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Warwickshire, Sussex bank solid points as match drifts to predictable draw
Sussex declined to set up a contest on the final day after Tom Alsop's unbeaten 82
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07-Apr-2025
Sussex 528 (Simpson 181*, Clark 140) and 313 for 7 dec (Alsop 82*) drew with Warwickshire 454 (Yates 115, Barnard 82, Davies 66, Mousley 63) and 104 for 2 (Yates 65*)
Warwickshire and Sussex banked solid points from a draw after their high-scoring Rothesay County Championship Division One match drifted up the predictable cul-de-sac at Edgbaston.
Sussex declined to set up a contest on the final day, batting themselves safe before finally declaring their second innings on 313 for 7 after Tom Alsop's unbeaten 82 from 131 balls. That set the home side a notional target of 388 in a minimum of 44 overs.
Full postJosh Tongue five-for seals Notts victory as Colin Ackermann's twin tons go in vain
Durham lost their last five wickets for 21 runs, leaving Nottinghamshire needing 89 to win from 40 overs
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07-Apr-2025
Nottinghamshire 579 (James 125, Slater 92, McCann 79, Montgomery 75, Tongue 55) and 89 for 2 (Hameed 39*, Clarke 35*) beat Durham 378 (Ackermann 116, O'Neill 5-81) and 289 (Ackermann 124, Clark 62, Tongue 5-66) by eight wickets
Colin Ackermann's second century of the match was not enough to stave off defeat for Durham, who succumbed to Nottinghamshire by eight wickets after a match-turning spell by England fast bowler Josh Tongue.
South African-born Netherlands international Ackermann made 124 to go with his first-innings 116 as Durham, who had trailed by 201 on first innings, looked to emerge with a draw from the opening round of the Rothesay County Championship.
Full postScholfield, Potts, MacDonald-Gay engineer thrilling one-wicket win
Scholfield made 83 while Potts hit the winning runs after she and MacDonald-Gay earlier took three wickets each to restrict Australia A to 195
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07-Apr-2025
England A 199 for 9 (Scholfield 83, Day 2-43) beat Australia A 195 (Hayward 76, Webb 53, Potts 3-30, MacDonald-Gay 3-32) by one wicket
A superb 83 from Paige Scholfield, three wickets each from Grace Potts and Ryana MacDonald-Gay and some clutch tail-end batting guided England A to a thrilling final-over one-wicket win against Australia A in the third 50-over match in Sydney.
Potts and MacDonald-Gay had been pivotal with the ball in restricting Australia A to just 195 but both were required to hold their nerve with the bat in the chase after Scholfield had put England A on the brink of a much-needed victory after they had lost the previous two 50-over matches in the series.
Full postIan Holland, Ben Green dominate in Leicestershire victory
Kiran Carlson's century is in vain as Glamorgan lose inside three days
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06-Apr-2025
Leicestershire 427 (Hill 96, Wright 74, Handscomb 63, Budinger 56, Cox 51, Asitha 4-71, Gorvin 4-51) and 53 for 0 (Budinger 32*) beat Glamorgan 229 (Cooke 55, Holland 3-40, Mike 3-54) and 248 (Carlson 113, Gorvin 50*, Holland 4-46, Green 3-28) by 10 wickets
Leicestershire sealed a comfortable win against Glamorgan inside three days in the opening match of the Rothesay County Championship despite a magnificent century from Kiran Carlson.
Carlson played a patient five-hour innings for his 113 as he was made to rescue Glamorgan from 10 for 2 with some support shown by Andy Gorvin making a maiden half-century to ensure Leicestershire would bat again despite the unlikeliness.
Full postLyndon James hundred leads Nottinghamshire to healthy first-innings lead
James backed up by Matt Montgomery's 75 and Josh Tongue's career-best 55 in Notts total of 579
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06-Apr-2025
Durham 378 and 114 for 3 (Ackermann 45*, O'Neill 2-29) trail Nottinghamshire 579 (James 125, Slater 92, McCann 79, Montgomery 75, Tongue 55) by 87 runs
Allrounder Lyndon James led the way with a superb 125 as Nottinghamshire took advantage of a benign batting surface to build a 201-run first-innings lead over Durham, who were still 87 behind on 114 for 3, with Colin Ackermann 45 not out at the close of day three in their Rothesay County Championship season-opener at Trent Bridge.
James was backed up by Matt Montgomery's 75 and fast bowler Josh Tongue's career-best 55 in a Nottinghamshire total of 579 - their biggest since returning to Division One in 2023.
