Spinners Archie Vaughan and Jack Leach sparked a dramatic late Surrey collapse as Somerset boosted hopes of a primary ever County Championship title with an exhilarating 111-run win over the Division One leaders at Taunton.
Chasing 221 to win on a turning pitch, Surrey have been bowled out for 111 with lower than 5 minutes left within the recreation, with 18-year-old Vaughan claiming 5-38 and match figures of 11-140, whereas Leach completed with 5-37.
Solely Dom Sibley (56) and Ben Foakes (20) supplied extended resistance, however their fourth-wicket stand of 49 in 29 overs seemed to have secured a draw earlier than seven wickets fell for 14 runs on the demise.
Somerset had prolonged their second-innings rating from an in a single day 194-9 to 224 all out, due to injured Tom Banton’s 46 and Craig Overton’s unbeaten on 49 after an unlikely stand of 71 gave their aspect real hope of victory.
They claimed 21 factors from the sport to Surrey’s 5 and closed the hole on the prime of the desk to simply eight factors with two matches to play.
Simon Harmer claimed his second four-wicket haul of the match as Essex wrapped up a Vitality County Championship innings victory over Nottinghamshire earlier than lunch on the ultimate day.
The South African off-spinner completed with 4-93 as Nottinghamshire’s batting collapsed for a second time in double-quick time to lose by an innings and 83 runs.
The relegation-threatened guests folded from their in a single day 180 for 2, nonetheless needing 184 to make Essex bat once more, shedding their remaining eight wickets in 38 overs whereas including 101 runs in an prolonged morning session. They’d conceded a 364-run deficit on first innings when bowled out for simply 93.
Harmer was ably supported by Sam Prepare dinner and Paul Walter, who took two apiece to sentence Nottinghamshire to their fourth defeat of the Division One season.
Durham‘s Matthew Potts took a career-best 9 for 68 to assist his aspect full their innings and 63-run thrashing of Lancashire at The Riverside.
Resuming on 155 for 4 and needing one other 190 runs to keep away from their fourth innings defeat of the season, Lancashire misplaced their final six wickets in lower than a session and have been bowled out for 282.
The one shred of consolation for the guests was supplied by 20-year-old Matty Hurst, who made 67, his second fifty of the match and fifth half-century of the season.
At one stage of his devastating spell, Potts was on a hat-trick however he needed to accept three wickets in 4 balls when Tom Bailey nicked his second supply to first slip Scott Borthwick.
He ended the sport when he had Anderson Phillip leg earlier than wicket to finish a match return of 12 for 126.
Durham take 24 factors from the sport, successfully ending any lingering fears of relegation, whereas Lancashire take one level, a return which retains them in ninth place in Division One.
Profession-best figures from bowler Matthew Potts impressed Durham’s thrashing of Lancashire
Will Rhodes struck his third century of the season to steer Warwickshire to security of their hard-fought draw with native rivals Worcestershire at Go to Worcestershire New Street.
Former Warwickshire captain Rhodes is ending a seven-season affiliation with the Bears on the finish of the marketing campaign to hitch Durham on a three-year contract.
He confirmed his high quality in defying the house aspect’s push for victory after Warwickshire had adopted on and have been nonetheless eight runs in arrears with three second-innings wickets down at first of the ultimate day.
The 29-year-old was unbeaten on 121 when a heavy downpour after lunch ended play and he wants simply 46 extra to finish 1,000 runs in a first-class season for the primary time.
Rhodes was given glorious assist by 18-year-old Hamza Sheikh (33 not out) in solely his second Championship match.
The end result leaves Worcestershire and Warwickshire 40 and 36 factors respectively forward of second-from-bottom Lancashire and each are strongly positioned to make sure one other marketing campaign of top-flight cricket.
Will Rhodes third century of the season guided Warwickshire to security of their County Championship draw at Worcestershire
Kent will stay to battle one other day in Division One after they battled for a draw with Hampshire on an exhilarating ultimate day at Canterbury.
Kent have been all out for 338 of their second innings. Jack Leaning made precisely 100 in a stand of 149 with Harry Finch, who was the final man out for 79, whereas Kyle Abbott took 4 for 66 and Muhammad Abbas three for 69.
It meant Hampshire wanted 143 from 9 overs however their inconceivable run chase lasted simply 2.4 overs. They have been 24 for one when dangerous mild ended their pursuit at 5.54pm earlier than the rain returned.
Jack Leaning of Kent celebrates reaching his century through the Vitality County Championship match between Hampshire and Kent at Utilita Bowl on July 02, 2024 in Southampton, England.
County Championship: Division Two
Tom Worth and Zafar Gohar held their nerve to steer Gloucestershire to a tense four-wicket victory at Lord’s and deal Middlesex‘s Vitality County Championship promotion hopes a extreme blow.
The guests gave the impression to be cruising to their goal of 234 after Miles Hammond and James Bracey each struck half-centuries in a fourth-wicket partnership of 113.
However a three-wicket burst for off-spinner Josh de Caires within the area of 9 deliveries hauled Middlesex again into competition earlier than the seventh-wicket pair steered Gloucestershire over the road with an unbroken stand of 54.
It was Gloucestershire’s second successive red-ball win at Lord’s, lifting them to fifth place in Division Two, whereas the house aspect drop to 3rd and path Yorkshire, within the second promotion spot, by 15 factors.
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