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BBC News
01-07-2025
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Middlesex win by innings against Leicestershire
Rothesay County Championship Division Two, Uptonsteel County Ground, Leicester (day three)Middlesex 534: Geddes 137, Robson 133, De Caires 76; Green 3-54, Walker 3-78Leicestershire 205 & 202: Van Beek 36*; Cornwell 3-60Middlesex (22pts) beat Leicestershire (2pts) by an innings and 127 runsMatch scorecard Division Two leaders Leicestershire crashed to their first County Championship defeat of the season by an emphatic innings and 127 runs as Middlesex handsomely avenged their opponents' victory at Lord's in on after being dismissed for 205 in their first innings in reply to Middlesex's 534, Leicestershire were bowled out for 202 in their second innings, beaten with more than a day to fast bowlers Naavya Sharma and Noah Cornwell played key roles in a Middlesex attack lacking skipper and leading wicket-taker Toby Roland-Jones after centuries for Sam Robson and Ben Geddes against a depleted Leicestershire attack had set up the match for the visitors. Sharma's six wickets in the contest included a career-best first-innings 4-43, while left-armer Cornwell's four included 3-60 in the second innings, both playing in only their third first-class 33-point lead at the start of this round will limit the damage inflicted by this loss, while Middlesex's third win gives them a chance to finish among the promotion a rearguard effort in the morning that saw them almost double their overnight score had kept Leicestershire from being made to follow on sooner after slipping to 99-8 before Monday's Walker made 40 not out and rookie fast bowler Sam Wood 33 in forcing Middlesex to bowl 37 more overs to pick up the last two wickets. Tom Helm, who missed the early Championship rounds through injury, finished with addition to a career-best 3-73 with the ball, Walker shared partnerships of 42 for the ninth wicket with Chris Wright and 64 for the last with 20-year-old seamer Wood, who bowls right arm but bats moved one away to have Wright caught behind and Wood, who looked no mug with the bat as he drove Zafar for six over long-on, nicked off to Ryan Higgins, wicketkeeper Joe Cracknell holding his fifth catch of the might have chosen not to enforce the follow-on with a view to adding a few more to their 329-run lead before giving the home side at least some incentive to pitch their ambitions higher than salvaging a the event, perhaps mindful of getting their fingers burned when they set Northamptonshire a target at Wantage Road last week, they stuck with convention and sent their chastened opponents out what a good decision it was as Leicestershire lost their first six wickets for 80 by seemed the resilience shown by the tail earlier in the day had counted for nothing as Sol Budinger edged Helm to second slip before Ryan Higgins came on as first change and induced a tame return catch from Rishi Patel with his second then struck in consecutive overs, bowling Liam Trevaskis with one that nipped back before making one climb to have Peter Handscomb caught off the splice by short leg Ben Green was dropped by Geddes in Cornwell's next over but added only one more run before he drove at Higgins to be caught behind for 10. Higgins then took a catch at slip as left-armer Zafar found some bounce and the edge of Lewis Hill's Cox and Logan Van Beek at last showed some grit, adding 58 in just under 16 overs before the dismissal of the former, caught at leg gully at the second attempt fending off Sharma, who dismissed Walker with another short flung the bat for 26 off 20 balls before a top-edge saw him caught at mid-on, and Wood had some fun with two towering sixes in his 27 before another top-edge had him caught behind, leaving Van Beek with a defiant unbeaten Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
BBC News
30-06-2025
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Geddes and Sharma put Middlesex in control at Leics
