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Du Plooy, Williamson centuries grind Northamptonshire down
Visitors rattled in reply to massive 625 for 8 declared, after trio of hundreds
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23-Jul-2025
Northamptonshire 126 for 4 (McManus 39) trail Middlesex 625 for 8 dec (Holden 151, Williamson 114, du Plooy 105*, Cracknell 73, Robson 57) by 499 runs
Kane Williamson and Leus Du Plooy scored centuries as records wanted and unwanted were set on day two of Middlesex's Rothesay County Championship clash with Northamptonshire at Merchant Taylors' School.
Former New Zealand Test skipper Williamson's 114 came on his Championship debut for the Seaxes, while Du Plooy's unbeaten 105 was his first in four-day cricket this season.
Full postJames double-century bags maximum batting points for Nottinghamshire
Hampshire reply with resolve after title-chasers post imposing 578 for 8 declared
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23-Jul-2025
Hampshire 90 for 0 (Weatherley 43*, Middleton 34*) trail Nottinghamshire 578 for 8 dec (James 203*, Haynes 103, McCann 79, Hutton 71) by 498 runs
Lyndon James masterfully struck his maiden double-century as title-chasing Nottinghamshire took control of their Rothesay County Championship clash with Hampshire.
James helped his side to maximum batting points with an awesome 203 not out, overtaking his previous personal best of 164.
Full postSai Sudharsan fifty guides India after they lose Pant to injury
Jaiswal scored his third fifty-plus score on the tour and was involved in a 94-run opening stand with Rahul
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23-Jul-2025
Stumps India 264 for 4 (Sai Sudharsan 61, Jaiswal 58, Rahul 46, Stokes 2-47) vs England
Harry Brook's performative sprinting between overs could not mask the fact that this was a slow day, with neither team in the ascendancy. India fought hard after being inserted under gloomy Manchester skies, personified by B Sai Sudharsan's dogged maiden Test half-century, but they never got away from England and lost Rishabh Pant to a serious-looking foot injury.
This was not the day that Ben Stokes had in mind when he won his fourth consecutive toss and chose to bowl, with India's openers batting through the morning session and only four wickets falling in 83 overs. But in conceding barely three runs per over, England's bowlers kept them in the game, even if the sluggish tempo left Brook making his own fun at slip.
Full postHundreds for Jordan Cox, Matt Critchley strengthen Essex grip
Jordan Cox makes 132, Matt Critchley 123 as Essex reach 475 for 9 before bad light, rain steal 28 overs
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23-Jul-2025
Essex 475 for 9 (Cox 132, Critchley 123) lead Sussex 204 by 271 runs
Hundreds by Jordan Cox and Matt Critchley strengthened Essex's position on the second day against Sussex at Hove.
Cox made 132 and Critchley 123 as Essex reached 475 for 9 before bad light and rain took 28 overs off the day's allocation after tea.
Full postHartley, Green star with centuries as Lancashire break batting records
Gloucestershire reply with gusto through Charlesworth and Phillips but still trail by 378
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23-Jul-2025
Gloucestershire 179 for 1 (Charlesworth 104*, Phillips 60*) trail Lancashire 557 (Green 160, Hartley 130, Hurst 106, Zaman 4-85) by 378 runs
Chris Green and Tom Hartley produced record-breaking performances with the bat as Lancashire assumed the upper hand on day two of the Rothesay County Championship Second Division match against Gloucestershire at the College Ground, Cheltenham.
Both made their highest individual first-class scores, Green raising a superb 160 from 199 balls with 13 fours and eight sixes, and Hartley 130 via 153 deliveries with 14 fours and six sixes as the Red Rose county posted a formidable 557 in their first innings. Together, the pair staged Lancashire's biggest ever ninth-wicket partnership of 212, eclipsing a long-standing record set by Australians Les Poidevine and Alexander Kermode in a match against Sussex in Eastbourne way back in 1907.
