At a glance
- Warwickshire pick up win over Yorkshire
- Glamorgan win a classic at Sophia Gardens
- Sussex avoid the rain for the win
There was plenty of action on the final day of the County Championship, with huge wins for Warwickshire and Glamorgan. Sussex beat the rain and Leicestershire, and Surrey drew again.
You can see the table after round 6 here
Warwickshire v Yorkshire
Warwickshire picked up a huge win against Yorkshire before lunch on the final day. Yorkshire started the day on 98-5, needing a miracle, or the rain to save them from defeat. In the end, there was no miracle and the rain held off.
The overnight pair of Matthew Revis and George Hill both fell early, neither adding too much to their overnight score. Dom Bess gave some resistance, scoring 39 but no one stuck around as Yorkshire were bowled out for 171 to lose by 377 runs.
Ethan Bamber added the wicket of George Hill to end the innings with 4-50. Ollie Hannon-Dalby took 3-33, and 7-71 in the match. Jordan Thompson took 2-31 and Ed Barnard ended with 1-12.
You can read the full scorecard here
Glamorgan v Somerset
What a game at Sophia Gardens as Glamorgan picked up their first Division One win on home soil for . Glamorgan started the day on 140-5, with Ryan Hadley, the nightwatchman, and Sean Dickson just starting their innings. Glamorgan knew that they would get the runs if they didn’t get out, while Somerset wanted wickets. Hadley and Dickson (76) stuck around for a long time to put on 114 runs for the sixth wicket to 248-6.
The quick wickets Somerset needed then came, a little too late. Chris Cooke was out for 5, with Glamorgan needing 30 to win, then Timm van der Gugten went for 6, but Glamorgan only needed 15 at that point. All the time, Hadley stuck around, and at the end it was him who fittingly hit the winning runs to bring up his 50 from 231 balls, and nearly 5 hours at the crease with Glamorgan winning by 2 wickets.
Migael Pretorius took 4-74, and Craig Overton took 3-60, and tried their best to get those last two wickets to secure the win. However it’s now back to back defeats for Somerset.
You can read the full scorecard here
Sussex v Leicestershire
With rain around Hove, and a couple of breaks due to it, Sussex still managed to win the match by seven wickets. Leicestershire resume on 154-4, a lead of 52, and they would hoping to bat themselves into a position where they couldn’t lose.
Sussex, however, had other ideas. Leicestershire lost four wickets for 16 runs in the morning session, and despite Ben Cox ending up with 44*, they were bowled out just before lunch for 232, setting Sussex 131 to win.
Sussex had a couple of overs to face before lunch, and went to lunch 8-1, Daniel Hughes going the first ball he faced. Tom Clark and Danial Ibrahim set about getting this total in-between the rain breaks. Clark was out for 39, with the score on 76, and then Ibrahim went for 48 with Sussex needing 30 to win.
James Coles (32*) and Jack Leaning (7*)saw them home to win by seven wickets. Tom Helm (1-37), Ben Green (1-35) and Ajaz Patel (1-15) were the wicket takers.
You can read the full scorecard here
Nottinghamshire v Surrey
This game has had draw written on it since the end of day one. Nottinghamshire started day four on 99-1, with Ben Slater on 42 and Ben Duckett on 35. Surrey wanted quick wickets. They removed Slater for 50 with the score on 118-2. Ben Duckett and Joe Clarke (59) then put on 119 runs for the third wicket.
Then a partnership of 122 between Duckett and Jack Haynes (53) made certain of the draw. Duckett was 202*, a timely reminder for the England Selectors. Kyle Verreynne was the other not out batter with 19, as the sides shook hands with Nottinghamshire 414-4d.
Daniel Worrall (1-40) and Jordan Clark (1-62) took the wickets to fall today, as Jack Haynes was run out. Not much else to say on the bowling front as Surrey used 9 bowlers.
You can read the full scorecard here
Next Fixtures
All games start Friday 15th May
Essex v Leicestershire @ Chelmsford
Hampshire v Nottinghamshire @ Southampton
Somerset v Sussex @ Taunton
Warwickshire v Glamorgan @ Edgbaston
Yorkshire v Surrey @ Headingley
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