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Northamptonshire v Lancashire

Northamptonshire won by 316 runs

County Championship, Match 3520 August 2026 to 23 August 2026Old Trafford, Manchester

NOR

Northamptonshirebatted first

284 & 298/4d64 ov

LAN

Lancashire

137 & 12952.2 ov

Lancashire won the toss and chose to field

NORNorthamptonshire innings

28489.2 ov

Northamptonshire batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
R Vasconcelos	lbw b GP Balderson	13	38	1	0	34.2
LA Procter	c AR Shetty b TE Bailey	39	101	6	0	38.6
CG Harrison	c JJ Bohannon b BL Walkden	1	21	0	0	4.8
NA McSweeney	lbw b BL Walkden	20	32	3	0	62.5
SA Zaib	b BL Walkden	3	7	0	0	42.9
JJG Sales	c J Moores b GP Balderson	19	58	3	0	32.8
GA Bartlett	c KK Jennings b GP Balderson	92	151	10	2	60.9
LD McManus	c MS Harris b Nauman Ali	47	85	7	0	55.3
L Guthrie	c MS Harris b GP Balderson	21	32	3	0	65.6
BW Sanderson	c R Flintoff b TE Bailey	0	3	0	0	0.0
YS Chahal	not out	0*	13	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 15, lb 2, w 2, nb 10	29
Total	all out, 89.2 overs, run rate 3.18	284

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 300

1-41 R Vasconcelos2-56 CG Harrison3-82 NA McSweeney4-92 LA Procter5-92 SA Zaib6-134 JJG Sales7-225 LD McManus8-256 L Guthrie9-257 BW Sanderson10-284 GA Bartlett

Bowling to Northamptonshire
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
TE Bailey	19	5	54	2	2.84	85	8	0	0	0
MT Stanley	19	3	69	0	3.63	82	10	0	1	1
GP Balderson	26.2	6	70	4	2.66	129	7	2	1	2
BL Walkden	13	5	33	3	2.54	68	6	0	0	1
Nauman Ali	12	0	41	1	3.42	45	2	0	0	1

LANLancashire innings

13747.4 ov

Lancashire batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
KK Jennings	c b L Guthrie	19	64	2	0	29.7
MS Harris	c LD McManus b LA Procter	25	66	3	0	37.9
JJ Bohannon	lbw b BW Sanderson	4	6	1	0	66.7
AR Shetty	lbw b BW Sanderson	37	47	6	0	78.7
R Flintoff	lbw b BW Sanderson	15	24	2	0	62.5
J Moores	b YS Chahal	1	5	0	0	20.0
GP Balderson	not out	4*	31	0	0	12.9
BL Walkden	c b BW Sanderson	0	1	0	0	0.0
Nauman Ali	lbw b L Guthrie	1	19	0	0	5.3
TE Bailey	c CG Harrison b L Guthrie	4	2	1	0	200.0
MT Stanley	lbw b YS Chahal	13	23	1	1	56.5
Extras	b 4, lb 4, w 2, nb 4	14
Total	all out, 47.4 overs, run rate 2.87	137

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 300

1-45 MS Harris2-50 JJ Bohannon3-80 KK Jennings4-104 AR Shetty5-107 J Moores6-113 R Flintoff7-113 BL Walkden8-115 Nauman Ali9-120 TE Bailey10-137 MT Stanley

Bowling to Lancashire
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
BW Sanderson	18	8	39	4	2.17	90	5	0	0	1
L Guthrie	14	2	51	3	3.64	59	7	0	1	0
LA Procter	7	2	16	1	2.29	34	2	0	1	0
JJG Sales	1	0	4	0	4.00	4	1	0	0	0
YS Chahal	7.4	2	19	2	2.48	37	1	1	0	1

NORNorthamptonshire innings

298/4d64 ov

Northamptonshire batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
R Vasconcelos	c JJ Bohannon b Nauman Ali	100	131	12	1	76.3
LA Procter	lbw b TE Bailey	46	111	6	0	41.4
CG Harrison	c AR Shetty b Nauman Ali	29	36	2	2	80.6
NA McSweeney	b BL Walkden	29	40	3	0	72.5
SA Zaib	not out	55*	45	6	1	122.2
GA Bartlett	not out	32*	22	4	1	145.5
Extras	lb 5, nb 2	7
Total	4 wickets, 64 overs, run rate 4.66	298

Did not batJJG Sales, LD McManus, L Guthrie, BW Sanderson, YS Chahal

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 300

1-121 LA Procter2-174 CG Harrison3-187 R Vasconcelos4-235 NA McSweeney

Bowling to Northamptonshire
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
TE Bailey	11	4	24	1	2.18	55	2	1	0
MT Stanley	8	0	34	0	4.25	32	5	0	0
BL Walkden	7	2	20	1	2.86	31	2	0	0
GP Balderson	4	0	26	0	6.50	16	4	0	0
Nauman Ali	18	1	109	2	6.06	54	13	2	0
AR Shetty	16	0	80	0	5.00	52	7	2	1

LANLancashire innings

12952.2 ov

Lancashire batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
MS Harris	lbw b YS Chahal	10	25	2	0	40.0
KK Jennings	c b BW Sanderson	0	9	0	0	0.0
JJ Bohannon	b LA Procter	10	63	1	0	15.9
TE Bailey	b L Guthrie	19	41	1	0	46.3
AR Shetty	lbw b BW Sanderson	11	19	1	0	57.9
R Flintoff	c SA Zaib b LA Procter	11	13	2	0	84.6
J Moores	obstructing the field	2	16	0	0	12.5
GP Balderson	c GA Bartlett b CG Harrison	6	35	1	0	17.1
BL Walkden	not out	22*	54	1	0	40.7
Nauman Ali	c SA Zaib b L Guthrie	3	25	0	0	12.0
MT Stanley	b CG Harrison	11	23	2	0	47.8
Extras	lb 6, nb 18	24
Total	all out, 52.2 overs, run rate 2.46	129

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 300

1-7 KK Jennings2-15 MS Harris3-51 TE Bailey4-51 JJ Bohannon5-77 AR Shetty6-77 R Flintoff7-82 J Moores8-99 GP Balderson9-108 Nauman Ali10-129 MT Stanley

Bowling to Lancashire
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Nb
BW Sanderson	12	5	32	2	2.67	59	1	4
L Guthrie	13	4	30	2	2.31	65	5	0
YS Chahal	11	3	20	1	1.82	56	1	2
LA Procter	8	3	23	2	2.88	37	3	2
CG Harrison	8.2	1	18	2	2.16	40	1	1

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Match facts

Format: Multi-day match
Competition: County Championship
Toss: Lancashire, chose to field
Umpires: Chris Watts and Naeem Ashraf
Match referee: Phil Whitticase
Season: 2026

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 17 / 11°C, 6.3 mm rain
Day 2: 18 / 9°C, 0.7 mm rain
Day 3: 18 / 10°C, 0.2 mm rain
Day 4: 20 / 9°C, dry

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