Division One:
Nottinghamshire 242 & 175: Smith 41; Wagner 5-45, Anderson 3-29
Lancashire 332 & 88-2: Procter 35*, Petersen 31*; Ball 2-29
Lancashire won by eight wickets
Lancashire clinched an eight-wicket victory over Nottinghamshire in their first match since returning to Division One of the County Championship.
Lancashire, who were promoted from Division Two in 2015, began day four at Old Trafford needing 86 runs to win.
Jake Ball removed openers Karl Brown and Haseeb Hameed cheaply, reducing the hosts to 27-2 on the final morning.
But Alviro Petersen and Luke Procter saw Lancashire to their target before lunch, securing a win worth 22 points.
Procter, who ended 35 not out, finished the match with a six over deep mid-wicket, as Samit Patel was hit for 19 runs off what proved to be the final over of the contest.
Victory was set up by an excellent bowling performance from Kiwi seamer Neil Wagner, who took 11 wickets on his Lancashire debut.
Notts' defeat was their first of the season, having beaten last summer's Division Two champions Surrey by three wickets at Trent Bridge in their opening Championship match of 2016.
Middlesex 452 & 304-6 dec v Warwickshire 468 - match drawn
Middlesex opener Sam Robson broke several long-standing county batting records at Lord's as his side's opening Championship match of the season ended in a dull draw against Warwickshire.
Robson added 106 to his first-innings double century to end up with a county-record haul of 337 runs in the match.
He was aided by skipper Adam Voges (92) and Nick Compton, who added 10 to his overnight score before exiting for 44.
Middlesex eventually reached 304-6 before hands were shaken at 16:50 BST.
Warwickshire's second successive away draw ended with an unlikely statistical quirk -a maiden first-class wicket for Bears wicketkeeper Tim Ambrose.
Brought on to herald the end of the game, the 33-year-old former England player had only ever bowled six balls before, during his time with Sussex.
But, with two balls left, in a late bid to reach his century, Voges skied Ambrose to the waiting Keith Barker at deep mid-wicket.
Middlesex have now not beaten Warwickshire in 20 meetings since June 2001. The Bears' away record is even better, having not lost in 17 trips to Middlesex since losing at Uxbridge in 1988.
Gooch still top of the Lord's board
The record for the most runs ever scored in a match at Lord's remains the 456 piled up against India in 1990 by then-England captain Graham Gooch, who is now Warwickshire's part-time batting consultant.
Gooch's first-innings score of 333, still the highest-ever individual innings score at Lord's, coupled with 123 in the second innings, remains a worldwide Test record.
But Robson kept his own county's statisticians busy on an otherwise tedious final day, first surpassing the highest number of runs made in a match at Lord's by a Middlesex batsman - the 319 set in 1893 by Andrew Stoddart.
By completing his hundred, he then equalled the match aggregate record by a Middlesex batsman in any first-class game, which was previously the 331 not out scored by Jack Robertson against Worcestershire at New Road in 1949.
Just before tea, he was stumped advancing down the track to Jeetan Patel's off spin, after which the remainder of the game focused on if and when Voges reached his century.
Yorkshire 593-9 dec & 183-8 dec v Hampshire 453-9 dec - match drawn
Hampshire gave Yorkshire a scare before securing a draw against the Division One champions at Headingley.
The visitors declared on 453-9, after Chris Wood was caught off Ryan Sidebottom and Fidel Edwards was unable to bat having been injured warming up.
With a lead of 140 runs, Yorkshire were reduced to 43-4 as James Tomlinson and Ryan McLaren took two wickets each.
Andrew Gale (46) and Liam Plunkett (27no) saw the hosts to 183-8 declared as the sides settled for a draw.
Edwards, who was hurt while playing football before play on day four, extended Hampshire's injury list to eight players. The county have only 18 full-time professionals.
Despite being without one of their premier bowlers, the visitors ran through Yorkshire's top order for a second time in the match, with Tomlinson trapping Alex Lees lbw before having Gary Ballance caught at cover.
McLaren then had Adam Lyth caught behind and dismissed England batsman Jonny Bairstow, who scored a career-best 246 to rescue Yorkshire in the first innings, for just five as the visitors pressed for an unlikely victory.
Captain Gale steadied the innings before edging behind off the bowling of Wood, as the White Rose batted out the rest of the final day before shaking hands on a draw with 18 overs remaining.
Hampshire had looked unlikely to earn a draw when they were reduced to 128-5 in their first innings, trailing by more than 450 runs, but gritty centuries from James Vince and Sean Ervine ensured they left Headingley with an impressive 10 points.
Division Two:
Glamorgan 348 & 191: Donald 57; Raine 4-57
Leicestershire 427 & 115-0: Horton 64*, Robson 49*
Leicestershire won by 10 wickets
Leicestershire eased to a 10-wicket win over Glamorgan after being set just 113 to win their Division Two game.
The Foxes wrapped up victory, their first in the opening match of a season since 2012, shortly after lunch on the final day in Cardiff.
Paul Horton (64 not out) made his second half-century of the match, while Angus Robson was unbeaten on 49.
