Surrey opener Dom Sibley carried his bat for the sixth time in his career and made an unbeaten century to rescue the champions against Hampshire on day one of their County Championship match at The Oval. The 29-year-old was unbeaten on 100 when Surrey were bowled out for 253 after being put in. Hampshire lost...
Lancashire clung on to secure a draw from their gripping County Championship Division Two encounter with Middlesex at Lord’s after falling short in their victory chase of 309 from 67 overs. The Red Rose remained within touching distance of that target for most of the final two sessions, thanks to an opening stand of 93...
A defiant century from Brett D’Oliveira and superb last day resistance from Matthew Waite saw Worcestershire to an unlikely County Championship draw with Somerset at Taunton. Beginning the day on 280-5 in their second innings, still 236 runs short of making their hosts bat again, the visitors closed on 485-9, D’Oliveira contributing a rock solid...
Dom Sibley remained immovable for 77 overs to underpin Surrey’s successful fight to salvage a draw in their opening match in the defence of the County Championship title. Surrey had started the final day with a target of 217 to avoid an innings defeat and Sibley appeared determined to make sure the reigning champions batted...
Warwickshire began this season as they played out most of last season at Edgbaston – with a draw, this time against newly promoted Sussex. The Bears drew all their first five County Championship matches in 2024, before ending the campaign in far more dramatic fashion with an innings victory over Kent, followed by an innings...
Colin Ackermann’s second century of the match was not enough to stave off defeat for Durham, who succumbed to Nottinghamshire by eight wickets after a match-turning spell by England fast bowler Josh Tongue. South African-born Netherlands international Ackermann made 124 to go with his first-innings 116 as Durham, who had trailed by 201 on first...
Showing he has a decent cover drive in his armoury, Tongue racked up nine boundaries in his 55 as he overtook his previous best of 45 not out, made for Worcestershire against Nottinghamshire. James, meanwhile, had made his way to 94, content to wait for the right ball as Tongue increased Durham’s frustrations at the...
Warwickshire and Sussex appear destined to start their County Championship Division One season with a draw after three sun-soaked and run-heavy days at Edgbaston. Sussex closed the third day on 126-3 in their second innings, 200 ahead overall, having taken a first-innings lead of 74. It is a solid advantage that can be built on....
Somerset’s Tom Banton registered the fifth highest score in the history of the County Championship when finally dismissed for 371 on the third day of the match with Worcestershire at Taunton. Unbeaten on 344 overnight, the 26-year-old extended his boundary count to 56 fours and two sixes, facing 403 balls before his wicket saw Somerset...
Six such boundaries carried him past 50 and there would be seven more on the way to three figures, reached in style with an on-drive back past the stumps to the pavilion rope. Fightbacks of course need co-conspirators and not for the first time, Ryan Higgins was first to come to Holden’s assistance. A classy...
Ben Foakes defied his former county for four hours and 41 minutes but could not prevent Essex asking reigning champions Surrey to follow on in the County Championship at Chelmsford. The one-time England wicketkeeper, an Essex academy graduate, stood resolutely while wickets fell all around him to remain unbeaten on 92 as Surrey were dismissed...
The Ben Brown era as Hampshire captain began with a five-wicket County Championship win over newly-promoted Yorkshire. Brown took over from James Vince – who had led the side to a second-placed finish last season – as skipper but was given an anxious 148-run victory chase in his opening game. Yorkshire had been behind the...
Luis Reece celebrated a personal milestone to set up a Derbyshire victory over Gloucestershire by nine wickets on day three of their County Championship Division Two match. The all-rounder took 10 wickets in a match for the first time, finishing with 4-45 to add to his 6 -52 in the first innings. Ben Charlesworth made...
Northants head coach Darren Lehmann said: “That was disappointing with the bat and the boys have got to take some accountability. “It wasn’t a two-and-a-half-day wicket, I thought the groundsman did a really good job – that for me was a nice four-day wicket, more of a 250 wicket in each innings. “I think both...
Kent’s South African paceman Keith Dudgeon took four wickets to all but shatter Northamptonshire’s hopes of chasing 260 on day two of their County Championship match at Wantage Road. On a day which encompassed parts of three innings and saw 20 wickets fall, Dudgeon claimed 4-32, including three in nine balls, as Northamptonshire stumbled to...