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Leach five buoys Somerset before rain ruins chance of result
Warwickshire's winless season continues despite setting visitors 369 on final day
ECB Reporters Network
25-Aug-2024
Warwickshire 337 (Yates 69, Burgess 69, Bethell 64, Davey 4-80, Overton 4-88) and 270 (Davies 131, Leach 5-77) drew with Somerset 239 (Aldridge 84, Rew 49, Lammonby 44, Barnard 5-54) and 206 for 4 (Rew 55*)
Jack Leach gave England's selectors a reminder of his skills as Somerset's Vitality Championship match against Warwickshire at Edgbaston ended in a rain-affected draw.
The left-arm spinner has been overlooked by England in favour of Somerset team-mate Shoaib Bashir since the opening Test against India in Hyderabad in January but chose a dark day in Birmingham to prove that his talents still shine brightly.
Full postRock-solid Peter Handscomb secures draw as 19 wickets fall across four days
Leicestershire still in chasing pack after eighth draw in 10 Championship matches
ECB Reporters Network
25-Aug-2024
Leicestershire 402 (Holland 104, Rehan 60, Scriven 60, Trevaskis 50) and 304 for 5 (Patel 75, Handscomb 63*, Holland 56) drew with Gloucestershire 544 for 4 dec (Charlesworth 210, Bracey 207*)
Peter Handscomb's rock-sold half-century against his former club foiled a spirited last-day effort by Gloucestershire's bowlers and earned Leicestershire a comfortable draw from their County Championship Division Two game at Bristol.
The experienced Australian made 63 not out as the visitors reached 304 for 5 in their second innings from an overnight 41 without loss, a lead of 162, by the time bad light ended play with a possible 27 overs left. Rishi Patel hit 75 and Ian Holland 56.
Full postMcKerr mops up Lancashire resistance as Surrey march on
Division One leaders need less than two session to take the nine wickets they needed
ECB Reporters Network
25-Aug-2024
Surrey 444 for 9 dec (Burns 227, Foakes 82) beat Lancashire 204 (Clark 4-57) and 177 (Hurst 64, McKerr 4-27, Worrall 3-34, Clark 3-43) by an innings and 63 runs
Title favourites Surrey took less than two sessions on day four to bowl out Lancashire for 177 at the Kia Oval to complete an impressive innings-and-63-run victory.
Conor McKerr polished off Lancashire's tail to finish with 4 for 27 while Dan Worrall and Jordan Clark picked up three wickets apiece as long-time Division One leaders Surrey, champions in 2022 and 2023, made it seven wins from ten Vitality County Championship matches this season. It is another big step for Surrey towards a third title in a row.
Full postKashif Ali puts seal on key victory as Worcestershire boost hopes
Half-century anchors run-chase as Kent are outgunned
ECB Reporters Network
25-Aug-2024
Worcestershire 447 (D'Oliveira 97, Roderick 63, Brookes 50, Jordan 5-97) and 102 for 2 (Kashif 52*) beat Kent 171 (Muyeye 56, Leach 6-52) and 376 (Muyeye 211, Taylor 4-99) by eight wickets
Worcestershire secured their second successive win in the Vitality County Championship to bolster their hopes of retaining Division One status as they overcame bottom-placed Kent by eight wickets at Visit Worcestershire New Road.
Tom Taylor and Joe Leach picked up the final two Kent wickets this morning to leave Worcestershire, who were promoted last summer, with a modest victory target of 101.
Full postDaniel Hogg in seventh heaven as debut haul serves up Durham win
Teenager ends Notts resistance to seal crushing innings victory for home side
ECB Reporters Network
25-Aug-2024
Durham 531 for 7 dec (Lees 145, McKinney 129, Turner 114*, de Leede 79) beat Nottinghamshire 229 (James 56, McCann 51, Wagner 4-68) and 285 (Haynes 69, Slater 53, Hogg 7-66) by an innings and 17 runs
A sensational seven-wicket haul from first-class debutant Daniel Hogg propelled Durham to a dominant Vitality County Championship win against Nottinghamshire. Hogg, who already had three second-innings wickets, mopped up the Notts tail on day four to wrap up the victory, with a winning margin of an innings and 17 runs.
The win coupled with a maximum set of bonus points means that Durham consolidate their position in mid-table, meanwhile Notts will be anxiously looking over their shoulder due to sides below them picking up points in their respective fixtures. The County Championship fixtures come in thick and fast as both sides are in action again on Thursday, with Durham travelling to Taunton to take on Somerset, while Notts host runaway leaders Surrey.
