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(c)Cricinfo en-gb Unbeaten fifty anchors hosts before three wickets before close redresses balance on Northants' day https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/417000/417039.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1536889.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1536889.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/rothesay-county-championship-sanderson-stars-again-but-price-proves-value-to-gloucestershire-1536889 Fri, 15 May 2026 21:01:48 GMT Seamer devastates opposition with six wickets in 29 balls en route to three-day win https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/416500/416560.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1535072.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1535072.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/rothesay-county-championship-seven-star-sanderson-routs-worcestershire-by-an-innings-1535072 Mon, 04 May 2026 07:58:03 GMT Worcestershire slide to 186 for 9 after choosing to bat before remarkable recovery 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https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1532381.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/rothesay-county-championship-cracknell-gohar-stand-lifts-middlesex-after-northants-seamers-set-tone-1532381 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:52:25 GMT His three wickets in four balls extends tally in this year's competition to 17 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/401700/401794.8.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1489778.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1489778.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/vitality-blast-men-ben-sanderson-makes-it-six-straight-wins-for-northamptonshire-steelbacks-1489778 Wed, 11 Jun 2025 21:36:53 GMT Northants seamer destroys Worcestershire at the front and back to make it four wins in a row https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/401700/401794.8.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1489334.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1489334.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/mens-t20-blast-ben-sanderson-sinks-rapids-with-six-for-and-hat-trick-1489334 Sat, 07 Jun 2025 07:37:40 GMT Veteran seamers reduced Leicestershire to 39 for 7 before fellow oldie Ravi Bopara saw Northants home https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/361000/361020.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1488627.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1488627.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/mens-t20-blast-sanderson-willey-run-amok-as-steelbacks-do-for-foxes-1488627 Sun, 01 Jun 2025 17:26:46 GMT Key tailend innings puts Lancashire on back foot before legspinner seals contest https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/379400/379483.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1485675.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1485675.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/rothesay-county-championship-harrison-spins-it-for-northants-after-sanderson-onslaught-1485675 Sun, 11 May 2025 17:36:33 GMT Logan van Beek, Ben Green share seven wickets to give hosts 113-run lead on first innings https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/400200/400229.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1484348.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1484348.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/rothesay-county-championship-leicestershire-on-top-but-sanderson-five-for-keeps-northants-in-contention-1484348 Sat, 03 May 2025 18:29:10 GMT Seamer takes five-for as Northants battle to limit first-innings deficit https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/383700/383753.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1448519.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1448519.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/county-championship-2024-sanderson-battles-for-northants-as-robson-du-plooy-build-middlesex-lead-1448519 Fri, 23 Aug 2024 19:02:59 GMT Seamer's 4 for 15 capped the Steelbacks' target to 141, which was only reached with two balls to spare https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/278100/278103.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1442507.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1442507.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/vitality-blast-northants-leave-it-late-to-best-durham-after-ben-sandersons-career-best-1442507 Sun, 07 Jul 2024 16:53:53 GMT Raza in the runs as Sanderson's three-for leaves Worcestershire in the doldrums https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/382800/382842.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1439057.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1439057.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/vitality-blast-matthew-breetzke-the-bedrock-as-northants-push-for-knock-out-berth-1439057 Sun, 16 Jun 2024 16:34:32 GMT Visitors lead by 255 runs going into the final day after spirited counterattack https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/379100/379124.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1434479.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1434479.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/vitality-county-championship-emilio-gay-ben-sanderson-put-northants-back-in-the-ascendancy-1434479 Sun, 19 May 2024 17:50:28 GMT But Colin Ingram heads Glamorgan fightback with unbeaten 69 off 110 balls on even day https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/379400/379483.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1429955.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1429955.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/county-championship-2024-ben-sanderson-leads-the-charge-as-northants-make-most-of-new-dukes-1429955 Sat, 20 Apr 2024 09:13:40 GMT But visitors rally at Wantage Road to just about keep challenge alive after Surrey's collapse at Ageas Bowl https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/337600/337607.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1400231.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1400231.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/lv-insurance-championship-ben-sanderson-dents-essex-hopes-of-clinching-title-1400231 Wed, 27 Sep 2023 17:37:10 GMT Home side overcomes top-order implosion caused by Ben Sanderson's hat-trick https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/337600/337607.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1398065.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1398065.