Rothesay County Championship Division Two, Uptonsteel County Ground, Leicester (day two)Middlesex 534: Geddes 137, Robson 133, De Caires 76; Green 3-54, Walker 3-78Leicestershire 103-8: Patel 51; Sharma 4-24, Helm 2-28Leics 2 pts, Middx 3 ptsMatch scorecard Ben Geddes scored his first century for Middlesex and Naavya Sharma took four wickets to put Division Two leaders Leicestershire under pressure on day two of their County Championship match at the Uptonsteel County dropped on 11 on the first evening, Geddes, 23, was eventually out for a career-best 137 as the visitors amassed a challenging total of 534 after being asked to bat England Under-19 right-arm quick Sharma - playing in only his third first-class match at 19-years-old - plunged them into disarray with four wickets in 11 balls as the promotion favourites found themselves in unfamiliar territory, despite a half-century from opener Rishi Green, the on-loan Somerset all-rounder who had been guilty of the error from which Geddes profited so handsomely, had been the best of a depleted home attack with 3-54 from 28 overs, seamer Roman Walker finishing with a career-best who moved to Middlesex from Surrey over the winter, supplemented Sam Robson's 133 on day one as next-to-bottom Middlesex posted their biggest total of the summer before Sharma (4-24) showed the way to bowl with the much-criticised Kookaburra ball, finding movement that had eluded Helm chipped in with two of his own as Leicestershire plunged from 39-1 to 99-8, as the hosts finished the day on Middlesex added a further 102 before lunch to their 336-five overnight for the loss only of nightwatchman could not make more inroads until the eighth over after lunch when Cracknell (38) nicked Green to first slip, the pair having added 92 for the seventh earlier, Geddes had pulled Sam Wood for his ninth four to complete his hundred from 167 Gohar was caught off bat and pad, before Geddes, having overtaken his previous best (124 for Surrey v Kent in 2022), was bowled by Patel, whose off-spin had not been seen in competitive professional cricket before last week, but now has two wickets to his Cornwell, the 20-year-old left-arm seamer, was leg before without scoring but Middlesex would have been delighted with their work, even though it was worth only three bonus were happier still to have Leicestershire 39-2 inside nine overs in Budinger perished for 10 from eight balls, leg before to Cornwell. Trevaskis, promoted to number three in the absence of the injured Rehan Ahmed, fell for three, edging Ryan Higgins to first and Lewis Hill battled to rebuild, but after the third-wicket pair had added a painstaking 43 in 16 overs, the Middlesex tactic of bowling short to Hill paid off as the former Leicestershire captain was caught behind off the glove, looked initially like a well-worked breakthrough on a pitch that had hardly been helpful until then turned out to be the start of a devastating spell by Sharma that yielded four wickets in 11 balls without a run right-arm quick followed the dismissal of Hill by nipping one away to have Australian Test batter Peter Handscomb nicking behind, before taking two in three balls as Green fended to short leg and Ben Cox was beaten past the inside edge to be leg before, leaving Leicestershire in deep trouble at became 99-8 as Helm bowled Patel and had Logan van Beek caught behind from consecutive deliveries before Chris Wright survived the hat-trick Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
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29-06-2025
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Robson lights up Middlesex with first century of season
Middlesex's Australian-born opener Sam Robson has recorded his first County Championship hundred of the season as his side ended on 5-336 against Division Two table-toppers Leicestershire. Robson, New South Wales born but who has made seven Test appearances for England, hit 133 in an first-wicket stand of 173 with Joshua De Caires (76), while Roman Walker took 3-57 for the home team. Landmark centuries from Keaton Jennings and Australian-South African Chris Green revived Lancashire against Derbyshire at Chesterfield. Jennings passed 12,000 first-class runs on his way to 106 while Green celebrated his maiden red-ball hundred as Lancashire recovered from 6-132 to 367 all out. Gloucestershire's Western Australian captain Cameron Bancroft scored a half-century, along with Zaman Akhter and the unbeaten James Bracey, as their side closed on 7-279 for seven against Glamorgan at Cardiff. Timm van der Gugten trapped Bancroft lbw for 50 and later dismissed Akhter by the same method for 58. Mason Crane chipped in with three wickets. Highlight of the Division One action came at Southampton where Adam Hose