Without the rested Chris Woakes, both Bears opening bowlers struck early. Olly Hannon-Dalby forced Haseeb Hameed to edge to second slip where Rob Yates held on, and Freddie McCann emulated his captain’s 10-ball duck when Bamber hit his off stump. At 17-2, Martindale, deputising for the injured Ben Slater and playing only his second first-class
Rothesay County Championship, Division One, The Kia Oval, Kennington (day two) Nottinghamshire 184 & 147-3: Slater 37, Clarke 37*; Worrall 2-18 Surrey 162: Thomas 48, Burns 44; Stone 6-44 Notts (3pts) lead Surrey (3pts) by 169 runs with seven second-innings wickets remaining Match scorecard Outstanding fast bowling by Olly Stone, who took 6-44, put champions
One-Day Cup, men’s semi-final, Uptonsteel Grace Road Leicestershire 303-7 (50 overs): Shaikh 104, Kelly 53; Pennington 3-65 Nott Outlaws 280 all out (49 overs): McCann 64, Hameed 54; A Green 4-40 Leicestershire beat Notts Outlaws by 23 runs Scorecard Leicestershire reached their second One-Day Cup final in four years, overcoming Notts Outlaws by 23 runs
Yorkshire secured second spot in Group B with a seven-wicket win over Essex to book a home quarter-final at York on Friday. Captain Dom Bess (3-32) and seamer Ben Coad (3-22) helped bowl out already-eliminated Essex for 151 inside 41 overs. The Tykes then slipped to 15-2, but a second first-team half-century for England Under-19s
Metro Bank Group A One-Day Cup, AO Farington Lancashire 220 (49.1 overs): Shetty 53; Ahmed 3-26, Patterson-White 3-44 Notts Outlaws 189 (47.1 overs): Verreynne 61; Blatherwick 4-30, Shetty 3-35 Lancashire won by 31 runs party scorecard Arav Shetty’s impressive all-round contribution helped Lancashire end Nottinghamshire’s 100% winning start to this season’s One-Day Cup with a
