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BBC News
04-07-2025
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Durham make record total while Salt & Buttler star - T20 Blast round-up
Colin Ackermann led Durham to their record T20 total as they comfortably beat Nottinghamshire to go top of the T20 Blast North struck 83 from just 33 balls with six sixes to help his side post Lees also made 77 from 46 deliveries before Notts were bowled out for Lancashire won the top-of-the-table clash at Northampton while South group leaders Somerset lost at home to Glamorgan. Durham's previous best total was made last year in Zimbabwe when they racked up 229-6 against Eagles but that mark was blown away at Clark began the run-fest with 40 from 27 balls before Lees and Ackermann took over and England paceman Olly Stone was carted for 42 in only three were always struggling in reply and Kasey Aldridge, who had previously only taken one T20 wicket, ran through the lower order to return 5-29. Victory sent Durham top of the table on net run-rate, while Notts slip to sixth with four games remaining. England duo lead Lancashire to win Northants and Lancashire began the night first and second in the group and England white-ball opener Phil Salt struck 80 from 57 balls in Lancashire's five-wicket win at Wantage 178, Salt hit eight fours and four sixes, while former England limited-overs captain Jos Buttler made 54 from 42 could see their side home and Salt departed with 23 needed from two overs, which became 11 from the final six Luke Procter bowled a wide full toss that Luke Wells belted over long-on for six before the next ball disappeared over the same fielder to seal victory. Also in the North group, James Wharton and Will Luxton led Yorkshire to a 41-run victory over Worcestershire for just their third win of the hosts lost openers Jonny Bairstow and Dawid Malan cheaply before 24-year-old Wharton made 88 from 47 balls and Luxton, 22, a career-best 81, also from 47 balls, to lead their side to captain Brett D'Oliveria made 53 from 36 balls in reply but Worcestershire were never in the sides are now eight points off fourth place - and with it qualification for the quarter-finals - with five games to play. Birmingham Bears now occupy fourth place in the group on net run-rate after a six-wicket win at seamer Hasan Ali took 4-22 as Bears bowled their hosts out for 154 at the Uptonsteel County Mousley then led his side home with an unbeaten 64 in 48 balls with eight and Leicestershire have an identical record in the competition, with 20 points after nine matches. Sussex maintain challenge and champions Glos win In the South group, Somerset remain top but fell to a second defeat of the tournament as they lost by two runs to Glamorgan at Ingram made 55 from 33 balls for the visitors before Dan Douthwaite finished the innings off by hitting 56 from 32 deliveries, helping take 33 from the final two Smeed got the chase under way with 72 in 49 deliveries but Ned Leonard, who left Somerset over the winter, kept chipping away with the ball and finished with a career-best were left needing 16 from the final over and it was Douthwaite who closed the game out. Sussex consolidated third place with a 34-run win over Kent, who move down to Hughes struck 48 from 28 balls and Tom Clark 43 from 25 to help Sussex post 195-9 at despite Harry Finch's 56 from only 26 balls, Kent were always struggling and were bowled out for 161. And reigning champions Gloucestershire picked up only the third win of their title defence with a 13-run triumph at Jack Taylor hit 50 in 35 balls and Ben Charlesworth an unbeaten 47 from 31 in their never got on top of the chase and lost regular wickets but did take the game to the final over with 16 needed before Mohammad Amir was run out and they were bowled out for 171.
