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22-07-2025
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Warwicks on top against Worcs despite Brookes knock
Rothesay County Championship Division One, Edgbaston (day one)Worcestershire 262-8: Brookes 80*, D'Oliveira 57; Bamber 2-47, Barnard 2-47Warwickshire: Yet to batWorcs (1 pt), Warks (2 pts)Match scorecard Ethan Brookes led the resistance against his old club as Worcestershire toiled after choosing to bat against Warwickshire in the County Championship derby at closed the first day on 262-8 with Brookes unbeaten on 80 having taken responsibility after the fall of captain Brett D'Oliveira (57) left his side on an unconvincing 175-5.D'Oliveira had won the toss and chosen to bat on a good pitch but in perfect seam-bowling conditions with moisture in the air, grey cloud overhead and moderate light. Run-scoring was never easy against an attack led by former Worcestershire all-rounder Ed Barnard and Ethan Bamber who both ended the day with with the Kookaburra ball, the conditions were testing for batters and openers Gareth Roderick and Jake Libby added an uneasy 32 but then fell in successive overs. Both nicked nicely shaped outswingers to wicketkeeper Kai Smith; Roderick off Barnard and Libby off Ali struck his first two balls to the off-side boundary but added just three more runs from the next 29 balls before going back to Barnard and falling lbw to one that kept a little Hose (40) and D'Oliveira dug in to steady the innings, at one stage two runs coming from six overs before Hose pulled a rare loose ball from Bamber into the Hollies Stand. Three weeks ago, Hose smashed a dazzling, stroke-strewn 266 from 253 balls against Hampshire in Southampton. Care and caution were key this time in a partnership of 59 from 23 overs which ended when Hose hesitated when called for a single by D'Oliveira and was beaten by Barnard's throw.D'Oliveira, on the ground where he made his first-class debut 13 years earlier, batted with good judgment and determination to try to vindicate his toss decision. He reached his 24th first-class half-century (from 137 balls) but then edged Beau Webster, back with the Bears after Australia duty, to Taylor played across a straight one from Taz Ali and was lbw. Brookes and Ben Allison added 46 but were parted by the new ball when the latter edged Bamber to slip. That brought in debutant Bertie Foreman, signed on a two-week loan deal from Sussex, but he made little headway with the bat before edging Olly Hannon-Dalby to second saw the day through before the light - never good - closed in. The all-rounder will have his sights set on his second first-class century tomorrow if the tail can stick in there with supplied by ECB Reporters' Network, supported by Rothesay
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29-06-2025
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Hose pummels Hampshire with astonishing 266
Rothesay County Championship Division One, Utilita Bowl, Southampton (day one) Worcestershire 456-3: Hose 266, Libby 137*; Fuller 2-87 Hampshire: Yet to bat Hampshire 1 pt, Worcestershire 5 pts Match scorecard Advertisement Adam Hose provided retribution to Hampshire for discarding him as a youngster by scoring 266 - the highest ever score by a visiting player at Utilita Bowl. Top-order batter Hose played for Hampshire at Under-13 to Under-17 levels, having been born and raised on the Isle of Wight, but never progressed into the professional ranks. He returned with an epic second County Championship hundred during a mammoth 395-run third-wicket stand with stand-in captain Jake Libby. Libby knocked up 137 unbeaten runs of his own on a lifeless wicket as Worcestershire ended day one on 456-3. They came into the match with the fewest batting bonus points, three, had only passed 300 on three previous occasions and only two centuries had been made by their batters. Advertisement By the end of the day, they had five more batting points, two more centuries, and well over 100 runs more than they had managed in two innings against defending champions Surrey last week. Libby, once again leading in place of the injured Brett D'Oliveira, couldn't wait to strap his pads on having won the toss. Despite some morning overheads, the air was warm, the pitch looked flat, and the Kookaburra ball was expected to offer next to no assistance to the bowlers. New Zealander Henry Nicholls was tested outside his off-stump throughout his runless 12-ball cameo, before chasing a wide James Fuller delivery to edge behind. Advertisement Kashif Ali was punchy in his 44 off 38 balls, and particularly tucked into Scott Currie, before he was lbw stumbling over a straight delivery from Fuller. At 60-2, things felt even, but from then, and for the next five and a half hours, it was anything but. The sunbathing crowd – including a gathering of past Hampshire players including Barry Richards and their oldest living cricketer, Dennis Baldry – had just Libby's stoicism and Hose's perpetual run scoring to watch. Once Hose found his rhythm, he bypassed each one of Hampshire's plans with gusto. Other than an incredibly tricky short leg chance on 69, he raced through the milestones. 