County Championship 2022 | Division One Round-up, July 28

The 2022 County Championship continued on Thursday, July 28 with the final day of five Division One fixtures. Here is a look at the high points from each of those five matches.

Tom Banton in action for Somerset (Image: Cricketer)

Essex vs Somerset

Tom Banton faced 120 balls to score 126, as Somerset declared their innings with a lead of 100.

Essex lost opener Nick Browne in the first over of their second innings, before captain Tom Westley and Paul Walter saw through the remainder of the proceedings without further damage. The match eventually turned out to be a high-scoring draw.

Brief scores:

Essex: 505-9d (163)

Nick Browne 234*, Paul Walter 86

Tom Lammonby 3-35, Craig Overton 2-65

Somerset: 605-6d (176.5)

Matt Renshaw 146, Tom Banton 126

Simon Harmer 2-123, Matt Critchley 2-138

Essex: 30-1 (17)

Tom Westley 15*, Paul Walter 15*

Peter Siddle 1-10

Match Drawn

 Gloucestershire vs Northamptonshire

Gloucestershire’s sporting declaration backfired as the Northants adopted England’s BazBall technique to chase down their 205-run target in the final session of the match.

Ryan Rickelton, who scored a durable 95 in the first innings, switched gears to club a 47-ball 68 in the run-chase.

Brief scores:

Gloucestershire: 317 (81.2)

James Bracey 79, Chris Dent 54

Rob Keogh 3-61, Jack White 2-42

Northamptonshire: 479 (144.1)

Ryan Rickelton 95, Luke Procter 78

Zafar Gohar 5-134, Zak Chappell 3-70

Gloucestershire: 363-9d (101)

Graeme van Buuren 127*, Marcus Harris 62

Tom Taylor 5-49, Jack White 2-48

Northamptonshire: 205-8 (33.4)

Ryan Rickelton 68, Will Young 43

Zafar Gohar 5-62, Zak Chappell 1-12

Northamptonshire won by 2 wickets

 Lancashire vs Kent

Hosts Lancashire overcame their 125-run first-innings disadvantage to script a remarkable final day win at Manchester. To start off, the Steven Croft-led side had set an improbable 312-run target for Kent.

In response, the visitors’ final innings lasted just 52.2 overs as they fell 184 runs short of their task. Lancashire’s Tom Bailey claimed a match-winning five-fer to finish with a match haul of 11 wickets. India’s enigma machine Washington Sundar also played his part in the win by pocketing three wickets in his economical 16 overs.

Brief scores:

Lancashire: 145 (45.2)

Luke Wells 35, Steven Croft 31

Matt Henry 5-45, Navdeep Saini 3-63

Kent: 270 (87)

Jack Leaning 90, Grant Stewart 64

Tom Bailey 6-64, Will Williams 3-31

Lancashire: 436-9d (118)

Josh Bohannon 134, Luke Wells 98

Matt Henry 4-82, Nathan Gilchrist 2-111

Kent: 127 (52.2)

Daniel Bell-Drummond 69*, Ollie Robinson 21

Tom Bailey 5-46, Washington Sundar 3-24

Lancashire won by 184 runs

Kemar Roach in action for Surrey

Surrey vs Warwickshire

The Warwickshire batters faced just an additional 11.5 overs on Day 4 to add another 40 runs all while losing their remaining six wickets. Surrey’s Kemar Roach turned out to be the destructor-in-chief with his 5-72 off 26 second-innings overs.

Later, the hosts chased down their 248-run target off the back of half-centuries from Rory Burns, Hashim Amla and Ollie Pope, all at a breakneck pace. Will Jacks finished with a flurry, hitting three sixes, including the knockout punch, during his six-ball unbeaten stay at the crease.

Brief scores:

Warwickshire: 253 (104.4)

Nathan McAndrew 44, Dominic Sibley 43

Tom Lawes 3-38, Conor McKerr 3-39

Surrey: 316 (80.1)

Ollie Pope 65, Will Jacks 44

O Hannon-Dalby 3-44, Nathan McAndrew 3-82

Warwickshire: 310 (102.5)

Sam Hain 96, Will Rhodes 74

Kemar Roach 5-72, Jordan Clark 3-61

Surrey: 252-4 (60.4)

Hashim Amla 80*, Rory Burns 61

Danny Briggs 2-65, Nathan McAndrew 1-14

Surrey won by 6 wickets

 Yorkshire vs Hampshire

It took Hampshire just 56.4 overs on the final day to chase down the remainder of their 214-run target. Openers Felix Organ and Ian Holland struck identical 70s before captain James Vince finished off the proceeding with an unbeaten run-chase special.

Brief scores:

Yorkshire: 159 (56.1)

Dominic Bess 67, Will Fraine 53

Kyle Abbott 6-36, Mohammad Abbas 3-25

Hampshire: 218 (51.2)

Ben Brown 53, Keith Barker 52

Jordon Thompson 5-60, Steven Patterson 3-49

Yorkshire: 272 (111.1)

Jonathan Tattersall 63, Adam Lyth 59

Kyle Abbott 4-77, Mohammad Abbas 3-37

Hampshire: 214-3 (59.4)

Felix Organ 72, Ian Holland 71

Ben Coad 2-31, Dominic Bess 1-89

Hampshire won by 7 wickets

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