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Libby marathon helps Pears rewrite record books
Jake Libby has now scored scored 679 runs in the County Championship this season [Getty Images] Rothesay County Championship Division One, Utilita Bowl, Southampton (day two) Worcestershire 679-7 dec: Hose 266, Libby 228*, Roderick 80; Fuller 3-121 Hampshire: 68-3: Orr 32; Taylor 2-16 Hampshire (1pt) trail Worcestershire (6pts) by 611 with seven wickets standing Advertisement Match scorecard Jake Libby achieved a career-best unbeaten 228 as Worcestershire compiled the third-highest first-class score in their history. Stand-in captain Libby batted throughout a 10-hour vigil to secure a second Championship double hundred, while underpinning his side's vast 679-7 declared - the third biggest total in Worcestershire's history. His double century was paired with Adam Hose's on day one – making it the first time two Worcestershire batters had passed 200 in an innings, while Gareth Roderick's 80 kept Libby company for much of day two. The declaration at tea left Hampshire 32 overs until close, and during the evening the hosts managed to lose their top three on a lifeless pitch to end the day on 68-3 – an ominous 611 in arrears. Advertisement Aged 21, Libby scored a double ton in Nottinghamshire's Second XI. On Championship debut, Libby scored a 247-ball century. In 2021, he batted for 681 minutes – two minutes shy of the longest Championship innings – to save a match against Essex. This innings shouldn't have come as a shock to anyone, especially when it became clear before lunch on day one that the Hampshire bowlers were in for a torturous time with the pitch and Kookaburra ball. While Hose scored with abandon, Libby frustrated and accumulated. The pair put on 395 with their contrasting style until Hose's departure late on the opening day. Nightwatcher Adam Finch and Ethan Brookes fell in the morning session but Hampshire only managed to pick up one bowling point, with Worcestershire counting the maximum five batting points to reverse their batting woes this season. Advertisement Finch edged the three-wicket James Fuller behind, while Brookes left a straight one from Kyle Abbott. But Libby persisted, passing 150 with his sole six – towering Liam Dawson straight down the ground – and found Roderick a similarly stubborn partner. Roderick had barely scraped 250 runs together in 16 previous innings this season, but given the perfect batting conditions, upped the price on his wicket. It wasn't pretty viewing in the roasting south coast sun, but it kept the scoreboard slowly ticking and the Hampshire bowlers, eight of whom were used in total, toiling. Roderick's second fifty of the season came in 114 balls, but it was overshadowed by Libby raising his bat on 200 after 399 deliveries. Advertisement Roderick top-edged a sweep to fall for 80 and Matthew Waite was carelessly run out before Tom Taylor added 51 with Libby. With a new ball ready after tea, Libby decided to put Hampshire's bowlers out of their misery by concluding his and Worcestershire's innings, having cleared his previous high of 215. The 679 was the highest Worcestershire score away from New Road and the highest total by a visiting team to Utilita Bowl – second only to the 714 Hampshire posted against Notts in 2005 overall. Hampshire's response was not wholly unsurprising after 160 overs of draining fielding in mercury rising temperatures. Advertisement Fletcha Middleton and Ali Orr had already been given lives when chances were shelled in the slips, but didn't cash in. Middleton never looked comfortable before a hooping in-swinging from Taylor hit his pads in front, while Orr seemed to find rhythm until shabbily turning Finch to leg slip. Nick Gubbins followed to give Taylor a second leg-before wicket but Tilak Varma and Ben Brown remained for the last 40 balls of the day. ECB Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay Worcestershire batter Jake Libby: "I'm pretty tired to be honest. It has been two really hot days but I think I've helped put the team in a really good position. Advertisement "The way me and Hose batted yesterday was really good and then to get those three late wickets there is the cherry on top of a really nice cake. "It is a really good wicket and we haven't been batting on such good surfaces this year. I felt I had to cash in and go really big and with the circumstances of the game and how it will pan out, it was important to go massive. "We knew the evening was going to be a tough session for them so to pick up those three wickets was important. I think we bowled really well with good intensity. "We have a long distance ahead of us, but we have put a marker down tonight for what the standard is. If we can do it for a long period of time then we have a hell of a chance in this game."
