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Honours even as Akhter leads Gloucestershire fightback v Glamorgan
Rothesay County Championship Division Two, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff (day one) Gloucestershire 279-7 (96 overs): Akhter 58, Bracey 57*, Bancroft 50; Crane 3-55 Glamorgan: Yet to bat Glamorgan 2 pts, Gloucestershire 1 pt Advertisement Match scorecard Gloucestershire recovered to 279-7 thanks to half-centuries from Zaman Akhter and James Bracey after Glamorgan leg-spinner Mason Crane had put them in trouble. It was a day of sharp momentum swings after Cameron Bancroft's 50 took the visitors to 97 before the second wicket fell. Glamorgan put the brakes on during the afternoon with the Kookaburra ball, with Crane (3-55) inducing a mini-collapse as the batters got bogged down and the run-rate slowed to a crawl. But Akhter took the attack back to Glamorgan in the final session before falling for 58 in the penultimate over of the day, with Bracey unbeaten on 57 overnight. Advertisement Gloucestershire had the better of the first and third sessions despite being put in after Glamorgan turned the screw in the afternoon. Glamorgan's decision to bowl first, with Andy Gorvin in for Ned Leonard the only change on either side, looked to be due to the early cloud and the likelihood of the pitch losing its green tinge under the sun on the second day. But Cameron Bancroft and Joe Phillips had few alarms against Glamorgan's four-main seam attack with the half-century coming up in the 18th over. Off-spinner Ben Kellaway made the breakthrough when he had Phillips smartly caught behind by Chris Cooke down the leg-side for 38, but Gloucestershire had 90 on the board by lunch as Bancroft ran well between the wickets. Advertisement Bancroft reached 50 off 96 balls but could not go on as he fell over a Timm van der Gugten delivery and was adjudged lbw. Miles Hammond tried to keep some momentum going before he steered Crane to slip for 31 with the leg-spinner getting turn and then having Graeme van Buuren caught behind for four as scoring became more difficult against the older ball. Ollie Price batted 93 balls for an obdurate 24 when he pulled James Harris to mid-wicket and Gloucestershire had become thoroughly bogged down by tea with Gorvin's medium pace particularly economical. Bracey and Ben Charlesworth stopped the slide temporarily but Crane trapped Charlesworth lbw for 16 at 179-6. Advertisement Akhter's positive approach switched the momentum back to the visitors again as Glamorgan delayed taking the new ball without further dividends for the spinners. He rode his luck slightly but fared better than most of the top order as the new ball went harder off the bat. Akhter had faced just 67 balls and struck 10 boundaries but was pinned leg-before by van der Gugten to take the edge off Gloucestershire's revival.
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Honours even as Akhter leads Gloucestershire fightback v Glamorgan
Rothesay County Championship Division Two, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff (day one)Gloucestershire 279-7 (96 overs): Akhter 58, Bracey 57*, Bancroft 50; Crane 3-55 Glamorgan: Yet to batGlamorgan 2 pts, Gloucestershire 1 ptMatch scorecard Gloucestershire recovered to 279-7 thanks to half-centuries from Zaman Akhter and James Bracey after Glamorgan leg-spinner Mason Crane had put them in was a day of sharp momentum swings after Cameron Bancroft's 50 took the visitors to 97 before the second wicket put the brakes on during the afternoon with the Kookaburra ball, with Crane (3-55) inducing a mini-collapse as the batters got bogged down and the run-rate slowed to a Akhter took the attack back to Glamorgan in the final session before falling for 58 in the penultimate over of the day, with Bracey unbeaten on 57 overnight. Gloucestershire had the better of the first and third sessions despite being put in after Glamorgan turned the screw in the afternoon. Glamorgan's decision to bowl first, with Andy Gorvin in for Ned Leonard the only change on either side, looked to be due to the early cloud and the likelihood of the pitch losing its green tinge under the sun on the second Cameron Bancroft and Joe Phillips had few alarms against Glamorgan's four-main seam attack with the half-century coming up in the 18th Ben Kellaway made the breakthrough when he had Phillips smartly caught behind by Chris Cooke down the leg-side for 38, but Gloucestershire had 90 on the board by lunch as Bancroft ran well between the reached 50 off 96 balls but could not go on as he fell over a Timm van der Gugten delivery and was adjudged Hammond tried to keep some momentum going before he steered Crane to slip for 31 with the leg-spinner getting turn and then having Graeme van Buuren caught behind for four as scoring became more difficult against the older Price batted 93 balls for an obdurate 24 when he pulled James Harris to mid-wicket and Gloucestershire had become thoroughly bogged down by tea with Gorvin's medium pace particularly economical. Bracey and Ben Charlesworth stopped the slide temporarily but Crane trapped Charlesworth lbw for 16 at positive approach switched the momentum back to the visitors again as Glamorgan delayed taking the new ball without further dividends for the spinners. He rode his luck slightly but fared better than most of the top order as the new ball went harder off the bat. Akhter had faced just 67 balls and struck 10 boundaries but was pinned leg-before by van der Gugten to take the edge off Gloucestershire's revival.
