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Headingley pitch the victor as Yorkshire, Middlesex pull plug on bore-draw
Promotion rivals separated by a point after four bat-dominated days
ECB Reporters Network
01-Sep-2024
Yorkshire 601 for 6 dec (Hill 169*, Bairstow 160, Lyth 61, Bess 60*, Hollman 4-194) and 150 for 2 (Lyth 62, Wharton 50*) drew with Middlesex 522 (Higgins 155, Robson 108, Davies 61, Holden 51, Bess 7-179)
Middlesex and Yorkshire, second and third in Division Two, will head into the final three games of the Vitality County Championship season separated by just one point after they put the finishing touches on a high-scoring draw on day four at Headingley.
The promotion rivals will battle it out with leaders Sussex for two top-flight places in 2025.
Full postJack Carson's 11-wicket match haul seals dominant Sussex win
Derbyshire go down by an innings despite resistance from Harry Came, Wayne Madsen
ECB Reporters Network
01-Sep-2024
Sussex 607 for 8 dec (Hughes 144, Simpson 121, Carson 97, Haines 72, Alsop 70) beat Derbyshire 290 (Madsen 138, Carson 5-90) and 258 (Came 79, Madsen 77, Carson 6-67) by an innings and 59 runs
Sussex took a firm grip on the second division of the Vitality Championship when they defeated Derbyshire by an innings and 59 runs, their sixth win of the season. They took a maximum haul of 24 points as they placed more daylight between themselves and their pursuers and with two of their last the games at home they are now clear favourites to win the title.
Their undoubted star was offspinner Jack Carson, who followed his innings of 97 with match figures of 11 for 157, the biggest return of his career. His second-innings figures of 6 for 67 was another best. He has taken 20 wickets in his past two games, following his nine in last week's defeat to Yorkshire at Scarborough.
Full postEssex title charge on the rails as Worcestershire upset the odds
Worcestershire dug deep to notch remarkable third win of the season to boost their survival hopes
ECB Reporters Network
01-Sep-2024
Worcestershire 266 (D'Oliveira 68, Taylor 62, Porter 5-52) and 321 (Libby 65, Hose 64, D'Oliveira 51, Cook 4-23) beat Essex 404 (Pepper 112*, Westley 68, Snater 53, Brookes 3-34) and 140 (van Beek 4-26) by 43 runs
Two sharp pieces of fielding by Brett D'Oliveira to remove two of the Essex dangermen, Jordan Cox and Robin Das, ultimately turned the tables in Worcestershire's favour on their way to a stunning 43-run victory at Chelmsford.
The Worcestershire captain claimed the run out of Das and a catch off Cox in the space of three balls to drag Essex from the comparative safety of 69 for 2 to imminent peril at 71 for 4. It prefaced a serious collapse as Essex fell well short of their target of 184 in 89 overs.
Full postJack Leach's dozen has Somerset daring to dream
Devastating win over Durham puts the heat on first-place Surrey, who visit Taunton next
ECB Reporters Network
01-Sep-2024
Somerset 492 (Abell 124, Rew 103, Banton 73, Parkinson 4-136) and 263 for 5 dec (Abell 56) beat Durham 336 (Carse 104*, Raine 64, Lees 59, Leach 5-124) and 126 (Drissell 33, Leach7-50) by 293 runs
Jack Leach completed match figures of 12 for 174 as Somerset maintained their challenge for a first-ever Vitality County Championship title with a crushing 293-run victory over Durham at Taunton.
The left-arm spinner claimed seven for 50 in the visitors' second innings total of 126 all out, aided by teenager Archie Vaughan, whose off-breaks reaped 2 for 40. Nightwatchman George Drissell top scored with 33 in an otherwise disappointing Durham batting effort.
Full postGus Atkinson's latest Lord's feat wraps up series for England
Half-centuries for Karunaratne, Chandimal and Dhananjaya not enough to prevent heavy Sri Lanka defeat
Alan Gardner
01-Sep-2024
England 427 (Root 143, Atkinson 118, Asitha 5-102) and 251 (Root 103, Asitha 3-52) beat Sri Lanka 196 (Kamindu 74, Potts 2-19) and 292 (Chandimal 58, Karunaratne 55, Dhananjaya 50, Atkinson 5-62) by 190 runs
Gus Atkinson produced his fifth performance worthy of the Lord's honours boards in his debut summer as an England Test cricketer, adding a second-innings five-for to his maiden hundred as Sri Lanka's resistance in the second Test was finally broken.
