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BBC News
30-06-2025
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- BBC News
Slater century leads Notts reply against Somerset
Rothesay County Championship Division One, Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton (day two)Somerset 379: Banton 84, Abell 64, Rew 58; Abbas 3-59, Hutton 3-94Nottinghamshire 214-3: Slater 116*, Haynes 34*Notts (2pts) trail Somerset (2pts) by 165 with seven wickets standingMatch scorecard Ben Slater's 15th first class hundred spearheaded a solid Nottinghamshire batting display on the second day of the County Championship Division One match with Somerset at home side extended their first innings score from an overnight 275-6 to a challenging 379 all out, Tom Banton dismissed for 84 and Matt Henry making an unbeaten 41 off just 29 balls, with four fours and three the close, Notts had posted 214-3 in reply, opener Slater contributing an unbeaten 116, off 224 balls, with 14 their opponents on day one, Somerset bowled few loose deliveries and every run had to be fought for on a day of soaring temperatures. Jack Leach conceded just 42 runs from 25 overs of left-arm spin and Craig Overton 31 from was unbeaten on 57 at the start of play, having been dropped on two, and shouldered major responsibility for lifting Somerset to a competitive score. With only nine runs added to the total, he lost partner Kasey Aldridge, caught at second slip by Freddie McCann low to his right off Mohammad looked in good touch, scoring 24 and helping Banton add 44 for the eighth wicket, before being pinned lbw by Brett Hutton with the total on 330 in the 111th over, both sides having been forced to settle for two bonus spinner Liam Patterson-White had bowled tightly throughout the innings and reaped the reward of a second wicket when Banton, who had battled away for four hours and 17 minutes, striking eight fours, mistimed a reverse sweep straight to Abbas at backward remainder of the innings was all about Henry, who treated the 2,000 children admitted free from schools around the region, to some exciting hitting. The New Zealander survived a chance to Joe Clarke on the long-on boundary and produced numerous clean strikes in a last wicket stand of 39, to which Jack Leach contributed just six before being caught at bowled off a leading edge by Farhan visitors had to negotiate a tricky 15 minutes before lunch, but reached the interval on 15 without loss from three overs, Leach having opened the home bowling attack with afternoon session saw Somerset bowl without much luck in rising heat - but they made a breakthrough with the total on 38 as Haseeb Hameed got a thin edge to a delivery from Henry to be caught behind by James was soon looking to capitalise on a pitch offering no more than occasional assistance to the bowlers and moved confidently to a half-century off 62 balls, with nine fours. McCann contributed to a second-wicket stand of 66 before pushing forward to off-spinner Archie Vaughan and providing Rew with a second catch. At tea, the scoreboard read 124-2, but the final session saw Leach strike with the vital wicket of Joe Clarke, on 18, as the Notts player aimed a big drive at a wide delivery and edged into the safe hands of Overton at had a heart in mouth moment next ball as it rapped his back pad and went straight to Overton. Somerset's huge appeal for either leg before or a catch off an inside edge went unheeded and it proved a big moment as a meaningful fourth-wicket stand remained unmoved and brought up a hugely valuable century with a square cut for two off Vaughan, having faced 171 deliveries and extended his boundary count to 14. It was an innings of patience and sound shot selection on a pitch, which like the first day, required application with both bat and stumps, the partnership with Jack Haynes (34) was worth 71 and Notts could reflect on a decent afternoon's Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
BBC News
29-06-2025
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- BBC News
Somerset recover after early Notts breakthroughs
Rothesay County Championship Division One, Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton (day one)Somerset 275-6: Abell 64, Rew 58, Banton 57*; Abbas 2-45, Hutton 2-55Nottinghamshire: Yet to batSomerset 1 pt, Notts 2 ptsMatch scorecard Half-centuries from James Rew, Tom Abell and Tom Banton dug Somerset out of trouble on day one against County Championship Division One leaders Nottinghamshire at home side slipped to 46-3 after winning the toss before Rew (58), Abell (64) and Banton (57 not out) guided them to 275-6 at the the Notts bowlers displayed commendable accuracy to ensure the Somerset could never cut loose and the pitch offered them just enough assistance to ensure an absorbing contest between bat and opted for a new opening partnership of Sean Dickson and Tom Kohler-Cadmore, but were soon in trouble with only 10 runs on the board when Dickson fell lbw to Brett