50 in 74 balls, 100 in 126, 150 in 178, 200 in 208 and 250 in 240. Advertisement The more runs he got, the harder and further he hit the ball – one of his seven sixes causing injury to a spectator some 10 rows back at long on. Hose was eventually dismissed on 266 - scuffing the ball to gully to give debutant Dom Kelly his first Championship wicket - in the penultimate over of the day. His score surpassed the 243 made by Phil Jaques for Yorkshire on this ground in 2004, and was just one fewer than Zak Crawley's marathon for England and John Crawley and Michael Carberry's triple-centuries in scores by anyone at the Bowl. Hose did play one first-team match for Hampshire, a non-first-class three-day game against Cardiff MCCU - ironically, one of his opponents in that fixture was Libby. Advertisement With him on this occasion, runs flowed like a tap. Libby isn't one for showy shots, at his best he occupies the crease – he has the second longest County Championship innings by minutes to his name to demonstrate his stickability. He offered the Hampshire bowlers even less hope than Hose, scoring at his own pace to reach his second ton of the campaign in 219 deliveries. ECB Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
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29-06-2025
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Hose pummels Hampshire with astonishing 266
Rothesay County Championship Division One, Utilita Bowl, Southampton (day one)Worcestershire 456-3: Hose 266, Libby 137*; Fuller 2-87Hampshire: Yet to batHampshire 1 pt, Worcestershire 5 ptsMatch scorecard Adam Hose provided retribution to Hampshire for discarding him as a youngster by scoring 266 - the highest ever score by a visiting player at Utilita batter Hose played for Hampshire at Under-13 to Under-17 levels, having been born and raised on the Isle of Wight, but never progressed into the professional returned with an epic second County Championship hundred during a mammoth 395-run third-wicket stand with stand-in captain Jake knocked up 137 unbeaten runs of his own on a lifeless wicket as Worcestershire ended day one on came into the match with the fewest batting bonus points, three, had only passed 300 on three previous occasions and only two centuries had been made by their the end of the day, they had five more batting points, two more centuries, and well over 100 runs more than they had managed in two innings against defending champions Surrey last once again leading in place of the injured Brett D'Oliveira, couldn't wait to strap his pads on having won the some morning overheads, the air was warm, the pitch looked flat, and the Kookaburra ball was expected to offer next to no assistance to the Zealander Henry Nicholls was tested outside his off-stump throughout his runless 12-ball cameo, before chasing a wide James Fuller delivery to edge Ali was punchy in his 44 off 38 balls, and particularly tucked into Scott Currie, before he was lbw stumbling over a straight delivery from 60-2, things felt even, but from then, and for the next five and a half hours, it was anything sunbathing crowd – including a gathering of past Hampshire players including Barry Richards and their oldest living cricketer, Dennis Baldry – had just Libby's stoicism and Hose's perpetual run scoring to Hose found his rhythm, he bypassed each one of Hampshire's plans with than an incredibly tricky short leg chance on 69, he raced through the milestones. 50 in 74 balls, 100 in 126, 150 in 178, 200 in 208 and 250 in more runs he got, the harder and further he hit the ball – one of his seven sixes causing injury to a spectator some 10 rows back at long was eventually dismissed on 266 - scuffing the ball to gully to give debutant Dom Kelly his first Championship wicket - in the penultimate over of the score surpassed the 243 made by Phil Jaques for Yorkshire on this ground in 2004, and was just one fewer than Zak Crawley's marathon for England and John Crawley and Michael Carberry's triple-centuries in scores by anyone at the did play one first-team match for Hampshire, a non-first-class three-day game against Cardiff MCCU - ironically, one of his opponents in that fixture was him on this occasion, runs flowed like a isn't one for showy shots, at his best he occupies the crease – he has the second longest County Championship innings by minutes to his name to demonstrate his offered the Hampshire bowlers even less hope than Hose, scoring at his own pace to reach his second ton of the campaign in 219 Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