Earlier, Glamorgan added 19 runs for their last two wickets as they were all out for 191, Ben Raine taking 4-57.
Derbyshire 444 & 260-2 dec v Gloucestershire 563 - match drawn
Derbyshire opener Chesney Hughes hit a fine unbeaten hundred as their Division Two game with Gloucestershire ended in a draw on a flat surface at Bristol.
After his 96 in the first innings, Hughes made 137 not out as Derbyshire declared on 260-2 and a lead of 141 when the two captains shook hands.
The 25-year-old struck 20 fours and one six in his 239-ball knock.
In a game dominated by batsmen, Hamish Rutherford also made 78 in a second-wicket stand of 174 with Hughes.
Sussex 360 & 288 v Essex 320 & 266-7 - match drawn
England Test captain Alastair Cook hit an unbeaten century as Essex held on to secure a draw against Sussex at Hove.
Essex were set 329 to win after Sussex were bowled out for 288 in the morning as Jamie Porter finished with 5-82.
Cook, who was dropped on one by Danny Briggs, remained vigilant after the visitors fell to 128-4 and lost regular wickets throughout the afternoon as the seamers ran though the top order.
The 31-year-old finished on 127 not out as Essex closed on 266-7.
It was the England opener's second successive hundred in his opening two County Championship matches, having been made available for Essex's first four Division Two games.
Cook's 103-run fifth-wicket partnership with Jesse Ryder had briefly given Essex hope of victory, with 95 needed from a minimum of 16 overs, before Ryder was bowled by Luke Wells.
The Sussex leg-spinner then had skipper Ryan ten Doeschate caught at deep cover and Ajmal Shahzad trapped James Foster lbw as the match swung back in the hosts' favour with Essex needing to bat out 10 overs with three wickets remaining.
However, Cook and Graham Napier (six not out) survived the new ball as Essex remained unbeaten following their win over Gloucestershire last week.
Wednesday, 20 April 2016
Tuesday, 19 April 2016
County Championship Round 2 Day 3/4 (19th Apr)
Division One:
Nottinghamshire 242 & 175 v Lancashire 332 - Notts lead by 85
Middlesex 452 & 76-2 v Warwickshire 468 - Middlesex lead by 60
Hampshire 450-8 v Yorkshire 593-9 dec - Yorkshire lead by 143
Division Two:
Glamorgan 348 & 172-8 v Leicestershire 427 - Glamorgan lead by 93
Gloucestershire 563 v Derbyshire 444 - Glos lead by 119
Sussex 360 & 282-9 v Essex 320 - Sussex lead by 322
Nottinghamshire 242 & 175 v Lancashire 332 - Notts lead by 85
Middlesex 452 & 76-2 v Warwickshire 468 - Middlesex lead by 60
Hampshire 450-8 v Yorkshire 593-9 dec - Yorkshire lead by 143
Division Two:
Glamorgan 348 & 172-8 v Leicestershire 427 - Glamorgan lead by 93
Gloucestershire 563 v Derbyshire 444 - Glos lead by 119
Sussex 360 & 282-9 v Essex 320 - Sussex lead by 322
Monday, 18 April 2016
County Championship Round 2 Day 2/4 (18th Apr)
Division One:
Lancashire 311-8 v Nottinghamshire 242
Lancashire youngster Liam Livingstone marked his first-class debut with an unbeaten half century to build a useful 69-run lead over Nottinghamshire.
Resuming on 25-1 on day two, Lancashire batted throughout all three sessions to reach 311-8 at the close of play.
England's Stuart Broad took 3-57, as did fellow paceman Jake Ball.
But 55 from wicket-keeper Alex Davies, 48 from Alviro Petersen and Livingstone's 63 not out helped the home side end the day on top.
Earlier, Warrington-born Steven Mullaney claimed the 50th first-class victim of his career on his old home ground when he had former Lancashire team-mate Steven Croft caught behind for 15.
Warwickshire 146-4 v Middlesex 452
Sam Robson completed a career-best double century at Lord's to maintain Middlesex's superiority in their opening County Championship game of the season against Warwickshire.
Robson added a further 56 to his overnight score to reach 231, as Middlesex moved from 317-4 to 452 all out, backed John Simpson's 52.
Warwickshire captain Ian Bell was one of two early visiting wickets to fall.
But Jonathan Trott and Varun Chopra saw the Bears to 146-4 by the early close.
Chopra made 57, while former England batsman Trott was still there on 62 when play was called off for the day following a break for bad light late in the final session.
England's Steven Finn got two wickets on his first competitive appearance since England's third Test against South Africa in January after the calf injury which kept him out of the World T20.
He struck with his first ball when he got one to rear and take the shoulder of opener Ian Westwood's bat before removing Sam Hain cheaply.
Bell was one of two victims for Tim Murtagh, bowled after only getting half forward to a delivery that may have stayed a touch low.
In the morning session, Robson's highest first-class score surpassed his previous best, an unbeaten 215, also against Warwickshire, at Edgbaston in 2013.
