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Van der Gugten leads the line as Glamorgan take charge at Cardiff
Seamer claims four wickets alongside Douthwaite, as Ingram and Carlson build stand
ECB Reporters Network
29-Aug-2024
Glamorgan 114 for 2 (Ingram 63*, Carlson 42*) trail Leicestershire 251 (Handscomb 46, van der Gugten 4-45, Douthwaite 4-49) by 137 runs
Timm van der Gugten was the pick of the Glamorgan bowling, grabbing the first four Leicestershire wickets to fall, while Dan Douthwaite also chipped in with four wickets to justify the decision to bowl first.
Leicestershire fast bowler Chris Wright made his first-class return from a drugs ban to help his side to a batting bonus point, his side recovering to 251 all out on a hybrid pitch in Cardiff.
Full postBurns 161 lays Surrey platform as 16-year-old Farhan Ahmed shines for Notts
Spinner claims four of five wickets to fall after becoming Nottinghamshire's youngest first-class debutant
ECB Reporters Network
29-Aug-2024
Surrey 339 for 5 (Burns 161, Patel 77, Jacks 59) vs Nottinghamshire
Rory Burns followed his double-hundred against Lancashire last week with 161 as champions-elect Surrey ended day one of their Vitality County Championship match against Nottinghamshire on 339 for 5.
But by the close of proceedings at Trent Bridge, the Surrey skipper found himself pushed out of the spotlight by 16-year-old offspinner Farhan Ahmed, who not only claimed the wicket of Burns and two more Test players in Ben Foakes and Will Jacks, but finished a sensational first day in Championship cricket with figures of 4 for 69 from 28 overs.
Full postFletcha Middleton century drives Hampshire before Lancashire fight back
Late flurry of wickets boost hosts as Liam Dawson remains unbeaten on 46
ECB Reporters Network
29-Aug-2024
Hampshire 330 for 9 (Middleton 109, Gubbins 75, Dawson 46*) vs Lancashire
Hampshire's Fletcha Middleton made his second century of the season but his team could do no better that share the spoils with relegation-threatened Lancashire on the first day of their Vitality County Championship match at Emirates Old Trafford.
Middleton made 109 and shared a second-wicket partnership of 151 with Nick Gubbins, only for the home side to take six wickets in the evening session and leave the visitors on 330 for nine at the close.
Full postWarwickshire in control after seamers dismantle Kent
Rhodes 82 not out follows three-fors from Hannon-Dalby, Rushworth and Booth
ECB Reporters Network
29-Aug-2024
Warwickshire 207 for 3 (Rhodes 82*) lead Kent 156 (Compton 70, Cohen 3-13, Hannon-Dalby 3-31, Rushworth 3-43) by 51 runs
Kent's lurch towards Vitality Championship relegation continued as they were bowled out for 156 by Warwickshire on the opening day of their Division One battle at Edgbaston.
Having collected just nine batting points from ten games, Kent were skittled in just 39.5 overs by the seamers before the home side eased past them to reach 207 for 3 at the close.
Full postDaniel Hughes stars for Sussex to put leaders back on promotion track
Australian impresses with ninth first-class hundred as Sussex bounce back from Yorkshire loss
ECB Reporters Network
29-Aug-2024
Sussex 391 for 4 (Hughes 144, Haines 72, Alsop 69*) vs Derbyshire
Australian Daniel Hughes made 144 as second division leaders Sussex established a strong position after day one against Derbyshire at Hove.
Derbyshire elected to bowl first then saw Hughes and Tom Haines put on 196 in just 36 overs. Haines made 72 and after Hughes departed Tom Alsop hit an unbeaten 69 as Sussex closed on 391 for 4.
Full postUnsafe pitch causes abandonment at Bristol to deepen Gloucestershire gloom
Justin Broad takes seven but match called off after suspected broken finger for Vasconcelos
ECB Reporters Network
29-Aug-2024
Northamptonshire 116 for 2 vs Gloucestershire 125 (O Price 52, Broad 7-33) - match abandoned
The Vitality County Championship Second Division match between Gloucestershire and Northamptonshire was abandoned owing to concerns from the umpires over player safety on a hybrid pitch.
