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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
BBC News
09-07-2025
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T20 Blast round-up: Bears stun leaders Lancashire
Ed Barnard helped Bears comfortably beat T20 Blast North group leaders Lancashire by 36 runs at Edgbaston to keep the qualification race wide 54 in 34 balls, his fourth half-century of the tournament, helped the hosts rack up 203-9 having been sent in, after Dan Mousley smashed 32 in just 12 Salt whacked 21 from nine deliveries in reply but Jos Buttler was out for a duck as Lancashire's chase never got going and they were bowled out for the South group, Surrey beat Gloucestershire by 28 runs, Kent staged a late recovery to beat Sussex and Hampshire chased down 188 at Middlesex. Lancashire's heavy defeat saw them slip off the top of the table and below Durham on net-run rate, while Bears climbed to third with their sixth damage could have been greater for Lancashire but Tom Hartley, from number nine, hoisted four sixes in making 35 from 16 balls while George Garton took 4-28 for the home side. Surrey were sent in at Bristol and got off to a flier as Will Jacks hit five sixes in making 57 off 35 balls and captain Sam Curran struck 46 from 33 before they regressed to 118-5 after 14 Curran then picked up the innings and his 32 from just 15 balls helped the visitors set was comfortably defended as only D'Arcy Short, with 70 from 53 deliveries, gave chase and Gloucestershire could only make 165-9, ending a run of four straight Surrey move four points clear of third in South Group while Gloucestershire, in seventh, are six points adrift of the top four qualification spots. At Marchant Taylor's School, Leus du Plooy took charge of Middlesex after Stephen Eskinazi stood down for personal reasons, and looked like delivering immediate responded to the change by making his joint-second highest T20 score, 94 in only 48 balls, but from 151-1 after 15 overs, Middlesex collapsed to 187-8, with Scott Currie taking four wickets in two Weatherley made 41 from 22 balls in reply as Hampshire were left needing 53 from the final four James Fuller (43no), who slugged two sixes to bring the target down to 10 off six balls before consecutive fours off Ryan Higgins won the game with two balls to spare. Hampshire climbed to fourth on net-run rate, level on points with Kent after a remarkable late recovery by Joey Evison helped the latter chase 149 at home side began the night fourth in the South group but were bowled out for just 148 having won the Clark's 29 off 20 balls was Sussex's best as Nathan Gilchrist picked up 4-42, by far the most expensive bowler but ultimately the most the target looked like being plenty enough as Kent slumped to 110-8 in the 16th over, only for Evison to begin an extraordinary clubbed four sixes and three fours as his 48 not out from 24 balls saw Kent home with three balls to spare. Thursday's T20 Blast fixtures North GroupLeicester: Leicestershire Foxes v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (18:30 BST)Derby: Derbyshire Falcons v Worcestershire Rapids (19:00 BST)South GroupSouthampton: Hampshire Hawks v Glamorgan (19:00 BST)
BBC News
08-07-2025
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Run-in 'good test' of Bears' Blast hopes
Bears all-rounder Ed Barnard says their remaining four T20 Blast group games are "massive" and will provide a "good test" of the team's knockout side are in the fourth and final qualifying place for the quarter-finals in North Group but ahead of Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire only on net run by Durham on Sunday was the Bears' fifth of the competition and leaves them in a scramble to make the top is a contrast to the past three years when they have finished top of the group on each occasion, enjoying a nine-point cushion over fifth place in 2023 and ending six clear of fifth last year."It's a bit different to the last couple of years when we've near enough been home and hosed by this point," Barnard told BBC Radio WM."It'll be a good test for us and hopefully we can make the top four and go and make Finals Day from here."We've got four massive games coming up but we have every belief in this squad that we'll make it." Leaders Lancashire are the first of those four games on Wednesday at Edgbaston before Bears visit local rivals Worcestershire two days trying to make the last eight for the fifth year in a row, take on Northamptonshire at home on 13 July before rounding off the group stage with a trip to Derbyshire on Friday, 18 visit of Lancashire will be Bears' first T20 at home since 20 June, with the past two games played on the road due to Edgbaston hosting the second Test match between England and says it has been "tough" not being able to play at home for that long and the whole squad was "looking forward to spending a few days" back on their own take on a Red Rose side eight points ahead of them and with a line-up including England white-ball stars Phil Salt, Jos Buttler, Liam Livingstone and Saqib Livingstone might be a doubt for the game after picking up an injury following Lancashire's back-to-back wins against Northants and Derbyshire."There are lots of good sides around and they're obviously one," Barnard said."They've got lots of good players but we're back at Edgbaston, which we know really well and love playing there."Hopefully if we can put a bit of a maker down then it sets us up nicely for those last few games."
