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BBC News
24-05-2025
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- BBC News
Returning Woakes helps put Bears on top against Worcs
Rothesay County Championship Division One, Visit Worcestershire New Road, Worcester (day two)Warwickshire 227: Hain 86, Latham 59; Taylor 4-37 & 53-1: Yates 17*Worcestershire 181: Libby 45; Rushworth 4-37, Woakes 3-34Warwickshire (3 pts) lead Worcestershire (3 pts) by 99 runs with nine wickets scorecard Chris Rushworth and Chris Woakes bowled Warwickshire into the ascendancy over Worcestershire on the second day of the County Championship Division One derby at Visit Worcestershire New (4-37) and Woakes (3-34) exploited perfect seam-bowling conditions to bowl the home side out for 181. That gave Warwickshire a first innings lead of 46 - small but potentially decisive in a low-scoring visitors closed the second day on 53-1 - 99 ahead overall. It was an encouraging day for Warwickshire and also for England as Woakes safely came through his return to first-team bowling after a knee injury. He looked fluent and in good rhythm as he bowled well from the Diglis resumed on the second morning on 53 without loss, strongly placed but in batting conditions which were even more tricky than on the first day. Cloud cover and dampness from overnight rain had been added to the mischievous and Woakes could not have asked for more helpful conditions for their first competitive bowl of the season and both took full advantage as Worcestershire's ten wickets fell for 117 began the collapse by pinning Jake Libby (45) lbw. He then extended Henry Nicholls' thin spell of form via a catch at third departure was the first of four wickets to fall for eight runs in seven overs as Rushworth found his rhythm from the New Road End. Perfectly pitched outswingers induced three fatal edges in eight balls from Gareth Roderick (24), Rob Jones and Brett D' glowering skies, the outside edges continued to come. Wicketkeeper Alex Davies took the catches as Woakes snared Ethan Brookes and Matthew Waite became Rushworth's 673rd first class victim. Kashif Ali's 159 minutes of impressive defiance for 31 ended when he edged Ed Barnard high to second Taylor clubbed Webster to mid on and when the Aussie all-rounder, on his farewell appearance for Warwickshire before joining up with the Australia squad, bowled Ben Allison through a slog, Warwickshire's first innings lead was a solid the last session to bat, Warwickshire soon lost Alex Davies, beaten for pace and bowled by Jacob Duffy. In murky light, Rob Yates (17*) and Tom Latham (15*) ground out an unbroken partnership of 38 in 115 balls to cement their side's advantage while Rushworth's happy day got even better when his beloved Sunderland knocked in a stoppage time winner against Sheffield United in the Championship play-off final at Reporters Network supported by Rothesay
The Independent
18-05-2025
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- The Independent
Matthew Waite claims six as Worcestershire beat Essex for first win of season
Matthew Waite starred with the ball as Worcestershire claimed their first win of the Rothesay County Championship season by beating Essex by 225 runs on day three at New Road. Having been bowled out for 134 for a lead of 335, Worcestershire dismissed the visitors for 110, with seamer Waite taking a career-best six for 19, adding to his three wickets in Essex's first innings. Hampshire won for the first time since the opening round of Division One fixtures and ended Warwickshire's unbeaten start as they triumphed by 89 runs at Edgbaston. James Fuller took five scalps as Warwickshire, chasing 310, were dismissed for 220. Captain Lewis Gregory hit an unbeaten 89 to see Somerset to a five-wicket win over Sussex at Taunton. Somerset had been set a target of 150 after Sussex, following on, had made 335 featuring 82 not out from their skipper John Simpson. The hosts slipped to 30 for three, Ollie Robinson striking twice, but makeshift opener Gregory stood firm to guide Somerset to their second successive win. Champions Surrey looked to be nearing an innings victory over Yorkshire at the Oval as three late wickets left the visitors on 185 for six, still trailing by 72 runs. Yorkshire had been 167 for three but the dismissal of James Wharton for 67 was quickly followed by George Hill and Jordan Buckingham for ducks, leaving visiting captain Jonny Bairstow (64 not out) with only the tail for comfort on the final day. Ollie Robinson (141), Graham Clark (121) and Emilio Gay (104) each posted centuries as Durham made a club-record 664 in their match against leaders Nottinghamshire at Chester-le-Street. Their lead stood at 190 at stumps, with the away side on 67 for one in their second innings. In Division Two, leaders Leicestershire beat Middlesex by seven wickets for their first red-ball win at Lord's in 45 years. Three wickets apiece from Ben Green and Logan van Beek helped the Foxes bowl out their opponents for 143 before Leicestershire eased their way to their target of 102. There was also victory inside three days for Glamorgan as they defeated Northamptonshire in Cardiff. The Welsh side got the 66 runs they needed for the loss of two wickets after Northamptonshire's second-innings 304, in which Saif Zaib (71), Lewis McManus (66) Luke Procter (56) made half-centuries. James Anderson took another wicket for Lancashire in their match against Derbyshire at Old Trafford as he continued his first competitive outing since his international retirement last year. The England great ousted Zak Chappell for his third scalp of an innings in which Derbyshire made 314, with Brooke Guest hitting 77. Lancashire then reached 141 for six at close of play for a 285-run lead. At Bristol, Cameron Green (128) and James Bracey (127) registered tons as Gloucestershire's made 516 in reply to 424 from Kent, who were then 43 runs ahead at stumps at 135 for four.