BBC News
5 hours ago
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- BBC News
Libby marathon helps Pears rewrite record books
Rothesay County Championship Division One, Utilita Bowl, Southampton (day two)Worcestershire 679-7 dec: Hose 266, Libby 228*, Roderick 80; Fuller 3-121Hampshire: 68-3: Orr 32; Taylor 2-16Hampshire (1pt) trail Worcestershire (6pts) by 611 with seven wickets standingMatch scorecard Jake Libby achieved a career-best unbeaten 228 as Worcestershire compiled the third-highest first-class score in their captain Libby batted throughout a 10-hour vigil to secure a second Championship double hundred, while underpinning his side's vast 679-7 declared - the third biggest total in Worcestershire's double century was paired with Adam Hose's on day one – making it the first time two Worcestershire batters had passed 200 in an innings, while Gareth Roderick's 80 kept Libby company for much of day declaration at tea left Hampshire 32 overs until close, and during the evening the hosts managed to lose their top three on a lifeless pitch to end the day on 68-3 – an ominous 611 in 21, Libby scored a double ton in Nottinghamshire's Second XI. On Championship debut, Libby scored a 247-ball century. In 2021, he batted for 681 minutes – two minutes shy of the longest Championship innings – to save a match against innings shouldn't have come as a shock to anyone, especially when it became clear before lunch on day one that the Hampshire bowlers were in for a torturous time with the pitch and Kookaburra Hose scored with abandon, Libby frustrated and accumulated. The pair put on 395 with their contrasting style until Hose's departure late on the opening Adam Finch and Ethan Brookes fell in the morning session but Hampshire only managed to pick up one bowling point, with Worcestershire counting the maximum five batting points to reverse their batting woes this edged the three-wicket James Fuller behind, while Brookes left a straight one from Kyle Libby persisted, passing 150 with his sole six – towering Liam Dawson straight down the ground – and found Roderick a similarly stubborn had barely scraped 250 runs together in 16 previous innings this season, but given the perfect batting conditions, upped the price on his wasn't pretty viewing in the roasting south coast sun, but it kept the scoreboard slowly ticking and the Hampshire bowlers, eight of whom were used in total, second fifty of the season came in 114 balls, but it was overshadowed by Libby raising his bat on 200 after 399 top-edged a sweep to fall for 80 and Matthew Waite was carelessly run out before Tom Taylor added 51 with a new ball ready after tea, Libby decided to put Hampshire's bowlers out of their misery by concluding his and Worcestershire's innings, having cleared his previous high of 679 was the highest Worcestershire score away from New Road and the highest total by a visiting team to Utilita Bowl – second only to the 714 Hampshire posted against Notts in 2005 response was not wholly unsurprising after 160 overs of draining fielding in mercury rising Middleton and Ali Orr had already been given lives when chances were shelled in the slips, but didn't cash never looked comfortable before a hooping in-swinging from Taylor hit his pads in front, while Orr seemed to find rhythm until shabbily turning Finch to leg Gubbins followed to give Taylor a second leg-before wicket but Tilak Varma and Ben Brown remained for the last 40 balls of the Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay Worcestershire batter Jake Libby: "I'm pretty tired to be honest. It has been two really hot days but I think I've helped put the team in a really good position."The way me and Hose batted yesterday was really good and then to get those three late wickets there is the cherry on top of a really nice cake."It is a really good wicket and we haven't been batting on such good surfaces this year. I felt I had to cash in and go really big and with the circumstances of the game and how it will pan out, it was important to go massive."We knew the evening was going to be a tough session for them so to pick up those three wickets was important. I think we bowled really well with good intensity."We have a long distance ahead of us, but we have put a marker down tonight for what the standard is. If we can do it for a long period of time then we have a hell of a chance in this game."
The Independent
5 hours ago
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- The Independent
Dom Sibley's 305 powers Surrey to club-record 820 for nine against Durham
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
a day ago
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- Times
Adam Hose at home with the Kookaburra ball for Worcestershire
For a batsman short of runs, this mid-summer introduction of the Kookaburra ball is a boon. As it was for Adam Hose, who scored the first double century of his career, and Jake Libby, who made an unbeaten 137, against a Hampshire attack unable to gain any movement off this unpronounced seam. The upshot was that Worcestershire, who had amassed only three batting points in their eight previous County Championship matches, finished with the healthiest of totals. Hose would have relished scoring so many runs on this ground, for he is from Ventnor on the Isle of Wight, which in cricketing parlance is a part of Hampshire. He was on the county's junior books until under-17 level, once playing against a Cardiff MCCU side that included Libby, whereupon he was released. He went to Somerset, then to Warwickshire, and on to New Road. His runs here were a reward for perseverance and recognition, not just because he is 32, of maturity as a cricketer. He made 266 off 253 balls with 31 fours and seven sixes. Last week he became a father for the first time and now he and Libby put on 395 for the third wicket. Nothing Hampshire tried on a sweltering day came off, including at one