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/michael-burgess-steers-warwickshire-clear-of-danger-to-all-but-seal-northants-relegation-1398065 Wed, 13 Sep 2023 17:40:37 GMT Ben Sanderson, Jack White put on 70 for ninth wicket but Daniel Bell-Drummond had Kent in command https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/362700/362744.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1384764.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1384764.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/lv-insurance-championship-kent-spinners-overcome-late-flourish-to-seal-innings-victory-over-northamptonshire-1384764 Wed, 28 Jun 2023 13:19:16 GMT Vasconcelos makes fifty to set up emphatic 78-run win at Wantage Road https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/323800/323839.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1382095.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1382095.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/vitality-t20-blast-ben-sanderson-stars-with-ball-again-as-northants-rout-nottinghamshire-1382095 Sun, 18 Jun 2023 20:02:55 GMT Ben Sanderson in the wickets as Foxes' losing run stretches to five https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/361000/361022.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1379501.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1379501.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/vitality-t20-blast-chris-lynn-s-hundred-heaps-more-woe-on-leicestershire-1379501 Fri, 02 Jun 2023 22:04:25 GMT Northants seamer Sanderson leads the way as top-order crumbles for second match running https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/357900/357977.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1368486.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1368486.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/lv-insurance-championship-ryan-higgins-provides-timely-backbone-as-fragile-middlesex-implode-once-again-1368486 Thu, 13 Apr 2023 18:06:16 GMT But Sanderson, White tear through top order to bowl Northants back into contention https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/346600/346694.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1337057.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1337057.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/lv-insurance-championship-2022-ben-allison-maiden-five-for-keeps-essex-noses-in-front-1337057 Wed, 28 Sep 2022 17:28:26 GMT Nick Browne 49 sets visitors off well but Northamptonshire bowlers do some damage https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/346600/346625.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1336704.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1336704.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/lv-insurance-championship-2022-tom-westley-and-ben-allison-keep-essex-in-contest-1336704 Mon, 26 Sep 2022 18:13:49 GMT Walter, Critchley stage belligerent rearguard following on to frustrate Northamptonshire https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/338600/338667.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1313009.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1313009.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/county-championship-2022-shane-snater-keeps-essex-in-the-game-with-career-best-79-1313009 Sat, 30 Apr 2022 17:45:39 GMT Four quick wickets allow Northants to capitalise on ninth-wicket stand of 105 between Luke Procter and Gareth Berg https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/337600/337607.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1312782.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1312782.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/county-championship-2022-ben-sanderson-blasts-gaping-hole-in-fragile-essex-batting-1312782 Fri, 29 Apr 2022 17:44:29 GMT Reliable seamer takes 4 for 38 to keep Gloucestershire in check on stop-start day https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/337600/337606.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1309709.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1309709.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/lv-insurance-championship-2022-ben-sanderson-sets-tone-for-northants-but-james-bracey-keeps-visitors-afloat-1309709 Thu, 07 Apr 2022 19:08:35 GMT Pair take three wickets each to reduce Gloucestershire to 90 for 6 replying to 327 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/321000/321007.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1275588.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1275588.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/county-championship-2021-ben-sanderson-luke-proctor-put-northamptonshire-firmly-on-top-1275588 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Derbyshire regroup from 8 for 4 but have no answer to attacking innings in chase https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/278100/278103.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1271731.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1271731.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/royal-london-cup-emilio-gay-wraps-up-run-chase-after-white-sanderson-run-riot-with-new-ball-1271731 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Slender advantage turned into 81-run first-innings lead as tailenders get busy https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/320700/320733.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1264391.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1264391.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/county-championship-2021-tom-haines-at-the-helm-for-sussex-as-berg-and-sanderson-turn-up-the-volume-for-northants-1264391 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Young spinner shows vital all-round ability to withstand Northants onslaught https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/321900/321957.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1264255.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1264255.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/county-championship-2021-jack-carson-caters-for-the-crowd-as-ben-sanderson-bosses-sussex-once-more-1264255 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sanderson claims 10 for the match and Berg nine as Northants win by an innings and 120 runs https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/321000/321007.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1262587.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1262587.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/county-championship-ben-sanderson-gareth-berg-share-19-wickets-as-northamptonshire-thrash-sussex-1262587 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Pair bowl Sussex out for 106 before Rob Keogh, Saif Zaib fifties spur Northamptonshire on further https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/321000/321011.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1262429.