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BBC News
25-05-2025
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Northants build lead after Green hundred for Gloucs
Rothesay County Championship Division Two, County Ground, Northampton (day three)Northamptonshire 469 & 158-4: Sales 49*; Akhter 2-31Gloucestershire 379-8 dec: Green 118*, Bancroft 60, Hammond 51; Harrison 4-94Northants (5 pts) lead Glos (5 pts) by 248 with five wickets standingMatch scorecard Australia's Cameron Green warmed up for the World Test Championship final with a superb unbeaten 118 to set up a bold Gloucestershire declaration against Northamptonshire on day three of their Championship match at Wantage was Green's third century in a five-game stint for Gloucestershire as he returns after an eight-month lay-off following back surgery. After a scratchy start, the Western Australian all-rounder played beautifully, facing 185 balls and striking three sixes and eight fours and looked in excellent touch ahead of next month's Test final at Lord's. After eight knocks for Gloucestershire, he currently has an average of 73.67 with power to add in the second innings helped take the visitors from a precarious overnight 156-4 to 379-8 when skipper Cameron Bancroft called time with Gloucestershire still 90 runs behind, leg-spinner Calvin Harrison finishing with figures of their second innings, James Sales followed his first innings 81 with an unbeaten 49 as Northamptonshire closed on 158-4, leading by 248 to set up a fascinating final after a brief rain delay, nightwatcher Matt Taylor (36) and Green both edged past the slips, while Harry Conway found plenty of movement back into the right handers and had two big lbw shouts turned pulled Liam Guthrie behind square for six and targeted Harrison, smashing consecutive boundaries including a big hit over mid-wicket. He perished attempting a similar shot, Harrison running across to take the catch off a top quickly struck again when Luke Procter jagged one back into James Bracey, squaring him up as he edged low to Harrison at second Green was not timing the ball perfectly, he seemed content to occupy the crease and reduce the deficit, although he showed one moment of aggression when he pulled a Gus Miller short ball over forward square-leg for found a willing partner in Graeme van Buuren (27), the pair posting a stand of 79 after lunch. By now Green was moving up through the gears, driving Guthrie down the ground for back-to-back boundaries to reach his half-century off 103 balls. He had a reprieve later in the same over when Guthrie shelled a return catch and was forced to leave the field as his knee landed on the ball in his follow through. At the other end, Conway had a close lbw shout turned down against van Buuren but persuaded the umpire to raise his finger when one kept low and struck him in greeted Guthrie's return from the treatment table by swatting him for six over the old bowls pavilion. With the follow on saved, Green then played Harrison through the off-side to reach three lost an eighth wicket when Tom Price chopped onto his stumps against Harrison, but Green finished the afternoon session in style, depositing Saif Zaib over long-on on the stroke of tea at which point Bancroft reply Northamptonshire targeted quick runs but lost Procter early lbw, attempting to sweep Ollie Vasconcelos (27) started in brisk fashion swatting Tom Price over deep square into the neighbouring Wellingborough Road gardens for six and clubbing four boundaries before he was adjudged to have gloved an Akhter short ball to the keeper. Miller was next to go, lbw to Aadi Sharma (24) dismissively pulled Akhter for six to get off the mark before taking consecutive boundaries off Archie Bailey, who finally claimed his wicket via an edge to started aggressively, cutting fiercely for four before Green put down a regulation slip catch off the bowling of Akhter. He moved into the forties shortly before the close by pulling Ollie Price through midwicket, finishing the day one away from a second half-century of the match. Sales resumed his big first innings partnership with Saif Zaib (22 not out), who also found runs all around the ground, the pair adding 58 for the fifth Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
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24-05-2025
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Harrison keeps Northants in control against Glos