Umpires Chris Watts and Sue Redfern called a halt early on in the final session after Northants batters Ricardo Vasconcelos and Rob Keogh had been struck blows on the hand by Gloucestershire paceman Ajeet Singh Dale and retired hurt.
Full postTom Abell's 124 puts Somerset in control at Taunton
Brydon Carse returns from betting ban while Archie Vaughan makes first-class debut
ECB Reporters Network
29-Aug-2024
Somerset 395 for 6 (Abell 124, Rew 89*, Banton 73) vs Durham
Tom Abell made it back-to-back centuries at Taunton as Somerset ran up 395 for 6 on the opening day of their County Championship match against Durham.
Having hit a career-best unbeaten 152 in the previous home game against Warwickshire, Abell scored 124 off 181 balls, with 18 fours, sharing a stand of 185 with Tom Banton (73), which was a record for Somerset's fourth wicket against Durham. James Rew was unbeaten on 89 at the close, while there were two wickets each for Daniel Hogg and Callum Parkinson.
Full postJonny Bairstow hits first first-class hundred since 2022 as Yorkshire dominate
Challenged to find his best form when dropped by England, Bairstow responds with 107 not out
ECB Reporters Network
29-Aug-2024
Yorkshire 372 for 5 (Bairstow 107*, Lyth 61, Hill 58*, Hollman 3-99) vs Middlesex
Jonny Bairstow scored his first first-class century in a little over two years as Yorkshire had much the better of the opening day of their County Championship promotion battle with Middlesex at Headingley.
Bairstow, 34, has struggled for form of late and, within the last two months, has been dropped from all England sides. But he refuses to be written off, as this excellent 107 not out off 130 balls suggests.
Full postRoot 143 repels Sri Lanka before Atkinson 74* turns screw
England fight their way out of trouble at Lord's thanks to Joe Root's 33rd Test hundred
Alan Gardner
29-Aug-2024
England 358 for 7 (Root 143, Atkinson 74*, Kumara 2-75, Rathnayake 2-80) vs Sri Lanka
Was it brave or foolhardy to insert England beneath clear blue skies at Lord's? As Joe Root peeled off his sixth Test hundred at the grand old ground, the verdict erred towards the latter. Gus Atkinson added to Sri Lanka's pain with a maiden Test half-century and, although the bowlers toiled manfully until late in the day to repay the faith shown in them by their captain, Dhananjaya de Silva, England had grappled their way into an increasingly sturdy position.
After Root, there was daylight on the England batting card - and Dhananjaya might rue the inability of Lahiru Kumara to persuade Paul Reiffel to raise his finger to an lbw appeal when Root was on 11, with the DRS returning a verdict of umpire's call. The next-highest score was Atkinson's unbeaten 74 from No. 8, with his 92-run stand alongside Root the chief reason that England did not have what looked a perfectly respectable batting rug pulled from under them.
Full postShepherd, Pooran and Hope help West Indies sweep South Africa 3-0
South Africa's total of 108 for 4 lacked significant individual contributions in rain-hit final T20I
Firdose Moonda
27-Aug-2024
West Indies 116 for 2 (Hope 42*, Pooran 35, Hetmyer 31*) beat South Africa 108 for 4 (Stubbs 40, Shepherd 2-14) by eight wickets via DLS method
West Indies completed a clean sweep of the T20I series to underline a period of dominance against South Africa in this format. Since March 2023, they have played South Africa 10 times in T20Is and won eight matches, including back-to-back 3-0 series victories either side of the T20 World Cup. The last of those wins came in a shortened affair in Trinidad.
A rain delay caused the series finale to start an hour later than the scheduled 3pm start but no overs were lost when play got underway. Another weather interruption, midway through the fifth over of South Africa's innings, took 70 more minutes out of the game and reduced it to 13 overs a side.
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