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Warwickshire face uphill battle after Essex post mammoth 602 for 6
Mousley leads response with unbeaten fifty but visitors still trail by 462 runs
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30-Jul-2025
Warwickshire 140 for 2 (Mousley 54*, Davies 52) trail Essex 602 for 6 dec (Westley 134, Allison 133, Pepper 107*, Walter 86) by 462 runs
Dan Mousley led the Warwickshire fightback to Essex's mammoth first-innings total with an innings that belied the gravity of the situation facing the visitors in the Rothesay County Championship match at Chelmsford.
The imposing right-hander clocked up only his third half-century of the season, but at a rate of more than a run-a-ball. It was in contrast to his more measured captain Alex Davies, who went along at half the rate in a second-innings stand of 86 that pulled Warwickshire back into the game.
Full postLibby, Hose partnership gives Worcestershire the edge
Taylor takes five wickets as Hampshire's hopes of a first-innings lead are dented
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30-Jul-2025
Worcestershire 187 for 2 (Hose 82*, Libby 70*) trail Hampshire 293 (Middleton 79, Weatherley 62, Taylor 5-55) by 106 runs
Worcestershire's Jake Libby and Adam Hose came together for an unbeaten 126 run-stand as Worcestershire enjoyed a dominant day of Rothesay County Championship cricket at Visit Worcestershire New Road against Hampshire, ending the day 187 for 2.
Tom Taylor (5 for 55) led from the front as the hosts bowled Hampshire out for 293, with Tom Prest anchoring then innings for the visitors.
Full postMason Crane's six turn the tables on Lancashire
Leg spinner runs through host's middle and lower order to boost Glamorgan's title hopes
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30-Jul-2025
Glamorgan 261 and 95 for 2 (Carlson 43*, Anderson 2-20) vs Lancashire
A career-best 6 for 19 by Mason Crane led a superb bowling effort from Glamorgan that has put the visitors firmly in the ascendancy after two days at Emirates Old Trafford.
Having been bowled out for 261 in their first innings of this Rothesay County Championship division two promotion battle, second-placed Glamorgan hit back strongly to dismiss fourth-placed Lancashire for 137 before reaching the close on 95 for 2 in their second innings to lead by 219 runs.
Full postMiddlesex cement dominance as Du Plooy, Hollman build on Williamson hundred
Gloucestershire still trail by 391 at stumps with nine first-innings wickets remaining
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30-Jul-2025
Gloucestershire 54 for 1 trail Middlesex 445 (Williamson 153, Hollman 60, De Caires 58, Du Plooy 57) by 391 runs
Half-centuries from Leus du Plooy and Luke Hollman cemented a strong Middlesex position on the second day of the rain-affected Rothesay County Championship Division Two match against Gloucestershire at Cheltenham.
After a delayed start due to a wet outfield, the visitors increased their first innings total from an overnight 232 for three to 445 all out, first day centurion Kane Williamson dismissed for 153, while du Plooy contributed 57, Hollman 60 not out and Ben Geddes 44. Matt Taylor returned three for 88 and Todd Murphy three for 106.
Full postHaseeb century drives Nottinghamshire reply at Trent Bridge
Abbas, Pennington claim three wickets each as Somerset are bowled out for 438
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30-Jul-2025
Nottinghamshire 189 for 2 trail Somerset 438 (Rew 166, Abell 156, Abbas 3-60) by 249 runs
Captain Haseeb Hameed's third century of the season helped title-chasing Nottinghamshire build a solid foundation in reply to Somerset's 438 on day two of their Rothesay County Championship clash at Trent Bridge.
Hameed, who struck 15 fours and two sixes, also passed 1,000 first-class runs for the season with the same shot that completed his hundred. He had earlier shared a stand of 101 for the second wicket with Freddie McCann (48).
Full postBen Raine, Emilio Gay fashion narrow lead over Surrey
Raine's 5 for 72 and Gay's 99 have given Durham a lead of 53
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30-Jul-2025
Durham 153 and 222 for 5 (Gay 99, Kishore 2-36) Surrey 182 for 5 (Lawrence 88, Clark 82, Raine 5-72) lead by 53 runs
Surrey are still strong favourites to defeat Durham in this Rothesay County Championship match but they had to scrap for every advantage as Emilio Gay led the home team's recovery on the second day at the Banks Homes Riverside.
Rory Burns' side were still very much in the ascendant after posting 322 at lunch, thereby giving them a lead of 169, with Dan Lawrence and Jordan Clark making 80s and Ben Raine taking 5 for 72.
Full postCompton digs deep for Kent after Scriven makes 99 from No.10
Table-toppers still lead by 268 overnight as stragglers make good fist of first innings
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30-Jul-2025
Kent 203 for 3 (Compton 101*) trail Leicestershire 471 (Rehan 119, Patel 85) by 268 runs
Ben Compton was leading Kent's resistance as they reached 203 for three on day two of their Rothesay County Championship match with Leicestershire at Canterbury, a deficit of 268.
The Division Two leaders posted 471 after a final-wicket stand of 108 between Tom Scriven, who slapped Kent's bowlers around to make a career-high 99, and Josh Hull, whose 35 was also his highest first-class score.
Full postLyth, Wharton push Yorkshire into commanding position at Scarborough
Sussex struggle for penetration as big first-innings deficit looms
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30-Jul-2025
Yorkshire 292 for 4 (Lyth 115, Wharton 85) lead Sussex 222 (Lamb 48, Coles 47, White 3-25) by 70 runs
Adam Lyth's fifth Rothesay County Championship career century on his home ground at Scarborough helped take him beyond 1,000 runs for the summer and put Yorkshire in charge of their clash with Sussex at its halfway stage.
Lyth, aged 37, learnt his trade on this ground as a junior and still lives in neighbouring Whitby. He just loves this place, and it showed with 115 off 233 balls, including 16 fours.
Full postBates masterclass leads Durham's rout of Somerset
New Zealand veteran posts career-best 163 to set up 105-run win
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30-Jul-2025
Durham 315 for 9 (Bates 163) beat Somerset 210 (Hazell 50, Odgers 47, Villiers 3-30) by 105 runs
Suzie Bates staged a batting masterclass as Durham beat Somerset by 105 runs in a one-sided Metro Bank One Day Cup contest at the Cooper Associates Ground, Taunton.
The 37-year-old Kiwi registered a superb career-best innings of 163, eclipsing her previous highest List-A score of 151 made for New Zealand against Ireland in Dublin in 2018, as Durham raised an imposing 315 for 9 after winning the toss. At her imperious best, Bates amassed 18 fours and three sixes and shared in stands of 71 with Hollie Armitage, 66 with Beth Heath and 78 with Phoebe Turner for the second, fifth and sixth wickets respectively to make it a day to forget for Somerset's bowlers, who conceded 38 boundaries in all.
Full postLamb on song again as Essex succumb by 138 runs
Alana King takes four wickets as struggling Essex slump to another defeat
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30-Jul-2025
Lancashire 306 for 4 (Lamb 142, E Jones 71) beat Essex 168 (Grewcock 52, King 4-36) by 138 runs
A brilliant century from Lancashire and England's Emma Lamb helped her side ease to their latest Metro Bank One Day Cup victory by 138 runs over struggling Essex at the beautiful surroundings of Sedbergh.
Lamb hit a career best 142 and shared a mammoth opening partnership of 162 with Eve Jones (71) as the Red Rose racked up a total of 306 for 4 off their 50 overs after being put into bat by Essex skipper Grace Scrivens.
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