Hutton for a duck, advancing down the was soon 22-2 as Tom Lammonby, on two, played forward and edged a catch to wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan to give Hutton a second wicket. Kohler-Cadmore had begun positively and hit five fours in scoring 31 off 55 balls before getting a good delivery from Mohammad Abbas that left him off the pitch, forcing an edge that was again snapped up by 46-3 in the 15th over, Somerset were in hole. But there was no great movement in the air or off the pitch for the seamers and Liam Patterson-White's left-arm spin was soon introduced from the River End as Rew and Abell lunch they had taken the total to 100-3 from 31 overs, Rew looking the more fluent in moving to 41, while Abell had battled for his 17. The afternoon session saw Rew move to a half-century off 86 balls, including eight fours, making good use of the sweep against the had gradually found his timing and placement, but when the stand had progressed to 99 from 34.4 overs, Rew straight drove a delivery from seamer Lyndon James, who stooped to take a sharp return looked an important breakthrough for the visitors, although Abell was looking an increasing threat as he moved to fifty off 126 balls, with five fours. Banton, struggling for form since a triple century in the opening game of the season against Worcestershire, was given a life on two when Patterson-White spilled a relatively straightforward chance at first slip off quickly atoned by taking the valuable wicket of Abell, who spared the umpire a decision by turning to walk off after feathering a catch to Kishan down the leg side. At 179-5, Somerset were back under pressure and just six runs had been added when tea was had bowled well all day, giving little away, and that continued into the final session, which saw Banton and Archie Vaughan made to fight for every run on the normally fast-scoring ground. Both displayed exemplary concentration and careful shot selection to put together a half-century stand from 83 a short boundary on the town side of the ground, the scoring rate was only fractionally above three an over when the second new ball became available at 243-5. The impressive Abbas struck with it in the 83rd over, as Vaughan (35) aimed a back-foot forcing shot and was caught at a wide third slip by Jack who loves nothing more than dominating a bowling attack, showed the required degree of restraint to reach fifty off 103 balls, having hit five fours. Kasey Aldridge, recalled to the Somerset team, proved an equally determined partner in taking Somerset through to the close, scoring just four off 34 Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
Yahoo
16-06-2025
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- Yahoo
Somerset suffer first defeat in thriller against Kent
Vitality Blast, South Group: Somerset 224-6 lost to Kent 228-5 by four runs Daniel Bell-Drummond scored a brilliant hundred as Kent won by four runs at the Cooper Associates Ground to end Somerset's five-match winning start to the Vitality Blast T20 South Group campaign, writes Andrew Stockhausen, ECB Reporter's Network. Advertisement The 31-year-old registered a high-octane innings of 100 from 49 balls, smashed 12 fours and 4 sixes and dominated a record-breaking opening stand of 158 with Tawanda Muyeye as the visitors posted a formidable 228-5 after losing the toss and being put in. It was a chastening experience for the Somerset bowlers, Riley Meredith having the best of it with a return of 3-44 from four overs. Tom Banton smashed 68 off 33 balls and dominated an opening stand of 91 with Will Smeed to give the Somerset reply the perfect start. But they were unable to maintain the onslaught and Nathan Gilchrist and Joey Evison claimed two wickets apiece as Kent held their nerve to inflict a first defeat of the tournament upon last season's runners-up. Muyeye and Bell-Drummond showed no signs of being intimidated by Somerset's 100 per cent winning start to the campaign, striking the ball cleanly in a progressive opening partnership of 158 in 13.2 overs. Leading by example, Bell-Drummond was first to 50, reaching that landmark via 29 balls with 5 fours and 2 sixes, while Muyeye faced two deliveries more to attain his half century. Read more: Especially severe on Matt Henry, Bell-Drummond took the New Zealander for a six and a four off successive balls in the tenth as Spitfires raced to 118 without loss at the halfway stage to dampen the spirits of a sell-out crowd of 7.000. Bell-Drummond took centre stage thereafter, the former Millfield Schoolboy facing a mere 19 deliveries more to go to a magnificent hundred amid a blaze of boundaries. Advertisement When the veteran batsman drove Lewis Goldsworthy to the cover boundary in the thirteenth to advance the score to 151, he and Muyeye had established a new highest opening partnership for Kent in matches against Somerset, eclipsing the 150 amassed by Bell-Drummond and Joe Denly in a game at Canterbury in 2016. No