Rothesay County Championship, Division Two, Lord’s (day three) Northamptonshire 103 & 285: Zaib 110, Vasconcelos 69; Helm 4-62, Gohar 3-57 Middlesex 255 & 134-3: Geddes 59*, Holden 50 Middlesex (20 pts) beat Northants (3 pts) lead by seven wickets Match scorecard Max Holden and Ben Geddes shared a century partnership as Middlesex completed their County
When play began, Nottinghamshire led by 127 with seven wickets in hand, but it was soon clear there was more than enough in the pitch for a seam attack of Yorkshire’s quality to inflict more damage. White struck with the fourth ball of the day, finding the outside edge as Jack Haynes defended his off
Resuming on ten without loss, Lancashire scored only 66 runs and lost three wickets in 32 overs during the morning session. And the manner of the dismissals epitomised the county’s travails with the bat this season. Having made 17 in 110 minutes Keaton Jennings swept Parkinson to Shaf Ghafari at deep square leg; two overs
Rothesay County Championship, Division One, Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton (day three) Surrey 422: Lawrence 139, Sibley 72, Foakes 64; Leach 4-91, Gregory 3-85 Somerset 691-8: Abell 284*, Lammonby 229, Pretorius 72*; Lomror 4-196 Somerset (5 pts) lead Surrey (4 pts) by 269 runs with two wickets remaining Match scorecard Double centurions Tom Lammonby and
Kent began day three knowing victory would guarantee second place, but Tom Boorman was dropped in the first over, after he edged Khaled Ahmed – keeper Chris Benjamin left it for first slip Crawley, who seemed surprised and missed the chance. However, both overnight batters went in the space of seven balls. Miles Hammond edged
