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Yuzvendra Chahal, Rob Keogh spin Northants to victory
Chahal's career-best match figures of 9 for 99 give hosts their season's first win inside three days
ECB Reporters Network
11-Sep-2024
Northamptonshire 219 (Zaib 90) and 211 (Keogh 63, Andersson 3-23) beat Derbyshire 165 (Reece 50, Chahal 5-45) and 132 (Keogh 5-44, Chahal 4-54) by 133 runs
Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal starred with career-best match figures of 9 for 99 as he bowled Northamptonshire to their first Vitality County Championship victory of the season inside three days against Derbyshire.
The experienced India white-ball international followed up his five-wicket tally from the first innings with 4 for 54 to demolish Derbyshire for just 132 second time around at Wantage Road.
Full postKent dig in after Kyle Abbott's five-for - but relegation looms
Ben Compton and Tawanda Muyeye reach close unscathed after Hampshire enforce follow-on
ECB Reporters Network
11-Sep-2024
Kent 207 (Compton 51, Abbott 5-46) and 70 for 0 (Muyeye 46*) trail Hampshire 403 by 126 runs
Kent battled hard to save their Division One status after being forced to follow on by Hampshire, on a rain-affected third day in the County Championship at Canterbury.
The hosts could be relegated by the end of this round of fixtures, but they reached the close 70 without loss in their second innings, still 126 behind, with Tawanda Muyeye unbeaten on 46 and Ben Compton 24 not out.
Full postTom Taylor's blitz forces Bears to follow on
Seamer's six gives Worcestershire the edge, leading by eight with seven second innings wickets to take
ECB Reporters Network
11-Sep-2024
Warwickshire 128 (Davies 58, Taylor 6-28) and 171 for 3 f/o (Rhodes 72*, Davies 65) trail Worcestershire 307 (D'Oliveira 76, Waite 53) by eight runs
Worcestershire all-rounder Tom Taylor produced a deadly spell with the ball on his way to career-best figures as Warwickshire were forced to follow on in the Vitality County Championship derby at Visit Worcestershire New Road.
Taylor picked up five wickets in six overs this morning as Warwickshire were bowled out for 128 in 42.2 overs in their first innings. The 29-year-old finished with 6 for 28 as he surpassed his best figures of 6 for 47 for Leicestershire against Sussex at Hove in April 2019. His morning analysis was 5 for 6 from five overs and Warwickshire lost six wickets for 16 in 9.2 overs after resuming on 112 for 4.
Full postGeorge Hill's six takes Yorkshire into the promotion spots
Yorkshire's fourth win in five matches moves them up to second with two rounds to go
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11-Sep-2024
Yorkshire 379 (Tattersall 126, Fisher 88, Scriven 4-103) beat Leicestershire 98 (Cox 51, Coad 5-15, Fisher 3-38) and 209 (Rehan 77, Hill 6-59) by an innings and 72 runs
Yorkshire moved a step closer to securing promotion after completing a three-day victory over Leicestershire in Division Two of the Vitality County Championship despite more time lost to the weather.
Leicestershire, who had trailed by 281 on first innings after being dismissed for 98, were bowled out for 209 second time around as all-rounder George Hill played the starring role.
Full postPersistent rain forces Day 3 of Greater Noida Test to be called off
Play was abandoned as early as 9.15am local time, 15 minutes before the scheduled start
Ekanth
11-Sep-2024
Rain and the state of the outfield at Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground rendered the third day of the one-off Test between Afghanistan and New Zealand a non-starter. Play was abandoned as early as 9.15 am.
With no play possible on either of the first two days, and the toss yet to happen, the chances of a result in the first ever Test between these sides are slim.
There was a downpour last evening for about two to three hours and another one from around 7am on Wednesday morning, which was enough for the umpires Sharfuddoula and Kumar Dharmasena call off the day before the scheduled start at 9.30 am.
Full postDavid Bedingham, Colin Ackermann centuries put Durham in control
Pair's unbroken stand of 268 sets fifth-wicket record for Durham in first-class cricket
ECB Reporters Network
10-Sep-2024
Durham 367 for 4 (Bedingham 177*, Ackermann 111*) lead Lancashire 228 (Hurst 90, Bohannon 49, Raine 5-44) by 139 runs
David Bedingham made his third Championship century of the season against Lancashire and also passed a thousand first-class runs for this campaign to help Durham take control of their Vitality County Championship match at Chester-le-Street.
Having restricted Lancashire to 228 all out in their first innings, the home side were 367 for 4 at the close, a lead of 139, with Bedingham on 177 not out and Colin Ackermann unbeaten on 111. The pair's unbroken stand of 268 has already set a fifth-wicket record for Durham in first-class cricket.
Full postPrest and Abbott push Kent towards the trap door
Tom Prest's century and Kyle Abbott's wickets has Kent on the verge of relegation from Division One
ECB Reporters Network
10-Sep-2024
Kent 64 for 5 (Compton 24*, Abbott 3-23) trail Hampshire 403 (Prest 102, Vince 88, Wheal 61) by 339 runs
Kent's Division One status is dangling by a thread after a dismal second day against Hampshire in the Vitality County Championship at Canterbury.
The hosts slumped to 64 for 5 for in reply to Hampshire's first innings total of 403, with Kyle Abbott claiming 3 for 23.
Full postYuzvendra Chahal claims five as Northamptonshire tighten grip
Keogh, Miller, Sales extend lead after India spinner rips through Derbyshire
ECB Reporters Network
10-Sep-2024
Northamptonshire 219 (Zaib 90, Andersson 2-28) and 178 for 5 (Keogh 46*, Miller 42, Sales 40) lead Derbyshire 165 (Reece 50, Madsen 47, Chahal 5-45) by 232 runs
Indian leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal claimed five wickets as Northamptonshire ran through Derbyshire's batting line-up on a day dominated by spin at Wantage Road before Northamptonshire's batters put the hosts in the ascendancy.
Chahal, veteran of 152 white-ball internationals, finished with figures of five for 45, only his third career five-wicket haul, as Derbyshire lost their last six wickets for just 15 runs in 10.2 overs.
Full postMichael Pepper continues fine form but rain denies Essex in the field
Nottinghamshire trail by 420 runs after just 10.5 overs possible in second innings
ECB Reporters Network
10-Sep-2024
Nottinghamshire 37 for 1 trail Essex 457 (Westley 122, Pepper 115, Walter 72, Harmer 51) by 420 runs
Michael Pepper continued a rich vein of form that has now brought him centuries in successive Vitality County Championship matches to sit alongside two T20 Blast centuries as he helped Essex tightened their stranglehold over Nottinghamshire.
The wicketkeeper-batsman's 115 from 147 balls eclipsed his previous best score against Worcestershire last week by three runs as he built on Tom Westley's 122 to take Essex to a formidable 457 in their first innings.
Full postToby Roland-Jones drives Middlesex but Ollie Price resists
Three-wicket burst gives Middlesex boost but rain and resistance keeps Gloucs afloat
ECB Reporters Network
10-Sep-2024
Gloucestershre 154 for 5 (Price 56*, Roland-Jones 3-56) trail Middlesex 377 (Davies 91, Holden 77, De Caires 64, T Price 5-81) by 223 runs
Ollie Price and the weather combined to frustrate promotion-chasing Middlesex on the second day of their Vitality County Championship Division Two clash at Lord's.
Right-hander Price showed guts a-plenty to post 56 not out, his fifth score of 50 or more in the first-class game this season, as the visitors battled to 154 for 5, 223 in arrears of their hosts, on a day when only 41.4 overs were bowled due to bad light and rain.
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