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Rain puts paid to tense finish with Northants in command
Hammond and Bancroft make half-centuries but Gloucestershire the happier with washout
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26-May-2025
Northamptonshire 469 (Zaib 159, Sales 81, Harrison 63) and 259 for 6 (Sales 70, Zaib 56, Bailey 3-55) drew with Gloucestershire 379 for 8 dec (Green 118*, Bancroft 60, Hammond 51, Harrison 4-94) and 214 for 6 (Hammond 80, Bancroft 60)
Rain put paid to the prospect of an exciting finish at Wantage Road as Northamptonshire and Gloucestershire were eventually forced to settle for a draw in the Rothesay County Championship.
The contest had been nicely poised when the weather intervened, edging in favour of the home side with Gloucestershire on 214 for six, needing another 136 from a minimum of 24.2 overs.
Full postPennington five-for breaks down stubborn Yorkshire to extend Championship lead
Revis fights hard on final day but McCann, Patterson-White prise key openings for rare Headingley win
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26-May-2025
Nottinghamshire 228 (Clarke 64, Slater 52, Hill 5-40) and 393 for 8 dec (Clarke 94, Slater 78) beat Yorkshire 159 (Malan 64, Abbas 6-45) and 299 (Wharton 58, Pennington 5-106, Patterson-White 3-40) by 163 runs
Five-wicket pacer Dillon Pennington helped Nottinghamshire complete a fourth win in seven matches, this one against Yorkshire at Headingley shortly before tea on day four, to strengthen their position at the Division One summit in the Rothesay County Championship.
Struggling Yorkshire were set a 463-target during the third afternoon and closed on 176 for five, losing four of those wickets in the evening session, including one in the day's final over to Pennington.
Full postRyana MacDonald-Gay stars with bat and ball to put Surrey in final
Hannah Baker takes 3 for 23 but Warwickshire unable to defend 134 target
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26-May-2025
Surrey 135 for 7 (Moore 35, Baker 3-23) beat Warwickshire 133 for 9 (Surenkumar 26, Stonehouse 4-29) by three wickets
Surrey Women took a crucial step towards winning the first silverware of the new women's era, coming out on top against fellow Tier 1 side Warwickshire with a three-wicket victory in the first semi-final of the inaugural Vitality T20 Women's County Cup Finals Day in Taunton.
Surrey appeared to be on top of an inexperienced Warwickshire side at the halfway stage of the game, after restricting the Bears to just 133 for 9 from their 20 overs. An impressive powerplay saw the side's young pace duo take four wickets, Alexa Stonehouse eventually ending with figures of 4 for 29 and Ryana MacDonald-Gay reaping similar rewards with 2 for 25. Legspinner Dani Gregory also impressed with 3 for 20 from her four-over allocation.
Full postKent fold on fourth morning as Derbyshire maintain top-two form
Luis Reece claims 3 for 21 to help wrap up comprehensive innings victory for home side
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26-May-2025
Derbyshire 587 for 5 dec (Jewell 232, Madsen 100, Came 89, Lloyd 50, Reece 50*) beat Kent 326 (Compton 156, Bell-Drummond 61, Dal 4-50) and 247 (Muyeye 55, Reece 3-21) by an innings and 14 runs
Luis Reece led Derbyshire's victory charge as they rolled over Kent before lunch on the final day of the Rothesay County Championship Division Two match at Derby. The allrounder picked up two wickets to claim outstanding figures of 3 for 21 from 10 overs with Derbyshire beating the visitors by an innings and 14 runs
After Zak Chappell struck with the first ball of the day, Kent folded in feeble fashion, losing four wickets in eight overs, to slump to 247 for 9, the injured Jake Ball unable to bat.
Full postKusal Perera, Sikandar Raza star in record chase to take Qalandars to PSL title
The two helped Lahore Qalandars chase down 202 with a ball to spare in an electrifying PSL final against Quetta Gladiators
Madushka Balasuriya
25-May-2025
Lahore Qalandars 204 for 4 (Perera 62*, Naeem 46, Shafique 41, Raza 22*, Abrar 1-27) beat Quetta Gladiators 201 for 9 (Nawaz 76, Afridi 3-24, Rauf 2-41, Mirza 2-51) by six wickets
There were n-number of performances that might have deserved to be on the winning side in this final, but in the end, it was Kusal Perera and Sikandar Raza that earned the honour of being swarmed by their team-mates under the midnight Lahore sky, as Lahore Qalandars edged Quetta Gladiators in an electrifying PSL 2025 final.
The tl;dr is that Qalandars needed 47 off the final three overs to complete not only the highest successful chase in a PSL final, but in any T20 final. If that wasn't a dramatic enough script, the winning runs were struck by Raza, a man who had landed in Pakistan just ten minutes before the toss .
