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...
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,...
Surrey decided to bat first at the Trafalgar Road ground, but Kate Cross took wickets in her first two overs to leave them 10-2. Danni Wyatt-Hodge was then out for 21, bringing Paige Scholfield and Davidson-Richards together. They put on an impressive 143 for the fourth wicket before Scholfield was out for 87 off 82...
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...
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...
Ollie Price and Miles Hammond both made fifties as Gloucestershire produced a determined response to Lancashire’s first-innings 450 on the second day of the County Championship match at Old Trafford. Replying to the home side’s formidable total, in which Marcus Harris made 167 and Ajeet Singh Dale took 3-67, the visitors were 184-2 at the...
It showed in a fine partnership with number three Bohannon passing 5,000 first-class runs for Lancashire on his way to a half-century off 96 balls. But from nowhere, he was lbw to an attempted hoick across the line from the off-spin of Ollie Price to leave the hosts 121-3. If Gloucestershire sensed an opening, Harris...
Adnan, now 18, will not play on the final day of the Second XI match against Yorkshire on Thursday as he has one of his final school exams. Still, he managed to make an impression. Batting at number 10 and with Barry among the crowd, he scored 25 not out with the bat and followed...
Lancashire pair Ellie Threlkeld and Fi Morris have signed new contracts with the club on the brink of the women’s county season. Captain and wicketkeeper Threlkeld, 26, and all-rounder Morris, 31, have both signed extensions to run until the end of the 2026 season. Threlkeld has been captain since 2022 while Morris has been with...
Tom Scriven collected his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket as Leicestershire dominated the second day of their County Championship match against Lancashire at Emirates Old Trafford. Bowling accurately and at good pace, the Leicestershire seamer finished with 5-46 from 20 overs as the home side were dismissed for 263, Marcus Harris making 77 against...
Lancashire’s batters might be grateful that only one session of play was possible on the opening day of their County Championship match against Leicestershire at Emirates Old Trafford as they fell to 61-3. After being asked to bat first in cloudy conditions, Keaton Jennings’ side had proceeded uncertainly to lunch before the light showers that...
Northamptonshire are closing in on a first County Championship victory at Old Trafford since 1999, and only their fourth ever win at Lancashire’s headquarters, after bowling the hosts out for 228 and then having the home side 126-2 in their second innings after enforcing the follow-on. Liam Guthrie gave Northamptonshire the dream start when he...
McManus, who had reached his fifty earlier from 97 balls, marshalled the lower order superbly during the first half of the day and found a willing assistant in Calvin Harrison. The loan signing from Nottinghamshire gave steady support in an 81-run partnership inside 30 overs for the eighth wicket that included reverse sweeping Tom Hartley...
That was when Zaib arrived at the crease and he showed why Northants were keen to hand him a new contract during the winter with some really punchy strokes, including pulling Phillip over mid-wicket for the day’s only six. He showed admirable support for Sales, who looked primed for a century only to hole out...
Lancashire have signed Hampshire and England fast bowler John Turner on a 14-day loan deal. The 24-year-old will go straight into the squad for the County Championship match at Northamptonshire on Friday. He made his England One-Day international debut in the tour of West Indies in November. Turner will provide cover with veteran James Anderson...