BBC News
01-07-2025
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Worrall burst keeps Surrey on top against Durham
Rothesay County Championship Division One, Kia Oval (day three)Surrey: 820-9 dec: Sibley 305, Lawrence 178, Jacks 119, S Curran 108; Rhodes 3-131Durham 343-9: Lees 125, Robinson 79; Worrall 4-49, Fisher 3-69Durham (3 pts) trail Surrey (7 pts) by 477 runsMatch scorecard A brilliant three-wicket burst by Dan Worrall resurrected Surrey's victory ambitions after Alex Lees and Ollie Robinson's 152-run stand had raised Durham hopes of being able to force a draw at the Kia scored a superb 125 and Robinson a 105-ball 79 as Durham eventually reached 343-9 by stumps on day three, but earlier both fell to paceman Worrall, as did New Zealand all-rounder Jimmy Neesham, in a slide from 266-3 to Matt Fisher removed George Drissell with the last ball before tea, Durham had lost four wickets for 29 runs in 12 overs immediately before the though, Graham Clark and Matthew Potts added 46 for the eighth wicket in 25 overs to hold up Surrey again as the Kookaburra ball lost its shine and resisted 79 balls for his 23, until Dan Lawrence spun an off break to pin him leg-before on the back foot, and then Worrall returned to hit Clark's middle stump with his fifth ball back to end a defiant 30.A hobbling Ben Raine, injured when bowling on day one, bravely emerged as last batter to keep Daniel Hogg company until the end of play, with Hogg even taking two fours off Fisher in the closing however, bat has overwhelmingly dominated ball on an essentially flat pitch in a County Championship match where the draw still seems the likeliest outcome despite Durham, in reply to Surrey's mammoth 820-9 declared, still being 477 runs adrift going into the final Lees frustrated Surrey's attack for almost six hours in all. The Durham captain began day three on 33, with his side 59-1, and forged a fine partnership with Robinson after seeing both Will Rhodes and Colin Ackermann depart before edged the impressive Fisher to keeper Josh Blake to go for 26 in the morning's eighth over, and Ackermann's 24 was ended by an excellent piece of bowling from Sam Curran. Angling one across the right-hander, left-armer Curran saw Will Jacks cling on to a sharp catch at first was fortunate to nick Curran between first and second slips for four before he had reached double figures and, after lunch, Curran had an impassioned appeal for lbw against Lees, on 64, turned down – much to the all-rounder's however, the fourth-wicket pair progressed serenely and successive fours off Fisher took Lees to 80 while Robinson went to a 76-ball half-century in style by pulling Jordan Clark powerfully off the front foot for six over mid went to his 31st first-class hundred in the 74th over of Durham's innings and – having been on the field in sweltering 90-degree temperatures for almost eight sessions – he was finally forced to leave it just before tea on day had just been bowled by a full in-swinger from Worrall (4-49), and the leader of Surrey's attack made it three strikes overall in his second, third and fourth overs with the second new ball – taken with Durham on 255-3 – when he quickly added the scalps of Lees and who faced 240 balls and hit 18 fours, nibbled at a fine ball that lifted and left him, and Neesham's thicker edge to a similar delivery flew to Jacks at first survived a big lbw appeal from Fisher on four and then a mishit pull at Worrall on five dropped inches short of Curran, diving forward from the squarer of two mid wickets, but Drissell (7) top-edged a pull at Fisher to mid on as Durham's sudden decline continued innings was steadied, however, by Clark and Potts who made sure of a second batting bonus point while also denying Surrey a third bowling point. Report supplied by ECB Reporters' Network, supported by Rothesay
The Independent
01-07-2025
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- The Independent
Surrey shatter 126-year-old record score as Dom Sibley makes Durham toil in County Championship run-fest
Dom Sibley 's titanic triple century powered Surrey to a club-record 820 for nine as Durham felt the heat with the Kookaburra ball in the Rothesay County Championship. Resuming on 169, Sibley, who made the last of his 22 Test appearances for England four years ago, made a career-best 305, with the opener thumping 29 fours and two sixes in a marathon 475-ball innings that ended with Surrey on 745. After Sam Curran 's 108 on Sunday, Dan Lawrence made it to three figures with 178 off 149 balls, while Will Jacks also had licence to tee off and he thumped 119 off 94 deliveries at the Kia Oval. Durham did not even get the consolation of bowling Surrey out as Rory Burns declared after Jacks was out but not before his side had eclipsed their highest-ever total of 811, which was set in 1899. Will Rhodes was the pick of the attack with three for 131, while Matthew Potts, Daniel Hogg and George Drissell also conceded 100-plus runs, the latter claiming figures of 45-1-247-1 in stifling conditions. Durham need 671 just to avoid the follow-on against the reigning county champions and they ended day two on 59 for one, with Matthew Fisher bowling Emilio Gay in the fourth over of the reply. Elsewhere in Division One, Worcestershire captain Jake Libby made 228 not out a day after Adam Hose's explosive 266 as Worcestershire racked up 679 for seven against Hampshire at the Utilita Bowl. Gareth Roderick also made 80 as Hampshire's bowlers wilted before the hosts closed on 68 for three, with Tom Taylor claiming leg-before verdicts against Fletcha Middleton and Nick Gubbins. Ben Slater underpinned Nottinghamshire's 214 for three with 116 not out – his first century of 2025 – in response to Somerset's 379 at Taunton, with Tom Banton's 84 the top score for the home side. Essex slipped from 273 for three to 368 all out against Yorkshire, who went to stumps on 143 for three at York thanks to opener Adam Lyth's stoic unbeaten 65 from 172 balls. Daniel Hughes' 151 helped Sussex to 278 for three after Warwickshire were all out for 415 at Hove. In Division Two, England's record Test wicket-taker and Lancashire captain James Anderson collected two for 45 as Derbyshire were all out for 261 after the Red Rose had made 367 at Chesterfield. Anderson struck in his second and third overs, snaring Mitchell Wagstaff lbw and then bowling fellow opener Caleb Jewell, while George Balderson was the pick of the bowlers with four for 71. First-innings centurion Keaton Jennings made 51 not out in Lancashire reaching 114 for one and an overnight lead of 220. Naavya Sharma claimed four for 24 as leaders Leicestershire lurched to 103 for eight after Ben Geddes' 137 had lifted Middlesex to 534 at Grace Road. Daniel Bell-Drummond made 158 and Harry Finch underscored Kent's 566 for eight declared before Northamptonshire reached 140 for one, with Ricardo Vasconcelos unbeaten on 87. James Bracey's 133 ushered Gloucestershire to 380 against Glamorgan, who replied with 228 for four as Colin Ingram (52 not out) and Ben Kellaway (55no) put on an unbroken 107 at Sophia Gardens.
