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BBC News
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Essex and Lancs claim first T20 wins of campaign
Essex and Lancashire both claimed their first victories of the season in the Women's T20 Lauren Winfield-Hill top scored with 42 from 25 balls as Essex set Somerset a target of 150 to win at Ellie Anderson picked up figures of 3-19 off four overs which included the wicket of Essex captain Grace Scrivens with the seamer's first ball of the Barnes took a stunning catch at square leg to remove Lissy Macleod, one of two catches by Barnes, who was forced off with a hand injury after the second and was unable to take any further part in the stalled in their reply, and when Eva Gray's in-swinger took skipper Sophie Luff's off stump to leave them on 29-4, the visitors chances looked to be in tatters.A fifth-wicket partnership worth 25 runs between Fran Wilson and Alex Griffiths gave Somerset a brief glimmer of hope, but when Wilson fell to leg-spinner Abtaha Maqsood, the writing was on the wall for the MacGregor finished with career-best T20 figures of 4-8 as Somerset were quickly bowled out for 84, still 66 runs short of their target, with last batter Barnes unfit to take to the Thunder bounced back from their seven-wicket defeat by The Blaze on Saturday with a gutsy 18-run victory at visitors put on 140-7 in their 20 overs with captain Ellie Threlkeld top scoring with 48 and Aisla Lister adding an important knock of 42 not run chase started well with Suzie Bates and Katherine Fraser putting on 61 for the first wicket as the hosts went in search of a first win of the Thunder recovered in the second half of the innings, taking nine wickets for only 61 runs. Four wickets from Grace Potts (4-33) and two each for Sophie Morris (2-22), Sophie Ecclestone (2-24) and Grace Johnson (2-25) helped turn the match around for the Red Rose.
The Guardian
24-05-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Surrey v Essex, Yorkshire v Notts, and more: county cricket day two
Update: Date: 2025-05-24T09:09:32.000Z Title: Head to Grace Road Content: for your homemade sugar fix (I recommend the cherry cake): Hungry eyes: a wonderful spread by the Friends of Grace Road. @FoGRMeet4Cake Update: Date: 2025-05-24T09:08:07.000Z Title: Weather watch Content: Cloudy, with hit and miss scattered showers. Update: Date: 2025-05-24T09:08:07.000Z Title: Friday's round-up Content: High spring hangs over this final May round of Championship cricket, the international summer pulling eyeballs away, the lack of rain leaving parched pitches. A good crowd collected on the apple-green benches sitting around the Grace Road boundary. They saw Lancashire get off to a steaming start thanks to Keaton Jennings and Luke Wells, but then fold in familiar fashion to patient Leicestershire bowling. Logan van Beek removed the two openers either side of lunch, finishing with three for 38, while Josh Hull found some devil in the dirt. Leicestershire lost two evening wickets, but Rehan Ahmed and Lewis Hill saw the day out. After his come-back game against Gloucestershire last week, Lancashire are without Jimmy Anderson – the club said that they were 'managing his return to competitive cricket.' Durham won the toss at Chester le Street and chose to bat on a pitch that shuffled its uneven bounce that never quite let the batters settle. Ollie Robinson top scored with 52, while Matt Henry spearheaded Somerset's attack, finishing with four wickets. Hampshire were pancaked for 154 at Southampton, Henry Crocombe taking four wickets in 11 balls in his first game of the season. John Turner then countered with three wickets in nine balls to leave Sussex with work to do. A Sam Cook-less Essex were sent packing in two sessions by a Surrey side including Sam Curran, who had zipped down from Trent Bridge where he had been watching brother Ben play for Zimbabwe on Thursday – Curran ended up being Cook's first Test wicket. Michael Pepper held the Essex innings together with 75, but Surrey perch greedily, 94 for three at stumps. Saif Zaib's charming 141, his highest first-class score, rescued Northants from 57 for four against Gloucestershire; while Caleb Jewell's unbeaten 152, his first Derbyshire century, gave the Kent bowlers little time to rest. Marnus Labuschagne was contained by Middlesex, caught for 23, but Glamorgan's Sam Northeast and Kiran Carlson rebuilt in a boundary-laden partnership of 228. Toby Roland-Jones finished with four wickets. A quizzical Headingley pitch tested Nottinghamshire, but Ben Slater and Joe Clarke made half-centuries. Tom Latham's 59 and Sam Hain's first half-century of the summer were balanced by four more wickets for Tom Taylor as Warwickshire were bowled out for 227. Update: Date: 2025-05-24T09:08:07.000Z Title: Scores on the doors Content: Division One Chester-le-Street: Durham 277 v Somerset 63-3 Southampton: Hampshire 154 v Sussex 110-5 The Oval: Surrey 94-3 v Essex 217 New Road: Worcestershire 53-0 v Warwickshire 227 Headingley: Yorkshire 10-2 v Nottinghamshire 228 Division Two Derby: Derbyshire 352-2 v Kent Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan 334-7 v Middlesex Grace Road: Leicestershire 59-2 v Lancashire 206 County Ground: Northamptonshire 327-6 v Gloucestershire Update: Date: 2025-05-24T09:08:07.000Z Title: Preamble Content: Hello from an overcast Leicester. A busy day of cricket yesterday, the majority of games sprinting into their second innings. We'll keep an eye on proceedings from the Grace Road boundary, while England polish off the game at Trent Bridge. Do join us, with a cup of coffee and a belly scratch.
The Independent
17-05-2025
- Sport
- The Independent
Alex Lees' half-century helps Durham close in on Nottinghamshire total
Durham trail Rothesay County Championship Division One leaders Nottinghamshire by 87 runs following half centuries from James Minto, captain Alex Lees and Emilio Gay. Gay will resume unbeaten on 74, alongside Ollie Robinson (25), after respective knocks of 67 and 82 from openers Minto and Lees helped the hosts reach 320 for four at stumps on day two at Chester-le-Street. Ben Foakes hit 86 and Kurtis Patterson registered 85 as Surrey established a 129-run advantage against Yorkshire at the Oval. The reigning champions closed on 384 for seven, with Yorkshire's George Hill taking four for 58 after his side were bowled out for 255 on day one. Archie Vaughan hit 80 as Somerset made 338 before enforcing the follow-on against Sussex at Taunton. Sussex will resume on 127 for four in the second innings, trailing by 59 runs, after opener Tom Haines made 50 before being trapped lbw by Migael Pretorius. At Edgbaston, pace bowler Kyle Abbott took five for 47 to put Hampshire in command against Warwickshire. Abbott's second five-for in successive games helped dismiss Warwickshire for 194 before the away team – spearheaded by Fletcha Middleton's 76 from 124 balls – moved on to 159 for six in their second innings to lead by 265. Essex trail Worcestershire by 259 runs after being bowled out for 157 following three wickets apiece for Tom Taylor and Matthew Waite. The hosts were 58 for five at stumps, adding to a first innings total of 358. In Division Two, England great James Anderson marked his first competitive outing since his international farewell last June by taking two wickets for Lancashire to help reduce Derbyshire to 112 for four at Old Trafford. Derbyshire trail by 346 runs after the struggling hosts, who are seeking a first win of the season, posted 458.