BBC News
07-06-2025
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Hose hits superb 95 as Rapids beat Outlaws
Vitality Blast, Trent BridgeWorcestershire Rapids 206-5 (20 overs): Hose 95, Ali 51; Pennington 2-48Nottinghamshire Outlaws 181-7 (20 overs): Patterson-White 39*, Moores 39; Taylor 2-36, Duffy 2-42Worcestershire Rapids win by 25 runsScorecard Adam Hose hit a devastating 95 from 51 balls to help Worcestershire Rapids secure a 25-run victory over Nottinghamshire Outlaws in the T20 Blast at Trent hosts won the toss and put Worcestershire in to bat - a decision that looked to be paying dividends when the hosts picked up two quick early wickets to put the Rapids under pressure at skipper Brett D'Oliveira was run out for a golden duck in bizarre fashion just three balls into the innings when he lost his balance as he tried to take a quick single and bowler Daniel Sams reacted quickly to dismiss him with a direct Pollock then hammered former Worcestershire bowler Dillon Pennington's first ball straight down Matthew Montgomery's throat at deep square leg to leave the Rapids in a spot of Kashif Ali instantly went on the attack for Worcestershire, hitting three sixes in the space of three overs to end the powerplay at moved onto 51 but soon after he was caught in the deep by Lyndon James after coming down the track to Calvin Harrison in the 10th over and sending one straight to long that moment onwards, Hose stepped on the gas and produced a blistering batting display, smashing six sixes - two of which sailed over the stand - and seven first maximum from Hose was the biggest of the lot, sending an enormous slog sweep into the street outside the ground off Liam repeated the trick again shortly after, this time off Harrison, and then went to his 21st T20 career half-century - and second of the season - in some style as he pulled Conor McKerr for Brookes ably supported Hose, making a valuable 32 from 19 balls before he tried to go big through the leg side against Patterson-White but was caught by Sams in the deep to bring to an end a 79-run partnership with Hose to leave the Rapids on it did not slow Worcestershire's progress as Ben Dwarshuis joined Hose in the middle and they took 16 runs from Pennington in the 17th over and then 19 from Sams in the penultimate over of the was still time for one more six in the final over off Pennington - and 11th of the evening for the Rapids - as Dwarshuis smashed one on the up over mid-wicket on his way to 18 not out off nine Hose chasing what would have been the first T20 Blast century of the season, he tried to scoop Pennington down to fine leg but was trapped in front, falling just five runs short of a ton as Worcestershire finished on 95 is the joint-highest score of the T20 Blast season, with Lancashire's Keaton Jennings also reaching the same figure against Notts in May. Nottinghamshire made a relatively bright start in reply despite losing Lyndon James for just one when he sent a length delivery from Tom Taylor tamely into the hands of Hose at who is the Outlaws' leading T20 run-scorer so far this season, pushed his side onto 38 inside the first five after he toed one in the air straight to Taylor at mid-off from Jacob Duffy for 19, the hosts struggled to build any significant Henriques was stumped by Gareth Roderick off Fateh Singh and skipper Joe Clarke, who hit two sixes on the way to 31, was caught by D'Oliveira off Taylor to leave the Outlaws 72-4 at the halfway point of the hit two sixes and made a quick 20 from 12 balls, while Tom Moores joint top-scored with 39, but both fell in relatively quick succession as Nottinghamshire saw any realistic hopes of victory drift away at 129-6 with five overs (15) and Patterson-White (39*) slapped a few impressive boundaries towards the end of the innings to restore some pride, with the latter launching a particularly huge six through mid-on from a valiant late effort for the Outlaws proved to be in vain as they ended up on 181-7 and Worcestershire sealed a deserved win to move level on points with Nottinghamshire and above them on net run-rate into fourth.