stage Kyle Abbott bowling with all nine fielders on the leg side, five of them in an arc close to the bat. In addition, they chose not to play a second spinner, Felix Organ being relegated to 12th man. Hampshire are awash with promising young fast bowlers. Sonny Baker, however, is still injured and John Turner appears out of favour. This was not the best day for Dominic Kelly, of Millfield School, Hampshire Hogs and England Under-19, to make his championship debut but he did dismiss Hose, whose innings was the highest by a visiting batsman on this ground, beating Phil Jaques's 243 for Yorkshire in 2004. Taunton (first day of four; Somerset won toss): Somerset have scored 275 for six against Nottinghamshire It was a day of hard toil for Nottinghamshire, the Division One leaders, after they lost what could prove an important toss. Somerset, pleased to bat first on a used pitch that should turn later in the match, lost three wickets in the first hour but only three more in the rest of the day as they clearly set out to occupy the crease for as long as possible in their first innings (Geoffrey Dean writes). White-ball swashbucklers Tom Abell and Tom Banton were accordingly obliged to accumulate rather than dominate against an admittedly disciplined Nottinghamshire attack. Abell grafted his way to 64, which took him 166 balls, before Banton compiled a painstaking unbeaten 57 off 128 balls that featured only six fours. After Abell had been fifth out with the score at 179 — a soft dismissal when he tickled one down the leg side to the wicketkeeper — Banton and the composed Archie Vaughan shared a valuable sixth-wicket stand of 71 until the latter fell to a sharp slip catch off the second new ball. Notwithstanding the smaller seam of the Kookaburra ball, in use for the second of four successive rounds of championship matches, Nottinghamshire's opening pair of Mohammad Abbas and Brett Hutton found movement until it got older. Hutton beat Sean Dickson with a straight one that he played across, and then persuaded Tom Lammonby to prod fatally at one that left him. Abbas, seldom to be denied, produced a fine leg cutter to have Tom Kohler-Cadmore caught behind. That represented a blow for Somerset as he looked in prime form, hitting three majestic back-foot forcing shots for four in his polished 31. James Rew likewise played very convincingly to reach an 86-ball fifty, adding 99 with Abell in 34 overs. A big score appeared within his grasp until he fell tamely, driving a length ball straight back to the bowler, Lyndon James. For Nottinghamshire, Liam Patterson-White performed a good holding job with his accurate left-arm spin, bowling 32 overs for 67 runs from the river end and picking up Abell's wicket. That allowed his captain to rotate the seamers from the other end on a day that started under cloud before becoming hot after lunch. Conditions cooled in the final hour when Kasey Aldridge (6 off 36 balls) and Banton eked out 24 from the final 13 overs.
The Independent
a day ago
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- The Independent
Adam Hose hits career-best 266 as Worcestershire dominate day one at Hampshire
Adam Hose made a career-best 266 during a third-wicket stand of 395 with Jake Libby as bottom-of-the-table Worcestershire dominated day one of their Rothesay County Championship clash with Hampshire. Hose smashed 31 fours and seven sixes off 253 deliveries, while stand-in captain Libby passed 10,000 career runs on his way to an unbeaten 137. The Pears, who have won only once all season, reached 463 for three at stumps in the Division One match at Southampton. Centuries from Dom Sibley and Sam Curran helped reigning champions Surrey take control against Durham. Opener Sibley remained unbeaten on 169 and Curran contributed 108 off 124 balls in a score of 407 for three, with captain Rory Burns having registered 55 at the start of the innings at The Oval. Dan Lawrence will resume alongside Sibley on 58 for the second-placed hosts. Half-centuries from James Rew, Tom Abell and Tom Banton dug Somerset out of trouble against leaders Nottinghamshire at Taunton. The hosts slipped to 46 for three after winning the toss before Rew (58), Abell (64) and Banton (57 not out) guided them to 275 for six at the close. Essex captain Tom Westley made 107 as his side closed on 248 for three away to relegation rivals Yorkshire. Westley hit 12 fours in 239 balls and shared 198 for the second wicket with former South Africa captain Dean Elgar, who was dismissed for 94. Warwickshire opener Rob Yates made 93 in a total of 372 for seven against third-placed Sussex at Hove. Sam Hain and Ed Barnard posted 87 and 66 respectively for the visitors, while Henry Crocombe took three for 73 for the hosts. In Division Two, Middlesex opener Sam Robson recorded his first County Championship hundred of the season as his side ended on 336 for five against table-topping Leicestershire. Robson hit 133 in an first-wicket stand of 173 with Joshua De Caires (76), while Roman Walker took three for 57 for the home team. Ben Compton celebrated being handed his county cap and a new three-year contract by making 66 during Kent's clash with Northamptonshire at Canterbury. The division's bottom side were 325 for four at stumps, with Tawanda Muyeye hitting 58 and captain Daniel Bell-Drummond not out on 66. Landmark centuries from Keaton Jennings and Chris Green revived Lancashire against Derbyshire at Chesterfield. Jennings passed 12,000 first-class runs on his way to 106 while Green celebrated his maiden red ball hundred as Lancashire recovered from 132 for six to 367 all out. James Bracey's unbeaten 57 backed up half-centuries from captain Cameron Bancroft and Zaman Akhter as Gloucestershire closed on 279 for seven against Glamorgan at Cardiff. Timm van der Gugten trapped Bancroft lbw for 50 and later dismissed Akhter by the same method for 58. Mason Crane chipped in with three wickets.
