Derbyshire captain Wayne Madsen will extend his stay at the club into a 19th season after signing a one-year red-ball contract. The 42-year-old South Africa-born right-handed batter has scored more than 24,000 all-format runs for the county, including 52 centuries. He retired from domestic T20 cricket in July, but will lead Derbyshire in their 2027
Just three runs had been added to Worcestershire’s overnight total when Nick Potts wrapped up proceedings by catching Gibbon’s edge, with the visitors set 333 to win. Allison put the hosts into an early stronghold with a double wicket maiden, kissing the edge of Harry Came’s bat and handing a straightforward catch to Rehaan Edavalath
Rothesay County Championship, Division Two, New Road, Worcester (day two) Worcestershire 214: Abbas 5-63 & 203-9: Waite 73*; Abbas 4-63 Derbyshire 88: Madsen 40; Allison 5-22, Taylor 3-27 Worcestershire (3 pts) lead Derbyshire (3 pts) by 329 runs Match scorecard Matthew Waite’s superb unbeaten 73 helped Worcestershire open up a 329-run lead over Derbyshire at
The visitors took the early ascendency when Abbas curtailed Dan Lategan’s cameo of 26 in the seventh over of the morning, courtesy of a sharp Martin Andersson catch. The Pakistan international then snagged a second, removing Rehaan Edavalath for 11, before a plucky stand between Jake Libby and Adam Hose stabilised the hosts. Hose made
Northamptonshire head coach Darren Lehmann says one of the worst advertisements for the county game was on show during his side’s draw with Derbyshire. Bad light and drizzle brought Northamptonshire’s pursuit of 349 to a halt when they needed just 23 more runs with four wickets in hand. The players were taken off at around
Rothesay County Championship, Division Two, cinch County Ground, Northampton (day four) Derbyshire 372 & 286: Andersson 62; Guthrie 3-61 Northamptonshire 310 & 326-6: Vasconcelos 132; Randell 3-54 Northants (13 pts) drew with Derbyshire (14 pts) Match scorecard Promotion hopefuls Northamptonshire’s hopes of pulling off a County Championship win over Derbyshire were denied by bad light
