The Indian off-spinner took three wickets to help bundle out Durham for 191 in the first innings of their County Championship match.
Dinesh Mongia contributed only 10 runs for Leicestershire while Zhaeer Khan bagged a wicket and scored 18 runs for Worcestershire in the County championship.
The former Pakistan captain is also considering an offer from the lucrative ICL.
India Test batsman Cheteshwar Pujara was adjudged out for handling the ball on the opening day of Derbyshire's County Championship four-day match against Leicestershire at Derby on Tuesday.
Bollywood starlet Nupur Mehta on Wednesday claimed that the International Cricket Council has given her a clean in the alleged match-fixing scandal during the World T20 in 2009 after they interrogated her in Mumbai earlier this month.
The India discard produced an incisive spell of fast bowling to give Worcestershire with a terrific start against Somerset in a County Championship.
Virender Sehwag will play for Leicestershire while off-spinner Harbhajan Singh and Javagal Srinath will represent Lancashire and Durham respectively.
The key for all Indian Premier League franchises in next year's auction, says Faisal Shariff, will be to invest in good Indian players and choose a captain from among them.
The Pakistan pacer was taken to hospital after being badly injured while fielding for Sussex in their county championship match.
The Indian all-rounder might not play for English County Middlesex next week.
The Indian captain was picked ahead of VVS Laxman and Chris Rogers as the second overseas player by the English county.
Ganguly scored only 9 for Northants against Essex while the Indian fast bowler went wicketless in his 11-over spell while conceding 33 runs for Worcestershire against Derbyshire.
Ricky Ponting came out in defence of Australia teammate Shane Warne over the sledging row.
Roy was struck on the neck during training on Tuesday and although the 29-year-old passed required concussion protocols on Wednesday, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has decided to have an extra option at the top of the order.
Former England captain Kevin Pietersen, bidding to return to the international scene after being sacked last year, will be available for all forms of cricket, starting with Surrey's opening county championship fixture on April 19.
Kohli is not the one sitting quietly and resting.
Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting has reached a landmark score of 24,000 first-class runs as his batting display gave Surrey hope of a draw in their LV County Championship Division One clash against Nottinghamshire at The Oval.
Former England captain Kevin Pietersen jokingly posed with police officers after a night out with friends.
The decision also means nine rounds of fixtures will be lost in the County Championship season while the Vitality Blast, due to start on May 28, will be pushed as late in the season as possible to give it the best opportunity of being staged.
England on Tuesday rested IPL stars including Jos Buttler and Jonny Bairstow for the upcoming two-Test series against New Zealand while Jofra Archer and Ben Stokes were not considered for selection due to injuries.
The Indian off-spinner's haul of 6 for 36 helped the English county skittle out Hampshire for 146 runs.
Worcestershire's Indian left-arm seamer Zaheer Khan destroyed Essex with a nine-wicket haul in the first innings of the County Championship Division Two match.
India's Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara's county debut turned into a nightmare as he got out without scoring in Derbyshire's second innings in their bid to chase down a tricky target of 261 against Glamorgan in the second division match of English County Championship in Cardiff, on Thursday.
Veteran batter Cheteshwar Pujara slammed his second hundred of the ongoing Ranji Trophy season, guiding Saurashtra to a comfortable 242 for four against Rajasthan on the opening day of their Group A match, in Jaipur on Friday.
The Mumbai speedster said it will be a great experience bowling with the ace Aussie paceman.
Australia fast bowler Glenn McGrath will sign for English county Middlesex next month as an overseas player.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has dismissed a Sunday Times report that it will investigate a 2011 World Cup semi-final for match-fixing while a Bollywood actress said she would sue the newspaper for using what she said was her picture with the story.
Captain Rohit Sharma wasted no time as he joined the team's training session on Tuesday ahead of the World Test Championship final against Australia next week.
They respectively scored 11 and 10 runs in their County matches.
Pakistani leg-spinner Danish Kaneria is contemplating legal action against the British tabloid, which has named him as one of the two Essex players currently under investigation by the police for "match irregularities" in the English county championship.
Mitchell Marsh will miss the start of the English county season with Surrey as he needs an ankle surgery which also makes him a doubt for the national team's next Test assignment against Pakistan.
'Hardly any of the Test team players play the IPL... So how can you blame the IPL? You can't blame the IPL. It's crazy.'
The Pakistan and Sussex leg spinner is the first player to reach the milestone since 1998.
Australia head coach Darren Lehmann has thrown his weight behind former paceman Jason Gillespie for the role of bowling coach.
Indian batsman Gautam Gambhir will re-join Essex cricket team on Tuesday to play the remainder of his maiden English county season after he returned home for a brief period due to family issues.
Former captain Virat Kohli has asked to be rested from the entire limited overs series against the West Indies next month, including the five T20Is, BCCI sources said.
The Pakistan leg-spinner has bowled 134 overs in two championship games for English county Essex.
The left-armer, who injured his bowling hand in a CountyChampionship match against Lancashire, was the third spinner in the 16-man team alongside Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid.
Excited to be back into the national fold after a gap of more than a year, India off spinner Harbhajan Singh has said he is aware he would have to start afresh when he takes the field against New Zealand later this month.
The head groundsman of the Oval promised a bouncy pitch for the WTC Final between India and Australia.
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