County Championship 2022 | Division One Round-up, July 14

The tenth round of 2022 County Championship Division One came to a conclusion with Day 4 on Thursday, July 14. While the Essex trumped Gloucestershire by 9 wickets on Day 3 itself, here is a look at the high points from the rest of the four Division One matches played across England.

Hampshire vs Warwickshire

Beginning the final day at 212-9, Warwickshire dragged themselves to another 32 runs before setting up a paltry target of 91 for Hampshire.

The Hampshire batters, in response, chased down the total within 17 overs of their second innings. Captain James Vince scored the winning runs during his unbeaten 22.

Brief scores:

Warwickshire: 217 (70.5)

Nathan McAndrew 63, Dominic Sibley 56

Kyle Abbott 5-45, Liam Dawson 2-51

Hampshire: 370-9d (111)

Ian Holland 99, Liam Dawson 92

Oliver Hannon-Dalby 5-86, Nathan McAndrew 3-92

Warwickshire: 243 (111.5)

Michael Burgess 58, Alex Davies 46

Keith Barker 4-35, Mohammad Abbas 3-31

Hampshire: 91-2 (16.5)

Felix Organ 41, James Vince 22*

George Garrett 1-16, Danny Briggs 1-48

Hampshire won by 8 wickets

Kent vs Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire batters entered the final day with intent, minting 112 runs off the 20 overs they faced in the morning session. Setting up a final day target of 365, hosts Kent folded up for just 161 inside 75 overs. Remarkably, they lost their last wicket with just seven deliveries before the close of play.

Northamptonshire bowlers Simon Kerrigan and Rob Keogh claimed five wickets each to manufacture a thrilling win for their side.

Brief scores:

Northamptonshire: 303 (93.3)

Emilio Gay 112, Ryan Rickelton 55

Matt Milnes 3-47, Joe Denly 2-31

Kent: 335 (109.2)

Jordan Cox 72, Joe Denly 63

Jack White 4-62, Ben Sanderson 4-63

Northamptonshire: 396-8d (100)

Ryan Rickelton 133, James Neesham 91

George Linde 3-43, Grant Stewart 2-69

Kent: 161 (74.5)

Zak Crawley 35, Ben Compton 34

Rob Keogh 5-31, Simon Kerrigan 5-43

Northamptonshire won by 203 runs

Lancashire vs Somerset

Lancashire captain Dane Vilas made declaration to their overnight score, thus settling with a 178-run first innings lead.

In response, Somerset batted through the day, reaching 213-7 to wipe off the deficit. Lewis Goldsworthy top-scored in the innings with 73* and despite a five-wicket haul from Lancashire’s Jack Morley, the match ended in a draw.

Brief scores:

Somerset: 446 (135.1)

Lewis Goldsworthy 130, James Rew 70

Will Williams 3-85, Luke Wood 2-75

Lancashire: 624-9 (149.2)

Keaton Jennings 318, Luke Wells 109

Roelof van der Merwe 5-174, Matt Renshaw 3-29

Somerset: 213-7 (94)

Lewis Goldsworthy 73*, Tom Lammonby 33

Jack Morley 5-69, Luke Wood 1-25

Match Drawn

Yorkshire vs Surrey

Yorkshire batters stretched their overnight score to 220. Matthew Waite struck the lone half-century of the innings wrecked by Surrey’s Jamie Overton, who bagged a six-fer in his 18 overs.

Requiring 227 for a win off the remaining 51 overs of the day, Surrey adopted the BazBall approach in their run-chase.

Each of their top five batters charted rapid 20s before Ben Foakes and Aaron Hardie saw them through in the final hour of the match with 40-odd not outs.

Brief scores:

Yorkshire: 521 (134.2)

Adam Lyth 183, Jonathan Tattersall 180*

Tom Lawes 4-51, Will Jacks 2-78

Surrey: 515 (129)

Rory Burns 132, Ben Foakes 86*

Dominic Bess 5-126, Jordan Thompson 2-94

Yorkshire: 220 (64.5)

Matthew Waite 59*, George Hill 38

Jamie Overton 6-61, Tom Lawes 1-15

Surrey: 228-6 (43.3)

Ben Foakes 42*, Aaron Hardie 40*

Shannon Gabriel 2-18, Jordan Thompson 2-50

Surrey won by 4 wickets