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5 days ago
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Derbys draw at Gloucs after batting collapse
Rothesay County Championship Division Two, Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol (day four)Gloucestershire 187 & 526-6 dec: Bancroft 176, Van Buuren 175Derbyshire 398: Came 103 & 296-8: Came 91, Jewell 83; Van Buuren 4-64Gloucs (11 pts) drew with Derbyshire (14 pts)Match scorecard Harry Came fell nine runs short of a second century in the match as Derbyshire were forced to settle for a draw in an exciting finish to their County Championship Division Two match with Gloucestershire at hosts declared their second innings at lunch, having progressed from an overnight 364-3 to 526-6. Graeme van Buuren added 70 to his score before being dismissed for 175, while James Bracey hit a brisk set Derbyshire a victory target of 316 in a minimum of 67 overs. Came and Caleb Jewell put together an opening stand of 177 in just 31.3 overs before Jewell fell for 83, from 80 deliveries, with 12 fours, and Came for 91, off 118 balls, with seven fours and three Gloucestershire refused to buckle and left-arm spinner van Buuren claimed 4-64 to give his side a chance before Anuj Dal (36 not out) and Ben Aitchison batted out for a draw at 296-8. Derbyshire took 14 points and Gloucestershire Bancroft began the day undefeated on 170 in Gloucestershire's second innings. The captain could add only six before being bowled by Zak Chappell, but could still take immense pride in a match-turning innings spanning almost seven-and-three-quarter hours and 366 ballsVan Buuren was obliged to exercise initial caution as he and Bracey guarded against a collapse. But once the pair had brought up 400, they went on the attack. Bracey smacked a straight six off Alex Thomson to stretch the lead to 207 and followed up with two quick boundaries off Jack 134, van Buuren edged Morley just short of Wayne Madsen at slip, but it was all the good fortune the South African needed to reach 150 off 261 balls, with 20 fours.A six over long-on off Thomson brought up the century stand with Bracey, who faced just 56 balls in an entertaining cameo before top-edging an attempted slog sweep off Thomson and presenting wicketkeeper Brooke Guest with a simple was 498-6 when van Buuren's was caught at wide long-on off Thomson looking to accelerate towards the declaration. Zaman Akhter hit sixes off two of his first three balls, while Ben Charlesworth also cleared the ropes with a powerful reverse sweep off Morley on the stroke of gave the new ball to debutant Todd Murphy when the afternoon session began, hoping the Australia Test off-spinner would make early inroads. With David Lloyd unable to open the batting having been off the field injured on day three, Came partnered Caleb Jewell and soon signalled his side's intentions with a four and a six in Murphy's second set the tone for an exhilarating century stand, Came reaching a fluent half-century off 61 balls, with five fours and two sixes, and Jewell following him to the same landmark, having faced 52 deliveries and hit seven hit a straight six off van Buuren as Derbyshire progressed serenely to 169 without loss at tea, needing a further 147 to win. Came was 87 not out and Jewell unbeaten on hit the first two balls of the final session from Ajeet Singh Dale for boundaries, but fell to the third, caught at mid-off by the diving Miles Hammond, who produced an even better effort to dismiss Came, one-handed at mid-wicket off Murphy to leave Derbyshire made 17 before edging an attempted pull shot off Akhter to wicketkeeper James Bracey and Martin Andersson registered a third-ball duck, lbw to Murphy with 104 runs still required. That target had been reduced to 81 when Guest was caught behind off van Buuren for entered the final hour of the match on 249-5, needing a further 67 from a minimum of 16 overs. Their task increased when Thomson, on 10, edged a sweep to Hammond at slip off van Buuren, who followed up by having Zak Chappell caught at mid-wicket. That finally brought in Lloyd to bat with a runner with 45 needed and Anuj Dal unbeaten on made only nine before falling lbw to the inspired van Buuren. But Dal stood firm and Aitchison helped clinch the draw as the game ended with Gloucestershire fielders crowded around the Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
