After The Blaze had elected to bowl first, Essex’s 19-year-old opener Bryony Gilgrass played some pleasing shots as she and Scrivens sought to profit in the powerplay, before McCarthy skidded one through to trap her in front. The seamer then picked up a second wicket quickly when Jodi Grewcock cut straight to backward point. Smale
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Rothesay County Championship, Division One, County Ground, Hove (day four) Sussex 393 & 167-3 dec: Haines 63 Surrey 321: Lomror 58; Hunt 3-65 Sussex (14 pts) drew with Surrey (13 pts) Match scorecard Sussex skipper Tom Haines made his fifth half-century of the season as their game with Surrey fizzled out into a draw at
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by Adam Lanigan, BBC Sport England Quite simply, Durham have been far, far too good for Division Two. With the players they have been able to use this season, they would be more than a match for every single side in the division above. A shocking batting collapse at Headingley on the final day of
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Hampshire head coach Russell Domingo believes his side need “a bit of a miracle” if they are to remain a Division One side in the County Championship. Defeat to reigning champions Nottinghamshire on Friday left them 32 points from safety with just two fixtures remaining against Leicestershire and Sussex. The Rose and Crown sit bottom
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Rothesay County Championship, Division One, Trent Bridge (day four) Nottinghamshire 377: Clarke 105, Patterson-White 92 & 104: Clarke 37; Lumsden 5-36 Hampshire 304: Lehmann 133*; Pennington 3-60, Stone 3-67, Sheat 3-78 & 123: Currie 44* Mayes 25; Stone 6-28, Pennington 3-33 Nottinghamshire (22 pts) beat Hampshire (4 pts) by 54 runs Match scorecard Reigning champions
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The absence of a men’s Ashes Test in the north of England in 2027 is a direct result of the decision to switch a match from Hampshire to Headingley for Australia’s last visit in 2023. Next year, Hampshire’s home in Southampton will host an Ashes Test for the first time, with both Old Trafford in
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