Northamptonshire Steelbacks arrived at the County Ground in Derby having won their first two games to face a Falcons side who lost their opener. It was Derbyshire who took charge in the early stages as Northamptonshire lost three wickets inside the opening five overs to slip to 24-3. But skipper David Willey and Bopara steadied...
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...
Durham, Somerset and Lancashire all won in the One-Day Cup as the revamped top flight of the women’s domestic season got under way. Meanwhile a dramatic game at Edgbaston saw Warwickshire tie with Hampshire following a last-ball run out for the Bears. Another match that went down to the final delivery was between Surrey and...
Leicestershire head coach, Alfonso Thomas, said: “We’ve done some really good things in this game. There’s always room for improvement, but I’m just so proud of the guys for how they’ve gone about things. “To a man, everybody in this team does his job and that to me is the sign of a really strong...
Josh Bohannon came to Lancashire’s rescue with a century as their County Championship Division Two match with Northamptonshire ended in a draw. On-loan Notts leg-spinner Calvin Harrison’s career-best 7-119 from a marathon 57 overs (for career-best match figures) had looked likely to propel Northants to a first win in 26 years at Old Trafford. But...