Hat-trick, triple, double tons adorn county games

23 Jul 2022 PA

Match Report

23 Jul 2022 PA

Former South Australian seamer Daniel Worrall enjoyed a career-best match as Kyle Abbott took a hat-trick for Hampshire and Cheteshwar Pujara smashed a double ton in another high-scoring County Championship round

Former South African quick Kyle Abbott has taken a hat-trick to keep Hampshire in the County Championship title hunt behind division one leaders Surrey.

Abbott's heroics in a haul of 6-76 helped second-placed Hampshire to a six-wicket win over Gloucestershire at Cheltenham on Friday.

Bottom-of-the-table Gloucestershire were dismissed for 337 in their second innings, with Miles Hammond having made a career-best 169.

Abbott made his decisive intervention either side of the lunch interval by ending Hammond's marathon near six-hour stint, and then returning after the break to remove Zafar Gohar and Tom Price in successive deliveries.

Hampshire, needing 82 for victory, reached their target in 9.3 overs for the loss of four wickets.

But Surrey are still 14 points clear at the top after completing a six-wicket win over Essex at the Oval, with third-placed Lancashire 31 points adrift of the leaders after beating Northamptonshire by four wickets.

Image Id: F5DD3C3F2B0244BC8F47896DA74D50BC Image Caption: Daniel Worrall had a career-best match with figures of 6-56 and 5-66 // Getty

Former South Australian paceman Daniel Worrall dominated with the ball for Surrey with match figures of 11-122 at The Oval.

Indian spinner Washington Sundar was the star of the show for Lancashire as he followed up his five-wicket haul for with a match-winning 34 not out.

Queensland's Matthew Renshaw hit 43 and 35 in Somerset's draw with Yorkshire at Taunton, with veteran Tasmanian quick Peter Siddle rested after the T20 Blast finals day.

Image Id: F5664EFAAE1E433881AE82DD2430D28C Image Caption: Sam Northeast will start day four one run short of the highest score for Glamorgan // Getty

In division two, Glamorgan's Sam Northeast will start the final day on Saturday unbeaten on 308 – just one short of matching Steve James' 309 not out against Sussex in 2000 as the highest first-class score for the Welsh county.

Glamorgan are 5-563 in reply to Leicestershire's 584 after Northeast shared respective stands of 306 with Colin Ingram (139) and an unbroken 229 with Chris Cooke (71 not out).

Indian batter Cheteshwar Pujara (231) smashed a double century in Sussex's drawn division two clash with Middlesex at Lord's, while Victorian quick James Pattinson got the best of WA's Hilton Cartwright in another high-scoring draw between Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.