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6 days ago
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Bancroft bats all day as Glos frustrate Derbyshire
Rothesay County Championship Division Two, Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol (day three)Gloucestershire 187 & 364-3: Bancroft 170*, van Buuren 105*; Chappell 1-83Derbyshire 398: Madsen 123, Came 103; Murphy 3-120Glos (3 pts) lead Derbys (6 pts) by 153 runs with seven wickets remainingMatch scorecard Skipper Cameron Bancroft batted through all three sessions to score 170 not out and lead a strong Gloucestershire fightback on the third day of their Division Two game with Derbyshire at on 32 overnight, the experienced Australian extended his stay at the crease to seven hours and 19 minutes by stumps, having faced 337 balls, struck 16 fours, and shared an unbroken fourth-wicket stand of 205 with Graeme van Buuren, who ended the day 105 not out in a second innings total of been outplayed on the opening two days, Gloucestershire are now 153 in front with seven wickets still in hand, and have every chance of securing a draw. Miles Hammond made 44 on a day of total frustration for a Derbyshire bowling attack unable to summon any meaningful assistance from a flat pitch. The hosts began the day on 62-1, needing a further 149 to avoid an innings defeat. Bancroft and Ollie Price faced a short wait to resume their innings as overnight rain delayed the start until said much about how little the pitch had offered the seamers that Zak Chappell opened the Derbyshire bowling without a slip, instead opting for three close fielders on the leg side. It was the tall pace bowler who made an early breakthrough with the total on 72, Price, on 20, top-edging a pull shot to fine leg where Jack Morley took an excellent tumbling was as good as it got for the visitors in the morning session. Bancroft took few risks in moving to a 125-ball half-century, surviving just one tough chance to short-leg off Alex was more aggressive and by lunch the pair had taken the total to 153-2, cutting the deficit to 58 was looking increasingly comfortable and was visibly annoyed to lose concentration with only six runs added, slog-sweeping a ball from off-spinner Thomson straight to Morley at deep mid-wicket. He had faced 92 balls and struck five hopes that the pitch would start to break up and assist Thomson and left-arm spinner Morley already looked dashed when van Buuren joined Bancroft in a stand that had added 97 by tea in bright afternoon without David Lloyd because of a hamstring problem, the visitors briefly lost skipper Wayne Madsen to a shoulder injury, sustained when falling awkwardly in the field. He went off for treatment, but was able to went to the hundred that had looked almost inevitable from ball one, cutting Ben Aitchison for his ninth boundary, having faced 202 deliveries. It was a true captain's innings, lacking frills, but exactly what his team required in the tea, Gloucestershire had posted 256-3 and led by 45 runs. The final session saw van Buuren go to 50 off 109 balls, with six fours, the diminutive South African looking as solid as his partner in defence and ready to capitalise on any loose maintained exemplary concentration to reach 150 off 294 balls, having extended his boundary count to 13. By then, Gloucestershire's lead had stretched beyond 100 and there was no sign of Derbyshire regaining their grip on the and Morley sent down 76 overs between them and will sleep well. But dreams of more assistance from the wicket on the last day are likely to go unfulfilled if previous games at Bristol are a guide and a draw appears the only likely supplied by ECB Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