Rothesay County Championship Division Two, County Ground, Northampton (day two) Northamptonshire 469: Zaib 159, Sales 81, Harrison 63; Bailey 3-76 Gloucestershire 156-4: Bancroft 60, Hammond 51; Harrison 2-40 Northants 3 pts, Glos 2 pts Match scorecard Northamptonshire leg-spinner Calvin Harrison followed up a career-best knock of 63 with two wickets to keep his side in control of their County Championship clash against Gloucestershire at Wantage Road. Harrison, on loan from Nottinghamshire, shared a ninth-wicket partnership of 90 with Liam Guthrie as the home side posted a daunting total of 469, built around Saif Zaib's career-high 159. Visiting captain Cameron Bancroft defied Northamptonshire with a gritty 60 – his first half-century in seven innings – while Miles Hammond hit a more pugnacious 51, but both fell shortly before stumps to leave Gloucestershire 156-4, still 164 short of the follow-on target. Harrison finished the day with 2-40, with Luke Procter and Harry Conway picking up a wicket apiece. Resuming on 327-6, Northamptonshire built steadily throughout the morning session, with Lewis McManus square cutting Matt Taylor to the boundary to take his stand with Zaib into three figures. Taylor had McManus caught behind for 43 in his next over, persuading the right-hander to nibble outside off stump, but Zaib soon progressed to 150 for the first time as the home side pocketed a third batting bonus point. They declined to attempt a swift dash for a fourth, particularly after Zaib's marathon knock finally came to an end, slashing Archie Bailey to slip, but Harrison, who drove confidently on the off side – including an all-run four off Bailey – and Guthrie batted capably. Gloucestershire brought back Zaman Akhter, who had been wayward early on, for a second spell at the David Capel End and Guthrie immediately steered him to the long-on boundary, prompting them to switch to an all-spin attack leading up to lunch. That included the occasional off-breaks of Hammond, who continued after the interval but was soon targeted as Harrison, having passed his half-century, thumped him to the fence twice in quick succession. Fellow spinner Ollie Price made the breakthrough when Harrison reverse-swept him into the hands of backward point and, with Guthrie holing out for 33 in Graeme van Buuren's next over, it was finally time for Gloucestershire's openers to strap on their pads. There was an early scare for Bancroft, who dragged Guthrie on to his pad rather than the stumps, while Ben Charlesworth survived a hesitant inside edge off Conway in similar fashion. The pair appeared to have settled into their rhythm, but Procter's consistent spell as first change brought rewards when he found the outside edge of Charlesworth's bat and Ricardo Vasconcelos snapped up the chance at slip. However, Bancroft kept the scoreboard ticking along after tea, leg-glancing Conway to the rope and then flicking the seamer off his hips for four more while Ollie Price dropped anchor at the other end. Price had just begun to flex his muscles by sweeping Harrison for two boundaries and tried to turn the leg-spinner around the corner again – but Vasconcelos anticipated the shot and scurried around behind McManus to take the catch. New batter Hammond held firm and flourished against the spinners, scoring freely on both sides of the wicket to reach his fourth 50 of the campaign from 60 balls, sharing a stand of 80 with Bancroft. But Harrison returned to pin Hammond leg before and Bancroft departed in the next over, caught down the leg side off Conway as Gloucestershire limped through to the close. Report supplied by ECB Reporters Network, supported by Rothesay Zaib hits century as Northants recover against Glos Notifications, social media and more with BBC Sport
BBC News
24-05-2025
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Harrison keeps Northants in control against Glos
Rothesay County Championship Division Two, County Ground, Northampton (day two)Northamptonshire 469: Zaib 159, Sales 81, Harrison 63; Bailey 3-76Gloucestershire 156-4: Bancroft 60, Hammond 51; Harrison 2-40Northants 3 pts, Glos 2 ptsMatch scorecard Northamptonshire leg-spinner Calvin Harrison followed up a career-best knock of 63 with two wickets to keep his side in control of their County Championship clash against Gloucestershire at Wantage on loan from Nottinghamshire, shared a ninth-wicket partnership of 90 with Liam Guthrie as the home side posted a daunting total of 469, built around Saif Zaib's career-high captain Cameron Bancroft defied Northamptonshire with a gritty 60 – his first half-century in seven innings – while Miles Hammond hit a more pugnacious 51, but both fell shortly before stumps to leave Gloucestershire 156-4, still 164 short of the follow-on finished the day with 2-40, with Luke Procter and Harry Conway picking up a wicket on 327-6, Northamptonshire built steadily