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Walter, Westley keep Essex flying high
Warwickshire bowlers made to toil as home batters cash in on good mood following Hove win
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29-Jul-2025
Essex 350 for 4 (Westley 124*, Walter 86) vs Warwickshire
Tom Westley's rich vein of form in the Rothesay County Championship continued as he notched his third century in five innings to frustrate Warwickshire at Chelmsford.
In addition to hitting his 32nd first-class hundred in an innings of sublime stroke-play, the Essex captain also passed 14,000 career runs in red-ball cricket. With Paul Walter, who hit 86 from 160 balls, Westley put on 132 for the second wicket and 81 for the third with Jordan Cox. At stumps, Westley was unbeaten on 124 from 234 balls with Essex 350 for 4.
Full postWharton's catch of the day leaves Sussex struggling by the sea
Yorkshire on top in Scarborough despite unbroken last-wicket stand for visitors
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29-Jul-2025
Sussex 210 for 9 (Coles 47, White 3-21) vs Yorkshire
Yorkshire enjoyed a productive opening day of their key Rothesay County Championship clash with Sussex at Scarborough, a day lit up by a stunning James Wharton catch in the deep.
Sussex, inserted on a green-tinged pitch, were limited to 210 for 9 from 96 overs. James Coles top-scored for them with 47 off 54 balls.
Full postChris Green six-for gives Lancashire edge
Glamorgan squander promising position at 199 for 3 as offspinner finds life in Old Trafford deck
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29-Jul-2025
Glamorgan 260 for 8 (Tribe 61) vs Lancashire
Australian spinner Chris Green managed to take six wickets on the much-criticised Emirates Old Trafford pitch as Lancashire had the better of the first day of their Rothesay County Championship Division Two clash with Glamorgan.
After just four wickets fell during the last day-and-a-half of the recent Test match between England and India, the home side's bowlers looked to be facing another uphill task in Manchester until the introduction of Green turned the proceedings the Red Rose's way with the Welsh outfit 260 for 8 at the close of play.
Full postRecord-breaking Rew and Abell rescue Somerset
From 25 for 3, James Rew and Tom Abell set a new Somerset record for the fourth wicket
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29-Jul-2025
Somerset 338 for 4 (Rew 162*, Abell 156, Abbas 3-49) vs Nottinghamshire
Rew (162 not out) and Abell, who fell for a career-best 156 moments before the close, added 313 in 81 overs, overtaking the 310 shared by Peter Denning and Ian Botham against Gloucestershire at Taunton in 1980 as Somerset's biggest fourth-wicket stand.
Full postMartin Andersson keeps Yuzvendra Chahal at bay for third century
Allrounder's century lifted Derbyshire from ruin after the Indian leg spinner took 3 in 11 balls
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29-Jul-2025
Derbyshire 348 for 8 (Andersson 105, Chahal 4-116) vs Northamptonshire
Martin Andersson led a Derbyshire fightback with a spirited 105, his third century of the summer, as his side rallied to 348 for 8 on day one of this Rothesay County Championship match against Northamptonshire at Wantage Road.
It came after Indian legspinner Yuzvendra Chahal struck three times in 11 balls to tip the morning session firmly in Northamptonshire's favour; the visitors ruing their decision to bat as they slipped to 98 for 5 at lunch, despite 39 from Luis Reece.
Full postKane Williamson hundred leads way for Middlesex on rain-shortened day
Josh De Caires adds another fifty at opener as Gloucestershire bowlers toil
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29-Jul-2025
Middlesex 232 for 3 (Williamson 104*, De Caires 58) vs Gloucestershire
Kane Williamson bit the hand that once fed him with an unbeaten century for Middlesex on a curtailed opening day of the Rothesay County Championship Division Two match with Gloucestershire at Cheltenham.
Given a life on 29, the prolific New Zealander hit 104 not out, off just 112 balls, against his former county as the visitors ran up 232 for 3 after winning the toss. Josh De Caires contributed 58 and Leus du Plooy 42 not out, before bad light and drizzle ended play at 4.50pm.