Full postDerbyshire end five-year wait for home County Championship win
Glamorgan offer minimal resistance as hosts end Derby drought with 10-wicket victory
ECB Reporters Network
25-Aug-2024
Derbyshire 429 (Dal 94, Came 84, Madsen 70, Crane 3-43, Kellaway 3-59) and 27 for 0 beat Glamorgan 168 (van der Gugten 46*, Chappell 6-47) and 287 (Carlson 56, Ingram 53, Morley 3-46) by 10 wickets
Derbyshire finally celebrated a red-ball victory at their County Ground headquarters when they beat Glamorgan by 10 wickets in the Vitality County Championship Division Two match at Derby.
They bowled the visitors out for 287 on the fourth morning, leaving them to score 27 for a first Championship win at Derby in five years.
Full postYorkshire survive wobble against Carson to ignite promotion push
Sussex spinner takes nine in the match but hosts get over the line to close gap at top of Division Two
ECB Reporters Network
25-Aug-2024
Yorkshire 326 (Luxton 59, Bairstow 57, Carson 5-48) and 103 for 6 (Lyth 40, Carson 4-37) beat Sussex 189 (Alsop 86*, Hughes 53, Revis 3-38, Thompson 3-46) and 239 (Simpson 67, Alsop 61, Coad 5-69) by four wickets
Yorkshire dotted the i's and crossed the t's on a four-wicket Vitality County Championship victory over Division Two pacesetters Sussex at Scarborough during the fourth morning to boost their hopes of promotion.
Resuming on 28 for 2 from 10 overs in pursuit of 103, the home side clinched a 21-point haul in exactly an hour's play despite losing four wickets to offspinner Jack Carson.
Full postMushfiqur and Mehidy star in Bangladesh's historic maiden Test win against Pakistan
Bangladesh bowlers skittle out Pakistan for 146 in the second innings and hand them their fifth loss in a stretch of nine winless home Tests
Vishal Dikshit
25-Aug-2024
Bangladesh 565 (Mushfiqur 191, Naseem 3-93) and 30 for 0 (Zakir 15*) beat Pakistan 448 for 6 dec (Rizwan 171*, Shakeel 141) and 146 (Rizwan 51, Mehidy 4-21, Shakib 3-44) by ten wickets
A spirited Bangladesh bowling unit rode on the confidence Mushfiqur Rahim's 191 had instilled into their camp on the fourth day to skittle Pakistan for 146 on the fifth, and hand them a fifth loss in a stretch of nine winless home Tests. While Pakistan have not won a Test at home since February 2021 against South Africa, this was Bangladesh's maiden Test win against Pakistan - a ten-wicket win to boot - and a rare one away from home. Leading into this game, they had won just two Tests on foreign soil in the last seven years.
If the fourth day was about Bangladesh slowly strengthening their grip on the game, the last day was about romping to victory. Once the fast bowlers removed three of the top four Pakistan batters, the spinning duo of Shakib Al Hasan and Mehidy Hasan Miraz shared the remaining seven wickets; the ball had started to turn more than it did on Saturday, with some uneven bounce as well.
Full postFlintoff's double-strike secures Australia A four-day victory
Raghvi Bist and Uma Chetry had given India A hope in their chase but the target proved out of reach
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25-Aug-2024
Australia A 212 (Voll 71, Mani 5-58) and 260 (Darke 105*, de Broughe 58, Mani 6-92) beat India A 184 (Sehrawat 40, Peterson 5-16) and 243 (Chetry 47, Knott 3-34, Flintoff 3-39) by 45 runs
Two wickets in four balls from Tess Flintoff made the difference on the final day between Australia A and India A after the visitors had threatened to close down their target.
Raghvi Bist and Uma Chetry built a seventh-wicket stand of 79, the latter playing positively on the final morning, but just as the target of 289 was starting to loom into view, Flintoff changed the game. First she had Chetry splicing a pull into the leg side and then got one through Bist to remove India A's last two main batting options.
Full postBen Coad takes five as Yorkshire edge towards vital win for promotion push
Tom Alsop and John Simpson fight with 60s but Sussex facing second defeat of season
ECB Reporters Network
24-Aug-2024
Yorkshire 326 and 28 for 2 need 75 more runs to beat Sussex 189 and 239 (Simpson 67, Alsop 61, Coad 5-69)
Yorkshire are closing in on victory over Division Two leaders Sussex at Hove following Ben Coad's new-ball five-for at Scarborough, setting up a victory target of 103 late on day three.
Sussex started the day on 26 without loss in their second innings, 111 runs behind the league's third-placed side, and were bowled out for 239 as seamer Coad returned five for 69. His wickets came with the first and second new balls.
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