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29-06-2025
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Sussex take late wickets to halt Bears' progress
Rothesay County Championship Division One, 1st Central County Ground, Hove (day one)Warwickshire 372-7: Yates 93, Hain 87, Barnard 66; Crocombe 3-73Sussex: Yet to batSussex 2 pts, Warwickshire 3 ptsMatch scorecard Sam Hain and Ed Barnard, with a fifth-wicket stand of 151 in 32 overs, gave Warwickshire the advantage on the opening day of their County Championship match against Sussex at Hove - before the home side fought back to achieve parity at the played a particularly exhilarating innings, using his feet and wrists to play a medley of inventive strokes to unsettle the Sussex reached his half-century for the fifth time in as many Championship innings and went on to make 87 from 118 deliveries, with three sixes and seven impressive in a support role, made would have been worse for Sussex but for Henry Crocombe, their fastest and best bowler in only his second game of the missed the start of the summer with injury but took six wickets in the win over Hampshire in May. Here, he took 3-73, bending his back and achieving some and Warwickshire started the match without the respective services of Jofra Archer and Jacob Bethell, but with the shared hope that both players might be available for the last two days of the game if not selected by England for the second Test against India at replaced Archer from the side that drew with Durham last week, while Zen Malik came in for Bethell in the side that had a similar stalemate with Somerset. Chris Rushworth also came in for Che warm weather and the Kookaburra ball helped persuade Warwickshire to bat first, but the cloud cover and the grassy pitch still offered encouragement to the Sussex first session went Warwickshire's way, the visitors exploiting the short boundary on the pavilion side of the ground as Sussex struggled for Yates, who has suffered indifferent form since his century in the opening match of the season, looked in particularly good form as he shared an opening stand of 79 with captain Alex gifted Sussex their first wicket in the 18th over, looking in two minds as he uppercut a short delivery from Crocombe to Fynn Hudson-Prentice on the deep point boundary. However, Warwickshire reached lunch on a comfortable second session, when the sun came out and the ball turned soft, promised further riches for the batting side. But Sussex, protecting their seven bowlers from the heat with short spells and backing them up with spirited fielding, fought their way back onto level lost their second wicket on 174 when Tom Latham edged one down the leg side from Crocombe, ending a second-wicket stand of run later, in Crocombe's next over, Hudson-Prentice produced an excellent reflex catch at backward square-leg to dismiss Yates, who had struck 15 fours in his impressive 93 from 142 overs later, the challenging Gurinder Sandhu moved one away from Malik, for John Simpson to take the regulation catch behind the stumps, and Sussex were on top with Warwickshire 189-4, though they recovered to 242-4 at took the new ball at 308-4 and took three further wickets. Crocombe - who will make way if Archer joins the game - almost had Hain caught by at mid-on by Ollie Robinson, who finally had the right-hander well caught at leg gully by Tom Haines, before Barnard and Corey Rocchiccioli fell near the Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
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17-05-2025
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Abbott haul puts Hampshire in charge against Bears
Rothesay County Championship Division One, Edgbaston (day two)Hampshire 300 & 159-6: Middleton 76; Webster 2-33, Bamber 2-40Warwickshire 194: Barnard 58; Abbott 5-47Hampshire (5 pts) lead Warwickshire (3 pts) by 265 runsMatch scorecard High-class fast bowling from Kyle Abbott put Hampshire in command against Warwickshire in their County Championship tussle at took 5-47, his second five-for in successive games, as Warwickshire were bowled out for 194 to sustain a first innings deficit of 106. It was superb, pitched up, swing bowling at the head of a strong collective effort from a seam attack against which only Ed Barnard (58) looked then leaned hard on Fletcha Middleton's 76 from 124 balls as they reached 159-6 in their second innings. They lead by 265 overall, a significant advantage on a pitch still assisting the seamers. Warwickshire resumed on the second morning on 27-2 and swiftly lost both overnight batters. Nightwatcher Olly Hannon-Dalby edged Abbott to first slip before John Turner struck a crucial blow when Tom Latham, fresh from 184 on his debut last week, fell for just five when he edged to third a grey morning, against a swinging ball, batting was tricky. Sam Hain and Beau Webster grafted hard to add 62 in 21 overs, but Hampshire's seamers sustained the pressure and Abbott removed both just before lunch. Hain's dogged 23 was ended by a perfect outswinger. A nifty inswinger brought Webster's fluent 41 to a close when he inside-edged a drive on to his middle nudging the England selectors in this match with a half-century to follow his four wickets, defied with discipline but without support. Zen Malik was late on a straight ball from Brad Wheal and Ethan Bamber flicked James Fuller to mid-wicket. Barnard reached an accomplished 43-ball 50 but then nicked Abbott to wicketkeeper Ben Brown who collected again when Che Simmons edged Turner. Hampshire's second innings began in the day's first sunshine but the ball continued to move around and while Middleton settled, partners came and went. None of the other top six batters passed 15 as Mark Stoneman edged Hannon-Dalby to first slip, Bamber drew edges from Nick Gubbins and Tom Prest and Webster removed Brown, lbw, and Liam Dawson, caught at second slip, in three 99-5, Hampshire were in danger of relinquishing their advantage but Middleton and Toby Albert added 52 in 15 overs to reassert their side's control. Albert (29 not out) made important runs for the second time in the match while Middleton reached 50, off 71 balls, for the first time in 10 attempts this season. Though he was bowled by Simmons just before the close, on a pitch which examines the batters' powers of technique and diligence, his work, like Fuller's in the first innings, was of immense value. ECB Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