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22-06-2025
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Derbys on top against Glos as Morley takes six-fer
Rothesay County Championship Division Two, Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol (day one)Gloucestershire: Bancroft 58, Bracey 47; Morley 6-55, Thomson 2-20Derbyshire 116-2: Lloyd 35, Jewell 32, Came 29*; Bailey 1-9Glos (0 pts), Derbys (3 pts)Match scorecard Jack Morley claimed career-best figures of 6-55 as Derbyshire dominated the opening day of their County Championship match against Gloucestershire at the Seat Unique Stadium, around the wicket from the Ashley Down Road End, the 23-year-old left-arm spinner sent down 18.2 overs, sparking a collapse that took the home side from 68 for no wicket to 187 all out after winning the Bancroft top-scored with 58, while James Bracey contributed 47, and there were two wickets each for Zak Chappell and Alex Thomson. By the close of a day in which six overs were lost to rain, Derbyshire had replied with 116-2, Harry Came unbeaten on play began, players, officials and staff from both clubs stood in line to observe a minute's silence as a mark of respect for Gloucestershire president and former fast bowler David 'Syd' Lawrence, who died at the age of 61 following a long battle with motor neurone 50 minutes play followed before rain forced an early lunch, taken at 12:30 BST. By the break, Gloucestershire openers Bancroft and Joe Phillips, the latter making his first appearance of the season, had put 35 runs on the board in 12.2 resumed at 13:25 and there was little sign of the carnage ahead as Bancroft and Phillips extended their partnership comfortably before Phillips, on 27, drove Morley in the air to mid-on where Ben Aitchison took a good tumbling was 82-2 when Ollie Price was bowled on the back foot by a delivery from Morley that hurried through, and 86-3 when Miles Hammond advanced down the pitch to the same bowler only to miscue a catch to Aitchison at went to a solid 114-ball half-century, with eight fours, but fell with the total on 102, caught behind trying to pull a short ball from plight worsened when Graeme van Buuren went lbw to Thomson and Ben Charlesworth followed for a duck, caught at second slip attempting to drive 114-6, Gloucestershire's innings looked in tatters. But Bracey and Zaman Akhter stopped the rot with a seventh-wicket stand that was worth 37 by tea, Akhter playing positively before the break, reverse sweeping Thomson for four and off-driving another boundary in the same England Lions all-rounder continued in the same vein after the interval, timing a sweet straight four off the opening delivery of the session, sent down by Chappell, and quickly following up with a boundary through the had begun his innings with two edged fours wide of second slip off Chappell. But under clearing skies and early evening sunshine, he also found his touch as the stand reached 64 before Akhter was bowled by Morley for Test off-spinner Todd Murphy, making his Gloucestershire debut, could score only one before being caught at deep square pulling a ball from Chappell, Aitchison pouching a fourth catch. Ajeet Singh Dale was bowled by a ball from Morley that straightened, and when Bracey, having run out of partners, holed out to long-on, Gloucestershire had lost all ten wickets for 119 runs in the space of 36 were left with 28 overs to face before stumps. Openers David Lloyd and Caleb Jewell took the score to 49 in the 11th over before Jewell, who had just pulled a six off Akhter, fell to the same bowler, edging a back-foot shot to second slip and departing for 32 off 39 brought on as early as the eighth over, was unable to pose the problems caused by Morley from the same end, but 19-year-old seamer Archie Bailey struck with his eighth ball on seasonal debut as Lloyd, having moved untroubled to 35, cut a catch to and Wayne Madsen saw out the remaining overs as Derbyshire reached the close trailing by only 71 Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