Times
30-06-2025
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- Times
Dom Sibley's 305 powers Surrey to club-record score of 820
Surrey registered the fourth-highest innings score in County Championship history after declaring on 820 for nine against Durham at the Kia Oval. It was also the highest first-class total in Surrey's 126-year history as the hosts batted on until just after tea on day two. The epic five-session long innings was spearheaded by Dom Sibley who made a career-best 305 in a ten-hour vigil at the crease that lasted 151.3 overs. There were also quickfire centuries by Dan Lawrence and Will Jacks to back up Sam Curran's rapid hundred on the opening day. Sibley, on 169 overnight, added 334 in 53 overs with Lawrence as the former England all-rounder cruised from 58 to a career best 178. He struck four sixes and 19 fours while Jacks was just as brutal, hitting 119 from 94 balls putting on a further 133 in 21 overs for the fifth wicket. Durham used seven bowlers in trying to prise out the Surrey batsman on a flat pitch and an unresponsive Kookaburra ball with almost no swing or seam and little spin on offer. The spinner George Drissell put in a monumental shift, bowling 45 overs going for 247 runs for one wicket. Sibley's 475-ball innings featured two sixes and 29 fours and was the eighth first-class individual score of 300 or more by a Surrey batsman. Please enable cookies and other technologies to view this content. You can update your cookies preferences any time using privacy manager. The declaration came when Jacks sliced to point. In the 28 overs before the close Surrey held Durham to 59 for one, with Matt Fisher taking the wicket of Emilio Gay bowled behind his trail by 761 runs with nine wickets remaining. Taunton (second day of four): Nottinghamshire, seven first innings wickets in hand, are 165 behind Somerset By Geoffrey Dean For sheer consistency this season, few can match the Nottinghamshire opening batsman Ben Slater. He came into this match with six consecutive championship fifties behind him to go with the two others he made in April, and on Monday he at last converted his ninth of the campaign into three figures. Having been dismissed twice in the nineties this year, including last week against Yorkshire, his delight at reaching his fifteenth first-class hundred from 171 balls was palpable as he punched the air. The compact 33-year old left-hander could hardly have played any better, seeing off the probing opening pair of Matt Henry and Craig Overton and coping capably with Jack Leach's constant targeting of the footmarks outside his off stump. His defence almost watertight, apart from an edge at catchable height through the slips off Kasey Aldridge, Slater put anything loose away unerringly to collect 14 fours in his unbeaten 116. Driving emphatically through the covers, he also cut and pulled clinically when given the opportunity. It was a most impressive effort in the heat, especially given he has been on the field for the whole of the two days played. Thanks to Slater, Nottinghamshire have every chance of first innings parity or better. After his opening partner Haseeb Hameed soon edged a beauty from Matt Henry, Freddie McCann and Joe Clarke grafted hard for an hour or more before each fell to some fine spin bowling. Jack Haynes very nearly departed off his first ball, perhaps being fortunate to be given the benefit after Leach hit his back pad. He grew in confidence, though, to play some attractive strokes in his unbeaten 34 out of a stand of 71 in 25 overs with Slater. Utilita Bowl (second day of four): Hampshire, with seven first-innings wickets in hand, are 611 runs behind Worcestershire By Ivo Tennant The imbalance between bat and ball continued apace for two sessions on this second day, if not as starkly as was the case at the Oval. By the time Hampshire's bowlers trudged off the field at tea, having conceded 679 runs in sweltering heat, they had seen quite enough of the Kookaburra, as well as of Jake Libby. The ECB's intention is that wickets should be hard earned in county cricket and there is no doubting that this experiment is proving they have to be. The third session, in which Worcestershire took three wickets, made for more compelling cricket. They will have to continue to bowl markedly well, for in addition to the lack of movement on account of a less pronounced seam, the pitch is about as flat as can be. As Dominic Kelly said after managing to take one wicket on his County Championship debut, 'give me the Dukes ball every time'. This was not the ideal occasion for him to be thrown a Kookaburra. Hampshire would like to see the number of championship matches in future reduced not to 12 a season but to ten. Even more need, then, for the bat not to dominate the ball excessively. None of which concerned Libby, and all credit for him for unwavering concentration in making the highest score of his career, a chanceless unbeaten 228 off 438 balls with 18 fours and a six. He is a proper old-fashioned Boycottesque cricketer who, in the right conditions, will bat all day every day. Worcestershire are in possession of a large total and the knowledge that Hampshire are fatigued after 160 overs in the field. The first hour on the third morning will be significant.