made a career-best 266 during a third-wicket stand of 395 with Jake Libby as bottom-of-the-table Worcestershire dominated against Hampshire. Hose smashed 31 fours and seven sixes off 253 deliveries, while stand-in captain Libby passed 10,000 career runs on his way to an unbeaten 137. The Pears, who have won only once all season, reached 3-463 at stumps. Centuries from Dom Sibley and Sam Curran helped reigning champions Surrey take control against Durham. Opener Sibley remained unbeaten on 169 and Curran contributed 108 off 124 balls in a score of 407 for three, with captain Rory Burns having registered 55 at the start of the innings at The Oval. Dan Lawrence will resume alongside Sibley on 58 for the second-placed hosts. Middlesex's Australian-born opener Sam Robson has recorded his first County Championship hundred of the season as his side ended on 5-336 against Division Two table-toppers Leicestershire. Robson, New South Wales born but who has made seven Test appearances for England, hit 133 in an first-wicket stand of 173 with Joshua De Caires (76), while Roman Walker took 3-57 for the home team. Landmark centuries from Keaton Jennings and Australian-South African Chris Green revived Lancashire against Derbyshire at Chesterfield. Jennings passed 12,000 first-class runs on his way to 106 while Green celebrated his maiden red-ball hundred as Lancashire recovered from 6-132 to 367 all out. Gloucestershire's Western Australian captain Cameron Bancroft scored a half-century, along with Zaman Akhter and the unbeaten James Bracey, as their side closed on 7-279 for seven against Glamorgan at Cardiff. Timm van der Gugten trapped Bancroft lbw for 50 and later dismissed Akhter by the same method for 58. Mason Crane chipped in with three wickets. Highlight of the Division One action came at Southampton where Adam Hose made a career-best 266 during a third-wicket stand of 395 with Jake Libby as bottom-of-the-table Worcestershire dominated against Hampshire. Hose smashed 31 fours and seven sixes off 253 deliveries, while stand-in captain Libby passed 10,000 career runs on his way to an unbeaten 137. The Pears, who have won only once all season, reached 3-463 at stumps. Centuries from Dom Sibley and Sam Curran helped reigning champions Surrey take control against Durham. Opener Sibley remained unbeaten on 169 and Curran contributed 108 off 124 balls in a score of 407 for three, with captain Rory Burns having registered 55 at the start of the innings at The Oval. Dan Lawrence will resume alongside Sibley on 58 for the second-placed hosts. Middlesex's Australian-born opener Sam Robson has recorded his first County Championship hundred of the season as his side ended on 5-336 against Division Two table-toppers Leicestershire. Robson, New South Wales born but who has made seven Test appearances for England, hit 133 in an first-wicket stand of 173 with Joshua De Caires (76), while Roman Walker took 3-57 for the home team. Landmark centuries from Keaton Jennings and Australian-South African Chris Green revived Lancashire against Derbyshire at Chesterfield. Jennings passed 12,000 first-class runs on his way to 106 while Green celebrated his maiden red-ball hundred as Lancashire recovered from 6-132 to 367 all out. Gloucestershire's Western Australian captain Cameron Bancroft scored a half-century, along with Zaman Akhter and the unbeaten James Bracey, as their side closed on 7-279 for seven against Glamorgan at Cardiff. Timm van der Gugten trapped Bancroft lbw for 50 and later dismissed Akhter by the same method for 58. Mason Crane chipped in with three wickets. Highlight of the Division One action came at Southampton where Adam Hose made a career-best 266 during a third-wicket stand of 395 with Jake Libby as bottom-of-the-table Worcestershire dominated against Hampshire. Hose smashed 31 fours and seven sixes off 253 deliveries, while stand-in captain Libby passed 10,000 career runs on his way to an unbeaten 137. The Pears, who have won only once all season, reached 3-463 at stumps. Centuries from Dom Sibley and Sam Curran helped reigning champions Surrey take control against Durham. Opener Sibley remained unbeaten on 169 and Curran contributed 108 off 124 balls in a score of 407 for three, with captain Rory Burns having registered 55 at the start of the innings at The Oval. Dan Lawrence will resume alongside Sibley on 58 for the second-placed hosts.
