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Padikkal scores 150 in rain-affected high-scoring draw
Rocchiccioli was the most successful Australian bowler, picking up 3 for 159
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19-Sep-2025
Australia A 532 for 6 dec (Philippe 123*, Konstas 109, Dubey 3-141) and 56 for 0 drew with India A 531 for 7 dec (Padikkal 150, Jurel 140, Rocchiccioli 3-159)
Devdutt Padikkal scored his seventh first-class hundred to lead India's response as the first four-day game in Lucknow ended in a high-scoring draw.
India A resumed the day on 403 for 4 with Padikkal on 86 and Dhruv Jurel on 113. Jurel could add only 27 to his overnight score but Padikkal carried on. Along with Tanush Kotian, he added 41 for the sixth wicket. Padikkal hit 14 fours and a six in his 150 before falling to Corey Rocchiccioli's offspin.
Full postKusal Mendis, Nuwan Thushara knock Afghanistan out
Sri Lanka and Bangladesh qualify for the Super Four from Group B
Madushka Balasuriya
18-Sep-2025
Sri Lanka 171 for 4 (Kusal 74*, Perera 28, Omarzai 1-10) beat Afghanistan 169 for 8 (Nabi 60, Rashid 24, Ibrahim 24, Thushara 4-18) by six wickets
Kusal Mendis ensured Sri Lanka's 100% record through the group stage as his unbeaten 74 off 52 trumped Mohammad Nabi's outrageous 60 off 22 for a six-wicket win against Afghanistan. The result means Bangladesh also qualify with a second place in group B.
Kusal was crucial to the chase with his ability to navigate Afghanistan's variety of spinners - courtesy of well-executed sweeps and pulls - proving crucial in Sri Lanka running down a tricky target with eight deliveries to spare.
Full postOllie Price fifty under pressure helps Gloucestershire to dramatic win
Ajeet Singh Dale takes 4 for 46, Ben Charlesworth 3 for 6 as Northants are bowled out for second-innings 192
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18-Sep-2025
Gloucestershire 241 (J Taylor 63, Broad 3-84) and 158 for 3 (Price 54, Hammond 38*) beat Northamptonshire 206 (Zaib 76, van Buuren 3-23, M Taylor 3-48) and 192 (Broad 49, Singh Dale 4-46, Charlesworth 3-6) by seven wickets
Ollie Price scored a superb half-century under pressure to help Gloucestershire achieve a dramatic seven-wicket victory over Northamptonshire on the final day of the Rothesay County Championship Second Division match at the Seat Unique Stadium.
Set 158 to win in 27 overs, Gloucestershire reached their target with 18 balls to spare in a thrilling finale, Price top-scoring with 54 from 58 deliveries and Miles Hammond weighing in with 38 not out and Graeme van Buuren 20 not out as the home side won for only the second time this season.
Full postVaughan hounds Hampshire but Gubbins, tail secure vital draw
Spinner takes six wickets as Somerset come close to leaving visitors in deep relegation trouble
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18-Sep-2025
Hampshire 172 (Leach 7-69) and 201 for 8 (Sundar 46, Gubbins 37, Vaughan 6-96) drew with Somerset 454 for 8 dec (Aldridge 180, Abell 118, Overton 50*)
Nick Gubbins led a determined rearguard action as Hampshire eased their relegation fears with a battling draw on the final day of the Rothesay County Championship Division One match with Somerset at the Cooper Associates Ground, Taunton.
The experienced left-hander faced 203 balls to score 37 and shared a crucial fourth-wicket stand with skipper Ben Brown that occupied 40 overs after their side had begun the day on 35 for one, needing a further 247 runs to avoid an innings defeat.
Full postBohannon lights up dreary draw as promotion hopes evaporate
Neither side able to force a result on final day of season at Emirates Old Trafford
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18-Sep-2025
Middlesex 211 (De Caires 52, Geddes 52, Aspinwall 4-62, Bailey 4-68) and 99 for 4 (Bailey 3-47) drew with Lancashire 375 for 5 dec (Bohannon 87, Hurst 67, Wells 62, Jennings 61)
Josh Bohannon made a superb 87 and both Seb Morgan and Arav Shetty took their maiden first-class wickets on an eventful last day of the first-class season at Emirates Old Trafford but the Rothesay County Championship match between Lancashire and Middlesex ended in a draw.
