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Worcestershire v Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire won by an innings and 177 runs

County Championship, Match 151 May 2026 to 4 May 2026County Ground, Northampton

WOR

Worcestershirebatted first

306 & 11444.1 ov

NOR

Northamptonshire

597/7d152 ov

Worcestershire won the toss and chose to bat

WORWorcestershire innings

30679.1 ov

Worcestershire batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
DH Lategan	c LD McManus b BW Sanderson	32	33	5	0	97.0
JD Libby	c CG Harrison b HNA Conway	3	7	0	0	42.9
GH Roderick	not out	164*	212	16	3	77.4
AJ Hose	c LD McManus b RA Weatherall	5	4	1	0	125.0
BL D'Oliveira	c CG Harrison b BW Sanderson	1	7	0	0	14.3
EA Brookes	lbw b BW Sanderson	32	68	5	0	47.1
MJ Waite	lbw b BW Sanderson	4	3	1	0	133.3
TAI Taylor	c LD McManus b RA Weatherall	3	11	0	0	27.3
B Swanepoel	lbw b CG Harrison	17	25	3	0	68.0
AW Finch	b CG Harrison	2	12	0	0	16.7
OJ Hannon-Dalby	c LD McManus b LA Procter	26	95	4	0	27.4
Extras	b 4, lb 8, w 1, nb 4	17
Total	all out, 79.1 overs, run rate 3.87	306

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 600

1-6 JD Libby2-44 DH Lategan3-51 AJ Hose4-52 BL D'Oliveira5-116 EA Brookes6-128 MJ Waite7-137 TAI Taylor8-178 B Swanepoel9-186 AW Finch10-306 OJ Hannon-Dalby

Bowling to Worcestershire
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
BW Sanderson	20	2	78	4	3.90	89	11	0	0	2
HNA Conway	11	2	41	1	3.73	48	7	0	1	0
RA Weatherall	11	0	47	2	4.27	40	5	0	0	0
LA Procter	10.1	1	22	1	2.16	44	1	0	0	0
CG Harrison	11.5	1	59	2	4.99	49	7	3	0	0
SA Zaib	4.1	0	14	0	3.36	13	1	0	0	0
JJG Sales	7	0	22	0	3.14	27	2	0	0	0
NA McSweeney	4	0	11	0	2.75	15	1	0	0	0

NORNorthamptonshire innings

597/7d152 ov

Northamptonshire batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
R Vasconcelos	lbw b EA Brookes	115	226	18	0	50.9
LA Procter	c EA Brookes b TAI Taylor	21	63	1	0	33.3
CG Harrison	b B Swanepoel	27	27	5	0	100.0
NA McSweeney	c OJ Hannon-Dalby b B Swanepoel	32	75	4	0	42.7
SA Zaib	c GH Roderick b TAI Taylor	75	78	11	0	96.2
JJG Sales	not out	146*	209	15	0	69.9
GA Bartlett	b TAI Taylor	54	96	7	0	56.3
LD McManus	lbw b BL D'Oliveira	104	137	8	3	75.9
RA Weatherall	not out	2*	4	0	0	50.0
Extras	b 4, lb 10, w 1, nb 6	21
Total	7 wickets, 152 overs, run rate 3.93	597

Did not batBW Sanderson, HNA Conway

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 600

1-49 LA Procter2-92 CG Harrison3-169 NA McSweeney4-270 R Vasconcelos5-287 SA Zaib6-392 GA Bartlett7-584 LD McManus

Bowling to Northamptonshire
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
TAI Taylor	30	7	97	3	3.23	135	12	0	0	0
OJ Hannon-Dalby	28	6	74	0	2.64	132	11	0	0	0
B Swanepoel	21	1	94	2	4.48	73	13	0	0	0
AW Finch	21	1	88	0	4.19	76	9	0	1	2
MJ Waite	23	4	83	0	3.61	93	7	0	0	1
EA Brookes	15	0	64	1	4.27	59	8	1	0	0
BL D'Oliveira	14	3	83	1	5.93	43	9	2	0	0

WORWorcestershire innings

11444.1 ov

Worcestershire batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
DH Lategan	c LD McManus b HNA Conway	17	56	1	0	30.4
JD Libby	b BW Sanderson	4	3	1	0	133.3
GH Roderick	lbw b BW Sanderson	33	88	3	0	37.5
AJ Hose	b BW Sanderson	33	52	5	0	63.5
BL D'Oliveira	c GA Bartlett b LA Procter	0	2	0	0	0.0
EA Brookes	b BW Sanderson	0	4	0	0	0.0
MJ Waite	c CG Harrison b BW Sanderson	0	2	0	0	0.0
TAI Taylor	b BW Sanderson	1	18	0	0	5.6
B Swanepoel	c & b BW Sanderson	8	13	2	0	61.5
AW Finch	not out	8*	17	1	0	47.1
OJ Hannon-Dalby	lbw b JJG Sales	3	10	0	0	30.0
Extras	b 4, lb 2, w 1	7
Total	all out, 44.1 overs, run rate 2.58	114

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 600

1-5 JD Libby2-38 DH Lategan3-88 AJ Hose4-89 BL D'Oliveira5-90 EA Brookes6-90 MJ Waite7-93 GH Roderick8-98 TAI Taylor9-103 B Swanepoel10-114 OJ Hannon-Dalby

Bowling to Worcestershire
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd
BW Sanderson	17	3	31	7	1.82	82	3	0
HNA Conway	11	1	39	1	3.55	49	6	0
RA Weatherall	6	0	14	0	2.33	24	1	0
CG Harrison	3	0	4	0	1.33	14	0	0
LA Procter	6	1	13	1	2.17	28	2	0
JJG Sales	1.1	0	7	1	6.00	5	1	1

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Match facts

Format: Multi-day match
Competition: County Championship
Toss: Worcestershire, chose to bat
Umpires: N Pratt and S Redfern
Match referee: IN Ramage
Season: 2026

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 22 / 6°C, 0.6 mm rain
Day 2: 19 / 8°C, 2.9 mm rain
Day 3: 17 / 11°C, 0.5 mm rain
Day 4: 16 / 9°C, 0.8 mm rain

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  "result": "Northamptonshire won by an innings and 177 runs",
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    { "team": "Northamptonshire", "runs": 597, "wickets": 7 },
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  "bowling": [ ... 21 rows ... ]
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