Brendan Taylor shines for Nottinghamshire

Brendan Taylor, the former Zimbabwe captain, became the first player in Nottinghamshire's history to score centuries in his first two first-class appearances on Sunday.

Taylor, who made 105 in the second innings of his debut against the Loughborough Marylebone Cricket Club University last week, backed that up with a century against Middlesex at Lord's, making 106 off 188 deliveries with 14 fours.

Taylor, who played 23 Tests, 167 One-Day Internationals and 26 Twenty20 Internationals, called time on his decade-long international career with Zimbabwe in March after signing a Kolpak deal that runs till the end of the 2017-18 season.

Pietersen scores century on Surrey return

Kevin Pietersen celebrated his return to English domestic cricket with a dashing 170 for Surrey on Sunday (April 12) as he started his quest to regain his place in the national side in style.

Pietersen has not played for England since being controversially axed last year following the 5-0 Ashes series loss in Australia. But the 34-year-old batsman has always insisted he wants to play for England again and gave up an Indian Premier League contract with the Sunrisers Hyderabad to re-sign with Surrey in a bid to prove the seriousness of his intent.