Full postDwarshuis, middle-order might power Australia to 5-0 sweep
Hetmyer scored his first T20I fifty since August 2023 but it wasn't enough
Andrew McGlashan
28-Jul-2025
Australia 173 for 7 (Owen 37, Hosein 3-17) beat West Indies 170 (Hetmyer 52, Dwarshuis 3-41) by three wickets
Australia put on a final display of their batting power to secure a 5-0 T20I whitewash over West Indies. Tim David and Mitchell Owen launched seven sixes between them, as the overall series tally ended as the second-highest for a bilateral series, with Aaron Hardie then finishing the chase after Akeal Hosein had kept West Indies' hopes alive.
The victory was set up by an excellent performance with the ball after Mitchell Marsh had won his fifth toss - making it all eight for Australia on the tour - and declining the opportunity to have his side set a target. They claimed three wickets in the powerplay to set West Indies back and kept chipping away each time a stand threatened to turn the game. Shimron Hetmyer and Jason Holder added 47 for the fifth wicket and the former went to his first T20I fifty since August 2023 but fell the ball after reaching the landmark.
Full postGrace Harris overpowers Bears as Surrey claim Women's Blast
Favourites prove too strong despite spinners giving Warwickshire hope
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27-Jul-2025
Surrey 154 for 5 (G Harris 63*) beat Warwickshire 153 for 9 (Wong 31, Franklin 2-16) by five wickets
Grace Harris's sparkling 63 not out from 33 balls led Surrey to a five-wicket win over the Bears as they became the inaugural Vitality Blast Women's champions in front of their home fans at the Kia Oval.
The Australian all-rounder grabbed hold of a final which needed a heroine, striking two sixes and seven fours to steer the home side to victory. Fittingly, Southwark-born Kira Chathli, who watched her heroes here as a child, made the winning hit with 20 balls to spare. Amu Surenkumar and Em Arlott took two wickets apiece.
Full postGill, Washington, Jadeja tons script India's great escape
England were kept on the field for 143 overs in the second innings as teams head to The Oval with India trailing 2-1
Matt Roller
27-Jul-2025
India 358 (Sai Sudharsan 61, Jaiswal 58, Pant 54, Stokes 5-72) and 425 for 4 (Jadeja 107*, Gill 103, Washington 101*, Rahul 90) drew with England 669 (Root 150, Stokes 141, Duckett 94, Crawley 84, Jadeja 4-143)
An epic series will be decided at The Oval. England lead 2-1 after 20 tense days of Test cricket but were denied a decisive win by five sessions of doughty, determined batting in which India lost only two wickets. Not even Ben Stokes, battling cramp and a shoulder injury, could pull this one off, and was forced to settle for only the second draw of his captaincy tenure.
India were 1 for 2 at lunch on the fourth day, frazzled after more than 150 overs in the field, and still trailing by over 300 runs. But Shubman Gill's new-look side underlined their character with two mammoth, match-saving partnerships - Gill put on 188 with KL Rahul, and Washington Sundar and Ravindra Jadeja put on an unbroken 203 - to ensure India escaped with a draw.
Full postIssy Wong hits fifty, takes four-for as Bears roar into final
England quick blows The Blaze away with stunning all-round display in Oval eliminator
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27-Jul-2025
Birmingham 163 for 8 (Wong 59, Kalis 45, Glenn 3-29) beat The Blaze 143 (Elwiss 53, Wong 4-14, Taylor 3-20) by 20 runs
Issy Wong starred with bat and ball as Birmingham Bears doused the hopes of The Blaze with a 20-run victory in the Vitality Blast Final's Day Eliminator at the Kia Oval.
Wong blasted 59 from 38 balls including two sixes, sharing a stand of 64 with Sterre Kalis 45 as Birmingham piled up 163 for 8, Sarah Glenn returning 3 for 29.
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