It was also the highest-ever individual score by a Middlesex batsman against Warwickshire, overtaking a mark set by Bill Edrich, who scored 225 at Edgbaston in 1947.
Hampshire 141-5 v Yorkshire 593-9 dec
England batsman Jonny Bairstow hit a career-best 248 as Division One champions Yorkshire dominated day two against Hampshire at Headingley.
Bairstow and Liam Plunkett, who made his first ton for Yorkshire, put on 227 runs for the seventh wicket.
Tom Alsop eventually had Bairstow caught at long-on, while Plunkett made 126 before being bowled by Will Smith as Yorkshire declared on 593-9.
An unbeaten 76 from James Vince helped the visitors reach 141-5 in reply.
Hampshire used nine bowlers in total, with only opener Michael Carberry and wicketkeeper Adam Wheater not being thrown the ball, as the hosts scored freely during the first two sessions.
Despite four of the hosts' top six making just 20 runs between them, Yorkshire racked up their highest total against Hampshire.
The away side's response got off to the worst possible start as opener Alsop was trapped lbw by Ryan Sidebottom before Plunkett had Carberry caught as slip by Alex Lees.
Vince's faultless innings, which included 11 fours, was in complete contrast to that of his batting partners, with Hampshire losing wickets at regular intervals and leaving them requiring another 302 runs to avoid the follow-on with only five first-innings wickets remaining.
Milestones for Bairstow and Plunkett
Division Two:
Leicestershire 297-6 v Glamorgan 348
Wicket-keeper Niall O'Brien played the outstanding innings with a hard-hit 93 as Leicestershire moved to 297 for 6, just 52 runs behind Glamorgan at the SSE Swalec Stadium.
O'Brien fell to Graham Wagg with the new ball, before bad light ended play.
Opener Paul Horton made a measured 67 in his first Championship knock for the Foxes.
David Lloyd claimed two victims while Timm van der Gugten took his first wicket for Glamorgan.
Glamorgan batsman Chris Cooke was presented with his county cap in the tea interval, in his fourth season with the club.
Gloucestershire 110-1 v Derbyshire 444
Derbyshire batsman Wayne Madsen hit 150 before Gloucestershire's batsmen rallied on day two at Bristol.
Resuming on 58, Madsen's knock lasted 329 balls before he was stumped off Jack Taylor (4-61), as the visitors moved from 242-3 to 444 all out.
Tom Poynton also made 53 in a seventh-wicket stand of 128 with Madsen.
However, Gloucestershire openers Chris Dent (61 not out) and Cameron Bancroft (41) shared a century stand as they reached 110-1 at stumps.
Essex 252-7 v Sussex 360
Tom Westley starred for Essex after England Test captain Alastair Cook made just one as the visitors struggled on day two against Sussex at Hove.
Sussex resumed on 355-8 but Jamie Porter bowled Ajmal Shahzad and Steve Magoffin in the first over of the day to wrap up their innings for 360.
The hosts reached 77-3 at lunch as Cook edged Magoffin to second slip and Nick Browne and Ravi Bopara fell cheaply.
Westley (86) and Jesse Ryder (51) boosted Essex as they closed on 252-7.
Cook complied with new helmet regulations while batting during the match, after being spoken to by the England and Wales Cricket Board following Essex's victory Gloucestershire last week.
Lancashire 311-8 v Nottinghamshire 242
Lancashire youngster Liam Livingstone marked his first-class debut with an unbeaten half century to build a useful 69-run lead over Nottinghamshire.
Resuming on 25-1 on day two, Lancashire batted throughout all three sessions to reach 311-8 at the close of play.
England's Stuart Broad took 3-57, as did fellow paceman Jake Ball.
But 55 from wicket-keeper Alex Davies, 48 from Alviro Petersen and Livingstone's 63 not out helped the home side end the day on top.
Earlier, Warrington-born Steven Mullaney claimed the 50th first-class victim of his career on his old home ground when he had former Lancashire team-mate Steven Croft caught behind for 15.
Warwickshire 146-4 v Middlesex 452
Sam Robson completed a career-best double century at Lord's to maintain Middlesex's superiority in their opening County Championship game of the season against Warwickshire.
Robson added a further 56 to his overnight score to reach 231, as Middlesex moved from 317-4 to 452 all out, backed John Simpson's 52.
Warwickshire captain Ian Bell was one of two early visiting wickets to fall.
But Jonathan Trott and Varun Chopra saw the Bears to 146-4 by the early close.
Chopra made 57, while former England batsman Trott was still there on 62 when play was called off for the day following a break for bad light late in the final session.
England's Steven Finn got two wickets on his first competitive appearance since England's third Test against South Africa in January after the calf injury which kept him out of the World T20.
He struck with his first ball when he got one to rear and take the shoulder of opener Ian Westwood's bat before removing Sam Hain cheaply.
Bell was one of two victims for Tim Murtagh, bowled after only getting half forward to a delivery that may have stayed a touch low.
In the morning session, Robson's highest first-class score surpassed his previous best, an unbeaten 215, also against Warwickshire, at Edgbaston in 2013.
