Tom Latham scored a debut century as Warwickshire reached 364-4 against Surrey on the opening day of their County Championship Division One match. New Zealand batter Latham struck an unbeaten 139 from 244 balls after Surrey chose to bowl on another belter of a batting pitch at Edgbaston. Rob Yates scored 86 against the champions’...
James Wharton stood resolute at one end while wickets fell all around him as Yorkshire pressed the self-destruct button after a promising start against Essex on a difficult Chelmsford wicket. The 24-year-old right-hander came in when the first wicket fell at 71 and was still there 55 overs later on 63 not out from 145...
A new leader of the Liberal Democrats at Devon County Council has been appointed following the party’s success in the local elections. The Liberal Democrats took 27 of the 60 seats at Devon County Council on Friday, making them the largest party but without a full majority. Julian Brazil has returned to the helm of...
Glamorgan were 213 ahead at the start of play and lost night-watchman Andy Gorvin for six, lobbing a catch to short-leg off the ferocious Blair Tickner. Kellaway survived an extraordinary near play-on to Zak Chappell on 19 as he and Cooke defended assiduously to ensure some degree of safety for Glamorgan, who took the first...
Luke Hollman’s maiden century paved the way for Middlesex to snatch a dramatic victory as they edged past Kent in a see-saw County Championship classic at Lord’s. Bowled out for 129 on the opening day, Kent looked favourites after setting a stiff target of 365 and reducing their hosts to 81-3 overnight – but Hollman’s...
Resolute batting by Lancashire’s Luke Wells and Tom Hartley frustrated Gloucestershire’s bowlers and helped ensure that the County Championship match at Old Trafford ended in a draw. The visitors declared on their overnight score of 589-8, giving them a lead of 139, and when they reduced the home side to 160-6 half an hour before...
Ben Brown reached his third-highest County Championship score as Hampshire and Durham’s match inevitably ended in a draw. Brown ended up on 162, three shy of his first-class best, as Matthew Potts and Codi Yusuf shared seven wickets to bowl Hampshire out with a deficit of 41. Alex Lees and Emilio Gay put on 61...
James Rew’s 10th first-class century guided Somerset to an unlikely first County Championship victory of the season, a three-wicket success against Essex at Taunton. Having been 78-5 at one stage in their second innings, chasing 321 to win, the home side began the final day on 216-6, still needing 105. But Rew took his score...
Daniel Bell-Drummond’s second highest score in first-class cricket allowed Kent to take charge of their County Championship Division Two clash with Middlesex on day three at Lord’s. The 31-year-old Kent skipper, took his overnight 103 not out to 223 as the visitors piled up 473 all out. Jamal Richards (43), Joey Evison (35) and Chris...
Resuming on 336-6, Reece and Thomson extended their eighth-wicket stand to 105 with relatively few alarms and got to within 15 of saving the follow-on. The new ball saw Timm van der Gugten account for Thomson, but Zak Chappell helped Reece past the target of 282 before Gorvin bowled him to claim his fifth wicket....
Ollie Price scored a career-best 253 not out and became only the third Gloucestershire batsman in history to score a double-century against Lancashire to help his side take a 139-run first-innings lead in the County Championship match at Old Trafford. Replying to the home side’s 450, the visitors were 589-8 at the close and their...
Josh Hull reminded England’s selectors of his potency as Leicestershire cemented their place at the top of the County Championship Division Two with a 132-run victory over Northamptonshire. Chasing 289 at the Uptonsteel County Ground, Northamptonshire were bowled out for 156 after Hull bowled three of their top four in his first four overs. The...
Ben Brown scored his first century as Hampshire captain to eliminate fears of an innings defeat by Durham in the County Championship. Hampshire were still 92 runs away from avoiding the follow-on when Toby Albert was the sixth man to depart, but Brown and Felix Organ ticked through the required runs with a 164 stand....
Warwickshire completed a level-headed chase of 185 on day three to beat Yorkshire by five wickets at Headingley, securing their second County Championship victory of the season. The Bears started the day on 15 without loss, and openers Rob Yates and Alex Davies contributed 41 and 31 respectively. However, they reached lunch with a 20-point...
The Liberal Democrats have taken command at County Hall following Thursday’s local elections despite a surge in Reform UK support which saw the Conservatives lose 33 of the 40 seats they held going into the elections and Labour all six of its seats. The Liberal Democrats won 27 of Devon County Council’s 60 seats, gaining...