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(c)Cricinfo en-gb Charl Willoughby took 4 for 8 as Essex made good use of winning the toss on a rain-affected first day against Kent https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/135000/135032.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/564247.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/564247.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-564247 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Charl Willoughby, the left-arm fast bowler, has signed a two-year contract with Essex https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/135000/135035.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/essex/content/story/540591.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/essex/content/story/540591.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-540591 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Charl Willoughby claimed 4 for 80 as Somerset inflicted Durham's second Championship defeat of the season with a nine-wicket success at Taunton https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/524572.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/524572.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-524572 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT India's difficult preparations ahead of the first Test continued as their big-name batting order stumbled against Charl Willoughby after watching Somerset pile up 425 for 3 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/135000/135032.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-india-2011/content/story/523447.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-india-2011/content/story/523447.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-523447 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Jonny Bairstow's memorable start to the season continued with his second first-class century as Yorkshire were dismissed for 358 on the opening day of the County Championship match with Somerset at Taunton https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/516524.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/516524.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-516524 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Charl Willoughby and Gemaal Hussain each took four wickets for Somerset as Hampshire surrendered a position of power https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/132200/132277.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/512832.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/512832.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-512832 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Somerset were left nervously watching Nottinghamshire's quest for bonus points at Old Trafford after they were denied victory by Durham at Chester-le-Street as they failed to chase down a near-impossible 181 in 17 overs https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/121700/121781.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/477356.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/477356.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-477356 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Somerset moved back into contention for a first ever County Championship title with a nine-wicket victory over Lancashire at Taunton https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/476349.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/476349.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-476349 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Charl Willoughby claimed 4 for 60 as Somerset bowled out Lancashire for 259 on the opening day of their County Championship clash at Taunton https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/476080.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/476080.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-476080 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Somerset's weary troops might have benefited from the chance to put their feet up but the loss of all but 21.3 overs to bad weather here has left them needing to advance the contest apace on the third day if they are to force the positive result their tit https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/471906.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/471906.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-471906 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Somerset recorded their fourth Championship Division One victory in five outings, beating Nottinghamshire by 10 wickets https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/470385.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/470385.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-470385 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Geraint Jones defied Somerset's bowlers for nearly three hours on a turning pitch to lead Kent to a draw at Taunton. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/468618.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/468618.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-468618 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Hampshire turned in another stuttering batting display to reach 281 for 7 on the first day of their County Championship match with Somerset at the Rose Bowl https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/459210.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/459210.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-459210 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A charged-up Trinidad & Tobago opened their campaign in style, demolishing Somerset, and the county side's net-run rate, with a big win at the Chinnaswamy Stadium https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/87500/87589.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/t20champions2009/content/story/429292.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/t20champions2009/content/story/429292.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-429292 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up from the latest Pro40 matches as Somerset maintain their title challenge with victory over Hampshire and Middlesex go top of Division Two https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/108200/108212.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/424868.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/424868.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-424868 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of the first day's play between Durham and Somerset at Chester-le-Street https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/107700/107735.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/423076.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/423076.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-423076 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:05 GMT A round-up of the latest County Championship action as Somerset and Essex register victories and Leicestershire are saved by a record stand https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/409870.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/409870.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-409870 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:19 GMT Jonathan Bairstow made an unbeaten 82 on his first-class debut for Yorkshire, but Somerset require only a further 208 runs to win with one day remaining https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/408828.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/408828.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-408828 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Considering that they won the toss and faced a rather weak Somerset bowling attack, Yorkshire will feel disappointed when they consider the course of the first day's play https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/408555.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/408555.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-408555 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew McGlashan reports on the first day of the Championship clash between Somerset and Lancashire at Taunton https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/story/371004.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/story/371004.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-371004 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:18 GMT Somerset fought back well on the second day against Nottinghamshire, with their lower order batting well to boost the total very usefully, and then seizing two of the home side's wickets before the close https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/story/368233.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/story/368233.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-368233 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:18 GMT A fine fighting century by Michael Lumb boosted what would have been a rather poor Hampshire total on another rain-spoiled day at the Rose Bowl https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/story/365621.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/story/365621.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-365621 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT John Ward reports on the first day of the rain-affected match between Hampshire and Somerset in Southampton where Hampshire ended 113 for 4 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/story/365528.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/story/365528.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-365528 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:18 GMT A round-up from the latest County Championship matches https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/story/352231.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/story/352231.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-352231 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:04 GMT A round-up from the latest County Championship matches https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/story/352098.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/story/352098.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-352098 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:18 GMT A round-up from the latest County Championship matches https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/309652.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/309652.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-309652 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:03 GMT A round-up from the latest Pro40 matches https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/305637.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/305637.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-305637 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up from the latest Pro40 matches https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/305605.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/305605.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-305605 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/304176.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/304176.