Varun Chopra

Gloucestershire secure victory despite Varun Chopra's 154 but miss out on knockout spot thanks to NRR

Dawid Malan lead the way with 95 as Middlesex's 366 for 8 proved too much for the home side to overhaul

An opening stand of 189 inflicted Glamorgan's fifth defeat in five Royal London Cup games this season and put Essex back into contention to move through to the knockout stage

Netherland seamer Shane Snater was the star with the ball as he claimed 5 for 60

Essex knew the Championship was theirs last night and it was confirmed as they drove down the motorway back to Chelmsford where they were greeted by supporters and started to reflect on what the title means

Essex's gaze now turns to Taunton where Lancashire must beat Somerset to take the Division One title race into the penultimate week

Varun Chopra made 98 against his former county as Essex gradually made their superiority tell and the result of that might be that they are one day from the title

Colin Ingram blazed his way to a second century in the space of eight days as Glamorgan clinched a five-wicket NatWest T20 Blast victory over Essex in a run-fest at Chelmsford

Essex landed their seventh win in eight starts and marched through to the Royal London Cup semi-finals

Essex missed the chance to maintain their 100% record in the competition when they lost in an exciting last over finish against Glamorgan who gained their second win from five games

Varun Chopra, the England Lions batsman, has agreed a deal to return to Essex

Warwickshire have confirmed that Varun Chopra is to leave the club at the end of the season

Nottinghamshire admit they face a fight to keep Alex Hales after two other clubs made approaches for a player who can still potentially make a big impact in a relaunched English T20 tournament

Varun Chopra could be forgiven for the look of confusion on his face when asked "what's gone wrong?" in his Warwickshire career

Varun Chopra returned to the team in the most spectacular style with a brilliant unbeaten 97 to power Birmingham Bears to a nine-wicket NatWest T20 Blast win over Durham

Varun Chopra was not the batsman the selectors had come to watch but, with his first Championship century for almost a year, he may have reminded them of his qualities as a potential opening partner to Alastair Cook

Ian Bell has always wanted to skipper Warwickshire at some stage of his career and he could have taken over at a propitious time

an Bell is to replace Varun Chopra as Warwickshire captain, following his axing from England's Test squad and his retirement from limiited-overs cricket

Warwickshire notched up their first victory of this season's Royal London Cup after a thrilling last-gasp three-wicket win against Lancashire at Old Trafford