The touring side, set an unlikely target of 483 to keep the series alive, put on a gutsy fourth-innings display in a bid to avoid a first Test defeat at Lord's since 1991. There were valiant half-centuries for Dimuth Karunaratne, Dinesh Chandimal and Dhananjaya de Silva, as well as more dogged lower-order resistance from Milan Rathnayake, in only his second Test. But in the end, they were well beaten, going down by 190 runs inside four days.
Full postLitton Das' sublime century leads stunning Bangladesh counter
Khurram Shahzad's six-for had Pakistan on top, but they couldn't capitalise on the opposition being 26 for 6
Ashish Pant
01-Sep-2024
Pakistan 274 and 9 for 2 (Mahmud 2-3) lead Bangladesh 262 (Litton 138, Mehidy 78, Shahzad 6-90, Salman 2-13) by 21 runs
In a comeback story for the ages, Litton Das' sublime 138 backed up by Mehidy Hasan Miraz's confident 78 helped Bangladesh bounce back from the depths of 26 for 6 to post 262 and keep Pakistan's first-innings lead to a mere 12 runs in the second Test in Rawalpindi.
This was Litton's fourth Test century and his first in more than two years. He was also ably supported by No. 10 Hasan Mahmud, who hung around for a ninth-wicket partnership that frustrated Pakistan for 149 balls, on top of adding 69 valuable runs as Bangladesh closed in on parity. In the end, the visitors fell a mere 12 short.
Full postBrydon Carse makes comeback century but Durham stumble before close
Somerset rip through second innings to leave uphill struggle for visitors
ECB Reporters Network
31-Aug-2024
Durham 336 (Carse 104*, Raine 64, Leach 5-124) and 15 for 3 need another 405 runs to beat Somerset 492 and 263 for 5 dec (Abell 56)
A Brydon Carse century on his return after suspension was not enough to prevent Durham slipping towards likely defeat on the third day of the Vitality County Championship Division One match with Somerset at Taunton.
The visitors began by adding 64 runs to their overnight first innings score of 272 for six before being bowled out for 336, Carse contributing a valiant 104 and Ben Raine making 62. Jack Leach finished with five for 124 off 41.1 overs.
Full postSussex push for victory despite Wayne Madsen hundred
Derbyshire two down and 176 behind in second innings after being made to follow on
ECB Reporters Network
31-Aug-2024
Derbyshire 290 (Madsen 138, Carson 5-90) and 141 for 2 (Came 54*) trail Sussex 607 for 8 dec by 176 runs
Sussex go into the final day of their Vitality County Championship match against Derbyshire as clear favourites to extend their lead at the top of Division Two with their sixth victory of the season.
But some resolute batting by the Derbyshire batters second time round has given them an outside chance of saving the game. In their first innings Derbyshire had been 24 for 4 in reply to the massive Sussex score of 607 for 7 declared. But after being asked to follow on, 317 runs behind, they ended the third day on 141 for 2, still 176 in arrears.
Full postRahane, Handscomb battle for Leicestershire after Ingram's unbeaten 257
Glamorgan closing in on big win after claiming three second-innings wickets
ECB Reporters Network
31-Aug-2024
Leicestershire 251 and 144 for 3 (Rahane 47*) trail Glamorgan 550 for 9 dec (Ingram 257*, Holland 4-96) by 155 runs
Leicestershire's international pair Ajinkya Rahane and Peter Handscomb battled hard to give their side a chance of saving the game, after Glamorgan's Colin Ingram had continued his batting masterclass.
Rahane was 47 not out and Handscomb unbeaten on 33, Leicestershire 144 for 3, trailing by 155, when bad light stopped play with 21.2 scheduled overs remaining.
Full postRyan Higgins, Sam Robson centuries bat Middlesex towards stalemate
Visitors trail by 160 overnight with one day remaining of run-fest at Headingley
ECB Reporters Network
31-Aug-2024
Middlesex 441 for 5 (Higgins 117, Robson 108, Davies 61, Holden 51, Bess 4-168) trail Yorkshire 601 for 6 dec by 160 runs
Centurion Ryan Higgins became this summer's second batter to reach 1,000 runs in the Vitality County Championship as Middlesex batted themselves to an almost certain draw against Yorkshire on day three at Headingley.
Unbeaten all-rounder Higgins, who followed Glamorgan batter Colin Ingram's lead after he achieved the feat on day two, top-scored with 117 off 210 balls in Middlesex's 441 for five as they replied to Yorkshire's first-innings 601 for six declared.
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