- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR18.6 Off stump out of the ground! Wide on the crease, angled in full, shaping late enough to breach Compton's defensive push 60/32.4 Cleaned up! Guthrie with his maiden dismissal for Northants, leaving just leg stump standing as he barrels one in full outside off, which decks through a huge gap between Crawley's bat and pad 3/110.5 Caught behind! Tight to the stumps, good length, with enough movement back into the right-handed Bell-Drummond to have the Kent skipper pressing forward. McManus takes the catch above his head as the ball skips through via an edge 37/2Extras38 (b 4, lb 10, nb 12, w 12)TOTAL231 all out (62.5 Overs, RR: 3.67)Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Zak Crawley, 2.4 ov), 2-37 (Daniel Bell-Drummond, 10.5 ov), 3-60 (Ben Compton, 18.6 ov), 4-164 (Jack Leaning, 41.1 ov), 5-173 (Joey Evison, 42.2 ov), 6-177 (Tawanda Muyeye, 43.3 ov), 7-181 (Grant Stewart, 45.1 ov), 8-197 (Harry Finch, 50.6 ov), 9-231 (Keith Dudgeon, 62.4 ov), 10-231 (Nathan Gilchrist, 62.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB L Guthrie 15 1 69 2 4.6 4 0 DJ Leech 9 0 48 1 5.33 0 5 LA Procter 15 5 28 0 1.86 0 1 J Broad 10 2 36 1 3.6 0 0 RA Weatherall 10 3 32 3 3.2 0 0 SA Zaib 2.5 0 3 2 1.05 0 0 GA Bartlett 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
04/04Result
1st Match, County Championship Division Two at Northampton, Apr 4-7 2025
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![Kent]( "Kent")
231 & 171 -
![Northamptonshire]( "Northamptonshire")
143 & 114 (35.4 ov, target 260)
Current Run Rate
CRR
3.19
Last 10 Ov (Run Rate)
Last 10 Ov (RR)
14/3 (1.4)
04/04Result
1st Match, County Championship Division Two at Northampton, Apr 4-7 2025
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![Kent]( "Kent")
231 & 171 -
![Northamptonshire]( "Northamptonshire")
143 & 114 (35.4 ov, target 260)
Current Run Rate
CRR
3.19
Last 10 Ov (Run Rate)
Last 10 Ov (RR)
14/3 (1.4)
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras9 (lb 4, nb 4, w 1)TOTAL143 all out (42 Overs, RR: 3.4)Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Ricardo Vasconcelos, 3.1 ov), 2-34 (Luke Procter, 11.1 ov), 3-41 (George Bartlett, 13.4 ov), 4-41 (James Sales, 14.2 ov), 5-73 (Saif Zaib, 21.6 ov), 6-102 (Lewis McManus, 27.6 ov), 7-113 (Justin Broad, 30.3 ov), 8-130 (Rob Keogh, 38.2 ov), 9-139 (Dominic Leech, 40.2 ov), 10-143 (Liam Guthrie, 41.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB NN Gilchrist 8 1 50 1 6.25 0 2 KJ Dudgeon 13 2 33 1 2.53 1 0 Jaskaran Singh 12 2 35 4 2.91 0 0 G Stewart 6 1 18 3 3 0 0 JDM Evison 3 0 3 1 1 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR18.6 Slapped to cover! A tame way to fall after some tidy work. Broad's length delivery sits up and Crawley snatches too early, guiding it straight to Zaib who can't believe his luck 66/123.1 Off stump gone for a walk! Weatherall has his third, breaching Compton's defense from wide of the crease with a delivery that nips in a touch more upon pitching to sneak between bat and pad, sending off cartwheeling 76/419.4 Chipped to Zaib again! This time he's at midwicket and Bell-Drummond has to go. The Kent captain gets a full ball he wants to put away, but flicks it aerially, well-taken by Zaib above his head 69/219.5 Weatherall's on a hat-trick! Muyeye, top-scorer in the first innings, goes for a golden duck, yorked by a delivery that would have crashed into leg stump, moving late through the air. 69/329.1 A gift, flicked to deep square leg! Leaning tries to cash in on a juicy leg stump half volley but ends up sending it high into the hands of the sub fielder - on for Zaib - stationed out there for the bouncer! 97/552.6 Arm ball does the trick! Singh's feet are planted as he leans forward to defend, but the ball is darted in and skids into the pads. The umpire's finger is raised almost immediately 167/9Extras12 (lb 7, nb 4, w 1)TOTAL171 all out (55.3 Overs, RR: 3.08)Fall of wickets: 1-66 (Zak Crawley, 18.6 ov), 2-69 (Daniel Bell-Drummond, 19.4 ov), 3-69 (Tawanda Muyeye, 19.5 ov), 4-76 (Ben Compton, 23.1 ov), 5-97 (Jack Leaning, 29.1 ov), 6-106 (Harry Finch, 32.2 ov), 7-115 (Grant Stewart, 35.1 ov), 8-151 (Keith Dudgeon, 46.5 ov), 9-167 (Jaskaran Singh, 52.6 ov), 10-171 (Joey Evison, 55.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB L Guthrie 10 2 36 1 3.6 0 0 LA Procter 8 2 25 1 3.12 1 0 DJ Leech 11.3 2 27 2 2.34 0 1 RA Weatherall 10 1 38 3 3.8 0 1 J Broad 9 2 31 1 3.44 0 0 SA Zaib 6 1 6 2 1 0 0 GA Bartlett 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.6 Terrible leave! Dudgeon's been moving the ball into the left-handers all match and for some reason Vasconcelos decides to shoulder-arms to a good length delivery and gets his off stump rocked! 5/1Extras6 (lb 2, nb 4)TOTAL114 all out (35.4 Overs, RR: 3.19)Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Ricardo Vasconcelos, 1.6 ov), 2-44 (Luke Procter, 13.3 ov), 3-54 (James Sales, 15.5 ov), 4-92 (Saif Zaib, 23.2 ov), 5-92 (Rob Keogh, 23.5 ov), 6-100 (Lewis McManus, 25.4 ov), 7-107 (Justin Broad, 28.4 ov), 8-112 (Dominic Leech, 33.6 ov), 9-114 (Liam Guthrie, 35.2 ov), 10-114 (Raphael Weatherall, 35.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB NN Gilchrist 13 2 30 1 2.3 0 1 KJ Dudgeon 10.4 0 36 7 3.37 0 0 G Stewart 5 1 21 2 4.2 0 1 Jaskaran Singh 5 1 20 0 4 0 0 JDM Evison 2 0 5 0 2.5 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Northamptonshire , elected to field first
Season
Hours of play (local time)
11.00 start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days
4,5,6,7 April 2025 (4-day match)
Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Northamptonshire 3, Kent 3
Close of Play
- Thu, 4 Apr - day 1 - Northamptonshire 1st innings 118/7 (RI Keogh 53*, DJ Leech 1*, 33 ov)
- Sat, 5 Apr - day 2 - Northamptonshire 2nd innings 107/7 (GA Bartlett 54*, 28.4 ov)
Match Coverage
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