex's bid for a third successive 40-over league title gained momentum as they eased to a six-wicket win over Surrey Lions at Guildford

Sussex maintained the pressure on Group A leaders Somerset with an entertaining Clydesdale Bank 40 win over Lancashire Lightning at Old Trafford

Scott Styris hit an unbeaten 52 off just 26 balls as Essex Eagles beat Sussex Sharks to leapfrog them into second place in the Friends Provident t20 south group

There will be no clean-sweep for England. It was too late to save the series but Australia's batsmen, led by Michael Clarke and Ricky Ponting, finally delivered a total their bowlers could defend at The Oval

Michael Yardy is confident England can regain their focus to take a 4-0 lead over Australia

A lightening 117-run opening stand between Andrew Strauss and Craig Kieswetter rocketed England to a seven-wicket victory with over a quarter of their innings to spare against Scotland in a sun-drenched Edinburgh

Michael Yardy was one of the more unlikely stars of England's victorious World Twenty20 campaign in West Indies

Matt Prior issued a powerful message to the England selectors as reigning champions Sussex beat Gloucestershire by seven wickets

Craig Kieswetter has been preferred as England's wicketkeeper-batsman ahead of Matt Prior for the one-day internationals against Australia

Title holders Sussex chalked up their third successive win of the Friends Provident t20 South Group by edging a tense local derby against Kent by four wickets

Holders Sussex continued their impressive defence of the Friends Provident t20 with a comfortable 28-run win over Middlesex in front of more than 15,000 at Lord's

Sussex made a successful start to their defence of the Twenty20 Cup with a convincing 52-run win over Somerset in front of a near full-house 7,000 crowd at Hove

England completed a clinical 39-run win over South Africa at the Kensington Oval to get one foot in the semi-finals

It's difficult to know quite how good England were in the opening Super Eight game because Pakistan were so poor, but there is no doubt they are a vastly improving Twenty20 team

Kevin Pietersen returned to form with a confident 52-ball 70 not out, as England's powerful new batting line-up capitalised on a spirited display from their bowlers to ease along to a comfortable six-wicket victory

Murray Goodwin, Sussex's stand-in captain while Michael Yardy is away on England duty, has received a penalty after a breach of the ECB's discipline code.