throughout the morning session, with Lewis McManus square cutting Matt Taylor to the boundary to take his stand with Zaib into three had McManus caught behind for 43 in his next over, persuading the right-hander to nibble outside off stump, but Zaib soon progressed to 150 for the first time as the home side pocketed a third batting bonus declined to attempt a swift dash for a fourth, particularly after Zaib's marathon knock finally came to an end, slashing Archie Bailey to slip, but Harrison, who drove confidently on the off side – including an all-run four off Bailey – and Guthrie batted brought back Zaman Akhter, who had been wayward early on, for a second spell at the David Capel End and Guthrie immediately steered him to the long-on boundary, prompting them to switch to an all-spin attack leading up to included the occasional off-breaks of Hammond, who continued after the interval but was soon targeted as Harrison, having passed his half-century, thumped him to the fence twice in quick spinner Ollie Price made the breakthrough when Harrison reverse-swept him into the hands of backward point and, with Guthrie holing out for 33 in Graeme van Buuren's next over, it was finally time for Gloucestershire's openers to strap on their was an early scare for Bancroft, who dragged Guthrie on to his pad rather than the stumps, while Ben Charlesworth survived a hesitant inside edge off Conway in similar pair appeared to have settled into their rhythm, but Procter's consistent spell as first change brought rewards when he found the outside edge of Charlesworth's bat and Ricardo Vasconcelos snapped up the chance at Bancroft kept the scoreboard ticking along after tea, leg-glancing Conway to the rope and then flicking the seamer off his hips for four more while Ollie Price dropped anchor at the other had just begun to flex his muscles by sweeping Harrison for two boundaries and tried to turn the leg-spinner around the corner again – but Vasconcelos anticipated the shot and scurried around behind McManus to take the batter Hammond held firm and flourished against the spinners, scoring freely on both sides of the wicket to reach his fourth 50 of the campaign from 60 balls, sharing a stand of 80 with Harrison returned to pin Hammond leg before and Bancroft departed in the next over, caught down the leg side off Conway as Gloucestershire limped through to the supplied by ECB Reporters Network, supported by Rothesay
The Guardian
12-05-2025
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Warwickshire v Surrey, Essex v Yorkshire, and more: county cricket day four
Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature A 14-wicket day at Trent Bridge as Hampshire were steam‑rollered to a 366-run defeat. Liam Patterson‑White and Jack Haynes dominated the morning session with centuries, and Hampshire were set 483 to win, or four and a bit sessions to bat. It wasn't to be. Seven wickets fell after tea as Hampshire were whistled out for 116 in their second innings, the top scorer No 11 Sonny Baker, with 27. Lyndon James grabbed five wickets, Brett Hutton four – there was only time for Mohammad Abbas to add two catches to his first‑innings five-fer against his old team. The Nottinghamshire juggernaut steams on, three wins in the bag, firebox ablaze. There was bouncing delight for the cherry-red caps of Northamptonshire, after snatching a 70-run victory against Lancashire. It was almost 20 years ago that they last beat Lancashire, courtesy of Jason Brown's 10 wickets and 147 from Usman Afzaal. This time, the crucial intervention came from on-loan leg‑spinner Calvin Harrison, who has an appetite for red-rose batters. With Lancashire seemingly cruising to their target of 236, he had Marcus Harris stumped and Josh Bohannon lbw – which precipitated a collapse of seven for 28 runs. Earlier, Ben Sanderson had given Northamptonshire something to bowl at when he crashed 65 from 28 balls. The win was the first under Darren Lehmann's tenure; Lancashire, preseason favourites for promotion, slip to the bottom of Division Two. At Canterbury, Kent were bowled out for 176 after following on – a spanking by an innings and 161 runs and Glamorgan's first win of the season. Chris Benjamin was stranded six runs short of a maiden Kent century in the first innings, and three wickets each from Asitha Fernando and Timm van der Gugten soon sliced through the second – all out in fewer than 50 overs. There were firm words from Adam Hollioake: 'I wasn't here last year but I heard about it so we're not just going to start sulking and feeling sorry for ourselves.' Despite an unbeaten 85 from Ben Foakes, Surrey are struggling at Edgbaston after