BBC News
22-06-2025
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- BBC News
Coles century puts Sussex just on top at Durham
Rothesay County Championship Division One, Banks Homes Riverside (day one)Sussex 322-9: Coles 117*, Hughes 60, Simpson 40; de Leede 4-83Durham: Yet to batDurham (3 pts), Sussex (2 pts)Match scorecard A resilient unbeaten 117 from Sussex's James Coles defied an excellent bowling performance from Durham's Bas de Leede on day one of their County Championship Division One match at Raine struck early to give Durham a dream start, but they were pegged back by half-centurion Daniel Hughes (60), however, he was dismissed after lunch to hand Durham the early remained calm and composed to steady the ship in the afternoon and he along with captain John Simpson (40) put pressure on the Durham bowlers. However, the hosts bounced back after tea thanks to de Leede (4-83), who bowled well on his first Championship appearance of the remained at the crease, frustrating the hosts, and he reached his hundred just before close, with Sussex finishing on 322-9. The visitors got off to a bad start at an overcast Banks Homes Riverside as Raine removed the in-form Tom Haines for four as he chopped on to his Durham opening bowlers limited Sussex's run-making opportunities and that pressure nearly told as Raine dropped a catch from his own bowling when Hughes mistimed an aerial drive on the other end, Tom Clark took a while to get going, but he played a glorious cover drive for four in Sam Conners' first over of the season. Hughes continued to take opportunities to score as he slammed a George Drissell ball down the ground for struck back for Durham shortly before lunch when he bowled Clark for 30, with one that found the Sussex man's then reached his half-century from 101 deliveries, but the Australian was bowled for 60 by de Leede, who produced a beauty to dislodge his off-stump. Coles started nicely to thwart Durham's bowling attack, but the hosts struck back with Conners picking up his first Championship wicket of the season as Ibrahim was caught behind for continued to pile on the pressure and they very nearly had their fifth wicket when wicketkeeper Ollie Robinson dropped a regulation catch down the leg side after Coles nicked a Raine delivery when he was on continued to tick along, taking scoring opportunities whenever they presented themselves, with him playing a lovely shot through the covers from the bowling of England man Matthew Potts. The Sussex man then passed fifty for the third time this season, but Simpson was dropped on 17 by Drissell at slip off the bowling of then pulled a de Leede bouncer to the boundary, while Simpson flicked the first ball after tea to the leg-side boundary. The impressive Conners struck back with Simpson edging behind to Robinson for a well-made continued to motor though, as he caressed a ball from Conners through the covers for four, and whipped one through the leg side soon wickets kept on falling at the other end as de Leede got Fynn Hudson-Prentice for five after he chipped one up to Emilio Gay at cover, and the Dutchman struck again as Jack Carson was caught behind for Ollie Robinson came to the crease and hit two boundaries, but he was lbw for nine when Raine caught him plumb in front of his brought Jofra Archer to the crease, playing his first red-ball game since 2021, and he hit Potts for four through to the deep third on 95, nearly fell short of his ton when a leading edge from Raine found its way to de Leede at backward point, but he was dropped for the second time. He then made Durham pay for their sloppy fielding when he reached his fifth first-class century from 169 looked in good touch with the bat as he slammed a Raine delivery through the covers for four and then hit de Leede for six, but he was dismissed for 31 from the next ball as he pulled one to Conners on the Coles remained unbeaten on 117 at the close, taking his side to 322-9. Report supplied by the ECB Reporters' Network, supported by Rothesay
