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The Guardian
3 days ago
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Yorkshire v Essex, Surrey v Durham and more: county cricket day two
Update: Date: 2025-06-30T08:51:26.000Z Title: Sunday's round-up Content: County Cricket Day 2025 was distinguished by soft Kookaburra balls and soaring temperatures. At York, the groundsman had left enough grass on the pitch to give it a minty sheen, but a combination of ball, disciplined Yorkshire bowling and heat-induced inertia tested the patience of even the most loyal fan. The ground became more and more lopsided as spectators slid towards the shade of the oak tree behind the scorebox while Essex's Tom Westley (107) and Dean Elgar (94) plodded on. And on. Westley's hundred was his second in successive matches. It was a good day for Ben Compton at Canterbury: a county cap, a three-year contract extension and 66 runs, as Kent batted their way to a comfortable 325-4 against Northamptonshire, with additional half centuries for Daniel Bell-Drummond and Tawanda Muyeye. Tom Banton, whose season hit a spectacular high in the first round with 371, but who has since found runs hard to mine, ground an unbeaten 57 against Nottinghamshire. There were also fifties for Tom Abell and James Rew after Somerset had wobbled at 22 for two. Centuries from Dom Sibley and Sam Curran put Surrey in the driving seat at the Oval. A swashbuckling Dan Lawrence half-century after tea put the tin lid on Durham's decision to have a bowl. Sam Robson clocked his first hundred of the season for Middlesex at a flat, dry Grace Road. Leicestershire were shorn of their first-choice attack due to injuries and Ian Holland's presence at Major League Cricket, but Roman Walker pocketed three wickets. Lancashire recovered from the depths of 44 for four at Derbyshire thanks to a self-denying 106 from Keaton Jennings and a chirpier 121 from Chris Green. Zak Chappell grabbed four wickets. Henry Crocombe, replacing Jofra Archer, spirited away by England after one game, kept Sussex in the match against Warwickshire with three wickets. Mason Crane also grabbed three for Glamorgan against Gloucestershire. And at Southampton, Barry Richards was one of the spectators as Worcestershire's Adam Hose frying-panned the Hampshire attack during his 266 at more than a run a ball. Thirty one fours and seven sixes peppered the lounging crowds and switched the narrative of a broiling day. Update: Date: 2025-06-30T08:51:26.000Z Title: Scores on the doors Content: DIVISION ONE Southampton: Hampshire v Worcestershire 362-2 Taunton: Somerset 275-6 v Nottinghamshire The Oval: Surrey 407-3 v Durham Hove: Sussex v Warwickshire 372-7 York: Yorkshire v Essex 248-3 DIVISION TWO Chesterfield: Derbyshire v Lancashire 367 Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan v Gloucestershire 279-7 Canterbury: Kent 325-4 v Northamptonshire Grace Road: Leicestershire v Middlesex 336-5 Update: Date: 2025-06-30T08:51:26.000Z Title: Preamble Content: Good morning! The sun beats down and the cricket gets heavy. Welcome to day two – play starts at 11am.
BBC News
3 days ago
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Solid start for Kent on landmark day for Compton
Rothesay County Championship Division Two, Spitfire Ground, Canterbury (day one)Kent 325-4: Compton 66, Bell-Drummond 66*, Muyeye 58; Guthrie 2-54 Northamptonshire: Yet to batKent 2 pts, Northants 1 ptMatch scorecard Ben Compton celebrated being handed both his county cap and a new three-year contract by making 66 on day one of Kent's County Championship game with Northants at hosts were 325-4 at stumps, with Tawanda Muyeye hitting 58 and captain Daniel Bell-Drummond unbeaten on Guthrie took 2-54 but it was a gruelling day in the heat for the visitors, who used seven different bowlers after losing the toss and being asked to 173rd Canterbury Festival continued with an immaculate minute's silence for Wayne Larkins before the start of play and both sides wore black armbands in honour of the former Northamptonshire and England opener, who passed away on Sunday at the age of chose to bat in already sweltering heat, with Jaydn Denly driving a regal six through point early on, but his stylish innings came to an end when Guthrie had him caught by Justin Broad at gully for 35 off 36 was 110-1 at lunch, at which point Compton was awarded his county cap by the former England seamer and incoming Kent president Richard Ellison at a ceremony in front of the partner, Ekansh Singh, was playing only his second first-class game, but he had looked as assured as Denly, only to fall a run shy of his 50 when Dom Leech had him caught did pass 50 in Leech's next over, carving a no ball through point for four, but he nicked Broad behind, leaving Kent on 207-3 at then reached 50 with an elegant flick of the wrist for a single off Calvin Harrison but Guthrie got him lbw with the new became the third Kent player to make a half-century when he hit Guthrie for four through cover and he was joined by Joey Evision, who had reached 29 not out by Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
BBC News
3 days ago
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Kent batter Compton signs new three-year contract
Kent opener Ben Compton has signed a new three-year 31-year-old is the leading run-scorer in County Championship Division Two this season with 895, having scored 66 against Northamptonshire on has scored 5,704 runs in 74 first-class matches at an average of 45.26, while hitting 1,143 runs in 26 List A games with an average of 45.72 during his all formats, he has scored more than 4,700 of those runs for Kent. His new deal will keep him with the club until 2028."Kent has become my home and I'm delighted to further my playing career here," he told the club website., external"The current landscape provides an opportunity for us as a team to strive and push ourselves beyond, towards seeing this prestigious and historic club return to its former heights."I'm excited and fully driven to be a part of that journey."
