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BBC News
7 hours ago
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- BBC News
Crane lifts Glamorgan into strong position against promotion rivals Lancs
Rothesay County Championship Division Two, Emirates Old Trafford (day two)Glamorgan 261: Carlson 77, Tribe 61; Green 6-82 & 95-2: Carlson 43*; Anderson 2-20Lancashire 137 (52.3 overs): Bohannon 32; Crane 6-19, Fernando 3-26Lancashire 3 pts, Glamorgan 4 ptsMatch scorecard Glamorgan leg-spinner Mason Crane took a career-best 6-19 as his side go into the third day with a lead of 219 over Lancashire and eight second-innings wickets ran through the home side with a remarkable spell of six for 13 in the afternoon, Lancashire losing their last seven wickets for Asitha Fernando contributed a hostile 3-26 as Lancashire were bundled out for just former England star James Anderson celebrated his 43rd birthday by removing the Glamorgan openers, before they recovered to 95-2. In all 14 wickets fell on the second day, with Lancashire trying to produce conditions for a positive result as they chase Glamorgan in the second promotion place. In the first innings Glamorgan lost their last two wickets for just one run to set the tone for the bowlers' day of dominance, on a pitch offering turn out of the rough for the spinners and some uneven bounce for the seamers. After an hour's delay because of drizzle, Tom Bailey pinned Crane lbw for nine with his second delivery, and Bailey's wide was the only run added by Glamorgan as birthday boy Anderson proved too good for Ned Leonard, caught behind for Fernando struck back early when Luke Wells was leg-before for two, but after a slow start, Keaton Jennings switched to a more aggressive mode only to be smartly taken by Asa Tribe at short-leg off Ben Kellaway for Bohannon seemed to be well-set on 32 when Fernando struck again after lunch, having him lbw with a rapid delivery that kept low. Though Australian Test batter Harris managed to retake the initiative with a brief assault on Kellaway in gloomy conditions, he fell for 30 as he smacked a full-toss from Crane to Kellaway at mid-on, prompting slightly embarrassed was the start of once-capped Crane's wizardry under the lights as he made it a five-wicket haul by tea, with Phil Salt caught behind for eight, Matty Hurst lobbing a sweep to slip for 21, Chris Green chipping a tame return catch and Tom Hartley going lbw in the same picked up his third wicket and lbw verdict as Bailey went for two to the skiddy Sri Lankan fast bowler, and Crane finished Lancashire off with his sixth victim as George Balderson lobbed a catch to mid-wicket for got a double birthday reward in his fourth over, hitting the off-stump of Zain Ul Hassan (11) with the batter playing no shot, then diving to take a return catch from Asa Tribe also for serene Sam Northeast (25 not out) and busy Kiran Carlson (43 not out off 50 balls) combined to switch the momentum back in Glamorgan's favour as the lead mounted past 200.
BBC News
7 hours ago
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- BBC News
Compton leads Kent reply against leaders Leics
Rothesay County Championship Division Two, The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence, Canterbury (day two)Leicestershire 471: Ahmed 119, Scriven 99; Parkinson 7-137Kent 202-3: Compton 101*; Kimber 1-21Kent (3 pts) trail Leics (6 pts) by 268 runsMatch scorecard Ben Compton was leading Kent's resistance as they reached 203-3 on day two of their County Championship match with Leicestershire at Canterbury, a deficit of Division Two leaders posted 471 after a final wicket stand of 108 between Tom Scriven, who slapped Kent's bowlers around to make a career-high 99, and Josh Hull, whose 35 was also his highest first-class however, replied with a mixture of doggedness and adventure to make his 18th first-class century and he was 101 not out when bad light stopped were 386-9 overnight and quickly secured a fourth batting bonus point when Scriven swept Matt Parkinson for was on 70 when he was dropped by Ekansh Singh at cow corner after mowing a Joey Evison full toss and the number 11 Hull took them past 450 when he drove Parkinson for was then denied what would have been a career-best eighth wicket when Compton somehow dropped Hull at that suggested Scriven's luck was in, he missed out on his century in agonising fashion. The four that took him to 98 fell just short of the rope; he was on 99 when the batters ran two and the crowd were already applauding, only for the umpires to signal leg byes; two balls later he was plumb lbw to Joey survived five dicey overs to reach lunch on 18 without loss but Jaydn Denly was then lbw for 20 to Louis got a life when he was on 22. He tried to pull Hull, who nearly had him caught and bowled, only to drop a head high reached 1,000 runs for the summer when he passed 23, eased to 50 with two off Rehan Ahmed and Kent were 117-1 at went for 33 in the first over after the resumption, driving Ian Holland straight to Scriven at mid on, and with so many young players in Kent's side the third-wicket partnership between senior players Compton and Tawanda Muyeye always looked like being former's battle with Rehan Ahmed was gripping, especially in the 90s, as he missed out on a rank long hop and then might have been run out but for a misfield. He was stuck on 99 at the other end when Rehan produced a sharply turning delivery that found Muyeye's edge and was caught by Peter Handscomb for Garrett was sent in as the night watcher and he blocked the rest of the over before Compton stole a single off Green at the start of the 68th to reach three figures and that was the last meaningful action before the light deteriorated and the players went off with two overs Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay.