It was also the highest-ever individual score by a Middlesex batsman against Warwickshire, overtaking a mark set by Bill Edrich, who scored 225 at Edgbaston in 1947.
Hampshire 141-5 v Yorkshire 593-9 dec
England batsman Jonny Bairstow hit a career-best 248 as Division One champions Yorkshire dominated day two against Hampshire at Headingley.
Bairstow and Liam Plunkett, who made his first ton for Yorkshire, put on 227 runs for the seventh wicket.
Tom Alsop eventually had Bairstow caught at long-on, while Plunkett made 126 before being bowled by Will Smith as Yorkshire declared on 593-9.
An unbeaten 76 from James Vince helped the visitors reach 141-5 in reply.
Hampshire used nine bowlers in total, with only opener Michael Carberry and wicketkeeper Adam Wheater not being thrown the ball, as the hosts scored freely during the first two sessions.
Despite four of the hosts' top six making just 20 runs between them, Yorkshire racked up their highest total against Hampshire.
The away side's response got off to the worst possible start as opener Alsop was trapped lbw by Ryan Sidebottom before Plunkett had Carberry caught as slip by Alex Lees.
Vince's faultless innings, which included 11 fours, was in complete contrast to that of his batting partners, with Hampshire losing wickets at regular intervals and leaving them requiring another 302 runs to avoid the follow-on with only five first-innings wickets remaining.
Milestones for Bairstow and Plunkett
- Bairstow passed 8,000 first-class runs
- Their 100-run partnership came off just 65 balls
- Bairstow reached his double century off 233 balls, with 26 fours and two sixes
- Plunkett smashed 15 fours and a six to reach his century off just 82 balls
- Their 227-run seventh-wicket partnership came off 28.1 overs, at a run-rate of 8.05
Division Two:
Leicestershire 297-6 v Glamorgan 348
Wicket-keeper Niall O'Brien played the outstanding innings with a hard-hit 93 as Leicestershire moved to 297 for 6, just 52 runs behind Glamorgan at the SSE Swalec Stadium.
O'Brien fell to Graham Wagg with the new ball, before bad light ended play.
Opener Paul Horton made a measured 67 in his first Championship knock for the Foxes.
David Lloyd claimed two victims while Timm van der Gugten took his first wicket for Glamorgan.
Glamorgan batsman Chris Cooke was presented with his county cap in the tea interval, in his fourth season with the club.
Gloucestershire 110-1 v Derbyshire 444
Derbyshire batsman Wayne Madsen hit 150 before Gloucestershire's batsmen rallied on day two at Bristol.
Resuming on 58, Madsen's knock lasted 329 balls before he was stumped off Jack Taylor (4-61), as the visitors moved from 242-3 to 444 all out.
Tom Poynton also made 53 in a seventh-wicket stand of 128 with Madsen.
However, Gloucestershire openers Chris Dent (61 not out) and Cameron Bancroft (41) shared a century stand as they reached 110-1 at stumps.
Essex 252-7 v Sussex 360
Tom Westley starred for Essex after England Test captain Alastair Cook made just one as the visitors struggled on day two against Sussex at Hove.
Sussex resumed on 355-8 but Jamie Porter bowled Ajmal Shahzad and Steve Magoffin in the first over of the day to wrap up their innings for 360.
The hosts reached 77-3 at lunch as Cook edged Magoffin to second slip and Nick Browne and Ravi Bopara fell cheaply.
Westley (86) and Jesse Ryder (51) boosted Essex as they closed on 252-7.
Cook complied with new helmet regulations while batting during the match, after being spoken to by the England and Wales Cricket Board following Essex's victory Gloucestershire last week.
Sunday, 17 April 2016
County Championship Round 2 Day 1/4 (17th Apr)
Division One:
Nottinghamshire 242 v Lancashire 25-1
Neil Wagner claimed 6-66 on his debut to help Lancashire gain control on the first day of the season at Old Trafford against Nottinghamshire.
Although England's James Anderson remained wicketless from his 16 overs, New Zealand left-armer Wagner weighed in with his share after Kyle Jarvis had done the majority of the early damage.
From 98-6, captain Chris Read (52) and Stuart Broad (43) helped Notts recover.
Responding to the visitors' 242 all out, Lancashire then closed on 25-1.
As well as his 43 from 45 balls, England all-rounder Broad looked lively with the ball too, sending down five overs in tandem with Jake Ball, who was rewarded with the scalp of Lancashire opener Karl Brown in only his second over.
Ball had also earlier performed well with the bat, continuing the visitors' recovery by making 33 out of a further 57 for the eighth wicket with Read, who had shared a 74-run seventh-wicket stand with Broad.
But, by then, Jarvis (3-72) and Wagner, who returned the best figures by a Lancashire bowler on his first-class debut for the county since 1923, had got stuck into the Notts' top order.
Middlesex 317-4 v Warwickshire
Middlesex opener Sam Robson became the latest England contender to stake his claim for a Test recall with an excellent unbeaten century at Lord's against Ian Bell's Warwickshire.
Robson ended the day on 175 out of 317-4, a large share of it coming in a 180-run opening stand with Nick Gubbins.
