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...
Dom Sibley became the 20th Surrey player to score a century in each innings of a first-class match as Surrey set up a winning position against Hampshire on day three of the County Championship match at the Kia Oval. Jamie Smith’s 84 from 113 balls provided the most eye-catching strokeplay as Surrey moved from their...
Gloucestershire’s Zaman Akhter told BBC Radio Bristol: “Definitely a tired body at the minute, we bowled pretty well for a day and a half there and the rewards came in a little clump at the back end. “The one to get Cooke was nice, and we knew as a unit we could come pretty hard...
England international Dawid Malan hit a classy 98 as promoted Yorkshire enjoyed a healthy start to their County Championship Division One clash with Worcestershire at Headingley. Malan struck 12 fours and a six as the Tykes closed on 425-8, aided by Adam Lyth’s 67 and George Hill (63), helping to steady a brief home wobble...
Ben McKinney’s excellent unbeaten century gave Durham the edge on day one of their County Championship Division One match with Warwickshire. Durham had a bad start when they lost captain Alex Lees to the final ball of the first over, but they recovered well with McKinney leading the charge on an unbeaten 143, well supported...
A consistent visitors’ batting display, with five players passing 50, saw them to 427 all out in their first innings. At the start of the day Andy Gorvin finally ended the Leicestershire tail-end frolics as he had Ben Cox lbw for 51 with the second ball of the morning, and although the injured Rishi Patel...
Colin Ackermann posted the first century of the Rothesay County Championship season as Durham recovered to 370-9 on the opening day against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge. Australian pace bowler Fergus O’Neill took 4-74 on his debut for the home side but it was Ackermann – celebrating his 34th birthday – who delivered the outstanding performance...