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Bell-Drummond, Finch centuries leave Northants under the pump
Kent post 566 for 8 declared but visitors make steady start in response
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30-Jun-2025
Northamptonshire 140 for 1 (Vasconcelos 87*) trail Kent 566 for 8 dec (Bell-Drummond 158, Finch 118, Guthrie 3-92) by 426 runs
Daniel Bell-Drummond and Harry Finch both made centuries for Kent on day two of their Rothesay County Championship match with Northamptonshire at Canterbury, but with the track resembling a bowlers' graveyard the match looks destined to end in a draw.
The visitors had reached 140 for 1 at stumps, a deficit of 426, with Ricardo Vasconcelos unbeaten on 87 and Calvin Harrison 41 not out. Matt Quinn took the only wicket, getting Luke Procter for 8.
Full postBen Geddes hundred, Naavya Sharma burst plunge Leicestershire into trouble
Division Two leaders stumble to 108 for 8 after visitors rack up 534 in seemingly benign conditions
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30-Jun-2025
Leicestershire 108 for 8 trail Middlesex 534 (Geddes 137, Green 3-54) by xxx runs
Ben Geddes punished Leicestershire with his first century for Middlesex to put the Division Two leaders under pressure before teenage seamer Naavya Sharma left them facing a battle to avoid a first defeat of the season on day two of the Rothesay County Championship match at the Uptonsteel County Ground, where they closed 108 for 8 in reply to Middlesex's 534.
Badly dropped on 11 on the first evening, 23-year-old former Surrey man Geddes was eventually out for a career-best 137 as the visitors amassed their challenging total after being asked to bat first.
Full postLyth anchors Yorkshire in basement battle of attrition
Essex only take one batting point in grinding their way to 368 but make disciplined start with ball
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30-Jun-2025
Yorkshire 143 for 3 (Lyth 65*) trail Essex 368 (Thain 50*, White 3-68) by 225 runs
The opening day was a slow-burner which saw Essex close on 248 for 3. But things were different upon the resumption this morning, with Yorkshire claiming the last seven Essex wickets for 95 on a placid Clifton Park pitch, bowling the visitors out for 368 during the early stages of the afternoon.
Full postSibley triple-hundred piles pain on Durham as Surrey notch 820-9 dec
Surrey break 126-year record for their highest total after opener extends marathon innings to 305
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30-Jun-2025
Durham 59 for 1 trail Surrey 820 for 9 dec (Sibley 305, Lawrence 178, Jacks 119) by 761 runs
Dom Sibley's ten-hour 305, plus quickfire hundreds from both Dan Lawrence and Will Jacks, propelled Surrey to 820 for 9 declared at the Kia Oval, the biggest first-class total in the club's long history.
Resuming on 407 for 3, they broke their 126-year-old county record after batting on until just after tea on day two and prolonging Durham's suffering in scorching sunshine and sweltering temperatures above 30 degrees.
Full postDaniel Hughes scores 151 as Sussex respond strongly
Warwickshire ended their first innings on 415 after their last three wickets added a further 43 runs
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30-Jun-2025
Sussex 278 for 3 (Hughes 151, Coles 56*) trail Warwickshire 415 (Yates 93, Hain 87, Barnard 66, Crocombe 3-82) by 137 runs
Daniel Hughes made a season's best 151 before departing to the last ball of the second day as Sussex made a strong response to Warwickshire's 415 in the Rothesay County Championship.
The 36-year-old Australian left-hander was lbw to off-spinner Corey Rocchiccioli off the penultimate delivery of the last over as Sussex reached 278 for 3.
Full postBen Slater hundred keeps the heat off Nottinghamshire
Opener steers Division One leaders' steady reply after Somerset post 379
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30-Jun-2025
Nottinghamshire 214 for 3 (Slater 116*) trail Somerset 379 (Banton 84, Abbas 3-59) by 165 runs
Ben Slater's 15th first-class hundred spearheaded a solid Nottinghamshire batting display on the second day of the Rothesay County Championship Division One match with Somerset at the Cooper Associates Ground, Taunton.
