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Malik, Webster steer stunning chase as Warwickshire turn the tables
Brace of centuries hunt down hefty 393-run target as Worcestershire are left facing relegation
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25-Jul-2025
Warwickshire 184 (Smith 68, Webster 57, Shahzad 6-42) and 396 for 5 (Malik 142, Webster 100*, Mousley 69) beat Worcestershire 333 (Brookes 140, D'Oliveira 57) and 243 (Brookes 87, Roderick 50) by five wickets
Warwickshire pulled off the third biggest run-chase in their history to record a sensational five-wicket Rothesay County Championship victory over Worcestershire at Edgbaston.
Second best for the first three days, on the fourth, Warwickshire chased down a target of 393, reaching 396 for five thanks to Zen Malik (142 from 222 balls), Beau Webster (100 not out, 166), Dan Mousley (69, 107) and Kai Smith (48 not out, 40). As the sun came out for the first time in the match and batting conditions eased, they delivered a remarkable recovery from 12 for two the previous evening.
Full postBess takes seven as Surrey, Yorkshire play out Scarborough stalemate
Spinner takes season's best but no result had long been inevitable
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25-Jul-2025
Surrey 537 (Patel 92, Burns 78, Lawrence 78, Blake 72, Sibley 52, Bess 7-162) drew with Yorkshire 517 for 6 dec (Revis 110) and 120 for 5
Surrey maintained their one-point lead over Nottinghamshire at the top of the Division One table but Yorkshire are back in the bottom two after both counties dotted the i's and crossed the t's on a high-scoring Rothesay County Championship draw at Scarborough today.
Unbeaten champions Surrey's seventh draw in 10 games yielded 14 bonus points and gives them a slender advantage with four rounds remaining having replied to a first-innings 517 for six declared with 537 all out shortly after lunch.
Full postFelix Organ hundred averts drama but Hampshire remain in trouble
Allrounder staves off threat of follow-on as title-chasing Notts settle for draw
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25-Jul-2025
Nottinghamshire 578 for 8 dec (James 203*, Haynes 103, McCann 79, Hutton 71) and 108 for 1 dec (McCann 52*, Hameed 50*) drew with Hampshire 454 (Organ 122*, Varma 112, Weatherley 52, Middleton 52)
Hampshire's Felix Organ scored his fourth Rothesay County Championship century to dash any final-day excitement for title-chasing Nottinghamshire at Utilita Bowl.
Organ patiently collected his highest first-class score of 122 not out to make sure Hampshire avoided the follow-on to turn the day into a wait for the inevitable 4.50pm draw.
Full postRehan Ahmed takes 13 in the match to strengthen Foxes promotion hunt
Derbyshire resist on final day but England legspinner's seven-for confirms inevitable
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25-Jul-2025
Leicestershire 398 (Hill 151, Rehan 115, Handscomb 101, Reece 6-56) and 236 for 9 dec (Holland 90, Reece 5-64, Thomson 4-81) beat Derbyshire 189 (Came 56, Jewell 54, Rehan 6-51) and 256 (Thomson 55, Chappell 50, Rehan 7-93) by 189 runs
Leicestershire took another big stride towards promotion when they finally overcame stubborn Derbyshire by 189 runs in the Rothesay County Championship Division Two match at the Central Co-op County Ground Derby.
Once again England allrounder Rehan Ahmed enjoyed another memorable day, taking three wickets to end with 7 for 93 and match figures of 13 for 144 to become the first Leicestershire player to take more than 12 wickets and score a century in the same game since Fred Geeson in 1901 at Glossop.
Full postCarlson the rock as Glamorgan solidify promotion challenge
Unbeaten innings from stand-in skipper ensures Kent's winless run continues
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25-Jul-2025
Glamorgan 327 (Kellaway 90, Ingram 87, Agar 4-58, Parkinson 4-103) and 189 for 5 (Carlson 89*, Parkinson 4-82) beat Kent 155 (Bell-Drummond 55, van der Gugten 3-27, Harris 3-35) and 360 (Finch 68, Stewart 63) by five wickets
Stand-in captain Kiran Carlson lifted Glamorgan into promotion places with a five-wicket win over Kent at Sophia Gardens.