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01-06-2025
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Anderson stars for Lancs, Glamorgan win first game
James Anderson marked his first T20 Blast game for 11 years with a career-best 3-17 and a catch as Lancashire Lightning beat Durham in a thrilling ex-England paceman helped restrict Durham to 150-6, and with the scores level, Jack Blatherwick hit the final ball of the game for a single as the Red Rose reached 151-6 to win by four wickets. Elsewhere in North Group, Northants Steelbacks earned their second win by beating Leicestershire Foxes by five wickets, and Brett D'Oliveira's 79 led Worcestershire to a 60-run win over Yorkshire at New South Group, leg-spinner Mason Crane claimed 4-28 as Glamorgan beat Middlesex by five wickets in their first game, and Somerset also won, beating Essex by eight wickets, but holders Gloucestershire were bowled out for 93 as they lost to Sussex by 80 scorecards North Group - Lightning continue good start All eyes were on Test cricket's leading wicket-taker at the Riverside as Anderson was handed the ball for the opening over of the was a tidy one, yielding just three runs, and he then had Graham Clark caught at mid-off, Alex Lees taken at mid-on, and had Colin Ackermann dropped at mid-wicket by Tom Aspinwall in an opening burst of 2-15 from three who was knighted in April, returned for the 11th over of the innings and picked up the wicket of Ackermann - his spell including 16 dot balls and no boundaries or sixes conceded - before catching Ben Raine at fine Zealander Jimmy Neesham (40 not out off 25 balls) boosted the Durham total and they then picked up a couple of early wickets at the start of Lancashire's visitors struggled to 80-4 in the 12th over but Michael Jones made 55 off 39 balls, including a six through the rear window of a vehicle in the car park, and Josh Bohannon a well-judged was caught and bowled by Neesham from the fifth ball of the final over, but Blatherwick came out to win the game and earn Lancashire their third win out of three. Three-time winners Leicestershire lost two wickets in the first over of their match, bowled by Northants Steelbacks skipper David Willey, and found themselves 39-7 in the eighth over as Ben Sanderson produced a superb spell of looked like the Foxes might fail to reach their lowest T20 score of 89 all out against Derbyshire in 2022, but Logan van Beek's 42 enabled them to bat out the full 20 overs for 122 all were 75-4 in the 14th over of their reply - but Ravi Bopara's unbeaten 46 off 40 balls took them home by five wickets on 123-5 with four balls to New Road, Worcestershire Rapids skipper Brett D'Oliveira made the highest T20 score of his career, hitting four sixes in his 79 off 48 balls against Yorkshire after being dropped early in his innings by Dom Bess.D'Oliveira put on 117 with Adam Hose, who contributed 54 off 37, before holing out off Australian Will Sutherland in their captain Dawid Malan, by contrast, was bowled second ball for a duck by Jacob Duffy (2-30) and wickets continued to fall regularly with Adam Finch (2-19) running out James Wharton by kicking the ball on to the made 41 not out off 37 balls but Yorkshire were well short of their target on 135-8 when rain ended play with three balls left and they lost by 60 runs via the DLS method. South Group - Crane puts Middlesex in spin Glamorgan made a winning entry into this summer's competition as figures of 4-28 by leg-spinner Mason Crane set up a five-wicket victory over Middlesex at Merchant Taylors' home side went into decline following an opening stand of 45 between Stevie Eskinazi and Kane Williamson, the latter run out for 25 by Hayden Kerr's direct hit at the bowler's proved to be the best score in a disappointing Middlesex total of 124-9, but their bowlers made Glamorgan work for the win, reducing them to 64-5 before an unbroken stand of 64 between Asa Tribe (40 not out) and Daniel Douthwaite (31) saw them home on 128-5 after 15.3 overs."It is a bit of a mystery when you come to an out-ground in terms of knowing what you are going to get, but there was a little bit there so I was pretty happy with that," Crane Smeed played arguably the innings of the day for last year's runners-up Somerset, hitting a six and 11 fours in his 81 not out off 54 balls as they cruised to an eight-wicket win over Essex at coming together when a brilliant one-handed boundary catch by Thomas Rew removed Paul Walter, Dean Elgar (50) and Matt Critchley (54) shared a fourth-wicket stand of 83 for the home side, but from 119-3, they lost seven wickets for 29 runs to be all out for opening partnership of 96 in nine overs between Smeed and Tom Lammonby (36) put Somerset on course for victory and they reached 149-2 from the penultimate ball of the 16th over. Holders Gloucestershire suffered their second defeat as their batting let them down against Sussex Sharks at Payne, the top wicket-taker in the 2024 Blast, and Matt Taylor claimed three victims each as Sussex were bowled out for 173 despite Tom Alsop (58 off 35 balls) and James Coles (43 off 27) putting on 105 Ollie Robinson bowled Cameron Bancroft for seven with a beautiful leg-cutter early in Gloucestershire's reply and the visitors lost their way as Tymal Mills took 3-13 and were dismissed in the 14th over. Tuesday's fixture Cardiff: Glamorgan v Surrey (start 18:30 BST) Wednesday's fixtures Old Trafford: Lancashire Lightning v Leicestershire Foxes (18:30 BST)Derby: Derbyshire Falcons v Northants Steelbacks (19:00 BST)
