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25-07-2025
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Zen Malik and Beau Webster impress as Warwickshire see off Worcestershire
Zen Malik and Beau Webster both scored centuries as Warwickshire chased down 393 – the third-highest target in their history – to beat Worcestershire by five wickets in Division One of the Rothesay County Championship. Needing 338 with eight wickets in hand at the start of the day Malik scored a career-best 142 with Australian Webster hitting an unbeaten 100 off 166 balls. Dan Mousley chipped in with 69 before Kai Smith (48 off 40) joined Webster to see the hosts home with almost 14 overs to spare to leave bottom side Worcestershire staring at relegation. Essex inflicted Sussex's first championship defeat at Hove since May 2022 after wrapping up only their second victory of the season inside 25 minutes on the final day. The home side began play needing another 55 just to make Essex bat again and while James Coles got the single he needed for his third consecutive century there was little else to cheer as they were bowled out for 261 to lose by an innings and 39 runs. Top two Surrey and Nottinghamshire both had to settle for draws, at Yorkshire and Hampshire respectively. Dom Bess, captaining Yorkshire in the absence of Jonny Bairstow after partner Megan went into labour in the early hours, finished with seven for 162 as the visitors were bowled out for 537 at Scarborough, a first innings lead of just 20. Yorkshire were 120 for five when time was called and slipped into the bottom two after the draw. Nottinghamshire are just a point behind the leaders after Felix Organ scored a first-class high of 122 not out to ensure Hampshire avoided the follow-on. The hosts finished on 454 all out, 124 behind, and that just left Nottinghamshire duo Haseeb Hameed and Freddie McCann to score unbeaten half-centuries on their way to 108 for one before the end. A draw leaves Hampshire 13 points above Yorkshire. Division Two leaders Leicestershire strengthened their promotion push with a 189-run victory over Derbyshire at Derby. England all-rounder Rehan Ahmed finished with seven for 93, and 13 wickets in the match, as the hosts were dismissed for 256. Second-placed Glamorgan kept up the chase with a five-wicket win at home to struggling Kent after Kiran Carlson scored an unbeaten 89 in a successful pursuit of 189, the hosts knocking off the remaining 164 required for the loss of only three further wickets. England spinner Tom Hartley claimed five for 99 – and match figures of 11 for 215 – as Lancashire beat Gloucestershire by nine wickets with five overs to spare at Cheltenham. Following-on at 98 without loss Hartley took advantage of a helpful pitch to leave the visitors needing 110 from 26 overs and an unbeaten second-wicket stand of 103 between Keaton Jennings (57no) and Josh Bohannon saw them home. Middlesex boosted their hopes of avoiding the wooden spoon with an innings and 107-run victory over Northamptonshire. The visitors began the day 64 for three following-on and despite battling Rob Keogh's unbeaten 61 made in nine minutes short of five hours they could not stave off defeat.
The Independent
25-07-2025
- Sport
- The Independent
Zen Malik and Beau Webster impress as Warwickshire see off Worcestershire
Zen Malik and Beau Webster both scored centuries as Warwickshire chased down 393 – the third-highest target in their history – to beat Worcestershire by five wickets in Division One of the Rothesay County Championship. Needing 338 with eight wickets in hand at the start of the day Malik scored a career-best 142 with Australian Webster hitting an unbeaten 100 off 166 balls. Dan Mousley chipped in with 69 before Kai Smith (48 off 40) joined Webster to see the hosts home with almost 14 overs to spare to leave bottom side Worcestershire staring at relegation. Essex inflicted Sussex's first championship defeat at Hove since May 2022 after wrapping up only their second victory of the season inside 25 minutes on the final day. The home side began play needing another 55 just to make Essex bat again and while James Coles got the single he needed for his third consecutive century there was little else to cheer as they were bowled out for 261 to lose by an innings and 39 runs. Top two Surrey and Nottinghamshire both had to settle for draws, at Yorkshire and Hampshire respectively. Dom Bess, captaining Yorkshire in the absence of Jonny Bairstow after partner Megan went into labour in the early hours, finished with seven for 162 as the visitors were bowled out for 537 at Scarborough, a first innings lead of just 20. Yorkshire were 120 for five when time was called and slipped into the bottom two after the draw. Nottinghamshire are just a point behind the leaders after Felix Organ scored a first-class high of 122 not out to ensure Hampshire avoided the follow-on. The hosts finished on 454 all out, 124 behind, and that just left Nottinghamshire duo Haseeb Hameed and Freddie McCann to score unbeaten half-centuries on their way to 108 for one before the end. A draw leaves Hampshire 13 points above Yorkshire. Division Two leaders Leicestershire strengthened their promotion push with a 189-run victory over Derbyshire at Derby. England all-rounder Rehan Ahmed finished with seven for 93, and 13 wickets in the match, as the hosts were dismissed for 256. Second-placed Glamorgan kept up the chase with a five-wicket win at home to struggling Kent after Kiran Carlson scored an unbeaten 89 in a successful pursuit of 189, the hosts knocking off the remaining 164 required for the loss of only three further wickets. England spinner Tom Hartley claimed five for 99 – and match figures of 11 for 215 – as Lancashire beat Gloucestershire by nine wickets with five overs to spare at Cheltenham. Following-on at 98 without loss Hartley took advantage of a helpful pitch to leave the visitors needing 110 from 26 overs and an unbeaten second-wicket stand of 103 between Keaton Jennings (57no) and Josh Bohannon saw them home. Middlesex boosted their hopes of avoiding the wooden spoon with an innings and 107-run victory over Northamptonshire. The visitors began the day 64 for three following-on and despite battling Rob Keogh's unbeaten 61 made in nine minutes short of five hours they could not stave off defeat.