sooner had Bell-Drummond raised his third century in domestic T20 cricket, than he got out, flashing at a ball from Meredith and offering a catch behind, much to the relief of the Somerset camp. Green then had the dangerous Sam Billings held in the deep before he could inflict damage, while Lewis Gregory bowled Muyeye in the seventeenth to further check Kent progress. But big-hitting Finch and Jack Leaning ensured there was to be little respite for the home side, staging a fourth wicket stand of 25 at the death. Somerset chased 230 to defeat Middlesex in their last appearance at Taunton three days earlier, and Tom Banton and Will Smeed opened up. Dropped by Gilchrist in the deep off the bowling of Fred Klaassen when he had scored two, Banton clubbed three sixes and a four in one Stewart over to rub salt into the wound and state West Country intentions. Advertisement Making the most of his escape, Banton went to 50 from 22 balls and Somerset's opening pair put Kent's seamers under the pump to raise 81 from the powerplay. Kent earned themselves temporary respite, Gilchrist pinning Banton lbw for 68 with the score 91-1 in the seventh. Smeed then departed for 24, top-edging a short-pitched Klaassen delivery to third man as the reply faltered. Kohler-Cadmore hit Wes Agar for an effortless straight six, followed up with a pull shot for four and then admired an Abell swish that went to the fine leg boundary as the stand realised 50 from 24 balls. Kent breathed a sigh of relief when Kohler-Cadmore, having plundered 38 from 20 balls, tried to hit Evison over the top and holed out on the long-off boundary. Gilchrist removed Abell for 22 in the next over, at which point Somerset needed a further 70 to win from 34 balls. Evison then accounted for Gregory, caught at long-on, as he visitors regained the upper hand. Somerset needed 50 off three overs and Sean Dickson and Ben Green gave it their best shot, trading in sixes to heap pressure back onto the bowlers. Green cleared the rope on three occasions at the expense of Gilchrist in the eighteenth and Dickson helped himself to another six off Klaassen to leave Somerset to chase 19 off the final over, bowled by Tom Rogers. Green holed out in the deep off the first ball, departing for a 12-ball 25, while Dickson finished unbeaten on 31 as Somerset fell just short in a tense finale.
The Herald Scotland
15-06-2025
- Sport
- The Herald Scotland
Daniel Bell-Drummond hits hundred as Kent clinch thrilling Blast win at Somerset
In response, Tom Banton hit six sixes during a knock of 68 off 33 deliveries but Somerset's chase fell agonisingly short as their 100 per cent start ended in their sixth fixture of the season. Every boundary from a breathtaking Daniel Bell-Drummond hundred 💯 — Vitality Blast (@VitalityBlast) June 15, 2025 Pointless Gloucestershire remain bottom following a 40-run defeat at Glamorgan. Asa Tribe's unbeaten 63 and 53 from Ben Kellaway spearheaded the Welsh side's total of 189 for six at Bristol. Gloucestershire opener Cameron Bancroft also registered a half-century (52) but the hosts could not prevent a fifth consecutive loss. England seamer Matthew Potts posted career-best T20 figures of five for 17 as Durham eased to a six-wicket win over Yorkshire to climb to second in the North Group. An exceptional 5/17 from Matthew Potts 👏 — Vitality Blast (@VitalityBlast) June 15, 2025 The 26-year-old, who made his T20 international debut against the West Indies earlier this month, helped dismiss the second-bottom hosts for 128 in 19 overs in York. Durham captain Alex Lees hit 62 off 46 balls, including four fours and a six, en route to his side wrapping up a fourth win from six games with 12 balls to spare. Leicestershire bounced back from successive defeats to record a comfortable six-wicket win over Worcestershire. Chasing a modest target of 151, the home side were victorious with 17 balls to spare after captain Louis Kimber hit the winning runs during a knock of 26 off just 12 balls. 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗔 𝗪𝗜𝗡 💪💪 An emphatic victory for Leicestershire, as we beat the Rapids by six wickets. Kimber (26*) hits the winning runs with 17 balls to spare. 💥#Foxes🦊 — Leicestershire Foxes🦊 (@leicsccc) June 15, 2025 In the women's competition, Surrey moved back to the top of League One thanks to a five-wicket success against Essex at Chelmsford. Surrey bowlers Tash Farrant and Grace Harris took three wickets apiece before Kira Chathli top scored with 40 from 34 deliveries as the visitors chased down a target of 149 with nine balls remaining. Meg Austin's 51 off 38 balls set third-placed Birmingham Bears on their way to a 13-run victory over Hampshire. The Bears posted 178 for seven from their 20 overs at Edgbaston before restricting the Hawks to 165 for seven in response. Bottom side Somerset suffered a fifth defeat of the season after 49 from opener Suzi Bates helped second-bottom Durham to a four-wicket win with 11 balls left in Taunton.
NDTV
15-06-2025
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- NDTV
'Bunny Hop' Catches No Longer Legal: Frame-By-Frame Explanation Of New Cricket Rule
Boundary catches involving 'bunny hops', or multiple airborne touches outside the rope, have been deemed illegal by the Marylebone Cricket Club, with the new ruling set to be integrated into ICC's playing conditions this month and the MCC's laws from October next year. Spectacular catches like the ones pulled off by Michael Neser during BBL 2023 and Tom Banton, with Matt Renshaw's help in 2020, will not be considered legal once the updated rule comes into force. According to an MCC note circulated to member boards by the ICC, while the existing law "led to some spectacular" fielding efforts, it also allowed "some unusual-looking catches that, to the majority of the cricketing public, feel unfair". Here's a frame-by-frame explanation of the revamped rule: Frame 1: Fielder catches the ball inside the boundary rope, but the momentum is set to take him/her out of the field. Frame 2: Fielder throws the ball in the air as he is about to step outside the field. Frame 3: Fielder catches the ball outside the boundary rope again, but both his feet are in the air. This step is no longer allowed. Frame 4: Fielder throws the ball in the air before touching the ground again. Frame 5: Fielder completes the catch inside the field of play. While this would be termed as a valid catch as per the current rules, the MCC proposal has now made it invalid. Describing Neser's catch for Brisbane Heat to dismiss Jordan Silk, the MCC said the fielder "bunny hopped" before completing the catch inside the boundary. While the act complied with the law at the time, the note added it "felt like the fielder had - quite literally - gone too far". Both instances triggered widespread debate, prompting the ICC and MCC to review Law 19.5.2, which was last updated in 2010. As part of its revision, the MCC clarified that any fielder making a second contact with the ball after jumping from beyond the boundary must land inside the field of play, or else a boundary will be awarded. "MCC has devised a new wording where the 'bunny hop' wholly beyond the boundary is removed, but these catches where the fielder pushes the ball up from inside the boundary, steps outside and then dives back in to catch the ball, are permitted," the note said. "Our solution has been to limit any fielder who has gone outside the boundary to touching the ball while airborne only once, and then, having done so, to be wholly grounded within the boundary for the rest of the duration of that delivery." The rule will also apply to relay catches. If a fielder parries the ball while airborne outside the boundary and fails to return inside the field before the catch is completed — even by a teammate — it will be ruled a boundary. "Even if the ball is parried - to another fielder or inside the field of play - if the fielder lands outside the boundary, or subsequently steps outside, then a boundary will be scored. "For clarity, that means the fielder gets one chance, and one chance only, to touch the ball having jumped from outside the boundary. After that point, the boundary becomes a hard line - and any time they touch the ground in that delivery, whatever else happens, they must be inside." The revised rule will be enforced starting June 17, when the new World Test Championship (WTC) cycle begins with Sri Lanka taking on Bangladesh in Galle. The change in the laws will officially take effect from October 2026.