BBC News
a day ago
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- BBC News
Lancashire's Green has Glamorgan in a spin as they slip to 260-8
Rothesay County Championship Division Two, Emirates Old Trafford (day one)Glamorgan 260-8 (96 overs): Carlson 77, Tribe 61; Green 6-82Lancashire: Yet to batLancashire 2 pts, Glamorgan 1 ptsMatch scorecard Lancashire's Australian off-spinner Chris Green took a career-best 6-82 as his side fought back to limit Glamorgan to 260-8 after a hard-fought day at Old chose to bat and looked to be on the front foot after two sessions at 192-3, thanks to Asa Tribe's 61 and a fine knock from Kiran Carlson, sixth out for best known for his T20 skills, bowled for most of the day, sending down 34 overs as the scoring rate dropped against the old ball and wickets tumbled in the evening. It was a fascinating battle on a spin-heavy day between a Glamorgan side starting the round of games second in Division Two, and a Lancashire team looking for a third straight win to get within striking range after belatedly finding red-ball promotion challengers will be hoping to force the first positive result of the season at the ground in red-ball cricket, with the hosts holding the edge. Glamorgan recalled captain Sam Northeast after paternity leave and leg-spinner Mason Crane, for Billy Root and the injured Timm van der Lancashire included seamer Tom Bailey in place of Jack Blatherwick, and handed county caps to Phil Salt and George overcast and damp conditions, the visitors' openers Zain Ul Hassan and Tribe saw off the initial threat, as James Anderson bowled 21 dot balls before conceding, while Tom Bailey got through a probing nine-over took rare consecutive boundaries off Anderson in his second spell, while Ul Hassan shared in a stand of 75 before he was undone by the spin of Green, the tall Australian international bowling into some early footmarks and having him caught behind for fell after lunch lbw to Green for 10 and Tribe's excellent innings came to an end with his first real error of 118 balls faced, slog-sweeping Green to the longer square boundary where Bailey took the and Colin Ingram realised the danger of being pinned down and mounted the occasional counter-attack in a high-quality battle against Green in particular. Carlson reached his 50 off 90 balls just before tea, but shortly after the break Ingram fell for 33 lbw sweeping at Green after a useful partnership of 86. Bailey claimed the day's first seam success when Ben Kellaway was bowled without scoring in a rare failure for the young game really tilted in the hosts' favour with four wickets falling for 30, Carlson's mature knock ended when he edged Green to slip while Chris Cooke, after a slow start, was stumped for six off Harris and Mason Crane dragged Glamorgan to a consolation batting point before Harris (11) missed a slog-sweep off left-arm spinner Tom Hartley, though Crane and Leonard survived under pressure to take the innings into a second day.
BBC News
a day ago
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- BBC News
Bottom side Kent handed eight-point deduction
Kent have been docked eight points in the County Championship after a fourth incident of poor conduct this comes after Daniel Bell-Drummond showed dissent to the umpire in last week's Division Two defeat by will now be 26 points adrift at the bottom of the table, and say they will not appeal against the decision, club's previous conduct penalties have been given to Matt Parkinson, also against Glamorgan, Kashif Ali against Gloucestershire and Tawanda Muyeye against of the previous cases took place in May.
The Guardian
2 days ago
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- The Guardian
Durham v Surrey, Yorkshire v Sussex, and more: county cricket day one
Update: Date: 2025-07-29T09:27:56.000Z Title: A lovely round-up – Content: though brave of Gary to describe Chris Green as 'a journeyman'. Update: Date: 2025-07-29T09:25:33.000Z Title: Division Two table Content: 1 Leicestershire 179 2 Glamorgan 145 3 Derbyshire 128 4 Lancashire 124 5 Middlesex 123 6 Gloucestershire 116 7. Northants 110 8 Kent 92 Update: Date: 2025-07-29T09:25:33.000Z Title: Division One table Content: 1 Surrey 154 2 Nottinghamshire 153 3 Somerset 137 4 Warwickshire 136 5 Sussex 125 6 Hampshire 117 7 Essex 112 8 Durham 111 9 Yorkshire 104 10 Worcestershire 78 Update: Date: 2025-07-29T09:25:33.000Z Title: Fixtures Content: DIVISION ONE Chester-le-Street: Durham v Surrey Chelmsford: Essex v Warwickshire Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire v Somerset New Road: Worcestershire v Hampshire Scarborough: Yorkshire v Sussex DIVISION TWO Cheltenham: Gloucestershire v Middlesex Canterbury: Kent v Leicestershire Old Trafford: Lancashire v Glamorgan Northamptonshire: Northants v Derbyshire Update: Date: 2025-07-29T09:25:33.000Z Title: Preamble Content: Hello from a train shambling through the late July Pennines – which are just starting to look a bit careworn around the edges. Welcome to this final round of summer cricket – the next time we meet, the days will be drawing in, the coats zipping up. With four rounds to go, things are hotting up. Surrey, who play Durham, are just one point ahead of Notts, who play Somerset – who are not themselves yet out or contention. Worcestershire look almost certain to go down, but there's a dog fight for the second relegation spot – if that's what there will be (more on this later). Yorkshire need a win against Sussex at the seaside. In Division Two, Leicestershire are within touching distance of promotion, and get a free hit this round (Kent). Glamorgan, visiting Old Trafford, are best placed for the second spot, although the big beasts breathe fast upon their necks. Play starts at 11am, and though the vagaries of public transport mean I won't quite be in my seat at Scarborough, please join us!
