Broad on the ball as Notts turn on style
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE got their first red-ball win since 2018 as they wrapped up a 310-run success over DERBYSHIRE.
Stuart Broad took four for 37 as the hosts were shot out for 159 having been set an improbable target of 470.
DURHAM beat WARWICKSHIRE by an innings and 127 runs. Brydon Carse (below) starred with bat and ball for the hosts, first hitting an unbeaten 40 as Durham declared on 391 for nine then taking five for 49 as the visitors scored 177.
West Indies paceman Kemar Roach took a career-best eight for 40 as SURREY thrashed HAMPSHIRE by 289 runs at the Kia Oval.
SOMERSET closed on
104 for four having been set a target of 207 to beat MIDDLESEX at Taunton.
Middlesex, with Steven Finn taking five for 77, claimed a first-innings lead of 89 after bowling Somerset out for 268 but were then bowled out for 117. Craig Overton claimed five for 34.
LANCASHIRE, who trailed by 98 after being bowled out for 230 in their first innings, hit back to dismiss SUSSEX for 154 the second time around.
David Willey (below) produced a battling show to dent former club NORTHAMPTONSHIRE’S chances of beating YORKSHIRE at
Headingley.
At the close, Northants’ hopes were in the balance having slipped to 94 for four chasing 220. Willey first frustrated his old side with an unbeaten 41 to help Yorkshire recover from 86 for six to post 247 in their second innings.
LEICESTERSHIRE ended the day with a lead of 271 having reached 125 for three in their second innings against GLOUCESTERSHIRE at Bristol.
WORCESTERSHIRE, at New Road, reached 302 for five in response to ESSEX’S mighty first-innings 561 for eight declared.