England batsmen Alastair Cook and Ian Bell scored centuries for their respective counties this afternoon.

Skipper Cook contributed 181 runs from 335 deliveries to Essex as they set Derbyshire at victory target of 366 at Chelmsford.

It was the first three-figure score that Cook had posted since a tour match with England back in November.

Meanwhile, having been caught for a duck during Warwickshire's first innings against Sussex, Bell produced an unbeaten knock of 189, which included three sixes, in his second outing.

Written by
Liam Apicella