BBC News
18-05-2025
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- BBC News
Waite stars as Worcs wrap up big win over Essex
Rothesay County Championship Division One, Visit Worcestershire New Road (day three)Worcestershire 358 & 134: Brookes 38; Harmer 4-37Essex 157 & 110: Waite 6-19Worcestershire (22 pts) beat Essex (3 pts) by 225 runsMatch scorecard Matthew Waite's career best figures propelled Worcestershire to a rampant three-day victory over Essex in the County ChampionshipThe home side rallied to 134 all out at New Road, with Ethan Brookes' valuable 38, the standout knock, setting Essex 336 to win the visiting side were blown away as figures of 6-19 from Waite, did the bulk of the damage as the away side fell away to a 225-run crucial victory keeps them in touch with the sides around them as the scrap in the bottom-half of Division One resuming day three on 58-5, the hosts began the morning session looking to add to their overnight lead of capitalised on a slow Worcestershire start however, with Simon Harmer and Shane Snater sharing three wickets inside the first hour to reduce the hosts to brought Brookes to the crease, who, with a canny supporting role from Waite, eased their way into expressed himself, as those in Worcestershire colours cheered every run added, as together they stretched the lead past pro Harmer (4-37) returned the best figures for Essex, alongside Porter who collected two for himself, as the home side closed out their innings on an unlikely 336 to win, Essex's chase fell apart, as they lost five top order wickets for the loss of just 47 Allison and Noah Thain shared the highest score with 23, but on a dismal Essex card, only two other batters could muster double-figures as they were bundled out for a measly Elgar was the first to go for just nine, as he feathered an edge through to keeper Gareth Roderick off a rising Ben Allison one run separated the wicket of Elgar and his opening partner Allison, when the impressive Waite accounted for his wicket in the same Westley's struggles continued when he was pinned in front by a nip-backer from Yadvinder Singh, and the Worcestershire bowlers tightened their grip further on the contest when Waite extended his fine form to remove Robin Das, who had failed to trouble the scorers for a 10-ball Waite bagged his sixth wicket of the match, the away side were left spiralling towards a heavy defeat, with Michael Pepper accounted for at two-overs into his spell, a loose Matt Critchley drive opened the door for Brookes to sneak through and grab a faint edge on the way through to the gloves of Roderick, with a delivery that jagged back enough to ensure his keeper collected his eighth catch of the the stand-out performer across the match, grabbed the headlines as he collected the wickets of Snater, Harmer and Porter on his way to returning career best match figures of crucial victory for Worcestershire closes the gap on the rest of the pack around them at the basement of the Division One table, while Essex will make the journey home knowing a trip to The Oval awaits them on Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
BBC News
17-05-2025
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- BBC News
Seamers blow away Essex as Worcs take control
Rothesay County Championship Division One, Visit Worcestershire New Road (day two)Worcestershire 358: Waite 73; Snater 4-78 & 58-5: Kashif 31; Harmer 2-8Essex 157: Das 44; Taylor 3-23, Waite 3-34Worcestershire (6 pts) lead Essex (3 pts) by 259 runsMatch scorecard Worcestershire's seam bowlers produced their best performance of the season to blow away Essex's batters and put them in complete control on day two at Visit Worcestershire New a clinical bowling display, wickets were shared amongst the pace bowlers, with Tom Taylor's 15-over spell of 3-23 the standout Das top scored with resilient 44, but when he was dismissed by Matthew Waite, Essex were up against it, and were eventually bundled out for home side navigated the final session to reach 58-5 at the close and put themselves firmly in the driving seat heading into day wrapping up the Worcestershire innings with just four added to the overnight score, Essex were immediately pegged in reply back as Ben Allison castled his brother, Charlie, without a run being Tom Westley, could only make six before he was caught behind off Taylor, as the Worcestershire opening bowlers enjoyed early success in idyllic bowling Elgar and Das dug in, until the former South African opener succumbed to a sensational catch by Ethan Brookes, who at third slip, dived low to his left and held onto a blinding one-handed take to reduce the visitors to 46-3 as lunch a similar vein to day one, the ball continued to dominate the bat for large parts of the morning session, with Taylor proving the most frugal of Worcestershire's continued to graft hard, rallying for his side with a watchful innings, latching onto any rare loose Critchley then departed for 15, when he edged a rising