The home side extended their first innings score from an overnight 275 for 6 to a challenging 379 all out, Tom Banton dismissed for 84 and Matt Henry making an unbeaten 41 off just 29 balls, with four fours and three sixes.
Full postJake Libby double century keeps Worcestershire on top at Hampshire
Worcestershire compile the third-highest first-class score in their history as hosts struggle in response
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30-Jun-2025
Hampshire 68 for 3 (Varma 10*, Brown 7*, Taylor 2-16) trail Worcestershire 679 for 7 dec (Hose 266, Libby 228, Roderick 80) by 611 runs
Jake Libby achieved his second career Rothesay County Championship double century as Worcestershire compiled the third-highest first-class score in their history.
Stand-in captain Libby batted throughout a 10-hour vigil to secure a personal best 228, while underpinning his side's vast 679 for 7 declared.
Full postMulder's career-best ton puts SA on course for victory in Bulawayo
South Africa dominated day three, setting Zimbabwe a daunting target of 537
Himanshu Agrawal
30-Jun-2025
Zimbabwe 251 and 32 for 1 (Bosch 1-1) need 505 runs to beat South Africa 418 for 9 dec and 369 (Mulder 147, Maharaj 51, Masakadza 4-98)
By the second hour of the third day in Bulawayo, the outlook had turned bleak for Zimbabwe. South Africa's third-wicket partnership between Wiaan Mulder and David Bedingham had grown to 72 at over five runs an over. Zimbabwe's spearhead, Blessing Muzarabani, was off the field due to illness. The field placements were defensive and the home side looked out of answers.
Then came a lucky breakthrough. Wellington Masakadza, brought back for the 33rd over, banged one in short to Bedingham, who should have dispatched it to the boundary. Instead, he mistimed the pull straight to midwicket and fell for a brisk 35. That dismissal triggered a slide, with South Africa losing 3 for 19 in five overs; the only passage of play in Zimbabwe's favour.
Full postDu Plessis, Ferreira and Hosein script thumping Super Kings win
Pollard's 39-ball 70 gave MI New York some hope in their 224-run chase, but it was too little and far too late
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30-Jun-2025
Texas Super Kings 223 for 4 (du Plessis 103*, Ferreira 53, Linde 2-42, Ugarkar 2-47) beat MI New York 184 for 9 (Pollard 70, de Kock 35, Hosein 3-15, Burger 2-40) by 39 runs
Texas Super Kings' (TSK) South Africans came to the fore as they thumped MI New York (MINY) by 39 runs to qualify for the knockout stage of MLC 2025. Faf du Plessis led the charge with his second century of the season and Donovan Ferreira provided the firepower at the back end of the innings with a 20-ball 53 to take TSK to 223 for 4. Akeal Hosein then starred with the ball to restrict MINY to 184 for 9 as TSK stayed within two points of the top two teams, with Kieron Pollard's 39-ball 70 going in vain.
TSK did not get off to a good start as George Linde trapped Smit Patel in front with just three runs on the board. But in the third over, du Plessis hammered 16 runs off Ehsan Adil, including back-to-back sixes.
Full postSam Hain, Ed Barnard give Warwickshire the advantage at Sussex
They share a fifth-wicket stand of 151 and Rob Yates scores 93 before home side fight back to parity at the close
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29-Jun-2025
Warwickshire 372 for 7 (Yates 93, Hain 87, Barnard 66, Crocombe 3-73) vs Sussex
Sam Hain and Ed Barnard, with a fifth wicket stand of 151 in 32 overs, gave Warwickshire the advantage on the opening day of their championship match against Sussex at Hove, before the home side fought back to achieve parity at the close.
Hain played a particularly exhilarating innings, using his feet and wrists to play a medley of inventive strokes to unsettle the Sussex bowlers. He reached his half-century for the fifth time in as many Championship innings and went on to make 87 from 118 deliveries, with three sixes and seven fours. Barnard, impressive in a support role, made 66.
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