Chris Wright then came on to claim the wickets of Gubbins (68) and Nick Compton in successive balls.
But John Simpson and Robson helped restore Middlesex's domination.
After Keith Barker had whittled out two more wickets, including home captain Adam Voges, to leave the hosts on 263-4, wicketkeeper Simpson (31) has so far helped put on 54 with the redoubtable Robson.
Middlesex have not beaten Warwickshire in 19 meetings since June 2001 - and the Bears' away record against them is even better, having not lost in 16 trips to the north side of the capital since losing at Uxbridge in 1988. But the hosts can now a feel bit more hopeful of their chances of ending that miserable record.
It was the second Sunday running that Bears captain Bell had invited the home team to bat without a toss taking place - but Warwickshire's attack did not match the success they had a week ago against Hampshire at Southampton.
Missing the injured Chris Woakes (knee) and Boyd Rankin (side), they went wicketless in the first session - in contrast to a week earlier when Hampshire were seven down by lunch.
Instead, Australia-born Robson cut and drove beautifully to look far more the player England had in mind when they gave him the first of his seven Test caps two summers ago.
On the first day of the Lord's cricketing summer, he punished too many loose balls on a sluggish surface to reach his first hundred since May 2015.
Yorkshire 270-5 v Hampshire
England batsman Jonny Bairstow hit an unbeaten century as Yorkshire began the defence of their Division One title with a strong start against Hampshire.
He shared a 205-run fourth-wicket partnership with Adam Lyth, who made 111 before falling lbw to Sean Ervine.
The hosts had been 41-3 after Alex Lees and Gary Ballance fell cheaply and captain Andrew Gale was caught behind for a duck off Ryan McLaren.
Bad light stopped play with Yorkshire 270-5 and Bairstow unbeaten on 107.
Newly-promoted Hampshire toppled Yorkshire's top-order with some good length bowling as Lees was caught at third slip by James Vince off James Tomlinson before Chris Wood had England hopeful Ballance caught behind.
However, Lyth and Bairstow steadied the ship and piled on the runs for the home side before the former fell just after tea to give Zimbabwean Ervine a wicket in the 200th first-class match of his career.
After remaining in the nervous 90s for 31 balls, Bairstow dispatched Fidel Edwards for successive boundaries to reach his ton off 166 balls, having hit 13 fours and a six.
Adil Rashid joined the 26-year-old wicketkeeper at the crease for Yorkshire, after Jack Leaning was caught behind for Wood's second wicket of the innings just before the end of play.
Meanwhile, Hampshire have been deducted a point for a slow over rate against Warwickshire during the opening week of the County Championship.
Division Two:
Glamorgan 348 v Leicestershire 15-0
Leicestershire paceman Clint McKay made the most of an unpromising situation to help peg back Glamorgan in Cardiff and take a hard-earned haul of 6-73.
Glamorgan battled to 348 all out after winning the toss, as four batsmen passed the 50 mark.
Will Bragg (50) and Chris Cooke (56) shared a third-wicket century stand before a mid-afternoon collapse.
David Lloyd (59) and Graham Wagg (64) led the lower-half recovery, before the visitors reached 15-0 by the close.
McKay ended just one victim short of his previous career-best figures of 6-40, set playing for his Australian state side Victoria against Tasmania at the MCG in November 2011.
Glamorgan batsman Colin Ingram was a late withdrawal from the home squad with a knee problem.
He faces a scan on the injury which saw him sit out the closing weeks of the South African season.
Derbyshire 242-3 v Gloucestershire
Chesney Hughes made 96 and Wayne Madsen hit an unbeaten half-century to put Derbyshire on top at Gloucestershire.
Hughes and Ben Slater put on 103 for the first wicket before Slater was caught off the bowling of Liam Norwell.
Madsen (58) and Hughes put on 71 to steady the innings after Norwell had Hamish Rutherford (1) caught behind.
Jack Taylor bowled Hughes to end his 206-ball knock, but Madsen remained unbeaten alongside Neil Broom (30) as the visitors reached 242-3 at stumps.
Sussex 355-8 v Essex
Chris Nash's quickfire century gave Sussex the edge against Essex on day one of their Championship game at Hove.
The 32-year-old and Ed Joyce shared an opening stand of 188 before Joyce was caught behind off Ryan ten Doeschate.
Sussex faltered as Nash fell lbw to Ten Doeschate for 119, including 21 fours, and Ross Taylor feathered one behind the stumps off Graham Napier.
Ollie Robinson hit 51, just his second first-class half-century, to propel Sussex to 355-8 at the close of play.
Sussex paid tribute to their former fast bowler Matthew Hobden before the match, with a tree planted in memory of the player, while team-mates wore shirts with the number 19 and Hobden on the back in his honour.
Nottinghamshire 242 v Lancashire 25-1
Neil Wagner claimed 6-66 on his debut to help Lancashire gain control on the first day of the season at Old Trafford against Nottinghamshire.
Although England's James Anderson remained wicketless from his 16 overs, New Zealand left-armer Wagner weighed in with his share after Kyle Jarvis had done the majority of the early damage.
