Rothesay County Championship, Division One, Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford (day two) Essex 134: Bamber 6-26 & 189: Walter 42; Suthar 5-75 Warwickshire 191 & 138-2: Malik 51 Warwickshire (19 pts) beat Essex (3 pts) by eight wickets Match scorecard Manav Suthar spun Warwickshire into pole position in the race for the County Championship title
Rothesay County Championship, Division One, Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford (day one) Essex 134: Bell 61; Bamber 6-26 Warwickshire 151-9: Hain 58*; Snater 3-17 Warwickshire (3 pts) lead Essex (3 pts) by 17 runs Match scorecard Ethan Bamber claimed a career-best 6-26 against Essex to keep Warwickshire’s County Championship hopes alive on a day of
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
Yorkshire prised out the remaining three wickets in the Essex innings, though George Bell and Zaman Akhter delayed things by completing an eighth-wicket partnership of 68. Bell, in his first innings for Essex since joining on loan from Lancashire last week, played very nicely for an unbeaten 64, including slog-sweeping Bess for six late on
Rothesay County Championship, Division One, Headingley (day two) Yorkshire 390: Bess 80*; Critchley 5-85 Essex 137-7: Bell 42*; Bess 3-36 Essex (2 pts) trail Yorkshire (5 pts) by 253 runs Match scorecard Yorkshire spinners Dom Bess and Kuldeep Yadav combined with bat and ball to pile the pressure on Essex at the midway point of
Rothesay County Championship, Division One, Headingley (day one) Yorkshire 241-6: Lyth 62, Revis 61, Luxton 50; Critchley 2-39, Snater 2-53 Essex: Yet to bat Essex (2 pts), Yorkshire (0 pts) Match scorecard Matt Critchley and Shane Snater inspired a superb afternoon Essex fightback with the ball to stymie strong Yorkshire progress during a weather-interrupted opening
