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(c)Cricinfo en-gb Stephen Peters, the former Northamptonshire captain, has announced his immediate retirement from the game https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/185300/185305.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/907625.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/907625.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-907625 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Strong winds at Wantage Road may prove to be the abiding memory as Northamptonshire's Championship match with Lancashire drifted into stalemate https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/188600/188661.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/871573.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/871573.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-871573 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Alex Wakely will resume his career as captain of Northamptonshire in all formats for 2015 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/165200/165265.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/780877.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/780877.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-780877 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Lancashire need just two wickets to complete a heavy innings victory, but many of Northamptonshire's batsmen fought as hard as they were able on the third day https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/187800/187887.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/755317.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/755317.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-755317 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Although Middlesex rested Steven Finn, Northamptonshire still struggled in conditions where the batsmen should have filled their boots https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/185600/185659.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/745657.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/745657.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-745657 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/165300/165385.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/663797.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/663797.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-663797 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Northamptonshire captain Stephen Peters was ruled out for up to six weeks with a broken finger before their match against Leicestershire https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/148400/148482.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/636114.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/636114.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-636114 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A century from Northamptonshire's captain Stephen Peters helped them to a slim advantage at the halfway point of a keenly contested match against Kent https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/156400/156425.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/633761.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/633761.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-633761 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Stephen Peters will lead Northamptonshire in first-class cricket next season, after Andrew Hall stepped down as club captain https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/148400/148482.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/590362.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/590362.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-590362 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT After leading from the front and then falling away dramatically in their bid for promotion last season, perhaps Northamptonshire are simply running a canny race this time https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/148400/148482.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/577127.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/577127.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-577127 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Stephen Peters added another century to keep alive Northamptonshire's slim hopes of clinching promotion to Division One https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/148400/148484.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/576890.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/576890.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-576890 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Only 57.4 overs could be played and Northamptonshire have set themselves up nicely to pass Yorkshire's first-innings total https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/146000/146032.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/575228.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/575228.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-575228 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Chaminda Vaas took 5 for 76 and Stephen Peters and Mal Loye shared an opening partnership of 158 as Northamptonshire gained the upper hand against Middlesex at Lord's https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/527220.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/527220.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-527220 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Half-centuries from Alviro Petersen and Will Bragg ensured Glamorgan took their County Championship match into the final day at Swansea https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/525241.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/525241.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-525241 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Opener Stephen Peters scored an unbeaten 204 to put Northamptonshire in full charge of their County Championship match against Glamorgan on the second day at Swansea https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/525122.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/525122.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-525122 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Derbyshire edged the second day of their County Championship match against Northamptonshire at Wantage Road despite Rob Newton falling just short of a century https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/524149.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/524149.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-524149 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Stephen Peters just missed out on a century while David Lucas and Lee Daggett both hit career-best scores as Northamptonshire took a stranglehold on their County Championship game against Leicestershire at Grace Road https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/519950.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/519950.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-519950 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Northamptonshire made an impressive return to County Championship action, totally dominating the first day of the match against Leicestershire at Grace Road https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/519597.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/519597.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-519597 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Stephen Peters struck his second century of the season as Northamptonshire's batsmen dominated the first day of their County Championship match against Glamorgan at Wantage Road https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/517137.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/517137.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-517137 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Northamptonshire opener Stephen Peters struck a century against his old club as his side fought back on the second day of their County Championship clash with Essex at Wantage Road https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/132000/132013.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/512097.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/512097.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-512097 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The action reverted more to type in Abu Dhabi following the opening day clatter of wickets as MCC built an imposing 410-run lead against Nottinghamshire https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/130600/130649.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/508432.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/508432.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-508432 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT James Franklin and Chris Taylor both hit centuries as Gloucestershire beat Northamptonshire Steelbacks but it wasn't enough to earn the Gladiators a last-four spot in the Clydesdale Bank 40 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/475789.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/475789.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-475789 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Graham Wagg's last home game as a Derbyshire player ended in defeat after an impressive allround display by James Middlebrook took Northamptonshire to a five-wicket Clydesdale Bank 40 victory https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/475092.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/475092.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-475092 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Northamptonshire's David Sales blasted his first century of the season as the hosts took control on the first day of their County Championship clash against Glamorgan at Wantage Road https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/466201.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/466201.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-466201 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Northamptonshire moved up to third place in Division Two of the County Championship with a nine-wicket victory over Middlesex on the final day at Lord's. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/462339.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/462339.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-462339 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Stephen Peters fell one run short of what would have been the first double-century of his career after batting for just over nine hours to put Northamptonshire in a commanding position against Middlesex at Lord's https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/462238.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/462238.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-462238 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Stephen Peters and Alex Wakely scored a century apiece as they shared a third-wicket partnership of 182 to take Northamptonshire to 280 for 4 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/462118.