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18-05-2025
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Surrey on verge of beating Yorkshire
Rothesay County Championship Division One, Kia Oval (day three) Yorkshire 255 & 185-6: Wharton 67, Bairstow 64*; Lawes 2-36 Surrey 512: Foakes 86, Patterson 85; Hill 4-58 Yorkshire (3 pts) trail Surrey (6 pts) by 72 runs Match scorecard Jonny Bairstow made a belligerent 64 not out and James Wharton an excellent 67 but Yorkshire are still facing defeat against Surrey at the Kia Oval. Surrey took three wickets late on day three to underline their complete dominance in a County Championship match they will expect to bring them a second win of the Division One season. The champions were held up by Bairstow and Wharton's fourth wicket stand of 84 but then Matt Fisher bowled Wharton and Tom Lawes removed George Hill and nightwatchman Jordan Buckingham in successive balls to leave Yorkshire 185-6 at stumps – still 72 runs adrift. Lawes had Hill caught at first slip and then pinned Buckingham leg-before, leaving Matt Revis to keep Bairstow – who has hit two sixes and eight fours in his 66-ball effort so far – company until the close. Nathan Smith and Jordan Clark had earlier Yorkshire up against it in their second innings at 31-2, although Wharton and Jonny Tattersall then dug in either side of tea and put on 52 for the third wicket. Finlay Bean was the first Yorkshire wicket to fall, for seven, thin-edging a Smith outswinger through to tumbling wicketkeeper Ben Foakes, and five overs later Adam Lyth was also gone, for 16. Lyth, who had looked fortunate to survive an impassioned leg-before appeal from Smith to the second ball of the innings, had made it only to 16 when Clark's seventh ball bounced steeply at him and he edged to third slip. Clark's first spell was an impressive 6-5-4-1 and, on his return to the attack after tea, the big all-rounder had Tattersall caught at second slip for 12. Bairstow, however, was soon into his stride and Surrey were forced on to the defensive as he and Wharton added 84 inside 17 overs. The 24-year-old Wharton impressed with some classical strokeplay but it was Bairstow who predictably led the counter-punching as he pulled Fisher over the short long leg boundary for successive sixes on his way to a 39-ball half-century. Fisher, though, hit back by producing a magnificent inswinger to bowl Wharton between bat and pad after he had faced 135 balls and hit six fours. Surrey were already 129 runs ahead at the start of day three when they resumed on 384-7, and any hopes Yorkshire might have had of quickly bringing the innings to its conclusion were quashed as Clark and Smith settled in comfortably despite overcast conditions. New Zealand all-rounder Smith looked a quality player to be coming in at number nine, on-driving Jack White early on for a sumptuous boundary – although he did also nick the same bowler down into the ground and clean between keeper and first slip for another four to bring up Surrey's 400. Smith's 70-ball 42 was ended when Hill, Yorkshire's stand-out bowler throughout, angled his medium-pace through a defensive push and deservedly won an lbw shout to complete an excellent five-wicket haul. Hill only bowled one more over after that, finishing with 5-66, but Smith and Clark's eighth wicket partnership of 94 in 25 overs had taken Surrey's lead close to 200. They were soon well beyond that, too, Lawes arriving at number 10 to showcase his own all-rounder status with a series of classy strokes against a tiring attack. The 22-year old was off the mark with a lovely lofted straight four off Revis and he also twice pulled the same bowler for further boundaries. Clark, on 41 overnight, had completed 2,000 first-class runs for Surrey before, on 69, playing on against Jordan Thompson after a determined near three-hour knock in which he had faced 147 balls and struck only five fours. Surrey's final wicket then added 48 more, with Lawes scoring freely in an unbeaten 37 from 33 balls and last man Fisher also contributing some nice shots in 18 before flashing Thompson high to first slip. ECB Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay Notifications, social media and more with BBC Sport
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18-05-2025
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Surrey on verge of beating Yorkshire
Rothesay County Championship Division One, Kia Oval (day three)Yorkshire 255 & 185-6: Wharton 67, Bairstow 64*; Lawes 2-36Surrey 512: Foakes 86, Patterson 85; Hill 4-58Yorkshire (3 pts) trail Surrey (6 pts) by 72 runsMatch scorecard Jonny Bairstow made a belligerent 64 not out and James Wharton an excellent 67 but Yorkshire are still facing defeat against Surrey at the Kia took three wickets late on day three to underline their complete dominance in a County Championship match they will expect to bring them a second win of the Division One champions were held up by Bairstow and Wharton's fourth wicket stand of 84 but then Matt Fisher bowled Wharton and Tom Lawes removed George Hill and nightwatchman Jordan Buckingham in successive balls to leave Yorkshire 185-6 at stumps – still 72 runs had Hill caught at first slip and then pinned Buckingham leg-before, leaving Matt Revis to keep Bairstow – who has hit two sixes and eight fours in his 66-ball effort so far – company until the Smith and Jordan Clark had earlier Yorkshire up against it in their second innings at 31-2, although Wharton and Jonny Tattersall then dug in either side of tea and put on 52 for the third Bean was the first Yorkshire wicket to fall, for seven, thin-edging a Smith outswinger through to tumbling wicketkeeper Ben Foakes, and five overs later Adam Lyth was also gone, for who had looked fortunate to survive an impassioned leg-before appeal from Smith to the second ball of the innings, had made it only to 16 when Clark's seventh ball bounced steeply at him and he edged to third first spell was an impressive 6-5-4-1 and, on his return to the attack after tea, the big all-rounder had Tattersall caught at second slip