Perth Now
29-06-2025
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- Perth Now
Robson lights up Middlesex with first century of season
Middlesex's Australian-born opener Sam Robson has recorded his first County Championship hundred of the season as his side ended on 5-336 against Division Two table-toppers Leicestershire. Robson, New South Wales born but who has made seven Test appearances for England, hit 133 in an first-wicket stand of 173 with Joshua De Caires (76), while Roman Walker took 3-57 for the home team. Landmark centuries from Keaton Jennings and Australian-South African Chris Green revived Lancashire against Derbyshire at Chesterfield. Jennings passed 12,000 first-class runs on his way to 106 while Green celebrated his maiden red-ball hundred as Lancashire recovered from 6-132 to 367 all out. Gloucestershire's Western Australian captain Cameron Bancroft scored a half-century, along with Zaman Akhter and the unbeaten James Bracey, as their side closed on 7-279 for seven against Glamorgan at Cardiff. Timm van der Gugten trapped Bancroft lbw for 50 and later dismissed Akhter by the same method for 58. Mason Crane chipped in with three wickets. Highlight of the Division One action came at Southampton where Adam Hose made a career-best 266 during a third-wicket stand of 395 with Jake Libby as bottom-of-the-table Worcestershire dominated against Hampshire. Hose smashed 31 fours and seven sixes off 253 deliveries, while stand-in captain Libby passed 10,000 career runs on his way to an unbeaten 137. The Pears, who have won only once all season, reached 3-463 at stumps. Centuries from Dom Sibley and Sam Curran helped reigning champions Surrey take control against Durham. Opener Sibley remained unbeaten on 169 and Curran contributed 108 off 124 balls in a score of 407 for three, with captain Rory Burns having registered 55 at the start of the innings at The Oval. Dan Lawrence will resume alongside Sibley on 58 for the second-placed hosts.
BBC News
29-06-2025
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- BBC News
Robson hits ton as Middlesex make hay against Leics
Rothesay County Championship Division Two, Uptonsteel County Ground, Leicester (day one)Middlesex 336-5: Robson 133, De Caires 76, du Plooy 56; Walker 3-57, Green 2-40Leicestershire: Yet to batLeics 1 pt, Middx 2 ptsMatch scorecard After beating Middlesex at Lord's for the first time in 45 years last month, County Championship Division Two leaders Leicestershire were made to toil against the same opponents on home Sam Robson (133) posted his first championship hundred of the season as Middlesex finished on 336-5, after Josh De Caires - still looking for his maiden first-class century after 37 attempts - scored 76 in an opening stand of Du Plooy, captain in the absence of Toby Roland-Jones, who is sidelined by a gastric bug, was out for 56 in the penultimate a Leicestershire attack without four of the bowlers that forged that victory at Lord's, seamer Roman Walker took the first three wickets to fall and ended the day with career-best figures of pitch had a healthy covering of grass, but where the sight of a similar surface in April with a Dukes ball in hand would have had a bowler licking his lips, a Kookaburra on a bone-dry day in late June is a different made for another of the attritional days that are becoming familiar when the Kookaburra ball is in use - not perhaps the best day to have chosen for the supporter-led County Cricket Day initiative where Leicestershire, among others, offered free mindful of Monday's forecast for still hotter conditions, and how the contest might look on day four, Leicestershire captain Peter Handscomb handed Middlesex the chance to bat first. His side extended their lead by virtue of a draw with Glamorgan last week and may be happy simply not to lose this one, but Middlesex, next to bottom, desperately need a had 119-0 by lunch as Robson and De Caires completed half-centuries with boundaries off Logan Van Beek in the final over before the left the home attack wicketless in the opening session of a match for the first time this were without Tom Scriven, Rehan Ahmed, Ben Mike and Josh Hull to injury, while their leading wicket-taker, Ian Holland, is playing Major League Cricket for Washington Freedom. Nonetheless it was a disappointing session for the home attack, who failed to create a real added a further 100 between lunch and tea for the loss of two wickets. Almost all of the meaningful action from the hosts took place in the space of five deliveries as Walker, playing only his fifth Championship match in four seasons at Grace Road, dismissed De Caires and Max some movement off the seam with a ball 47 overs old, Walker had the former caught behind off an inside edge, and, bowling around the wicket to the left-handed Holden, straightened one enough to pass the outside edge and clip off stump, removing Middlesex's leading scorer for a 24-year-old ex-Glamorgan seamer - in the last year of his current contract - picked up his third wicket 10 overs after tea as Robson, whose hundred had come off 185 balls, for once failed to control his shot and was caught at was a decent catch by Sol Budinger, yet merely a warm-up for what might be the best of the 25-year-old's career - so far or still to come - five overs later as new batter Ryan Higgins flashed at Ben Green. Now at backward point, Budinger dived for a ball going past him to his left, six inches above the ground, and somehow caught it with his right hand. That left Middlesex 271-4. They would have been 286-5 had Green, at mid-off, not dropped a dolly chance offered by Ben Geddes off Van Beek on 11, although he at least partially atoned by having Du Plooy caught at second slip when looking well set for day Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