From 98-6, captain Chris Read (52) and Stuart Broad (43) helped Notts recover.
Responding to the visitors' 242 all out, Lancashire then closed on 25-1.
As well as his 43 from 45 balls, England all-rounder Broad looked lively with the ball too, sending down five overs in tandem with Jake Ball, who was rewarded with the scalp of Lancashire opener Karl Brown in only his second over.
Ball had also earlier performed well with the bat, continuing the visitors' recovery by making 33 out of a further 57 for the eighth wicket with Read, who had shared a 74-run seventh-wicket stand with Broad.
But, by then, Jarvis (3-72) and Wagner, who returned the best figures by a Lancashire bowler on his first-class debut for the county since 1923, had got stuck into the Notts' top order.
Middlesex 317-4 v Warwickshire
Middlesex opener Sam Robson became the latest England contender to stake his claim for a Test recall with an excellent unbeaten century at Lord's against Ian Bell's Warwickshire.
Robson ended the day on 175 out of 317-4, a large share of it coming in a 180-run opening stand with Nick Gubbins.
Chris Wright then came on to claim the wickets of Gubbins (68) and Nick Compton in successive balls.
But John Simpson and Robson helped restore Middlesex's domination.
After Keith Barker had whittled out two more wickets, including home captain Adam Voges, to leave the hosts on 263-4, wicketkeeper Simpson (31) has so far helped put on 54 with the redoubtable Robson.
Middlesex have not beaten Warwickshire in 19 meetings since June 2001 - and the Bears' away record against them is even better, having not lost in 16 trips to the north side of the capital since losing at Uxbridge in 1988. But the hosts can now a feel bit more hopeful of their chances of ending that miserable record.
It was the second Sunday running that Bears captain Bell had invited the home team to bat without a toss taking place - but Warwickshire's attack did not match the success they had a week ago against Hampshire at Southampton.
Missing the injured Chris Woakes (knee) and Boyd Rankin (side), they went wicketless in the first session - in contrast to a week earlier when Hampshire were seven down by lunch.
Instead, Australia-born Robson cut and drove beautifully to look far more the player England had in mind when they gave him the first of his seven Test caps two summers ago.
On the first day of the Lord's cricketing summer, he punished too many loose balls on a sluggish surface to reach his first hundred since May 2015.
Yorkshire 270-5 v Hampshire
England batsman Jonny Bairstow hit an unbeaten century as Yorkshire began the defence of their Division One title with a strong start against Hampshire.
He shared a 205-run fourth-wicket partnership with Adam Lyth, who made 111 before falling lbw to Sean Ervine.
The hosts had been 41-3 after Alex Lees and Gary Ballance fell cheaply and captain Andrew Gale was caught behind for a duck off Ryan McLaren.
Bad light stopped play with Yorkshire 270-5 and Bairstow unbeaten on 107.
Newly-promoted Hampshire toppled Yorkshire's top-order with some good length bowling as Lees was caught at third slip by James Vince off James Tomlinson before Chris Wood had England hopeful Ballance caught behind.
However, Lyth and Bairstow steadied the ship and piled on the runs for the home side before the former fell just after tea to give Zimbabwean Ervine a wicket in the 200th first-class match of his career.
After remaining in the nervous 90s for 31 balls, Bairstow dispatched Fidel Edwards for successive boundaries to reach his ton off 166 balls, having hit 13 fours and a six.
Adil Rashid joined the 26-year-old wicketkeeper at the crease for Yorkshire, after Jack Leaning was caught behind for Wood's second wicket of the innings just before the end of play.
Meanwhile, Hampshire have been deducted a point for a slow over rate against Warwickshire during the opening week of the County Championship.
Division Two:
Glamorgan 348 v Leicestershire 15-0
Leicestershire paceman Clint McKay made the most of an unpromising situation to help peg back Glamorgan in Cardiff and take a hard-earned haul of 6-73.
Glamorgan battled to 348 all out after winning the toss, as four batsmen passed the 50 mark.
Will Bragg (50) and Chris Cooke (56) shared a third-wicket century stand before a mid-afternoon collapse.
David Lloyd (59) and Graham Wagg (64) led the lower-half recovery, before the visitors reached 15-0 by the close.
McKay ended just one victim short of his previous career-best figures of 6-40, set playing for his Australian state side Victoria against Tasmania at the MCG in November 2011.
Glamorgan batsman Colin Ingram was a late withdrawal from the home squad with a knee problem.
He faces a scan on the injury which saw him sit out the closing weeks of the South African season.
Derbyshire 242-3 v Gloucestershire
Chesney Hughes made 96 and Wayne Madsen hit an unbeaten half-century to put Derbyshire on top at Gloucestershire.
Hughes and Ben Slater put on 103 for the first wicket before Slater was caught off the bowling of Liam Norwell.
Madsen (58) and Hughes put on 71 to steady the innings after Norwell had Hamish Rutherford (1) caught behind.
Jack Taylor bowled Hughes to end his 206-ball knock, but Madsen remained unbeaten alongside Neil Broom (30) as the visitors reached 242-3 at stumps.
