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Luke Wells century helps to ease Lancashire's woes
Matty Hirst makes 51 as rock-bottom hosts recover from another ropey start
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16-May-2025
Lancashire 250 for 5 (Wells 141, Hurst 51, Aitchison 3-51) vs Derbyshire
Luke Wells' first century of the season soothed Lancashire's current pain and helped them just about shade the opening day of their Rothesay County Championship match against Derbyshire at Emirates Old Trafford.
The home side's players began the day at the bottom of Division Two and with their director of cricket Mark Chilton's warning that he would make the changes necessary to get their season "back on track" fresh in their minds.
Full postIan Holland five-for puts high-flying Leicestershire in command
Late wicket redresses balance for Middlesex after being bowled out for 232
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16-May-2025
Leicestershire 22 for 1 trail Middlesex 232 (Davies 49, Holland 5-35) by 210 runs
Ian Holland underlined his status as Division Two's leading wicket-taker with figures of five for 35 to give Leicestershire the upper hand on the opening day of their Rothesay County Championship clash with Middlesex.
The 34-year-old medium-pacer took his wicket tally to 26 for the season, returning three for nine during a relentlessly accurate opening eight-over salvo to reduce the home side to 19 for three at Lord's.
Full postLammonby, Vaughan steer Somerset after top-order shuffle
Sussex attack kept at bay by committed batting from hosts down at Taunton
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16-May-2025
Somerset 317 for 6 (Vaughan 70*, Lammonby 60) vs Sussex
Half-centuries from Tom Lammonby and Archie Vaughan guided Somerset into a healthy position on the opening day of the Rothesay County Championship Division One match with Sussex at the Cooper Associates Ground, Taunton.
Lammonby hit 60 and 19-year-old Vaughan a career-best 70 not out as a shuffled Somerset batting line-up posted 317 for six in warm sunshine after losing the toss. James Rew contributed 46 and Tom Abell 42 on a wicket offering just enough assistance to seam and spin to keep the Sussex bowlers interested throughout the day.
Full postVilliers shines with bat and ball as Durham beat Essex
She takes three wickets and shares a 98-run stand with Mia Rogers, who scores 66 not out
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14-May-2025
Durham 182 for 4 (Rogers 66*, Villiers 46) beat Essex 178 (Dowse 43*, Villiers 3-28) by six wickets
Mady Villiers and Mia Rogers shared a stand of 98 as Durham made it back-to back wins in the Metro Bank One-day Cup women's competition with a six-wicket victory over hosts Essex.
Rogers led the charge with an unbeaten 66, while Villiers, back on what was her home ground for more than a decade until her move north over the winter made 46 as the visitors recovered from 55 for 3 to win with 70 balls to spare.
Full postEcclestone fifty rescues Lancashire before Morris five-for destroys Warwickshire
Morris claims 5 for 48 as Lancashire win by 101 runs
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14-May-2025
Lancashire 276 for 8 (Lamb 88, Mack 57, Ecclestone 50, Davis 3-45) beat Warwickshire 175 (George 35, Morris 5-48) by 101 runs
Lancashire recorded a third successive win by hammering Warwickshire by 101 runs in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup women's competition at Edgbaston.
The visitors' total of 276 for 8 was built by a strong start and finish. Emma Lamb, with 88 from 84 balls, and Katie Mack with 57 off 86, set the platform and, after a wobble induced by spinner Georgia Davis's 3 for 45, Sophie Ecclestone's half-century led a second wave which took the total from solid to imposing.
Full postCapsey ton drags Surrey back from the brink for tie with The Blaze
Dani Gregory scrambles a single off the last ball to seal result
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14-May-2025
Surrey 349 for 9 (Capsey 125, Elwiss 3-35) tied with The Blaze 346 for 9 (Jones 80, Elwiss 82, K Bryce 56)
A stunning finish at Beckenham saw Surrey tie with The Blaze in the Metro Bank Cup, after Dani Gregory scrambled a single off the last ball.
