Owais Shah

Glamorgan 273 for 2 beat Essex 267 for 6 by 8 wickets at Sophia Gardens Scorecard Jimmy Maher belted a magnificent 142 from 113 balls, inclusive of 18 fours and 4 sixes, as Glamorgan sauntered home with 6.5 overs to spare

Owais Shah, favourite to take the Young Cricketer of the Year Award, which is reserved for England-qualified players, has an Australian to thank for his huge breakthrough this year

Middlesex and Essex played out an exciting tie at Southgate; both bowled out for 120 on a pitch that offered far too much help to bowlers of all types

Marcus Trescothick's heroic innings of 137 from only 142 balls, carried England to within three runs of victory in a breathtaking finish to their second clash with Pakistan in the NatWest series.But Pakistan held on to sentence England to a record

Despite losing to Australia in Bristol yesterday, England can take heart from several aspects of their performance

Captain Steve Waugh and Ian Harvey kept their cool to guide Australia to a five-wicket success over England in an exciting NatWest Series match at Bristol

Owais Shah has been called into the England one-day side to replace the injured Graham Thorpe for Sunday's NatWest Series game against Australia in Bristol

This was not the sort of preparation Australia would have wished for in their penultimate match before the limited-overs NatWest series