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
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
Rothesay County Championship, Division One, Uptonsteel Grace Road, Leicester (day three) Somerset 363: Thomas 100 & 316-5 dec: Nicholls 100*; Ahmed 2-76 Leicestershire 157 & 145: Cox 39; Overton 4-33 Somerset (22 pts) beat Leicestershire (3 pts) by 377 runs Match scorecard Somerset completed a thumping 377-run victory over troubled Leicestershire with more than a
Rothesay County Championship, Division Two, New Road, Worcester (day three) Worcestershire 200 & 182: D’Oliveira 64; Chahal 4-46, Conway 3-33 Northamptonshire 289 & 96-4: Zaib 24; Usama 3-34 Northamptonshire (20 pts) beat Worcestershire (3pts) by six wickets. Match scorecard Northamptonshire boosted their promotion hopes by romping to a convincing six-wicket win over Worcestershire at New
The visitors had resumed with a 196-run lead and Dhariwal went to his maiden half-century from 107 balls in the third over of the day with a four off Red Rose skipper James Anderson. Batting looked more comfortable than it had done on a frenetic second day when 22 wickets fell and he had reached