Sussex 355-8 v Essex
Chris Nash's quickfire century gave Sussex the edge against Essex on day one of their Championship game at Hove.
The 32-year-old and Ed Joyce shared an opening stand of 188 before Joyce was caught behind off Ryan ten Doeschate.
Sussex faltered as Nash fell lbw to Ten Doeschate for 119, including 21 fours, and Ross Taylor feathered one behind the stumps off Graham Napier.
Ollie Robinson hit 51, just his second first-class half-century, to propel Sussex to 355-8 at the close of play.
Sussex paid tribute to their former fast bowler Matthew Hobden before the match, with a tree planted in memory of the player, while team-mates wore shirts with the number 19 and Hobden on the back in his honour.
Wednesday, 13 April 2016
County Championship Round 1 Day 4/4
County Championship Division One
Durham 256 & 223-4 v Somerset 179 (match drawn)
Durham and Somerset had to settle for a draw in their Championship Division One game after no play was possible on the final two days at the Riverside.
The home side had played themselves into a good position, with a lead of 300, at 223-4 in their second innings.
But with rain falling, umpires Rob Bailey and Nigel Cowley took an early decision to abandon the game.
Durham's Keaton Jennings was left unbeaten on 105, having made 116 in their first innings on the opening day.
Hampshire 202 & 185-5 v Warwickshire 360 (match drawn)
Hampshire's sixth-wicket pair of Liam Dawson and Adam Wheater shared an unbroken stand of 73 to help their side salvage a draw at home to Warwickshire.
In his first game as county captain, England's Ian Bell made 174 to earn the Bears a first-innings lead of 158 in a rain-shortened match at Southampton.
Resuming on 283-6, Bell added 44 to his overnight score to steer the Bears to 360, before Hampshire replied on 185-5.
After losing four quick wickets, Dawson (50 not out) steadied the ship.
He put on 36 with Sean Ervine (22), who eventually stuck his bat out at a wide one from Keith Barker to give the unsung left-armer his seventh wicket of the match.
But after Dawson was joined by wicketkeeper Wheater, there were to be no more Bears breakthroughs, and hands were finally shaken just before 18:00 BST.
Nottinghamshire 446 & 172-7: Smith 54; Curran 4-58
Surrey 225 & 389: Harinath 137, Sangakkara 83, Ball 5-98
Nottinghamshire beat Surrey by three wickets
Nottinghamshire survived a final-day wobble to beat Surrey at Trent Bridge and go top of the County Championship after the opening round of fixtures.
Resuming on 297-5, seamer Jake Ball took 5-98 as Surrey were bowled out for 389, with Arun Harinath (137) only able to add 24 to his overnight score.
Needing 169 for victory, Notts eased to 72-0, Steven Mullaney following his 113 on day one with a run-a-ball 42.
They then fell to 100-5, but Greg Smith (54) helped seal a three-wicket win.
Mick Newell's side, who were dealt a blow with the news of England batsman James Taylor's retirement on Tuesday, will now head into Sunday's match against Lancashire as Division One leaders.
Nottinghamshire had been in the ascendency since Mullaney's ton and half-centuries from Riki Wessels, Samit Patel and Chris Read on the first day.
The visitors' hopes rested largely on opener Harinath, but after he was caught by Wessels off the bowling of Jackson Bird, Ball trapped Gareth Batty in front to complete his five-for and last man Mark Footitt was dismissed for five.
The home team looked to be cruising to victory with Mullaney, who struck seven fours and one six, and Smith at the crease, but Ravi Rampaul dismissed the former to spark a Notts collapse.
Tom Curran took 4-58 for match figures of 7-156, only for Smith to share 36 with Read (22) to steady the ship and set the platform for Ball to hit the winning runs an hour in to the final session.
Division Two
Gloucestershire 262 & 215: Taylor 74, Roderick 58; Napier 3-36
Essex 385 & 94-0: Browne 55*, Cook 35*
Essex beat Gloucestershire by 10 wickets
Essex registered the first County Championship win of 2016 as they beat Gloucestershire by 10 wickets on the final morning at Chelmsford.
England skipper Alastair Cook added an unbeaten 35 to his first-innings 105 as the home side cruised home on 94-0.
However, partner Nick Browne played the senior role with an unbeaten 55.
Browne, Essex's leading Championship run-scorer last summer, hit nine fours, the last to end the game after earlier being dropped by Ian Cockbain at point.
Northants 481-7 v Sussex (match drawn)
No play was possible on day four of the Division Two game between Northamptonshire and Sussex, which ended as a draw.
The decision to call the match off was taken just before 10:00 BST on Wednesday after heavy overnight rain.
The abandonment left Northants opener Ben Duckett stranded on 282 not out, 49 short of the county's record score.
Northants took nine points from their opening Championship fixture of 2016, with Sussex claiming six.
Worcestershire v Kent (Match drawn, all 4 days washed out)
Worcestershire suffered their first complete abandonment since New Road's great flood of 2007, as their opening County Championship game of the season against Kent was called off as a draw.
After three lost days following heavy rain, a noon inspection was planned for Wednesday's scheduled final day.
