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The Herald Scotland
13-07-2025
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- The Herald Scotland
Lancashire climb above Durham with tense three-wicket Vitality Blast victory
Colin Ackermann top-scored with 42 as Durham limped to 155 from their 20 overs but they would have been happy to have England pair Phil Salt and Jos Buttler back in the shed early in the chase at 42 for two. The game remained in the balance as Lancs continued to plug away at the runs but Durham in turn took wickets at regular intervals courtesy of Callum Parkinson, Matthew Potts, James Neesham and Nathan Sowter but Green's match-winning 31 from 16 balls gave Lancashire victory. Surrey earned a resounding 67-run victory over Somerset in a battle of the top two in the South Group. They were forced to bat by Somerset but put on a pleasing display in the first innings. Will Jacks scored a half-century and fellow English pair Jason Roy and Dan Lawrence posted above 30 to help Surrey to 201 which Somerset did not make a mark on, being bowled out for 134. Northamptonshire climbed to second in the North Group with a comprehensive 64-run win over fellow quarter-final chasers Warwickshire. Matthew Breetzke clubbed 85 from 40 balls while David Willey and Ricardo Vasconcelos both struck half-centuries as the Steelbacks put a mammoth 240 on the board the halfway point. Warwickshire openers Alex Davies and Tom Latham tried to get on top of the run rate but both succumbed in doing so. Sam Hain hit a half-century but in the end they fell way short of their target. Northamptonshire earned a win over fellow quarter-final chasers Warwickshire (Mike Egerton/PA) Hampshire all but secured their place in the knockouts with a six-wicket victory over Sussex, who saw their own hopes take a huge blow. After Sussex posted 167 on the board, the Hawks were completely dominant with the bat thanks largely to James Vince who came two runs short of a century but was unbeaten on 98 from 49 balls which saw Hampshire home with 16 balls to spare. Kent boosted their hopes of a top-four finish with a seven-wicket win over Middlesex. Middlesex would have been questioning their decision to bat after Kane Williamson fell in the eighth over at 43 for three but Leus Du Plooy's 68 propelled them to 160. However, Kent were always in control in their run chase. Tawanda Muyeye's 59 alongside solid scores from Harry Finch (36) and Joe Denly (46) moved Kent to fourth in the South Group. Ethan Brookes scored a half-century to help steer Worcestershire to a six-wicket victory over Leicestershire. Leicestershire posted 173 at the end of their 20 overs, Tom Taylor ripped through Worcestershire's top order but the hosts fought back courtesy of Ben Cox's unbeaten 70 from 44 balls which helped them post a defendable target. However, Worcestershire were imperious in their run chase and posted over 50 in their first six overs. Tom Scriven aimed to pull Leicestershire back in the contest with the wickets of Brett D'Oliveira and Kashif Ali but Brookes' unbeaten 56 took Worcestershire to a sixth win of the campaign. Glamorgan's hopes of qualifying for the quarter-finals took a blow after they suffered a 40-run loss to lowly Gloucestershire. Ben Charlesworth's 55 from 44 balls propelled Gloucestershire to 175 but Glamorgan never got going with their run chase and were reduced to 95 for five after 11 overs. Marchant de Lange's four wickets helped limit Glamorgan who were bowled out for 135 after just 18.1 overs. Derbyshire claimed an eight-wicket victory over fellow Blast strugglers Yorkshire at Headingley. The Falcons put the home side on the back foot from the off as Allah Ghazanfar and Ben Aitchison claimed two wickets apiece to reduce Yorkshire to 17 for four but Dom Bess' half-century helped his side up to 150. The run chase was a formality for Derbyshire. Aneurin Donald and Wayne Madsen went past 50 while Caleb Jewell remained unbeaten on 41 to help them to a win.
