John Simpson’s 18th first-class century put Hampshire on the ropes before a batting collapse put Sussex on the brink of a County Championship victory at Utilita Bowl. Skipper Simpson was superb to record back-to-back centuries, and third of the campaign, as he scored an unbeaten 106 – which included a 173-run stand with 78-maker Fynn...
Chris Rushworth and Chris Woakes bowled Warwickshire into the ascendancy over Worcestershire on the second day of the County Championship Division One derby at Visit Worcestershire New Road. Rushworth (4-37) and Woakes (3-34) exploited perfect seam-bowling conditions to bowl the home side out for 181. That gave Warwickshire a first innings lead of 46 –...
Henry Crocombe and John Turner demonstrated their winter work with Dale Steyn with whirlwind spells as 15 wickets fell on the first day at Utilita Bowl in the County Championship. Fast bowlers Crocombe and Turner were part of the England Lions squad mentored by South Africa legend Steyn, and coached by Andrew Flintoff, over the...
Nottinghamshire’s Ben Slater and Joe Clarke posted battling half-centuries and new England Lion George Hill claimed five more wickets for Yorkshire during a fascinating opening day of County Championship cricket at Headingley. Division One leaders Notts were bowled out for 228 by a White Rose side who sat second-bottom ahead of this seventh fixture of...
Tom Taylor continued his excellent form with another four wickets as Worcestershire bowled Warwickshire out for 227 on the opening day of their County Championship match at Visit Worcestershire New Road Taylor took 4-37 as Warwickshire, having been strongly placed at 161-2 thanks to Sam Hain (86 from 152 balls) and Tom Latham (59, 153),...
Saif Zaib hit a superbly paced unbeaten 141, his highest first-class score and third century of the season, as Northamptonshire staged a sterling fightback on day one of this County Championship match against Gloucestershire at Wantage Road. Zaib combined with James Sales (81) in a fifth-wicket stand worth 148 in 44.2 overs after Northamptonshire’s top...
Matt Henry took four wickets for Somerset but 20-year-old Mitch Killeen’s late strike helped Durham just shade the first day of their County Championship Division One match. Despite Ollie Robinson’s 52 and a half-century stand for the last wicket, the home side were dismissed for 277 in their first innings in a match between teams...
Surrey dismissed Essex for 217 as events on day one at the Kia Oval followed a familiar pattern. Having won the toss, the champions fielded first on a well-grassed surface and despite Michael Pepper’s 75 they bowled Essex out in two sessions. Australian left-hander Kurtis Patterson led the reply with 51 as Surrey reached 94-3...
Winless Lancashire squandered a promising start to be bowled out for 206 on day one of their visit to runaway Division Two leaders Leicestershire in the County Championship. Logan Van Beek and Josh Hull took three wickets each as Lancashire, who had been 74-0 in the 28th over, were dismissed an hour after tea and...
While Middlesex were unchanged, Glamorgan gave a surprise one-off appearance to Australia left-arm spinner Matt Kuhnemann in place of Sri Lanka paceman Asitha Fernando, with Tom Bevan replacing in-form Ben Kellaway, who is sitting university exams. Roland-Jones took the initiative on a fairly grassy wicket as he had Zain Ul Hassan caught behind for 11...
Miles Davis BBC Devon political reporter BBC Liberal Democrat Julian Brazil has been voted in as the new leader of Devon County Council Improving services for children and fixing roads are the top two priorities for the new leader of Devon County Council. Liberal Democrat Julian Brazil will lead a minority administration and has included...
“When it happens, our staff members want to protect each other because it’s a disgusting thing to happen. I wanted to calm the situation down. “Livingston have been first class, they have CCTV here so they’ll identify who it was and take action.” County’s chief executive Steven Ferguson echoed his manager’s comments, adding that the...
Maynard took over at Meadow Lane in January 2024 from Notts’ National League promotion-winning boss Luke Williams, who left the club to take charge of Championship side Swansea City. The job at Notts was Maynard’s first in full-time management, having worked part-time as Wealdstone boss while juggling his long-time career as a telecommunications engineer. His...
A record number of visitors attended the Devon County Show (DCS) this year, organisers have said. DCS said 101,500 visitors attended the event over the course of the weekend, surpassing 2023, which drew 97,000 visitors. The 129th show ran from Thursday 15 until Saturday 17 May at Westpoint Arena, near Exeter. Show manager Lisa Moore...
Livingston manager David Martindale is not surprised that County are in the play-off for a third successive season. He believes that a 12-team top flight means it is likely to be the same clubs battling it out at the bottom to avoid the drop in most campaigns. Most years, clubs like County, St Johnstone and...