Kent's winless run in the Rothesay County Championship continued for an eighth match after setting just 189, which they were unable to defend on a sun-beaten day four in Cardiff. The visitors remain bottom of Division Two with their last win coming in April while Glamorgan move up to second ahead of Derbyshire.
Full postAlice Davidson-Richards powers chase as Surrey halt Hampshire
Winning run comes to an end despite fifties from Maia Bouchier and Freya Kemp
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25-Jul-2025
Surrey 217 for 6 (Davidson-Richards 72*) beat Hampshire 278 (Kemp 58, Bouchier 51, Franklin 3-43) by four wickets (DLS method)
Alice Davidson-Richards produced a game-changing fifty as Surrey ended Hampshire's winning streak in a rain-curtailed Metrobank Women's One Day Cup clash in Guildford.
Freya Kemp's 58 and Maia Bouchier's 51 gave Hampshire a platform for a big score, but wickets at regular intervals, including three for Phoebe Franklin, restricted the visitors to 278.
Full postCritchley, Harmer share six as Essex inflict rare Hove defeat on Sussex
Visitors only need 25 minutes on fourth morning to claim much-needed win
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25-Jul-2025
Essex 504 (Cox 132, Critchley 123, Harmer 53) beat Sussex 204 (Coles 52, Porter 4-30) and 261 (Coles 108, Alsop 72, Critchley 4-41) by an innings and 39 runs
James Coles completed his third successive Championship hundred, but Sussex were bowled out for 261 in their second innings and suffered their first Championship defeat at Hove since May 2022.
Full postKent cobble together defendable total as Glamorgan face tense final-day chase
Two early wickets give visitors hope of turning the tables after being second-best for most of contest
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24-Jul-2025
Glamorgan 327 (Kellaway 90, Ingram 87, Agar 4-58, Parkinson 4-103) and 25 for 2 need another 163 runs to beat Kent 155 (Bell-Drummond 55, van der Gugten 3-27, Harris 3-35) and 360 (Finch 68, Stewart 63, Evison 49, Compton 48, Benjamin 46)
A series of starts took Kent to a respectable second innings to add pressure onto Glamorgan's day-four chase.
Harry Finch's 68 and Grant Stewart's counter-attacking 63 dragged Kent back into the contest after a first innings collapse hindered their chances against Glamorgan. Partnerships of 84 and 68 for the fifth and sixth wicket, respectively took the visitors to 360 - without full use of injured Joe Denly to enforce a nervous task of chasing 189 after first innings dominance from the hosts.
Full postHiggins four-for helps dominant Middlesex enforce follow-on
Saif Zaib passes 1000 runs for season but Northants wobble again after conceding 364 deficit
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24-Jul-2025
Northamptonshire 261 (Zaib 82, Higgins 4-51) and 64 for 3 trail Middlesex 625 for 8 dec by 300 runs
Ryan Higgins moved to the top of Middlesex's wicket-taking chart for the season as his side closed in on a Rothesay County Championship victory over Northamptonshire at Merchant Taylors' School.
Higgins finished with 4 for 51, with Noah Cornwell taking 3 for 48 as the visitors were made to follow on 364 behind - and the medium-pacer then grabbed two quick top-order wickets second time around to further improve his season's tally to 32.
Full postLeicestershire close in as Rehan caps contest with ten-for
England allrounder continues remarkable personal match with Derbyshire on ropes
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24-Jul-2025
Derbyshire 189 and 98 for 4 need another 347 runs to beat Leicestershire 398 and 236 for 9 (Holland 90, Reece 5-64, Thomson 4-81)
Leicestershire closed in on another victory with England all-rounder Rehan Ahmed again playing a starring role on day three of the Rothesay County Championship match against Derbyshire at Derby.
Ahmed claimed 4 for 41 and 10 wickets in the Division Two match at the Central Co-op County Ground to leave the hosts on 98 for 4 at the close, still 347 runs away from a notional target of 446.
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