Full postRehan's six of the best puts Leicestershire in total control
Legspinner takes 6 for 51 as Division Two's leaders tighten grip on contest
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23-Jul-2025
Derbyshire 189 (Rehan 6-51) trail Leicestershire 398 (Hill 151, Rehan 115, Handscomb 101, Reece 6-56) by 209 runs
England all-rounder Rehan Ahmed claimed career-best figures as Leicestershire took control of the Rothesay County Championship match against Derbyshire on a record-breaking day at the Central Co-op County Ground.
Rehan followed his hundred on day one by taking 6 for 51 from 20 overs with his leg spin to bowl the hosts out for 189 in reply to the Division Two leaders 398.
Full postKellaway, Ingram propel Glamorgan into healthy lead before Kent resist
Ben Compton digs deep in second innings to reduce deficit to 66
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23-Jul-2025
Kent 155 (Bell-Drummond 55, van der Gugten 3-27, Harris 3-35) and 106 for 1 (Compton 38*) trail Glamorgan 327 (Kellaway 90, Ingram 87, Agar 4-58, Parkinson 4-103) by 66 runs
Ben Kellaway and Colin Ingram combined to give Glamorgan the ascendancy on day two before Kent frustrated the bowlers in the beginning of their second innings.
Kellaway, who struck a mammoth 181 not out maiden century in the reverse fixture, gave fears of déjà vu with 90, together with Ingram's 87 to combine for a 174-run partnership resuming from overnight.
Full postJack Leach six-for hands Somerset two-day victory
It was his second six-wicket haul in successive Championship games
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23-Jul-2025
Somerset 250 (Lammonby 89, Drissell 5-59) and 89 for 5 (Banton 33*, Parkinson 4-39) beat Durham 145 (Raine 42, Overton 6-23) and 190 (Gay 42, Leach 6-63, Vaughan 4-85) by five wickets
Jack Leach returned figures of 6 for 63 as Somerset wrapped up a five-wicket Rothesay County Championship Division One win over Durham inside two days at the Cooper Associates Ground, Taunton.
From an overnight 5 for 2 in their second innings, trailing by 100 runs, the visitors were bowled out for 190, left-arm spinner Leach claiming his second six-for in successive Championship games and off-spinner Archie Vaughan taking 4 for 85. Emilio Gay top-scored with 42, while Ben Raine contributed 36.
Full postBairstow presses on for Yorkshire as rain wrecks day at Scarborough
Less than a session's play possible on day two as Surrey are made to work for wickets
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23-Jul-2025
Yorkshire 376 for 5 (Wharton 78, Bairstow 72, Luxton 71, Bean 57, Lyth 47) vs Surrey
Jonny Bairstow completed a punchy 72 off 90 balls during less than a session's play possible on day two between his Yorkshire side and Surrey at Scarborough.
Yorkshire are handily placed on 376 for 5 from 110.1 overs in this 10th round Rothesay County Championship fixture which has seen just short of a day wiped out by the weather.
Full postJason Sangha pushes Test credentials with unbeaten double ton vs Sri Lanka A
Teenager Ollie Peake made 92 for Australia A as the two-match series finished at a dull 0-0 draw
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23-Jul-2025
Australia A 558 for 4 (Sangha 202*, Weatherald 183, Peake 92, Nuwanidu 1-44) drew with Sri Lanka A 485 for 6 dec (Rathnayake 122, Nuwanidu 102, Dinusha 88, Jeh 3-132)
Jason Sangha has given his future Test prospects a massive boost after posting an unbeaten double century for Australia A in their drawn first-class clash with Sri Lanka A in Darwin.
In reply to Sri Lanka's dominant 485 for 6 declared, Sangha posted 202 not out off 379 balls as Australia A reached a monster 558 for 4 before the game was declared a draw on the cusp of tea on day four. Only ten wickets fell across the four days, with the two-match series finishing in a dull 0-0 draw.
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