Hampshire gave themselves a chance of going straight through to the Women’s One-Day Cup final with a seven-wicket victory over The Blaze. Maia Bouchier’s superb 118, her fourth century of the summer, helped Hampshire chase a target of 250 inside 40 overs. That gave them the extra bonus point to bring them level with The
Rothesay County Championship, Division One, Kia Oval (day three) Yorkshire 185 & 82: Luxton 29; Fisher 6-25 Surrey 83 & 187-9: Blake 43*; Hill 4-52 Surrey (19 pts) beat Yorkshire (3 pts) by one wicket Match scorecard Josh Blake and Matt Fisher were the Surrey heroes in a thrilling one-wicket County Championship win against Yorkshire
Rothesay County Championship, Division Two, Merchant Taylors’ School, Northwood (day three) Middlesex 247 & 200: Holden 51; Balderson 5-54 Lancashire 151 & 136: Jennings 38, Hurst 38; Helm 4-36 Middlesex (19 pts) beat Lancashire (3 pts) by 160 runs Match scorecard Tom Helm captured four wickets for the second time in the match as Middlesex’s
Rothesay County Championship, Division Two, St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury (day four) Kent 238 & 358: Northeast 132; Taylor 4-68 Worcestershire 217 & 84-3: D’Oliveira 103*; Milnes 3-51, Mahmud 3-51 Kent (19 pts) beat Worcestershire (3 pts) by 84 runs Match scorecard Kent moved clear of their closest rivals in the County Championship Division Two promotion
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