Georgia Elwiss, who top-scored with 82 and took 3 for 35, looked to have handed the visitors victory but a superb 125 by Alice Capsey dragged Surrey back from the brink.
Full postCharli Knott ties Somerset down as Sophie Luff threatens lift-off
Overseas star makes decisive contribution as Hampshire claim 31-run victory on DLS
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13-May-2025
Hampshire 213 (Knott 64, Southby 46) beat Somerset 182 (Luff 74, Adams 3-36) by 31 runs (DLS)
Overseas star Charli Knott undermined Somerset with bat and ball as Hampshire won an absorbing Metro Bank women's One-Day Cup contest by 31 runs on the Duckworth/Lewis/Stern Method at the Cooper Associates Ground in Taunton.
The Australian all-rounder top-scored with 64 from 102 balls and staged stands of 46, 40 and 42 with Maia Bouchier, Georgia Adams and Rhianna Southby for the second, third and fourth wickets respectively after Hampshire had won the toss. Southby contributed a useful 46 from 64 balls and Bouchier made 39 as the visitors were dismissed for 213 in 50 overs, Alex Griffiths taking 2 for 24 and weighing in with a catch and two run-outs.
Full postMatt Critchley, Michael Pepper dig in to deliver unlikely draw for Essex
Fifth-wicket stand of 154 in 77 overs follows 45 for 4 on third evening after Yorkshire set 520 target
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12-May-2025
Essex 123 (Hill 6-51, Coad 3-20) and 273 for 9 (Critchley 75, Pepper 68, White 4-43, Hill 3-31) drew with Yorkshire 216 (Wharton 63*, Lyth 58) and 426 for 6 dec (Lyth 185, Bairstow 79, Wharton 61)
Matt Critchley and Michael Pepper knuckled down for a monumental fifth-wicket stand of 154 in 77 overs to steer Essex to the unlikeliest of Rothesay County Championship draws against Yorkshire at Chelmsford.
The pair came together in the depths of despair at 45 for 4 on the third evening and batted for four-and-a-half hours together, spanning 458 balls, and looking to have made it through two complete sessions on the final day. Pepper, though, fell to the last ball before tea after a 229-ball 68 that included five fours and two sixes.
Full postSussex seal hard-fought win despite Jack Libby's Hove comforts
Opener makes 167 but Worcestershire fall short in valiant fourth-innings chase
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12-May-2025
Sussex 284 (Carson 102, Haines 53, Taylor 5-56) and 256 (Alsop 72, Coles 68) beat Worcestershire 180 (Hudson-Prentice 5-40) and 313 (Libby 167, Karvelas 3-52, Robinson 3-66) by 47 runs
Sussex's persevering seam attack finally broke Worcestershire's determined resistance - led by Jake Libby's 167 - to claim their second win since promotion back to Division One in the Rothesay County Championship.
No opponent loves batting at Hove more than Libby, who has now made the three highest scores of his career at the 1st Central County Ground. And while he was there to anchor their chase, Worcestershire looked capable of overhauling a target of 361.
Full postFoakes, Fisher secure safety for Surrey as Edgbaston pitch proves too flat
Warwickshire had chance to turn screw but were thwarted by record tenth-wicket stand
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12-May-2025
Surrey 504 (Foakes 174*, Sibley 64, Steel 55) and 15 for 0 drew with Warwickshire 665 for 5 dec (Latham 185, Barnard 177*, Malik 105*, Yates 86)
Ben Foakes harvested a career-best unbeaten 174 for champions Surrey as their Rothesay County Championship match with Warwickshire drifted to a draw at Edgbaston.
Foakes amassed 174 from 361 balls, the last 107 of them in a tenth-wicket stand of 158 in 58 overs with Matt Fisher (40, 145 balls) as Surrey totalled 504 in reply to Warwickshire's 665 for five.
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