03/09Result

County Championship Division One at Northampton, Sep 3-6 2023

NorthamptonshireNorthamptonshireNHNTS
232 & 266 (82.2 ov)
LancashireLancashireLANCS
524

Lancashire won by an inns & 26 runs

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Luke Wells spins Northamptonshire to fifth innings defeat of the season

No escape from fate as final five wickets fall on fourth morning at Wantage Road

Match Centre

Match Details

County Ground, Northampton

Series

County Championship Division One 2023

Toss

Lancashire , elected to field first

Season

2023

Match days

3,4,5,6 September 2023 (4-day match)

Umpires

Hassan Adnan

Mark Newell

Match Referee

Simon Hinks

Points

Lancashire 22, Northamptonshire 2

Scorecard Summary

82.2

Wells to Sanderson, OUT,

BW Sanderson c Williams b Wells 19 (12m 18b 2x4 1x6) SR: 105.55

82.1

Wells to Broad, 1 run,

END OF OVER:
82 | 12 Runs | NHNTS: 265/9

Ben Sanderson19 (17b)
Justin Broad8 (19b)

Tom Hartley34-8-101-1
Luke Wells7-0-24-4

81.6

Hartley to Sanderson, FOUR,

81.5

Hartley to Sanderson, no run,

81.4

Hartley to Sanderson, 2 runs,

81.3

Hartley to Sanderson, SIX,

Match Coverage

All Match News

Luke Wells spins Northamptonshire to fifth innings defeat of the season
No escape from fate as final five wickets fall on fourth morning at Wantage Road
George Balderson's century compounds misery for bottom-of-the-table Northants
Balderson's second first-class hundred has Lancashire eyeing innings victory after posting 524
Josh Bohannon 175 piles pressure on bottom club Northamptonshire
Lancashire push into 160-run lead after Bohannon and Balderson put on century stand
Sam Whiteman resists but Northants let bonus points slip once again
Early wickets in reply prevent Lancashire from taking full control on opening day at Wantage Road

Northants INNINGS		R	B
Hassan Azad	caught	30	61
EN Gay	lbw	29	41
SM Whiteman	bowled	54	112
LA Procter	lbw	1	10
RI Keogh	caught wk	29	45
SA Zaib	caught wk	45	101
LD McManus	caught	24	82
J Broad	not out	9	20
TAI Taylor	caught	4	4
CJ White	caught	6	5
BW Sanderson	caught	19	18
EXTRAS	(b 4, lb 2, nb 10)
TOTAL	266 (all out; 82.2 ovs)

Lancashire BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
TE Bailey	18.0	5	70	2	3.88	(1nb)
WSA Williams	14.0	5	26	2	1.85
GP Balderson	9.0	0	38	0	4.22	(3nb)
TW Hartley	34.0	8	101	1	2.97
LWP Wells	7.2	0	25	5	3.40	(1nb)

Northants 3rd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	47	Hassan Azad	EN Gay
2nd	32	SM Whiteman	Hassan Azad
3rd	3	LA Procter	SM Whiteman
4th	50	SM Whiteman	RI Keogh
5th	33	SM Whiteman	SA Zaib
6th	56	LD McManus	SA Zaib
7th	7	SA Zaib	J Broad
8th	4	TAI Taylor	J Broad
9th	12	CJ White	J Broad
10th	22	BW Sanderson	J Broad

County Championship Division One

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
SUR	14	8	2	4	216
ESSEX	14	7	3	4	196
HANTS	14	8	4	2	192
WARKS	14	6	4	4	179
LANCS	14	3	1	10	161
NOTTS	14	4	4	6	151
SOM	14	3	4	7	148
KENT	14	2	7	5	111
MIDDX	14	3	9	2	104
NHNTS	14	2	8	4	96

County Ground, Northampton

Series

Toss

Season

Match days

Umpires

Match Referee

Points

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 232(75.4 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

LANCASHIRE 524(142.3 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 266(82.2 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:82 | 12 Runs | NHNTS: 265/9

Luke Wells spins Northamptonshire to fifth innings defeat of the season

George Balderson's century compounds misery for bottom-of-the-table Northants

Josh Bohannon 175 piles pressure on bottom club Northamptonshire

Sam Whiteman resists but Northants let bonus points slip once again

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 232(75.4 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

LANCASHIRE 524(142.3 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 266(82.2 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:
82 | 12 Runs | NHNTS: 265/9