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-304176 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:03 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/304081.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/304081.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-304081 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:03 GMT A round-up of the latest County Championship matches https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/297301.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/297301.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-297301 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 A round-up from the latest Friends Provident Trophy matches https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/293309.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/293309.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-293309 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Dynamic new-ball bowling from Charl Willoughby and Alan Dawson laid the platform for the Nashua Cape Cobras four-wicket victory against the Eastern Cape Warriors in a low scoring encounter at Newlands on Sunday. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/281672.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/281672.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-281672 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up from the past week in South Africa domestic cricket https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/280117.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/280117.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-280117 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Charl Willoughby, the South African left-arm seamer, feared he would never see his family again when he and seven team-mates were held at gunpoint near their Johannesburg hotel https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/277208.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/277208.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-277208 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/259341.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket/content/story/259341.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-259341 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 of the latest matches in the Championship https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket/content/story/255445.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket/content/story/255445.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-255445 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of Wednesday's Twenty20 matches https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket/content/story/252534.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket/content/story/252534.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-252534 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of Wednesday's Twenty20 matches https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket/content/story/252515.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket/content/story/252515.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-252515 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/250533.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket/content/story/250533.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-250533 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka have fallen to a 51-run defeat against Somerset after Matthew Wood hit 116 and Charl Willoughby grabbed six wickets https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/engvsl/content/story/250168.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/engvsl/content/story/250168.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-250168 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ashwell Prince inserted England in their second warm-up match against South Africa A at Potchesfroom https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/135831.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/135831.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-135831 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of the latest action from the SuperSport series https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/240935.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/240935.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-240935 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up from the second day of the latest SuperSport series matches https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/238620.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/238620.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-238620 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Somerset have named Cameron White and Dan Cullen, the Australian spinners, as their two overseas players for 2006 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/somerset/content/story/232452.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/somerset/content/story/232452.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-232452 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of the action from the third day in the latest SuperSport Series matches https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/222858.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/222858.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-222858 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up from the Twenty20 quarter-finals https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/twenty20/content/story/213744.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/twenty20/content/story/213744.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-213744 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of all the action from the latest first round matches in the C&G Trophy https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/208663.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/208663.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-208663 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Charl Willoughby bowled Western Province Boland back into the PRO20Series at Kingsmead in Durban with the best bowling analysis of thetournament, while Lions qualified for the semi-finals after beating Titans https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/144151.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/144151.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-144151 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Charl Willoughby, the South African and Western Province Boland left-arm seamer, has signed a one-year deal with Leicestershire, as a replacement for Mark Cleary, the South Australian seam bowler, who will not be returning because of injury https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/146157.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/146157.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-146157 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT One top-order aberration could be put down to ring-rustiness, but two in a single match smacks of carelessness https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/135848.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/135848.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-135848 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The perils of being limited to a solitary warm-up game were made all tooapparent to England's probable Test team at Potchefstroom today, as they were bundled out for 225 shortly after tea on the first day of theirthree-day match against South Africa https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/135832.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/135832.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-135832 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Western Province made up for last season's disappointment by winning the 2003-04 SuperSport Series final by 108 runs at Newlands https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/134190.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/134190.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-134190 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Western Province made up for last season's disappointment by winning the 2003-04 SuperSport Series final by 108 runs at Newlands https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/134160.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/134160.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-134160 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Overnight leaders KwaZulu-Natal collapsed to a heavy defeat while Free State's bid to stay in contention was thwarted by failing light just when they had Norhrt West on the rack https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/140038.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/140038.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-140038 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Western Province extended their lead in the Standard Bank Cup with a convincing win over Boland, while Easterns slipped back after Griqualand West pulled off a surprise victory in Benoni https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/125472.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/125472.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-125472 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Daryll Cullinan scored a century for Easterns while Lance Klusener and Nantie Hayward were in the wickets in the opening round of domestic matches https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/133041.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/133041.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-133041 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT One of South African cricket's proudest traditions goes on trial at Edgbaston and there are more than a few doubters who believe Graeme Smith's team lack the ability to maintain it https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/129055.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/129055.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-129055 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The South Africa A team returned on Friday afternoon from their tour to the West Indies, during which they won the One-Day series against West Indies A 2-0 (the third match was rained off) and drew the two four-day 'Tests' https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/94769.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/94769.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-94769 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT It's hard to believe that almost a month has passed since we assembled in Johannesburg, and then moved on to Centurian Park for four days of intense practice ahead of our tour to the West Indies https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/94203.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/94203.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-94203 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The ugly clouds that hovered over Kensington Oval for most of yesterday was in keeping with the performance of the Barbados team in the middle 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