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BBC News
25-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Bears edging Pears derby despite Duffy haul
Rothesay County Championship Division One, Visit Worcestershire New Road, Worcester (day three)Warwickshire 227 & 280: Hain 87*, Woakes 42; Duffy 5-75Worcestershire 181 & 57-2: Roderick 34*Worcestershire (3pts) trail Warwickshire (3pts) by 269 runs with eight wickets remainingMatch scorecard Sam Hain's second highly-skilled innings of the match left Warwickshire well-placed to press for victory over Worcestershire in the County Championship derby at Visit Worcestershire New followed his first innings 86 with an unbeaten 87 (174 balls) as Warwickshire took their second innings to 280 to set the home side 327 to Woakes supported Hain with 42, during which he passed 10,000 runs in all formats, while Jacob Duffy took closed the third day on 54-2 and face a huge batting challenge on the final day when they must make much the biggest score of the match to win resumed on the third morning day on 53-1, already 99 ahead, and soon lost Tom Latham who edged an aggressive shot at Tom Taylor to wicketkeeper Gareth Roderick. Rob Yates eked out a valuable 29 from 112 balls before falling lbw, hit on the back pad, by Ben Allison. Beau Webster paid the price for going on the back foot on a pitch sometimes keeping low when Duffy flattened his leg was 86-4 and Worcestershire were clawing their way back into the match but the excellent Hain unfurled his second crucial innings of the contest and received important support from the middle and lower orders. Ed Barnard (30) added impetus before top-edging Matthew Waite to third man. Zen Malik helped Hain add 30 and, after he sliced Duffy to point and Kai Smith pulled Allison to long leg, Woakes arrived – not a bad player to have coming in at eighth-wicket pair added 67 in 21 overs, lifting Worcestershire's target over 300, before Woakes edged Taylor to slip. Duffy completed his five-for with wickets from successive balls when Ethan Bamber hit his wicket from the follow through from a pull and Chris Rushworth edged to wasted no time before inflicting damage with the ball when he knocked out Jake Libby's off-stump with an out-swinger. Six balls later, Henry Nicholls copped a tough lbw decision when he appeared to be struck outside the line of off-stump by was 25-2 and, with 27 overs left in the day Warwickshire fancied their chances of making match-clinching inroads before stumps. Batting remained a serious test of concentration and technique but Roderick and Kashif Ali negotiated 12 overs before bad light lopped off the last intriguing final day beckons with an additional factor from some rain in the forecast. Warwickshire remain strong favourites to bank a win which would owe most to Hain whose high-class batting in this match was worthy of two supplied by the ECB Reporters' Network, supported by Rothesay
Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Yahoo
Point Defiance Zoo conservationists support local purple martin swallows with new nests
'Spring is in the air, and so are the Purple Martins!' Conservationists with the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium are supporting local purple martins, North America's largest swallows, with fresh new homes. According to the zoo, Tacoma is a major hotspot for these birds, which rely on human-made homes due to habitat loss. The conservation team hopes to help support the local purple martin population, while still encouraging martins to seek out natural cavities, as the species slowly rebounds. The zoo says these birds travel thousands of miles each year from Brazil to return to places like Tacoma, often arriving as early as April and departing by late August. Locals may spot them circling high over the shoreline or perched on weathered pilings at places like Titlow Beach or Chambers Bay. 'Our data tells us that Tacoma is home to a large percentage of the state's purple martins,' said Sam Hain, conservation specialist at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. 'The city could hold as much as 16 percent of Washington's estimated 600 adult birds, making it a huge bastion for a species that depends on us for nesting habitat.' The team recently added 10 new nest boxes and 6 plastic gourds as new little homes for our local swallows, and say that already spotted at least one nesting pair with signs of more on the way. To learn more, click here.
BBC News
23-05-2025
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- BBC News
Taylor leads Pears comeback after Hain's 86 for Bears
Rothesay County Championship Division One, Visit Worcestershire New Road, Worcester (day one)Warwickshire 227: Hain 86, Latham 59; Taylor 4-37Worcestershire 53-0: Libby 39*Worcestershire (3 pts) trail Warwickshire (0 pts) by 174 with 10 wickets scorecard Tom Taylor continued his excellent form with another four wickets as Worcestershire bowled Warwickshire out for 227 on the opening day of their County Championship match at Visit Worcestershire New RoadTaylor took 4-37 as Warwickshire, having been strongly placed at 161-2 thanks to Sam Hain (86 from 152 balls) and Tom Latham (59, 153), lost their last eight wickets for 66 then rounded off a very satisfactory day's work by reaching a composed 53 without loss with Jake Libby on 39 (54) and Gareth Roderick 13 (42).Warwickshire chose to bat but had to work hard for runs in the morning session as the seamers found plenty of lateral moment. Rob Yates perished to the seventh ball of the day - and Taylor's first - when he edged an attempt to force through the offside to wicketkeeper Gareth Roderick. Alex Davies fell to the 118th when he was pinned plum lbw by Matthew and Hain retrenched, the former solidly, the latter sketchily at first before settling into some glorious shots, notably sixes down the ground off Taylor and pulled off Ethan Brookes. The third-wicket pair batted diligently to add 109 in 32 overs and were moving their side into ascendancy when Worcestershire struck three big blows in seven dismissed Latham with a lovely outswinger which took the edge through to the keeper and Beau Webster who sliced a drive to point. Ed Barnard, warmly applauded to the crease at his former home ground, soon returned to the pavilion nursing a 12-ball duck after edging Jacob Duffy to first passed 50 for the first time this season and was within 14 of building it into a century when he edged Waite to second slip. Henry Nicholls accepted that catch and another one 18 balls later when Kai Smith edged Taylor to first Malik dug in for a well-constructed 34 (58) which included a straight six off Waite to raise the 200 but his departure, lbw to Taylor, triggered the loss of the last three wickets for four runs in four balls. Taylor trapped Ethan Bamber in front and Chris Woakes, playing his first championship match of the season and only his tenth in seven years, edged Duffy to second was an excellent collective effort from the home seamers, led by Taylor who has taken 15 wickets in the first innings of the last four championship reply started at a gallop with 12 from the first over from Bamber. Against an attack including Woakes and Chris Rushworth, each playing their first game of the season after injury, openers Libby and Roderick put 50 on the board from 68 Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay.
BBC News
11-03-2025
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- BBC News
Hain signs new deal with Warwickshire
Warwickshire batter Sam Hain has signed a contract extension to the end of the 2028 season. The 29-year-old, who has played two one-day internationals for England, has been with the Bears since he was 16 and has scored more runs in T20 cricket for the club than anyone his debut against local rivals Worcestershire in a List A game in 2013, Hain has scored nearly 12,500 runs, with 3,779 coming in the 20-over contract was due to expire at the end of the forthcoming season. "I've spent close to half my life as a Bear," Hain said., external"I've loved every minute of my time here, it's a special place and I'm lucky to call it home. "It's been one hell of a journey and I'm looking forward to seeing what the next four seasons have in store and how far we can go as a team."Hong-Kong-born, and Australia-raised, Hain played three times for England Lions before making his senior international debut against Ireland in an ODI in Nottingham in September 122 first-class matches for Warwickshire, he has scored 6,827 runs, including 18 centuries, and was part of the side that won the County Championship in Bears first-team coach Ian Westwood said he was "delighted" Hain had agreed new terms and "deserved it"."He's a great guy to have around in the dressing room, you can tell he feels relaxed and at home at Edgbaston," Westwood, who replaced Mark Robinson at the helm last month, said."He's very motivated to win more silverware with Warwickshire and help the next generation of batters come through."
