Openers power Warwickshire to comfortable win over Northamptonshire

26 July 2016 09:53

Warwickshire moved level on points with North Group leaders Yorkshire after thrashing Northamptonshire by eight wickets in their Royal London One-Day Cup meeting at Edgbaston.

Northamptonshire posted a solid total of 254 for nine with Alex Wakely (70), Josh Cobb (50) and Ben Duckett (46) among the runs.

But Warwickshire, who suffered a pre-match blow when Jonathan Trott was ruled out after hurting his back in the warm-up, made short work of the chase thanks largely to Sam Hain (88) and William Porterfield (92), who put on 180 for the opening wicket.

Also in the North Group, Leicestershire claimed their first victory in the competition since August 2014 after hammering Lancashire by 131 runs at Grace Road.

Mark Pettini (92) and Mark Cosgrove (91) powered Leicestershire to 307 for eight from their 50 overs after being sent into bat.

Then career-best List A bowling figures from Neil Dexter (four for 22) helped dismiss Lancashire for 176 in reply, with more than 10 overs unused.

The win was the Foxes' first in the competition since beating Hampshire almost two years ago and saw them climb off the bottom of the standings, with Lancashire now occupying that position.

In the South Group, Essex remain top after chasing down a target of 325 to beat Glamorgan by four wickets in a high-scoring match at Chelmsford.

Colin Ingram's brilliant 107 off 73 balls helped Glamorgan make 324 for eight after winning the toss as they looked to pick up a first win in three matches in the competition.

That looked a testing target for the hosts, but they chased it down with five balls to spare with all of their batsmen making contributions.

Nick Browne led the way with his highest List A score, and he came within touching distance of a century only to agonisingly be run out for 99.

Somerset remain level on points with Essex after a vintage Peter Trego century helped the west country side to a four-wicket win over Middlesex at Taunton.

The visitors posted 296 for nine after losing the toss - Nick Gubbins making 89 off 78 balls, Paul Stirling 58 and James Fuller a rapid 42 not out. There were two wickets each for Trego and Roelof van der Merwe.

In reply, Somerset reached 297 for six with an over to spare, Trego hitting nine fours and a six in his 104, while Lewis Gregory contributed 69 and Van der Merwe 41.

At the Ageas Bowl, Daniel Bell-Drummond and Joe Denly led Kent to a five-wicket win over Hampshire to boost their own quarter-final hopes.

Former England limited-overs batsman Denly continued his impressive recent form with a century, finally falling to Brad Wheal for 105 - with Bell-Drummond hitting his highest List A score for Kent with 91.

Despite the collapse that followed which saw the visitors lose five wickets for 13 runs, Kent easily reached a target of 230.

Earlier, Matt Coles took six for 56 to rip through his former county Hampshire, for whom Adam Wheater top-scored with 63.

Source: PA