Full postWorcestershire battle for survival after Tom Banton 371
Somerset batter records fifth-highest score in Championship history
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06-Apr-2025
Worcestershire 154 and 280 for 5 (Hose 81, D'Oliveira 71*) trail Somerset 670 for 7 dec (Banton 371, Rew 152, Abell 52) by 236 runs
Somerset's Tom Banton registered the fifth-highest score in County Championship history when finally dismissed for 371 on the third day of the match with Worcestershire at the Cooper Associates Ground, Taunton.
Unbeaten on 344 overnight, the 26-year-old England white-ball international, extended his boundary count to 56 fours and two sixes, facing 403 balls before his wicket saw Somerset declare their first innings on 670 for 7, with a lead of 516. Only Brian Lara (501 not out), Archie MacLaren (424), Sam Northeast (410 not out) and Graeme Hick (405) have produced bigger innings in Championship cricket.
Full postRob Yates ton takes Warwickshire past follow on but draw with Sussex beckons
Sussex have significant lead but last-day declaration would have to be carefully judged in batting friendly conditions
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06-Apr-2025
Sussex 528 and 126 for 3 (Haines 34, Hughes 33, Yates 2-29) lead Warwickshire 454 (Yates 115, Barnard 82, Davies 66, Mousley 63) by 200 runs
Warwickshire and Sussex appear destined to start their Rothesay County Championship Division One season with a draw after three sun and run-soaked days at Edgbaston.
Sussex closed the third day on 126 for 3 in their second innings, 200 ahead overall, having taken a first innings lead of 74. It is a solid advantage but taking ten wickets quickly on the final day on a pitch offering some turn but which remains batter-friendly would require something special from the bowlers.
Full postSiraj, Gill and Washington hand Sunrisers fourth successive defeat
It was another batting malfunction from SRH as local boy Siraj ran through them
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06-Apr-2025
Gujarat Titans 153 for 3 (Gill 61*, Washington 49, Shami 2-28) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 152 for 8 (Reddy 31, Siraj 4-17, Sai Kishore 2-24, Prasidh 2-25) by seven wickets
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) suffered another batting malfunction, this time on a slow, black-soil surface at home, crashing to their fourth successive defeat in IPL 2025. Having lost Travishek in the powerplay, SRH waited until the 13th over to see the first six of the innings, and managed only one more after that. Mohammed Siraj caused irreparable damage right from the start, ending with his career-best IPL figures of 4 for 17.
Pat Cummins' cameo (22* off nine balls) and then his dismissal of Jos Buttler for a duck in Gujarat Titans' (GT) chase of 153 gave SRH some hope, but that faded away once Washington Sundar clattered 23 off nine balls in the powerplay. Earlier in the day, GT didn't need Washington with the ball, but his attacking enterprise at No. 4 settled their chase on a slow pitch. Washington fell agonisingly short of a maiden IPL half-century, but his captain Shubman Gill ushered GT home, with an unbeaten 61 off 43 balls, along with Sherfane Rutherford.
Full postMax Holden century leads Middlesex fightback
Tom Bailey's superb opening salvo had home side struggling at 7 for 3
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06-Apr-2025
Middlesex 260 and 288 for 6 (Holden 135*, Geddes 74, Bailey 3-47) lead Lancashire 359 (Harris 138, Jennings 55, Jones 40) by 186 runs
Max Holden's sixth first-class hundred led a Middlesex fightback on day three at Lord's to set up the prospect of an exciting finish against Division Two title favourites Lancashire.
The Cambridge-born left-hander followed up his half-century of the first innings with an unbeaten 135 to rescue his side from the havoc of 7 for 3 in the wake of Tom Bailey's superb three-wicket opening salvo.
Full postFoakes rearguard holds up Essex but Surrey made to follow on
Former Chelmsford academy product makes four-and-a-half hour 92 not out
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06-Apr-2025
Surrey 365 (Foakes 92*, Burns 73, Harmer 4-83) and 9 for 0 trail Essex 582 for 6 dec by 208 runs
Ben Foakes defied his former county for four hours and 41 minutes but could not prevent Essex asking reigning champions Surrey to follow-on in the Rothesay County Championship at Chelmsford.
The one-time England wicketkeeper, an Essex academy graduate, stood resolutely while wickets fell all around him to remain not out 92 as Surrey were dismissed for 365 in their first innings, 217 runs in arrears. Second time around Surrey had reduced the requirement to make Essex bat again by nine runs without loss in six overs at the end of day three.
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