After a delayed start, Hampshire lost their four remaining first innings wickets in exactly an hour. Olly Hannon-Dalby had Andrew Neal caught at first slip to give him figures of 3-14, Suthar pinned James Fuller lbw and Ethan Bamber mopped things up, encouraging a thin edge from Ben Brown before Kyle Abbott drove low to
Rothesay County Championship, Division One, Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford (day four) Sussex 275 & 230: Coles 79; Akhter 4-51 Essex 177 & 271: Critchley 96; Coles 4-98 Sussex (20 pts) beat Essex (3 pts) by 47 runs Match scorecard Sussex took an hour and 20 minutes and 21 overs to wrap up the last
Derbyshire had earlier resumed their first innings on 162-2 and Montgomery looked in fine fettle as he posted a half century with seven fours and dominated a stand of 43 for the third wicket with nightwatchman Jack Morley. But Derbyshire’s smooth progress was rudely interrupted by the clatter of three wickets in six overs as
Rothesay County Championship, Division Two, St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury (day three) Kent 238 & 358: Northeast 132; Taylor 4-68 Worcestershire 217 & 84-3: D’Oliveira 24*; Milnes 2-21 Worcestershire (3 pts) need 286 more runs to beat Kent (3 pts) Match scorecard Kent look well placed to beat fellow County Championship promotion hopefuls Worcestershire at Canterbury,