Adam Lyth’s patiently accumulated 185, and Jonny Bairstow’s typically belligerent half-century, set Essex an unlikely 520 to prevent Yorkshire chalking up their second County Championship win of the season. Lyth’s second century of the spring, the 39th of his 18-year first-class career, spanned six hours and 41 minutes of determination and obduracy. The 37-year-old left-hander...
County champions Surrey face a last-day rearguard action after their heavily-depleted batting line up faltered on the third afternoon of their County Championship Division One match against Warwickshire at Edgbaston. In reply to the home side’s 665-5, Surrey closed the third day on 369-9, still 296 short of the follow on figure. Ben Foakes is...
Sussex go into the final day of their County Championship fixture against Worcestershire with their noses in front after dismissing New Zealand stalwart Henry Nicholls and number four batter Kashif Ali late in the evening session. An 81-run second-wicket stand from Nicholls and opening batter Jake Libby had steered the visitors into a decent position...
Leg-spinner Calvin Harrison turned the game with a decisive spell of 4-32 as Northamptonshire fought back against Lancashire to seal their first County Championship win of the season. Harrison, on a short-term loan from Nottinghamshire, dismissed Marcus Harris and Josh Bohannon in quick succession after the pair had guided the Red Rose county to 116-2...
Hampshire collapsed to defeat after centuries from Jack Haynes and Liam Patterson-White had batted them out of the game as Division One leaders Nottinghamshire romped to a third victory in their opening five matches of the County Championship season, winning by a massive 366-run margin. All-rounder Patterson-White struck a magnificent career-best 135 containing 21 fours...
The home side resumed with a mountain to climb at 156-8 in their first innings, and although George Garrett edged Fernando over the slips, the tail-ender dominated the early scoring in a stand of 54. They lasted 52 minutes before Garrett, on 35, edged Zain Ul Hassan behind, and the seamer then bowled Kashif Ali...
Mohammad Abbas took five wickets on his Nottinghamshire debut to put the Division One leaders in a strong position against his former county after 16 wickets fell on day two of their County Championship clash with Hampshire at Trent Bridge. The 34-year-old Pakistan seamer, who took 180 first-class wickets in four summers at the Utilita...
Resuming on 389-7 with Kellaway on 91 and the battle for bonus points the other immediate concern, the Chepstow youngster was happy to take his time over reaching three figures, achieved with a stylish cover drive for three off Kashif Ali. Partner Andy Gorvin was dropped behind on 14 off Kashif but put together a...
Marcus Harris continued his devastating form for Lancashire, recording his third century in nine innings on day two of this County Championship match against Northamptonshire at Wantage Road. The Australia international extended his tally as county cricket’s leading run scorer this season to 706 runs with a magnificent 121 from 230 balls, including 18 boundaries,...
Fynn Hudson-Prentice picked up a career-best 5-40 with his medium pace as Sussex took control of their County Championship match against Worcestershire on the second afternoon. After bowling Worcestershire out for 180, Sussex then stretched their overall lead to 170 by reaching 66-3 in their second innings by stumps, with Tom Alsop and James Coles...
Warwickshire exploited perfect batting conditions to pile up 665-5, their record score against Surrey, on the second day of the County Championship Division One match at Edgbaston. Tom Latham struck 184 (319 balls), the highest score by a Warwickshire debutant, Ed Barnard harvested a career-best 177 not out (254) and Zen Malik helped himself to...
Earlier Lancashire’s bowling discipline stood in contrast to some loose strokeplay from home batters, Ricardo Vasconcelos (39) the only top-order batter to prosper. Will Williams (2-39) struck in the day’s second over, the ball flying off the splice of Luke Procter’s bat to gully. George Bartlett and James Sales took the score to 33 when...
Nottinghamshire batting prodigy Freddie McCann gave more evidence of his considerable potential by posting the third century of his fledgling first-class career to defy Hampshire on day one of their Rothesay County Championship match at Trent Bridge. In only his 13th innings in the Championship so far, the 20-year-old England Lions left-hander made 138 as...
A maiden first-class century from off-spinner Jack Carson helped Sussex recover from 88-6 to 284 all out on the opening day against Worcestershire at Hove. Arriving at the crease with his side floundering, Carson looked to shepherd the tail and punish anything loose, striking 11 forceful fours and a one whipped leg-side six in his...
Kent, who also had Zak Crawley withdrawn by England, gave a debut to all-rounder Ekansh Singh, 18, among three changes while Glamorgan welcomed back experienced seamer James Harris after injury. Glamorgan started confidently enough but Zain Ul Hassan, after hitting a couple of sweet off-drives, edged to Tawanda Muyeye at slip for 16 in Kashif...