Adam Lyth’s patiently accumulated 185, and Jonny Bairstow’s typically belligerent half-century, set Essex an unlikely 520 to prevent Yorkshire chalking up their second County Championship win of the season. Lyth’s second century of the spring, the 39th of his 18-year first-class career, spanned six hours and 41 minutes of determination and obduracy. The 37-year-old left-hander...
A late burst of wickets from support bowler Fynn Hudson-Prentice gave Sussex an unlikely advantage over Somerset at Hove. Somerset had already lost Archie Vaughan, well caught by James Coles at third slip off Jayden Seales, when Hudson- Prentice replaced Sean Hunt and promptly took four wickets – including two with his first two deliveries...