Surrey took simply 39 minutes on the fourth morning to finish a powerful nine-wicket victory over Warwickshire on the Kia Oval and go 21 factors clear on the prime of Vitality County Championship Division One.
Dom Sibley completed unbeaten on 46 and Ollie Pope scored 13 not out after Surrey captain Rory Burns, on 30, hit Jacob Bethell straight to deep mid-on quickly after skipping down the pitch and lofting the identical bowler straight for six.
Surrey started the ultimate day needing 58 extra runs to win, after resuming on 31 with out loss chasing a modest fourth-innings goal of 89 for a 3rd successive win and a most 24 factors.
Felix Organ and James Vince placed on 53 to take Hampshire out of a mini-collapse to finish a draw with Durham which had been inescapable since Friday.
Matthew Potts – two for 19 – reminded England of his talent by eradicating Hampshire’s openers and added a small quantity of jeopardy again into the match.
However Organ and Vince made it protected with risk-free blocking earlier than dangerous gentle and rain introduced concerning the inevitable outcome at 3.40pm.
A maiden first-class century from wicketkeeper Matthew Hurst salvaged some delight for Lancashire however couldn’t cease Nottinghamshire finishing a nine-wicket win at Trent Bridge.
Nottinghamshire had begun the day scenting an innings victory, holding a 72-run benefit with Lancashire six down, however 20-year-old Hurst defied them with a powerful 104 that included 10 fours and 4 sixes.
Lancashire have been dismissed for 252, leaving the house aspect needing simply 81 to win, so the outcome was by no means in critical doubt.
Kent survived some occasional alarms to bat out a draw with Worcestershire on the ultimate day of their conflict at Canterbury.
The captains shook fingers simply after 5pm, with Kent on 146 for 4 of their second innings, nonetheless 65 runs behind Worcestershire’s mammoth first-innings rating of 618 for seven declared.
Ben Gibbon claimed two for 38, however the guests used 9 completely different bowlers throughout Kent’s second innings and failed to interrupt down some stiff middle-order resistance, spearheaded by Harry Finch who was unbeaten on 48.
In Division Two, tempo bowler Marchant de Lange led the cost with three wickets to arrange Gloucestershire’s first Championship victory since September 2022 on the ultimate day of their conflict towards Northamptonshire at Wantage Highway.
Northamptonshire resumed on 144 for 2, needing 414 extra runs to win, or extra realistically to bat out the entire day to safe a draw. For some time that seemed a risk as India worldwide Karun Nair (61) and George Bartlett (42) shared a fluent stand of 83 in 24 overs.
However the second new ball proved decisive and Josh Shaw (two for 56) and De Lange (three for 58) did the harm as Northamptonshire in the end fell to a heavy 256-run defeat.
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