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BBC News
01-07-2025
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Kellaway and Ingram tons take Glamorgan to big lead v Glos
Rothesay County Championship Division Two, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff (day three)Gloucestershire 380: Bracey 133 & 12-0 Glamorgan 528 (151.1 overs): Kellaway 139, Ingram 117, Cooke 75; Van Buuren 3-87Gloucestershire (4 pts) trail Glamorgan (6 pts) by 136 runs with all 10 second-innings wickets standingMatch scorecard Centuries from Ben Kellaway and Colin Ingram provided the highlights of day three as Glamorgan took a first-innings lead of 148 over visitors were left with 11 overs to bat in the second innings and go into Wednesday's final day on Kellaway (139) and veteran Ingram (117) were chanceless through the morning session before Gloucestershire's bowlers applied some control, led by Graeme van Buuren (3-87).Chris Cooke's 75 ensured a useful home advantage before Glamorgan's innings meandered to a close. Survival looks to be the order of the final day for the Shire, but there have been no demons in the pitch and a Kookaburra ball for the bowlers to labour with. Glamorgan started the day on 228-4 and milked 11 overs of spin before the new ball, Ingram and Kellaway moving from the 50s to the was no change in Gloucestershire's fortunes with the harder ball as the pair kept the scoreboard ticking over without a chance. Kellaway, 21, showed mature judgement as he reached the second hundred of the season and his fledgling career off 180 balls, while the ever-serene Ingram took 176 balls to notch up his 16th ton in 59 first-class matches wearing the daffodil a superb first session for the batters producing 137 runs, Gloucestershire slammed the brakes on after lunch with Ajeet Singh Dale and Zaman Akhter alternating overs of mainly short-pitched bowling from the River Taff end, while Van Buuren plugged away at the Cathedral Road was first to crack as he upper-cut Akhter to third man, while Singh Dale induced Kellaway to pull to a leaping Miles Hammond, and the visitors had a second bowling point while Glamorgan stalled well short of a fourth batting point that had looked likely. Cautious batting from Cooke and Timm van der Gugten (33), together with some negative bowling, saw the tempo drop in the afternoon though they put together a stand of eventually got going before Van Buuren removed him and Andy Gorvin (22) to earn reward for his openers Cameron Bancroft and Joe Phillips could both have been run out in the first two overs as both were guilty of poor the pair settled down and blocked out the closing stages to give their side a decent chance of a draw.
BBC News
25-06-2025
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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
BBC News
24-06-2025
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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