BBC News
04-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Durham make record total while Salt & Buttler star - T20 Blast round-up
Colin Ackermann led Durham to their record T20 total as they comfortably beat Nottinghamshire to go top of the T20 Blast North struck 83 from just 33 balls with six sixes to help his side post Lees also made 77 from 46 deliveries before Notts were bowled out for Lancashire won the top-of-the-table clash at Northampton while South group leaders Somerset lost at home to Glamorgan. Durham's previous best total was made last year in Zimbabwe when they racked up 229-6 against Eagles but that mark was blown away at Clark began the run-fest with 40 from 27 balls before Lees and Ackermann took over and England paceman Olly Stone was carted for 42 in only three were always struggling in reply and Kasey Aldridge, who had previously only taken one T20 wicket, ran through the lower order to return 5-29. Victory sent Durham top of the table on net run-rate, while Notts slip to sixth with four games remaining. England duo lead Lancashire to win Northants and Lancashire began the night first and second in the group and England white-ball opener Phil Salt struck 80 from 57 balls in Lancashire's five-wicket win at Wantage 178, Salt hit eight fours and four sixes, while former England limited-overs captain Jos Buttler made 54 from 42 could see their side home and Salt departed with 23 needed from two overs, which became 11 from the final six Luke Procter bowled a wide full toss that Luke Wells belted over long-on for six before the next ball disappeared over the same fielder to seal victory. Also in the North group, James Wharton and Will Luxton led Yorkshire to a 41-run victory over Worcestershire for just their third win of the hosts lost openers Jonny Bairstow and Dawid Malan cheaply before 24-year-old Wharton made 88 from 47 balls and Luxton, 22, a career-best 81, also from 47 balls, to lead their side to captain Brett D'Oliveria made 53 from 36 balls in reply but Worcestershire were never in the sides are now eight points off fourth place - and with it qualification for the quarter-finals - with five games to play. Birmingham Bears now occupy fourth place in the group on net run-rate after a six-wicket win at seamer Hasan Ali took 4-22 as Bears bowled their hosts out for 154 at the Uptonsteel County Mousley then led his side home with an unbeaten 64 in 48 balls with eight and Leicestershire have an identical record in the competition, with 20 points after nine matches. Sussex maintain challenge and champions Glos win In the South group, Somerset remain top but fell to a second defeat of the tournament as they lost by two runs to Glamorgan at Ingram made 55 from 33 balls for the visitors before Dan Douthwaite finished the innings off by hitting 56 from 32 deliveries, helping take 33 from the final two Smeed got the chase under way with 72 in 49 deliveries but Ned Leonard, who left Somerset over the winter, kept chipping away with the ball and finished with a career-best were left needing 16 from the final over and it was Douthwaite who closed the game out. Sussex consolidated third place with a 34-run win over Kent, who move down to Hughes struck 48 from 28 balls and Tom Clark 43 from 25 to help Sussex post 195-9 at despite Harry Finch's 56 from only 26 balls, Kent were always struggling and were bowled out for 161. And reigning champions Gloucestershire picked up only the third win of their title defence with a 13-run triumph at Jack Taylor hit 50 in 35 balls and Ben Charlesworth an unbeaten 47 from 31 in their never got on top of the chase and lost regular wickets but did take the game to the final over with 16 needed before Mohammad Amir was run out and they were bowled out for 171.
BBC News
23-06-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Archer takes wicket on Sussex return at Durham
Rothesay County Championship Division One, Banks Homes Riverside (day two)Sussex 361: Coles 148*; De Leede 4-96Durham 249-5: Ackermann 65; Hudson-Prentice 2-35Durham (3 pts) trail Sussex (4 pts) by 112 runsMatch scorecard A half-century from Colin Ackermann helped Durham fight back on day two of their County Championship game with Sussex after Jofra Archer picked up a wicket on his return to red-ball Coles picked up where he left off for Sussex in the morning and took his side to a competitive total of 361 all out, with him finishing unbeaten on response against a Sussex bowling attack which included Archer, got off to a good start, making it to lunch without loss, but they lost skipper Alex Lees just after the then came into the attack and struck during an exciting spell to leave Durham in a spot of bother in the Durham bounced back in the evening through a partnership worth 76 between Ackermann and Graham Clark, but the loss of Ackermann with the last ball of the day gives Sussex the edge, with Durham on 249-5 and the deficit still on 322-9, unbeaten centurion Coles and number 11 Gurinder Sandhu were at the crease for continued to play nicely as he produced a delightful shot down the ground off the bowling of Bas de then used his feet to launch one down the ground from George Drissell, but the spinner wrapped up the innings just three balls later, bowling Sandhu for eight, leaving Coles unbeaten on Lees and Emilio Gay were tasked with kicking off Durham's response and they started in a serene then came into the attack and nearly had Gay with his first ball, but Lees was finding things a bit easier as he played a nice on-drive off the bowling of Sandhu which went to the who initially found life tough against Archer, managed to break the shackles with two boundaries, one through point region and the other off his legs. However, Sussex struck back after lunch as Lees went for 34 when he edged a delivery from Fynn Hudson-Prentice and John Simpson made no mistake behind the continued to probe and offered few opportunities for run scoring as Will Rhodes and Gay consolidated after the Archer gave Rhodes and Gay a working over with