for however, was soon into his stride and Surrey were forced on to the defensive as he and Wharton added 84 inside 17 24-year-old Wharton impressed with some classical strokeplay but it was Bairstow who predictably led the counter-punching as he pulled Fisher over the short long leg boundary for successive sixes on his way to a 39-ball though, hit back by producing a magnificent inswinger to bowl Wharton between bat and pad after he had faced 135 balls and hit six were already 129 runs ahead at the start of day three when they resumed on 384-7, and any hopes Yorkshire might have had of quickly bringing the innings to its conclusion were quashed as Clark and Smith settled in comfortably despite overcast Zealand all-rounder Smith looked a quality player to be coming in at number nine, on-driving Jack White early on for a sumptuous boundary – although he did also nick the same bowler down into the ground and clean between keeper and first slip for another four to bring up Surrey's 70-ball 42 was ended when Hill, Yorkshire's stand-out bowler throughout, angled his medium-pace through a defensive push and deservedly won an lbw shout to complete an excellent five-wicket haul. Hill only bowled one more over after that, finishing with 5-66, but Smith and Clark's eighth wicket partnership of 94 in 25 overs had taken Surrey's lead close to were soon well beyond that, too, Lawes arriving at number 10 to showcase his own all-rounder status with a series of classy strokes against a tiring attack. The 22-year old was off the mark with a lovely lofted straight four off Revis and he also twice pulled the same bowler for further on 41 overnight, had completed 2,000 first-class runs for Surrey before, on 69, playing on against Jordan Thompson after a determined near three-hour knock in which he had faced 147 balls and struck only five final wicket then added 48 more, with Lawes scoring freely in an unbeaten 37 from 33 balls and last man Fisher also contributing some nice shots in 18 before flashing Thompson high to first Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
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09-05-2025
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Essex & Yorkshire both struggle as wickets tumble
Rothesay County Championship Division One, Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford (day one)Yorkshire 216: Wharton 63*, Lyth 58; Critchley 4-49Essex 27-3: Westley 10*; Hill 2-14Essex (3 pts) trail Yorkshire (1 pt) by 189 runsMatch scorecard James Wharton stood resolute at one end while wickets fell all around him as Yorkshire pressed the self-destruct button after a promising start against Essex on a difficult Chelmsford 24-year-old right-hander came in when the first wicket fell at 71 and was still there 55 overs later on 63 not out from 145 balls when Matt Critchley wrapped up Yorkshire's innings on 216 with his fourth heart had been ripped out of Yorkshire's innings when four wickets fell in six overs, three of them in nine balls, as a promising 108-1 became 128-5 and continued in the same vein at the same time as Wharton painstakingly racked up his second County Championship half-century of the season. Only opener Adam Lyth, with 58 from 148 balls, showed any similar by a bumper first-day crowd of 2,612, bolstered by a number of school parties, Essex lost both openers and the nightwatchman in the 16 overs remaining in the evening session while reducing the arrears by 27 runs. Charlie Allsion nicked Ben Coad behind, Dean Elgar fished at one from George Hill to be caught at second slip and Jamie Porter was beaten for pace by the same had taken one look at the wicket, which had plenty of grass left on it, and decided to bat. It played dead for a session and a half and then suddenly became more responsive for bowlers who had toiled also had gone into the game without either of their overseas players, the seamers Ben Sears and Jordan Buckingham, plumping instead for an extra batsman in Jonny Tattersall for his first outing of the season. It was a plan that backfired before the mid and late afternoon clatter of wickets, the openers had moved along serenely for the initial 23 overs during which Lyth, on 36, had been dropped at wide mid-off by a running Tom Westley. Both Lyth and Finlay Bean had already come down the wicket and lofted Simon Harmer in similar directions for boundaries. The seamers had generally been despatched through the chance did not prove costly and, three overs later, Bean looked to drive Shane Snater but played down the wrong line and was scoring without trouble, Yorkshire went into their shell and Lyth and Wharton added just nine runs in the eight overs that preceded lunch. Lyth had been particularly watchful, but stirred after lunch and reached his half-century from 120 balls when he lent back and cut Harmer for his ninth added one more boundary, a leg glance off Kasun Rajitha, before the Sri Lankan paceman trapped him lbw, playing an indeterminate in Tattersall did not pay the dividend required as he departed for four to the second ball of a Critchley spell, wafting one that turned into leg slip's Bairstow and Hill departed to successive balls from Porter, the captain lbw on the back foot, and Hill getting an inside edge that carried to the and Matty Revis knuckled down to steady things for a while before two self-inflicted wounds heralded another slew of wickets. Revis carelessly top-edged Critchley to point where Harmer was steady under the steepling ball. And Dom Bess followed almost immediately, leaving alone a straight delivery from Rajitha and being surprised when it rapped him squarely on the took more than three hours over his fifty, late-cutting Rajitha for four to reach the milestone from 138 balls. But he lost three more partners in quick succession when Coad pulled Critchley to short midwicket and Dan Moriarty's cameo embracing six fours in 24 ended when he was lbw playing around one from Noah Thain. Critchley finished with figures of 4-49 when he had Jack White caught at chest height by Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