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/462118.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-462118 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Stephen Peters smashed an unbeaten career-best 183 to single-handedly lead Northamptonshire to a dramatic final day County Championship Division Two win against all odds against Middlesex https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/102600/102607.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/457146.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/457146.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-457146 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up from the latest action in the County Championship https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/422651.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/422651.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-422651 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:05 GMT A round-up from the latest action in the County Championship https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/422400.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/422400.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-422400 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:05 GMT A round-up from the latest action in the County Championship https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/422240.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/422240.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-422240 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:05 GMT A round-up from the latest County Championship matches https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/105600/105664.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/413278.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/413278.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-413278 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up from the third day of the latest County Championship matches, as Steve Harmison inspired Durham to a win, while Piyush Chawla cracked his maiden first-class hundred https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/408826.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/408826.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-408826 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up from the first day of the latest County Championship matches as Andrew Flintoff makes his Lancashire comeback and Andre Nel takes six wickets for Surrey https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/104700/104709.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/408502.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/408502.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-408502 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Northamptonshire grimly batted out a draw on the final day against Kent although the close stages were livened up by Robert Key's maiden first-class wicket https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/102700/102728.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/401295.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/401295.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-401295 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Martin van Jaarsveld and Darren Stevens batted positively at Canterbury but the match is still destined for a draw https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/401112.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/401112.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-401112 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of the County Championship action https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/story/363374.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/story/363374.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-363374 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:04 GMT A round-up of the third day in the latest County Championship matches https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/story/354035.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/story/354035.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-354035 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:04 GMT A round-up from the latest Friends Provident Trophy matches as Simon Jones takes a five-wicket haul, and Essex amass 391 against Surrey https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/story/350727.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/story/350727.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-350727 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up from the latest Friends Provident Trophy matches https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/story/350064.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/story/350064.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-350064 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up from the latest County Championship matches https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/310650.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/310650.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-310650 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:17 GMT A round-up from the third day of the latest County Championship matches https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/304007.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/304007.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-304007 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:03 GMT Dominic Cork belted a six and a four from the only two balls he faced to drive Lancashire to victory over Northamptonshire with two deliveries to spare https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/303645.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/303645.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-303645 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up from the third day of the latest County Championship matches https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/301452.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/301452.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-301452 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of the second day's play in the latest County Championship matches https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/295692.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/295692.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-295692 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Stephen Peters guided Northamptonshire to a comfortable eight-wicket win against Glamorgan to keep their hopes of the title alive https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket/content/story/258901.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket/content/story/258901.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-258901 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up from the latest County Championship matches https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket/content/story/257705.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket/content/story/257705.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-257705 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up from the latest County Championship matches https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket/content/story/254663.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket/content/story/254663.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-254663 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up from the latest County Championship matches https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket/content/story/254657.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket/content/story/254657.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-254657 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Bob Woolmer, Pakistan's coach, has defended his misfiring top-order batsmen after their continued failure in the three-day fixture against Northamptonshire https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/engvpak/content/story/254060.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/engvpak/content/story/254060.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-254060 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Pakistan's preparations for the second Test went far from smoothly as they struggled with both bat and ball on the first day against Northamptonshire at Wantage Road https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/engvpak/content/story/254032.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/engvpak/content/story/254032.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-254032 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Northamptonshire have signing batsman Stephen Peters on a two-year contract https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/226394.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/226394.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-226394 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up from the County Championship as Mark Ramprakash clocked up 1000 runs for the season https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/216313.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/216313.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-216313 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Michael Kasprowicz put the pressure on the Australia selectors with a five-wicket haul in the drawn tour match against Worcestershire https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/engvaus/content/story/214863.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/engvaus/content/story/214863.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-214863 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:02 GMT A stout innings from Simon Katich and a late flurry from Shaun Udal meant that Hampshire avoided the follow on in their Frizzell County Championship match against league leaders Worcestershire at the Rose Bowl, but at the close of the second day the https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/133436.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/133436.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-133436 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT After the weekend of Pop and Classical music, The Rose Bowl returned to the more sedate atmosphere of a Frizzell County Championship match, where Hampshire entertained Division Two leaders Worcestershire. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/133409.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/133409.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-133409 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Warwickshire v Nottinghamshire at Edgbaston Scorecard Kenya's World Cup hero, Collins Obuya, scored an unbeaten 55 on his Championship debut, and Dougie Brown added a stubborn 40 late in the day to give Warwickshire the honours after https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/129348.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/129348.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-129348 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT