Kent rested leading wicket-taker Matt Milnes but Mahmud had Derbyshire reeling after the first two balls of an overcast morning. With the floodlights on, conditions looked good for bowling and Mahmud showed the qualities that brought him figures of 6-55 in Bangladesh’s famous Test win over Australia in Darwin last month. His first delivery lifted
Rothesay County Championship, Division Two, Emirates Old Trafford (day one) Gloucestershire 164-6: Ahmed 33*; Balderson 3-35, Anderson 2-33 Lancashire: Yet to bat Bonus points: Lancashire 2pts, Gloucestershire 0pts Match scorecard Three wickets from George Balderson gave Lancashire a slight edge after a rain-hit day of their match with Gloucestershire. Balderson took 3-35 to move one
Rothesay County Championship, Division Two, Banks Homes Riverside (day one) Durham 252: Raine 58*, Lees 48; Morgan 4-78, Sharma 3- 38, Higgins 3-63 Middlesex 70-2: Robson 26; Carse 2-18 Middlesex (3 pts), Durham (1 pt) Match scorecard Ben Raine led a Durham fightback with the bat after Seb Morgan’s four wickets had put Middlesex in
Still in the bottom two in the table despite an upturn in form, Leicestershire need fortune to favour them after learning before play began that they had been charged with breaching ECB regulations over what was deemed a sub-standard pitch prepared for last month’s win over Glamorgan at Grace Road. They face losing all of
Having won the toss and elected to bowl first, Ben Sanderson struck the first blow on an overcast morning at New Road by trapping Dan Lategan lbw just two balls in. That became 20-2 as Procter clattered Rehaan Edavalath’s off-stump with his first ball. Libby and Hose then dug in until lunch on 56-2. But
Glamorgan made two changes bringing in Jack Hope-Bell for his first class debut in place of Connor O’Riordan, while Jamie McIlroy replaced Dan Douthwaite to make his first red ball appearance since May. Warwickshire remained unchanged from their comfortable win over Hampshire last time out and started strongly after rain had delayed the start of