BBC News
23-06-2025
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Lancashire batters start well against Kent
Rothesay County Championship Division Two, Stanley Park, Blackpool (day two)Kent 374: Compton 135; Balderson 3-54, Anderson 2-61Lancashire 120-1: Wells 57*; Evison 1-8Lancashire (2 pts) trail Kent (2 pts) by 254 runsMatch scorecard Having watched Kent bat for nearly a day and a half to make 374, Lancashire produced a determined response in the long evening session at Blackpool to finish on 120-1 and leave their County Championship match fairly evenly poised with two days left to Compton's 135 was the centrepiece of his side's 374 but Luke Wells and Keaton Jennings put on 119 to give supporters a faint hope they might bat past the visitors' score and give their bowlers a chance of forcing their team's first Championship victory of the season on the final their part, Kent's supporters will have been encouraged by the departure of Jennings, who was lbw to Joey Evison for 49 three overs before the close, and by the help Jack Leaning extracted from this slow pitch, especially when bowling outside the two left-handers' off stumps. It all suggests that this match between the bottom sides in Division Two could be set for a fascinating conclusion over the next two morning began almost perfectly for Lancashire when James Anderson had both Leaning and Evison caught at short midwicket by Josh Bohannon inside his opening two having dismissed Leaning for four and Evison for a 12-ball nought, the home side enjoyed no further successes in the first session. Instead, Compton reached his fourth century of the season – and also his fourth against Lancashire - off 201 balls when he back cut Mitch Stanley to the lunch, the Kent skipper was unbeaten on 124 and Harry Finch was 28 not out. The pair had put on 60 for the sixth wicket and the second new ball, which was eleven overs old, was hitting the middle of their trend continued for the first 40 minutes of the afternoon session. But just at the point when it was tricky to see where Lancashire's next wicket might come from, Anderson's bowlers removed both batsmen, Finch, caught behind off Balderson for 52, and Compton, similarly snaffled by Hurst in the next over when nibbling at a ball from Green, for 135. The Kent skipper has batted 402 minutes, faced 296 balls and hit 15 fours and a Stewart followed five overs later when his skier was caught at mid-off by Bohannon, whose third catch of the day also gave Stanley his maiden first-class wicket. Matt Parkinson perished to Wells' leg-spin for 11 but Wes Agar enlivened the play before tea by smashing three big sixes in his 41 before he was caught at long off by Stanley long-off wicket ended the Kent innings on 374 with the wickets spread among six bowlers. Balderson was the best and most successful with 3-54. Anderson took 2-51 and Green bagged 2-104 from 37 frequent appeals and a close calls, Wells and Jennings batted with increasing confidence in the 38-over evening session, Wells reaching his fifty off 97 balls with seven fours and a six and finishing unbeaten on 57. Nightwatchman Tom Bailey was nought not out at the Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay More copy here. Report supplied by the ECB Reporters' Network, supported by Rothesay
BBC News
22-06-2025
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Kent and rain spoil Anderson's start as captain
Rothesay County Championship Division Two, Stanley Park, Blackpool (day one)Kent: Compton 86*, Muyeye 63; Balderson 2-37Lancashire: Yet to batKent 0pts, Lancashire 1ptMatch scorecard James Anderson's first day as Lancashire's interim skipper was spoiled by Ben Compton and the rain as Kent dominated the first day of the County Championship match in lost the toss, the visitors were 213-3 when heavy showers caused play to be abandoned shortly after the scheduled tea that point, Compton was 86 not out and his 126-run stand with Tawanda Muyeye, who made 63, had been the centrepiece of the day. Anderson, on the other hand, might have been regretting his decision to insert Kent on what looks a true in the first few overs of the day, the signs were not promising for Lancashire. Opening in place of Zak Crawley, Jaydn Denly batted with pleasant ease to put on 55 with Compton in exactly an hour before he top-edged a sweep off the spinner, Chris Green, and was well caught at deep square-leg by Mitchell Stanley for Bell-Drummond then made 13 before he edged George Balderson behind, where Matty Hurst took a good catch standing up to the stumps. However, Compton and Muyeye took their side safely to lunch, when Kent were probably reasonably content to be 105-2 after 33 then prevented play for 90 minutes but Compton reached his half-century only four overs after the restart when he drove Anderson through mid-on for two. The Kent opener had faced 100 balls and had hit six fours to reach a landmark that also prompted a marked acceleration in the run and Muyeye extended their third-wicket partnership to a hundred in only 19.5 overs although Lancashire had only themselves to blame for dropping Compton on 54, Jennings putting down a straightforward slip catch off in a most enterprising fashion, Muyeye reached his own fifty off 66 balls and made light of the cloudy conditions that should have aided Anderson's seam Lancashire got the breakthrough they needed in the penultimate over before tea, when Muyeye, having made 63, sought to hit Balderson down the ground but only skied the ball to cover, where Stanley took his second catch of the ended Muyeye's 126-run stand with Compton and as things turned out, the wicket fell 10 balls before rain forced the players off a couple of deliveries before the scheduled tea David Millns and Sue Redfern abandoned play at 17:20 BST with Compton 14 runs short of his fourth first-class century of the season and Jack Leaning unbeaten on was the most successful Lancashire bowler with 2-37. Anderson bowled nine wicketless overs for 36 came into this match between the bottom two sides in Division Two four points ahead of their opponents and as the only first-class county yet to record a Championship win this season. If the weather forecast is anything like accurate, they will have done well to change that situation come Wednesday supplied by the ECB Reporters' Network, supported by Rothesay