Replying to Middlesex's 211, Lancashire's batters went on the attack in the first half of the day, scoring 270 runs in 44 overs before declaring on 375 for 5 an hour after lunch. However, their imaginative attempt to conjure a victory was thwarted, not without the odd alarm, by Middlesex's top-order and the game ended with the visitors on 99 for 4.
Full postGay, Rhodes land precious batting points to maintain Durham's survival bid
Spirited batting closes gap to eighth place with one round of matches to come
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18-Sep-2025
Durham 450 for 6 (Gay 161, Rhodes , Bedingham 58) drew with Worcestershire 591 for 9 dec (Roderick 151, Brookes 100, D'Oliveira 84, Taylor 66*, Edavalath 61)
Centuries from Emilio Gay and Will Rhodes helped Durham pick up five crucial batting bonus points as they drew their Rothesay County Championship clash with already relegated Worcestershire.
In the morning the Pears picked up a couple of Durham scalps to halt their quest for batting bonus points, but Gay and David Bedingham (58) combined for a partnership worth 122 to help Durham's cause.
Full postBairstow keeps Yorkshire afloat as weather has final say in Hove
Sussex edge closer to Division One safety while visitors must avoid defeat in final round
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18-Sep-2025
Yorkshire 194 (Lyth 47, Hudson-Prentice 3-33, Unadkat 3-36) and 109 for 3 (Bairstow 64*) drew with Sussex 250 (Simpson 66, Hill 4-43, Milnes 3-80)
Skipper Jonny Bairstow and James Wharton led Yorkshire to safety as their rain-ruined Championship match with Sussex ended in a draw.
Sussex sensed an unlikely triumph when left-arm spinner James Coles picked up three wickets in nine balls after taking the new ball as Yorkshire lurched to 6 for 3. But in their contrasting styles Bairstow and Wharton averted the crisis, adding 103 in 34 overs. When bad light stopped play at 4pm Bairstow was unbeaten on 64 and Wharton 23 and with no improvement in conditions the players shook hands 20 minutes later.
Full postTongue prevails in thriller to put Nottinghamshire on cusp of title
England fast bowler delivers knockout blow in final spell for thrilling 20-run win
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18-Sep-2025
Nottinghamshire 231 and 256 (Patterson-White 58, Fisher 6-73) beat Surrey 173 (Burns 47, James 3-35, Tongue 3-43) and 294 (Lawrence 50, Burns 45, Pope 41, Tongue 5-100) by 20 runs
Josh Tongue, bowling with great pace and huge stamina to take five for 100, bowled Nottinghamshire to a highly dramatic 20-run victory against Surrey at the Kia Oval - the win that could bring Notts their first championship title since 2010.
Surrey, needing 315 in the fourth innings of a great contest, were bowled out for 294 after a final day of continually fluctuating fortunes and packed with incident, and it was Tongue who grabbed the last three wickets to haul his side over the line despite a defiant 33 at the end by Tom Lawes.
Full postGlamorgan return to top-flight return after Derby washout
County set to end 20 years of exile from Division One as rivals Derbyshire are unable to close gap
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18-Sep-2025
Derbyshire 17 for 0 trail Glamorgan 259 (Carlson 94, Reece 4-67, Dal 3-29) by 242 runs
Glamorgan are celebrating a return to the top tier of domestic cricket for the first time in 20 years after the Rothesay County Championship Division Two match against Derbyshire at Derby ended in a draw.
For the second day running, rain prevented any play at the Central Co-op County Ground which meant third place Derbyshire could not overtake the Welsh County in second place
Full postEssex all but seal Division One status with watery draw at Edgbaston
Visitors take 10 points to virtually confirm safety going into final round of Championship season
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18-Sep-2025
Essex 325 for 5 (Allison 98, Pepper 54*) drew with Warwickshire
Essex virtually secured their Rothesay County Championship Division One status as their match with Warwickshire ended in a rain-ruined draw at Edgbaston. No play was possible due to rain on the final day, meaning that three of the four days were completely blank.
Essex collected ten points from the draw, putting them pretty much safe from relegation as two of the teams below them - Yorkshire and Durham - meet in next week's final round of games. It would now take an extraordinary combination of results and bonus points to drag Essex through the trapdoor with Worcestershire.
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