English county championship scores on Wednesday: Division One At Derby Derbyshire 158-6 (W Madsen 63) v Sussex At Trent Bridge Nottinghamshire 273-9 (S Mullaney 68, S Meaker 4-70) v Surrey At Taunton Middlesex 293-8 (N Dexter 73 no, C J Rogers 57, J Denly 55, J Overton 4-65) v Somerset At Edgbaston Warwickshire 128 (J Troughton 65 no, L Plunkett 5-32) v Yorkshire 11-0 Division Two At Cardiff Glamorgan 231 (J Allenby 77, S Walters 67, D Masters 5-44)

England and Australia's women's teams will break with tradition this season when their version of the Ashes is conducted across all three international formats. The series, beginning in August will start with a Test match and then continue with three one-day internationals and three Twenty20 fixtures. The team which has accrued the most points in all fixtures, six available for success in the Test and two for a victory in each of the other matches, will win the Ashes.

Graeme Swann and Tim Bresnan were both recalled by England in a 12-man squad announced Saturday for next week's first Test against New Zealand at Lord's following their respective recoveries from elbow surgery. Off-spinner Swann and seamer Bresnan both last played Test cricket in the series-clinching win over India in Nagpur in December and missed the recent drawn three-Test series in New Zealand. However, Nottinghamshire's Swann and Yorkshire's Bresnan have both since proved their fitness playing county cricket this season.

Tour match score on Sunday: At Derby (second day of three): New Zealand 289-5 dec (B J Watling 77 no, D Brownlie 71; M Footitt 4-65) and 199-5 (B J Watling 61 no) v Derbyshire 154 (D Bracewell 4-28) afp