Full postHain masterclass puts Warwickshire in derby box seat
Chris Woakes provides vital support to leave Worcestershire needing highest score of match to win
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25-May-2025
Worcestershire 181 and 57 for 2 need a further 270 runs to beat Warwickshire 227 and 280 (Hain 87*, Woakes 42, Duffy 5-75)
Sam Hain's second highly-skilled innings of the match left Warwickshire well-placed to press for victory over Worcestershire in the Rothesay County Championship derby at Visit Worcestershire New Road.
On a capricious pitch which has helped seamers throughout, Hain followed his first innings 86 with an unbeaten 87 off 174 balls as Warwickshire took their second innings to 280 to set the home side 327 to win. Chris Woakes supported Hain with 42, during which he passed 10,000 runs in all formats, while Jacob Duffy took 5 for 75.
Full postCameron Green continues prolific run as Gloucestershire spring declaration surprise
Australian scores third hundred in five matches as Bancroft declares in arrears in bid to liven contest
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25-May-2025
Northamptonshire 469 (Zaib 159, Sales 81, Harrison 63) and 158 for 4 (Sales 49*) lead Gloucestershire 379 for 8 dec (Green 118*, Bancroft 60, Hammond 51, Harrison 4-94) by 248 runs
Australian international Cameron Green warmed up for the World Test Championship final with a superb unbeaten 118 to set up a bold Gloucestershire declaration against Northamptonshire on day three of this Rothesay County Championship match at Wantage Road.
This was Green's third century in a five-game stint for Gloucestershire as he returns after an eight-month lay-off following back surgery. After a scratchy start, the Western Australian all-rounder played beautifully, facing 185 balls and striking three sixes and eight fours and looked in excellent touch ahead of next month's Test final at Lord's. After eight knocks for Gloucestershire, he currently has an average of 73.67 with power to add in the second innings.
Full postCarty 170 headlines West Indies' massive series-levelling win
West Indies posted their second-highest ODI total, 385 for 7, before bundling out Ireland for 165
Abhimanyu Bose
25-May-2025
West Indies 385 for 7 (Carty 170, Hope 75, Greaves 50, McCarthy 3-100) beat Ireland 165 (Carmichael 48, Seales 3-26) by 197 runs (via DLS method)
Keacy Carty's career-best 170 and supporting acts from Shai Hope and Justin Greaves helped West Indies hammer Ireland by 197 runs via the DLS method in the third ODI to draw the three-match series 1-1.
Carty hit his second hundred in as many games while Hope and Greaves scored half-centuries to power West Indies to their second-highest ODI total before a fiery opening spell from Jayden Seales all but sealed the win for West Indies in the first eight overs of Ireland's chase, which was shortened to 46 overs due to rain delays, with the target reset to 363.
Full postKlaasen's 105* the highlight as SRH finish IPL 2025 in style
SRH post the third-highest IPL total and handed KKR their biggest defeat in the competition
Sreshth Shah
25-May-2025
Sunrisers Hyderabad 278 for 3 (Klaasen 105*, Head 76, Narine 2-42) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 168 (Pandey 37, Rana 34, Unadkat 3-24) by 110 runs
Heinrich Klaasen's batting heroics were the centrepiece of Sunrisers Hyderabad's (SRH) innings in Delhi, as his unbeaten 39-ball 105 set up a comfortable 110-run win against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). His breathtaking century - the joint-third fastest in IPL history - came off just 37 balls and left KKR chasing an improbable 279 to win.
KKR's fall was swift, barring a few big hits from Sunil Narine, Manish Pandey and Harshit Rana along the way. SRH stifled them with Jaydev Unadkat's change-ups earning him 3 for 24, left-arm spinner Harsh Dubey grabbing 3 for 34 and Eshan Malinga finishing with 3 for 31.
Full postBen Compton fights for Kent but Derbyshire close in after enforcing follow-on
Anuj Dal takes four wickets in first innings as Muyeye joins fight in second innings
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25-May-2025
Kent 326 (Compton 156, Bell-Drummond 61, Dal 4-50) and 157 for 3 (Muyeye 55*, Compton 49) trail Derbyshire 587 for 5 dec (Jewell 232, Madsen 100, Came 89, Lloyd 50, Reece 50*) by 104 runs
Derbyshire moved further down the road towards victory despite Ben Compton's efforts to block their advance on the third day of the Rothesay County Championship Division Two match against Kent at Derby.
The opener scored 156 from 287 balls out of 326 for 9 and 49 in a second innings 157 for 3, after the visitors were forced to follow-on.
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