Warwickshire reduced them to 369 for nine, 296 runs short of the follow-on. Three surprise wickets from Rob Yates and two from the rapid Che Simmons gave life to the final day. Worcestershire need 244 to win at Hove, but the force is with Sussex after they removed Henry Nicholls just before the close; 185 from Adam Lyth put Yorkshire on top at Chelmsford. Share DIVISION ONE Chelmsford: Essex 123 and 64-4 v Yorkshire 216 and 426-6dec Trent Bridge: Notts 333 and 345 BEAT Hampshire 196 and 116 by 366 runs Hove: Sussex 284 and 256 v Worcestershire 180 and 117-3 Worcs need 244 to win Edgbaston: Warwickshire 665-5dec v Surrey 369-9 DIVISION TWO Canterbury: Glamorgan 549-9dec BEAT Kent 212 and 176 by an innings and 161 runs County Ground: Northamptonshire 238 and 273 BEAT Lancashire 276 and 165 by 70 runs. Share Good Monday morning and the best of luck to all those sproglets of CCLive! readers currently pouring over a GCSE English Literature paper. Just three games left in this round after yesterday's sudden denouements – Warwickshire have weakened Surrey in a surprising chokehold, Essex are in deep trouble against Yorkshire and Worcestershire face an uphill chase. Play starts at 11am, do join us between zooms. Share
BBC News
11-05-2025
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Harrison leads way as Northants beat Lancashire
Rothesay County Championship Division Two, County Ground, Northampton (day three)Northamptonshire 238 & 273: Sanderson 65, Zaib 50; Phillip 3-51, Williams 3-70Lancashire 276 & 165: Harris 43, Bohannon 41; Harrison 4-32, Guthrie 3-34Northamptonshire (19 pts) beat Lancashire (4 pts) by 70 runsMatch scorecard 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 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 – almost halfway to their 236 victory target at Wantage triggered a rapid collapse, with seven wickets falling for 28 to leave Lancashire, pre-season favourites for promotion, winless and bottom of the Division Two tailender Ben Sanderson blazed a remarkable 65 from 28 balls – his maiden half-century and the second fastest in Northamptonshire's red-ball history – sharing a ninth-wicket stand of 81 with Liam Guthrie as they rallied to total 273 in their second their overnight lead at 102 and four wickets intact, the home side adopted a positive approach from the start as Saif Zaib hammered Anderson Phillip through the covers for successive took his cue from Zaib, hitting three boundaries as they built a partnership of 49 and the left-hander advanced to his half-century, having spent almost three hours at the crease Tom Bailey slanted one across to have Zaib caught at slip, just two balls after Harrison had fallen lbw to Will Williams, Lancashire might have begun mentally preparing for the run chase – but Sanderson had other survived a sharp chance to gully with just four to his name, he went on the offensive with a combination of straight drives, square cuts and slashes over the slips, as well as flaying Williams past long-on for also heaved Bailey over the rope to lift Northamptonshire's advantage beyond 200 and a flurry of four boundaries from a single Bailey over brought up the 36-year-old's maiden 50 in his 112th game of first-class cricket.A miscued pull off Phillip that looped to deep square leg eventually sent Sanderson back to the dressing room, accompanied by warm applause before Guthrie holed out for 16 in the bowler's next left the visitors to chase 236 and Keaton Jennings seemed in a rush, hitting a trio of leg-side fours in the first over after lunch only to be fall victim to a smart catch by James Sales at square leg off partner George Bell soon followed, snapped up at short midwicket by Zaib and, with over 200 still required, Bohannon and Harris had to maintain their composure and who had top-scored with a hundred in the first innings, looked well set for another big score as he lifted Lancashire's total into three figures with a clinical cover-driven four off pair added 83 but Northamptonshire's decision to bring Harrison on before tea paid dividends as the leg-spinner prised out both the set batters, with Harris (43) lured down the track for a stumping and Bohannon (41) leg before pushing forward dismissals sandwiched that of Matty Hurst, who lost his off stump to a beauty from Harry Conway – and Harrison struck again in the first over after the interval, turning one to bowl Luke Wells through the and Sanderson collected a wicket apiece and Phillip's top edge provided Harrison with a routine return catch for his fourth scalp before Guthrie (3-34) had Williams caught behind to end Lancashire's late Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