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1262429.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/county-championship-gareth-berg-ben-sanderson-claim-five-fors-to-slice-through-sussex-1262429 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Somerset 114 runs ahead with nine second-innings wickets standing as bowlers thrive at Wantage Road https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/307400/307418.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1228946.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1228946.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1228946 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT England allrounder resorts to bowling two overs of medium pace on return to first-class action https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/293600/293695.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1198071.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1198071.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1198071 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Home side bowled out for 106 and 105 as Ben Sanderson leads Northants rout https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/220100/220197.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1192352.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1192352.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1192352 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sussex post their lowest total for 12 years, trail by 379 runs https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/220100/220197.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1192087.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1192087.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1192087 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ben Sanderson took four-for and slugged a merry 36 from No. 11 to put Northamptonshire on top against Sussex as 20 wickets fell in the day https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/279900/279919.2.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1160633.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1160633.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1160633 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ben Sanderson completed a match haul of 7 for 80 while Richard Gleeson and Nathan Buck took three apiece https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/220100/220197.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1157824.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1157824.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1157824 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sanderson's 5 for 16 helped bowl Gloucestershire out for just 62 in the morning session, their third-lowest total against Northants in the Championship https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/220100/220197.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1149929.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1149929.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1149929 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Unbeaten century seals third win in a row and cement Warwickshire's place at the top of Division Two https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/275300/275340.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1146395.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1146395.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1146395 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ben Sanderson led Northamptonshire to a mighty win over Glamorgan inside two days at Wantage Road with four second-innings wickets in an innings-and-22-run victory https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/261100/261131.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2017/content/story/1091196.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2017/content/story/1091196.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1091196 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ben Sanderson completed a fine season with a career-best eight wickets as George Hankins' maiden Championship hundred could not save Gloucestershire at Wantage Road https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/252300/252302.2.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/1057247.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/1057247.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1057247 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A career-best performance by Ben Sanderson, who took 7 for 22 from 13 overs on a pitch of variable bounce, enabled Northants to win their first championship game of the season https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/220100/220197.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/1043357.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/1043357.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1043357 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Northamptonshire dismissed Championship Division Two rivals Kent for 208 to wrap up an innings-and-23-runs victory with almost a day-and-a-half to spare at Canterbury https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/210500/210527.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/907017.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/907017.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-907017 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The fall-out after Yorkshire's disastrous season, in which they were relegated to the second division for only the second time since championship was split into two divisions 11 years ago, has begun https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/135000/135056.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/yorkshire/content/story/533469.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/yorkshire/content/story/533469.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-533469 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Yorkshire gained a measure of revenge for two one-day defeats at the hands of Derbyshire this season with an eight-wicket victory in the Friends Life t20 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/523396.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/523396.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-523396 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT John Ward reports on the second day at Loughborough where Bangladesh A reached 115 for 4 before the rain fell https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/360259.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/360259.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-360259 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 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