BBC News
25-07-2025
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- BBC News
Brilliant Bears pull of thrilling win over Pears
Rothesay County Championship Division One, Edgbaston (day four)Worcestershire 333: Brookes 140 & 243: Brookes 87Warwickshire 184 & 396-5: Malik 140, Webster 100*Warwickshire (19 pts) beat Worcestershire (5 pts) by five scorecard Warwickshire pulled off the third biggest run-chase in their history to record a sensational five-wicket County Championship victory over Worcestershire at best for the first three days, on the fourth, Warwickshire chased down a target of 393, reaching 396-5 thanks to Zen Malik (142), Beau Webster (100 not out), Dan Mousley (69) and Kai Smith (48 not out).As the sun came out for the first time in the match and batting conditions eased, they delivered a remarkable recovery from 12-2 the previous unfurled a high-class career-best while Australian all-rounder Webster, in control from his first ball faced, was just as pivotal to the was a real heartbreaker for Worcestershire as a victory which would have galvanised their survival fight turned into a defeat which shunts them to the brink of Division days earlier at Southampton, Worcestershire needed to take seven Hampshire wickets on the last day and took only time they needed to take eight and found just three. That inability to close out winning positions will almost certainly cost them their first division resumed on the final morning on 55-2 and, to their delight, the thick cloud that sat over Edgbaston for the first three days had departed. Batting was at its easiest all game and Mousley and Malik applied themselves diligently to deny the visitors early impetus from a recalled to the championship side due to Sam Hain's paternity leave, reached 50 from 89 balls and a long overdue maiden championship century beckoned when he reverse-swept Bertie Foreman to short third chugged on with immaculate concentration while Webster restrained his attacking instincts to launch another productive partnership. When Malik struck Bertie Foreman for 10 in two balls to take the total halfway to the target, the home crowd's thoughts started to turn towards an unlikely reached his second first-class century (156 balls) with a six over the well-peppered short Hollies-side boundary. Webster followed to his half-century from 103 balls and Warwickshire went into tea on 267-3, needing 126 from 35 skied Ethan Brookes to long on, Ed Barnard edged Tom Taylor behind in the first over with the new ball, but Smith joined Webster to work the ball astutely around the big field to add an unbroken 84 in 11.2 unlikeliest of victories ultimately arrived with 82 balls to spare, and Warwickshire's exhilaration was as great as Worcestershire's desolation. Report supplied by ECB Reporters' Network, supported by Rothesay
BBC News
10-05-2025
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- BBC News
Bears pile up huge total against Surrey
Rothesay County Championship Division One, Edgbaston (day two)Warwickshire 665-5 dec: Latham 184, Barnard 177*, Malik 105*; Lawes 2-107Surrey 98-1: Sibley 34, Burns 27, Patel 22*Surrey (1 pt) trail Warwickshire (4 pts) by 567 runs with 9 wickets standingMatch scorecard Warwickshire exploited perfect batting conditions to pile up 665-5, their record score against Surrey, on the second day of the County Championship Division One match at Latham struck 184 (319 balls), the highest score by a Warwickshire debutant, Ed Barnard harvested a career-best 177 not out (254) and Zen Malik helped himself to a maiden century – 105 not out (119) - as batters gorged themselves on a road of a then embarked upon the long haul towards the follow on figure of 516 and reached 98-1 at the halfway point of a match which will require some spectacular bowling if it is not to end in a draw. Just two wickets fell from a full quota of overs on the second Warwickshire resumed on the second morning on 364-4, Latham and Barnard extended their partnership to 169 in 37 overs. Latham reached 150 from 263 balls and, after 400 minutes at the crease, was chugging towards a double-century in untroubled fashion when, to unanimous surprise, he edged Tom Lawes to wicketkeeper Ben Foakes.A debut double-ton eluded the New Zealander but his 184 is the highest by a player on his first class debut for Warwickshire, displacing the 173 by John Whitehouse against Oxford University at The Parks in should have immediately added another wicket in the next over when Barnard, on 78, chopped Dan Lawrence to point but 12th man James Taylor put down the simplest of catches. Barnard fully exploited the reprieve to advance to his ninth first class century as Malik, playing only his second first class game, settled in alongside him. Malik's maiden ton arrived in the last over before tea, the pair having banished the oldest partnership record for Warwickshire against Surrey from the history books, their 215 beating the 199 by Dick Lilley and Charles Baker at The Oval in the teatime declaration it was the turn of Warwickshire's bowlers to suffer. Ethan Bamber (9-2-14-0) bowled the best spell of the match so far and Barnard's happy day continued when he trapped Rory Burns lbw. But Ryan Patel got off the mark by pulling Beau Webster for six and, alongside former Warwickshire favourite Dominic Sibley, saw it through to the close to lay a solid foundation for Sunday's grind towards that lofty follow on Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
