Yorkshire was forced to settle for a draw with Kent in the County Championship First Division; Paul Walter helps Essex salvage a draw against Northants; bad weather hits games in Bristol and Southampton; Durham starters star in Division Two tie with Sussex; Derbyshire and Glamorgan draw a thriller
Yorkshire’s George Hill celebrates with his team-mates after seeing off Kent’s George Linde
Yorkshire were denied the opportunity to chase down 114 in the last 21 overs due to poor light, as Kent secured an equalizer on the final day of their County Championship First Division clash at Headingley.
Referees Graham Lloyd and Steve O’Shaughnessy stopped play before the Yorkshire chase could begin, following impressive tackles from the trio of Kent Ben Compton (93), Grant Stewart (90) and Ollie Robinson (85 not out).
Kent seemed to be in safe waters at 384-6 in his second inning, a 104 lead and time was running out.
But Yorkshire captain Steve Patterson inspired a blast from four wickets for nine runs on 24 balls. He claimed three of them to finish 5-54 in 29.3 overs, only for the 38-year-old’s return to go unrewarded as Kent avoided a third loss in four games and denied his hosts a second win in three to start 2022. .
Paul Walter fell agonizingly short of a first-class maiden century, but his 93 ensured Essex held on to save the game and face off against Northamptonshire.
Walter anchored Essex’s second inning for 5 1/2 hours before he was dropped by a delivery from occasional pitcher Saif Zaib (1-14) who needed seven runs for his ton and three for the best hit of his career.
His good work was continued, albeit without the same flair, by Adam Wheater, who used 174 balls from the day’s allotment and scored just 33 runs.
In the end, Wheater was still there to accept visiting captain Ricardo Vasconcelos’s handshake in just after 5pm draw with Essex 328-9.
Off-spinner Rob Keogh relentlessly pulled away for 33 overs to claim 4-51 for Northants, supported by closer Tom Taylor who charged to return 3-62 figures, but his efforts were in vain.
bad weather denied from gloucestershire Chris Dent the opportunity to set a new career best score, as the final day of the match against surrey at Bristol it was abandoned without a ball being thrown.
Unbeaten at 207 overnight, the Brit had his sights set on a personal best score of 268 he achieved on this course against Glamorgan in September 2015.
However, no play was possible and Gloucestershire, responding to Surrey’s gargantuan 603, were unable to improve their 443-2 score in the first innings overnight.
The rain also frustrated hampshire Y lancashire try to play a potentially exciting final day at the Ageas Bowl.
The first three days had created the tantalizing prospect of Lancashire needing a further 342 races and Hampshire needing 10 wickets.
But a light rain fell on the field around 10:30 a.m., throughout the morning and afternoon, and referees Rob White and Nick Cook finally confirmed the draw, in which both sides scored 12 points, at 5 p.m. against the backdrop of both groups of players kicking soccer balls. around.
Leading hitters Sean Dickson and Alex Lees compiled the fourth-highest association in durham history as his match against sussex at Hove, unsurprisingly, it ended in a draw.
They put up 313 for the first wicket with Dickson making 186, his highest score for Durham, and Lees 105 before both fell to the same spot by Mason Crane.
By then, they had overcome all but two runs of their 315 first-inning deficit and when the players shook hands at 4:50 p.m., Durham was 364-3 with a 49 lead.
Sussex claimed 15 points from the tie, five more than their opponents.
glamorgan He narrowly failed to pull off an exciting chase in his match against derbyshire in the Derby it ended in a draw.
Set 331 in 55 overs, Marnus Labuschagne’s 85 from 87 balls and Sam Northeast’s 81 from 101 put Glamorgan on their way before fast bowler Ryan Sidebottom boosted Derbyshire’s victory hopes to 4-50.
Sidebottom eliminated Northeast to cut Glamorgan to 308-8, but James Harris and Timm van der Gugten, the latter batting with a runner, held on for the tie.
Brooke Guest had previously scored 138 to equal a 126-year-old record when he became only the second Derbyshire goalkeeper to score two hundred in one match.