ball behind into the gloves of Gareth Roderick, leaving Essex 75-4 and up against off-side fielders were kept busy in the early exchanges of the afternoon, with the ball unable to puncture in the infield, as Waite, Taylor and Singh bowled in tandem to build pressure and restrict their opponents Pepper became Taylor's third wicket of the innings when he fell cheaply and was followed soon after by Das when Waite found his outside brought up their 100 in the 43rd over of the day, but by this point were in the face of a home side's bowling entourage on top of their game and pressing hard for their seventh wicket and then joined the action to break the 19-run partnership for the seventh-wicket, before Singh was rewarded for a controlled spell, giving keeper Roderick his fourth catch of the day behind the stumps as Snater exited with his side still 211 runs was bowled and Porter caught behind three balls later, both off the bowling of Waite, bringing an end to an underwhelming batting Chelmsford-based side showed signs of a fightback when they removed Roderick and Nicholls in quick succession, before Libby was given out lbw for Harmer dealt the home side a late double-blow when he trapped both Kashif Ali (31) and Ben Allison (0), but Rob Jones and Yadvinder Singh, batted through safely to stumps, with a 259-run lead and five wickets Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
BBC News
16-05-2025
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Waite drags Worcs back into contest against Essex
Rothesay County Championship Division One, Visit Worcestershire New Road (day one)Worcestershire 354-9: Waite 73, Jones 54; Snater 3-75, Critchley 2-13, Thain 2-71Essex: Yet to batWorcestershire (3pts), Essex (3pts)Match scorecard A stubborn batting display dragged Worcestershire in front after Essex's bowlers looked to have taken control of proceedings on Day One of the County Championship at Visit Worcestershire New Snater led the way for the visitors early on, returning figures of 3-75 from his 23 overs, as he and his bowling unit had the hosts on the ropes at Jones provided the most resistance as his half-century underpinned a gritty batting display from the hosts, as the loss of regular wickets thwarted any momentum throughout the afternoon.A crucial eighth-wicket partnership between Matthew Waite and Tom Taylor however, changed the context of the day late on and drove the home side into a healthy position heading into day two, as they reached 354-9 at winning the toss and electing to field, Essex did not wait long before forcing their first breakthrough of the morning when Snater trapped Gareth Roderick lbw for 17, before New Zealand International Henry Nicholls departed soon after without scoring after nicking an attempted leave behind from a lively Kasun Rajitha a wicket tinged with green that kept the bowlers interested throughout the morning session, it was the visiting side's seam attack that continued their line of questioning with Jake Libby given a stern test of his defensive credentials as the hosts brought up their fifty without any further spring was in the step of the Essex attack however, and it wasn't long before 20-year-old Noah Thain ensured the visitors headed into lunch with the upper hand, when the right arm seamer wheeled away in delight after drawing Libby forward with an enticing delivery that moved away just enough, to catch his edge and leave the Division One strugglers wicketless in his opening spell, England hopeful Jamie Porter continued to mount pressure, with a switch of ends later in the morning not deterring from his unrelenting line and length, beating the bat on multiple was to no avail however, as the hosts made it to lunch with seven wickets intact and 84 runs on the Ali and Jones came together and looked to provide some much-needed middle order stability by adding 61 for the fifth wicket, before a Snater delivery jagged back and stayed low to castle Ali for 46, and shortly after removed Brett D'Oliveira to put his side firmly in paceman had his tail up and carried his eye-catching form into the afternoon session as he and his fellow seamers gave nothing away to a side seemingly low on confidence trying to mount a reasonable first innings Brookes joined Jones and took the attack to the bowlers, but Porter brought an end to proceedings when he had him caught behind for a well-made 45 ball combination of a slow outfield and a pitch offering just enough to perk their interests, the Essex attack rotated seamlessly to take wickets at regular was time for Jones to raise his bat as he reached his 50 milestone, but when he departed ten balls later, Worcestershire looked anxiously at their tail in hopes of late rearguard Waite (73) and Tom Taylor (43), then came together and dug deep to swing the momentum back in the home side's favour, as their partnership of 95 for the eighth-wicket left the Pears feeling the happier of the two sides at Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
