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BBC News
25-05-2025
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- BBC News
Northants build lead after Green hundred for Gloucs
Rothesay County Championship Division Two, County Ground, Northampton (day three)Northamptonshire 469 & 158-4: Sales 49*; Akhter 2-31Gloucestershire 379-8 dec: Green 118*, Bancroft 60, Hammond 51; Harrison 4-94Northants (5 pts) lead Glos (5 pts) by 248 with five wickets standingMatch scorecard Australia's Cameron Green warmed up for the World Test Championship final with a superb unbeaten 118 to set up a bold Gloucestershire declaration against Northamptonshire on day three of their Championship match at Wantage was Green's third century in a five-game stint for Gloucestershire as he returns after an eight-month lay-off following back surgery. After a scratchy start, the Western Australian all-rounder played beautifully, facing 185 balls and striking three sixes and eight fours and looked in excellent touch ahead of next month's Test final at Lord's. After eight knocks for Gloucestershire, he currently has an average of 73.67 with power to add in the second innings helped take the visitors from a precarious overnight 156-4 to 379-8 when skipper Cameron Bancroft called time with Gloucestershire still 90 runs behind, leg-spinner Calvin Harrison finishing with figures of their second innings, James Sales followed his first innings 81 with an unbeaten 49 as Northamptonshire closed on 158-4, leading by 248 to set up a fascinating final after a brief rain delay, nightwatcher Matt Taylor (36) and Green both edged past the slips, while Harry Conway found plenty of movement back into the right handers and had two big lbw shouts turned pulled Liam Guthrie behind square for six and targeted Harrison, smashing consecutive boundaries including a big hit over mid-wicket. He perished attempting a similar shot, Harrison running across to take the catch off a top quickly struck again when Luke Procter jagged one back into James Bracey, squaring him up as he edged low to Harrison at second Green was not timing the ball perfectly, he seemed content to occupy the crease and reduce the deficit, although he showed one moment of aggression when he pulled a Gus Miller short ball over forward square-leg for found a willing partner in Graeme van Buuren (27), the pair posting a stand of 79 after lunch. By now Green was moving up through the gears, driving Guthrie down the ground for back-to-back boundaries to reach his half-century off 103 balls. He had a reprieve later in the same over when Guthrie shelled a return catch and was forced to leave the field as his knee landed on the ball in his follow through. At the other end, Conway had a close lbw shout turned down against van Buuren but persuaded the umpire to raise his finger when one kept low and struck him in greeted Guthrie's return from the treatment table by swatting him for six over the old bowls pavilion. With the follow on saved, Green then played Harrison through the off-side to reach three lost an eighth wicket when Tom Price chopped onto his stumps against Harrison, but Green finished the afternoon session in style, depositing Saif Zaib over long-on on the stroke of tea at which point Bancroft reply Northamptonshire targeted quick runs but lost Procter early lbw, attempting to sweep Ollie Vasconcelos (27) started in brisk fashion swatting Tom Price over deep square into the neighbouring Wellingborough Road gardens for six and clubbing four boundaries before he was adjudged to have gloved an Akhter short ball to the keeper. Miller was next to go, lbw to Aadi Sharma (24) dismissively pulled Akhter for six to get off the mark before taking consecutive boundaries off Archie Bailey, who finally claimed his wicket via an edge to started aggressively, cutting fiercely for four before Green put down a regulation slip catch off the bowling of Akhter. He moved into the forties shortly before the close by pulling Ollie Price through midwicket, finishing the day one away from a second half-century of the match. Sales resumed his big first innings partnership with Saif Zaib (22 not out), who also found runs all around the ground, the pair adding 58 for the fifth Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
BBC News
13-05-2025
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- BBC News
All-rounder Agar ruled out of Northants T20 campaign
Northamptonshire have confirmed they are searching for an overseas replacement for the T20 Blast after Australian all-rounder Ashton Agar was ruled out with had been booked to reprise his 2024 role at Wantage Road for the domestic T20 competition which starts on 29 the 31-year-old confirmed he will not now return after suffering a calf strain."I'm extremely disappointed to be missing this year's Vitality Blast with Northamptonshire," said the left-arm off spinner."I loved my time there last season, it's a fantastic club with great people and I'll be watching and supporting the boys from Perth."The Steelbacks, who have won the Blast twice, made it out of the group stages last season before losing to Somerset in the played six matches, topping their batting averages and taking four wickets.
Yahoo
11-05-2025
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Aussie quicks give Darren Lehmann county lift-off
Darren Lehmann has enjoyed his first win as Northamptonshire coach in the county championship -- with a little bit of help from two Australian quick bowlers, Harry Conway and Liam Guthrie. The two pacemen grabbed half of Lancashire's wickets between them over the three-day contest at Wantage Road and even the best efforts of another Aussie Marcus Harris, the leading scorer in English cricket this season, wasn't enough to prevent a 70-run defeat on Sunday. Former Test batter Lehmann has sworn by the efforts of his two Australian recruits, and he was rewarded again as South Australia's Conway, who took eight wickets on debut in his last match, finished with match figures of 5-84 while Queensland's Guthrie took 5-106. 32.3 | One brings two. 👀Conway bowls Hurst with a beauty and he has to go for a 117/ live 👉 — Northamptonshire CCC (@NorthantsCCC) May 11, 2025 On a pulsating day's cricket, No.10 Guthrie, who had scored an invaluable 42 in the first innings, played another big part with the bat, notching 18 valuable runs in a ninth-wicket partnership of 81 while big-hitting Ben Sanderson was smashing a 28-ball 65 at the other end. Those runs helped the home side set Lancashire a much tougher target of 236 on a tricky pitch and Guthrie then dismissed both the visiting openers to leave Harris having to try to steer them back on course. The Australian, who scored 121 in the first innings, again looked on course for a seventh score above 50 this season as he moved smoothly on to 43 off 73 balls, with seven fours, only to have a bit of a rush of blood to the head as he tried to hit legspinner Calvin Harrison out of the park and got stumped. 32 | Gone! ☝️Harris advances down the track but misses the ball and is stumped by 116/ live 👉 — Northamptonshire CCC (@NorthantsCCC) May 11, 2025 It was the beginning of the end for Lancashire as Conway bowled Matty Hurst with a beauty and had George Balderson caught behind for another duck, while Harrison ripped through the middle order with figures of 4-32. Guthrie finished the job by dismissing last man Will Williams with Lancs all out for 165. It was enough to push Nothamptonshire up to mid-table in the second division, while Lancashire, who had been tipped for promotion, are rock bottom at the moment. That's despite Harris's runs. The 32-year-old now has a total of 749 runs in 10 knocks at an average of 83.22 and his fifth boundary on Sunday made him the first man to hit a hundred fours in county cricket this season. Meanwhile, Glamorgan have confirmed that their ever popular import Marnus Labuschagne will be back to face Northamptonshire this week in Cardiff, as well as playing Middlesex the following week, as he warms up for the World Test Championship final against South Africa at Lord's.