some short stuff, but the Durham batters weren't falling for the short ball ploy. The England man changed plans and got that vital wicket as he trapped Gay in front for 37, prompting a big celebration from the second spell of six overs went for just eight runs, so Durham decided to take the game to Carson as Rhodes and Colin Ackermann picked up a couple of boundaries to relieve some then played a glorious straight drive from a Robinson ball which went to the boundary, but he then chipped one straight to Daniel Hughes at cover for 24 to hand the economical Hudson-Prentice a second wicket of the brought Durham's OIlie Robinson to the crease before tea and he decided to take on Hudson-Prentice, picking up 11 runs from four balls, more than he'd gone for in his previous eight returned after tea, with Durham's Robinson edging one which dropped just short of John Simpson, but he bounced back with two consecutive fours including a dab to third then played a glorious cover drive off the bowling of Archer for four, but the fluent Robinson fell to Sandhu for 34 as he nicked one down the legside and Simpson produced an excellent diving catch to his Clark came to the crease and absorbed a bit of pressure before he started to put his foot to the accelerator with back-to-back pull shots from Hudson-Prentice going to the boundary and he followed that up with a cut shot for joined Clark in the hunt for boundaries when he swept a Coles delivery to the rope and the number four passed fifty for the fourth time this season from 115 who looked good throughout the innings, was then bowled by Sandhu for 65 with the final ball of the day, which leaves Durham five down while the deficit is still Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay. Report supplied by the ECB Reporters' Network, supported by Rothesay
BBC News
19-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Durham survive scare to beat leaders Notts
Rothesay County Championship Division One, Banks Homes Riverside (day four)Nottinghamshire 407: Hameed 206* & 347: Clarke 119Durham 664: Robinson 141, Clark 121, Gay 104 & 92-3: Ackermann 53*; Abbas 2-33Durham (22 pts) beat Notts (5 pts) by seven wicketsMatch scorecard An excellent team bowling effort and a vital fifty from Colin Ackermann helped Durham pick up a seven-wicket win against Nottinghamshire in the County Championship, despite a brilliant century from Joe was Durham's morning as the hosts picked up three of the nine wickets they needed including the vital scalp of Ben Slater, who made 74, which was his second half-century of the Clarke counter-attacked either side of lunch and managed to take his side into the lead before notching up his first hundred of the was a late twist though as Durham's bowling attack, led excellently by Ben Raine, roared back after tea and picked up five wickets to bowl Nottinghamshire out for had 18 overs to get the 91 runs needed for the win and the chase got off to a dramatic start as the hosts lost two wickets at the hands of Mohammad Abbas, but the experienced head of Ackermann saw them win sees Durham move up to fourth in Division One and are just 16 points behind their opponents at the top of a congested table, while Surrey are now breathing down Nottinghamshire's neck, as the gap at the top is just three points heading into the final game of the current block of and nightwatcher Rob Lord resumed on 67-1, still 190 behind Durham, and their aim was to bat out the day in order to keep their unbeaten record got their much-needed ealy wicket as they got Lord for 15 as he edged a James Minto ball straight to Ben McKinney in the slips. The hosts got their third soon after as Brydon Carse bowled Freddie McCann for six with one that clipped the remained at the crease and he passed fifty for the second time in the match from 69 balls. He then utilised the pace of Carse as he carved one to the Nottinghamshire opener continued to play nicely, but he was the next man to fall as he was caught behind from a Codi Yusuf delivery for a well-made was joined in the middle by Jack Haynes and the former looked good as he smashed a Raine delivery to the offside then continued to take chunks out of the hosts' lead with a lovely shot for four past third man region just before and Haynes combined for a fifty partnership and the former passed fifty for the first time this season from a rapid 58 was very much a foil for Clarke's aggression, but he departed for 24 as George Drissell got him lbw to leave Clarke needing a bit of a hand. He was very nearly out himself as a short ball from Carse was hooked towards fine leg, but Yusuf failed to take the catch with the Nottinghamshire man on Africa wicketkeeper Kyle Verreynne produced a delightful drive through the covers for four, which took his side into the chances of a win were seemingly slipping away as Verryenne continued to be positive, while Clarke looked they got a much-needed breakthrough, as Verreynne, who had looked comfortable, was then caught behind from the first ball after tea as Drissell coaxed an edge from the South African who had to depart for then reached his 25th first-class century from 140 balls, but another wicket fell as Lyndon James was caught behind off the bowling of Ackermann for a excellent session continued as Raine bowled Liam Patterson-White for three and he then struck again to bowl Brett Hutton for a excellent knock of 119 ended as he chopped on from a Yusuf delivery, setting Durham a target of 91 from 18 was more drama though, as McKinney was bowled by Abbas for a first ball duck and Emilio Gay was caught behind from the same bowler. Hutton built the pressure with a series of dots, but Ackermann plundered an Abbas ball to the Netherlands international then clubbed an Abbas ball to the boundary to take his side within 50 and he followed that up with a lovely cover drive for four from a Patterson-White who passed fifty, took Durham to their target, with Carse hitting the winning runs with 10 balls to Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