But umpires Richard Illingworth and Ian Gould had no option but to abandon, with both teams awarded five points.
Neither side will now play any Championship cricket until 24 April.
They do not have games in the second round of fixtures, which start this Sunday.
Worcestershire have England's Moeen Ali available for the trip to play Gloucestershire at Bristol, while Kent are again on their travels - against Leicestershire at Grace Road.
Durham 256 & 223-4 v Somerset 179 (match drawn)
Durham and Somerset had to settle for a draw in their Championship Division One game after no play was possible on the final two days at the Riverside.
The home side had played themselves into a good position, with a lead of 300, at 223-4 in their second innings.
But with rain falling, umpires Rob Bailey and Nigel Cowley took an early decision to abandon the game.
Durham's Keaton Jennings was left unbeaten on 105, having made 116 in their first innings on the opening day.
Hampshire 202 & 185-5 v Warwickshire 360 (match drawn)
Hampshire's sixth-wicket pair of Liam Dawson and Adam Wheater shared an unbroken stand of 73 to help their side salvage a draw at home to Warwickshire.
In his first game as county captain, England's Ian Bell made 174 to earn the Bears a first-innings lead of 158 in a rain-shortened match at Southampton.
Resuming on 283-6, Bell added 44 to his overnight score to steer the Bears to 360, before Hampshire replied on 185-5.
After losing four quick wickets, Dawson (50 not out) steadied the ship.
He put on 36 with Sean Ervine (22), who eventually stuck his bat out at a wide one from Keith Barker to give the unsung left-armer his seventh wicket of the match.
But after Dawson was joined by wicketkeeper Wheater, there were to be no more Bears breakthroughs, and hands were finally shaken just before 18:00 BST.
Nottinghamshire 446 & 172-7: Smith 54; Curran 4-58
Surrey 225 & 389: Harinath 137, Sangakkara 83, Ball 5-98
Nottinghamshire beat Surrey by three wickets
Nottinghamshire survived a final-day wobble to beat Surrey at Trent Bridge and go top of the County Championship after the opening round of fixtures.
Resuming on 297-5, seamer Jake Ball took 5-98 as Surrey were bowled out for 389, with Arun Harinath (137) only able to add 24 to his overnight score.
Needing 169 for victory, Notts eased to 72-0, Steven Mullaney following his 113 on day one with a run-a-ball 42.
They then fell to 100-5, but Greg Smith (54) helped seal a three-wicket win.
Mick Newell's side, who were dealt a blow with the news of England batsman James Taylor's retirement on Tuesday, will now head into Sunday's match against Lancashire as Division One leaders.
Nottinghamshire had been in the ascendency since Mullaney's ton and half-centuries from Riki Wessels, Samit Patel and Chris Read on the first day.
The visitors' hopes rested largely on opener Harinath, but after he was caught by Wessels off the bowling of Jackson Bird, Ball trapped Gareth Batty in front to complete his five-for and last man Mark Footitt was dismissed for five.
The home team looked to be cruising to victory with Mullaney, who struck seven fours and one six, and Smith at the crease, but Ravi Rampaul dismissed the former to spark a Notts collapse.
Tom Curran took 4-58 for match figures of 7-156, only for Smith to share 36 with Read (22) to steady the ship and set the platform for Ball to hit the winning runs an hour in to the final session.
Division Two
Gloucestershire 262 & 215: Taylor 74, Roderick 58; Napier 3-36
Essex 385 & 94-0: Browne 55*, Cook 35*
Essex beat Gloucestershire by 10 wickets
Essex registered the first County Championship win of 2016 as they beat Gloucestershire by 10 wickets on the final morning at Chelmsford.
England skipper Alastair Cook added an unbeaten 35 to his first-innings 105 as the home side cruised home on 94-0.
However, partner Nick Browne played the senior role with an unbeaten 55.
Browne, Essex's leading Championship run-scorer last summer, hit nine fours, the last to end the game after earlier being dropped by Ian Cockbain at point.
Northants 481-7 v Sussex (match drawn)
No play was possible on day four of the Division Two game between Northamptonshire and Sussex, which ended as a draw.
The decision to call the match off was taken just before 10:00 BST on Wednesday after heavy overnight rain.
The abandonment left Northants opener Ben Duckett stranded on 282 not out, 49 short of the county's record score.
Northants took nine points from their opening Championship fixture of 2016, with Sussex claiming six.
Worcestershire v Kent (Match drawn, all 4 days washed out)
Worcestershire suffered their first complete abandonment since New Road's great flood of 2007, as their opening County Championship game of the season against Kent was called off as a draw.
After three lost days following heavy rain, a noon inspection was planned for Wednesday's scheduled final day.
But umpires Richard Illingworth and Ian Gould had no option but to abandon, with both teams awarded five points.
Neither side will now play any Championship cricket until 24 April.
They do not have games in the second round of fixtures, which start this Sunday.
Worcestershire have England's Moeen Ali available for the trip to play Gloucestershire at Bristol, while Kent are again on their travels - against Leicestershire at Grace Road.
Tuesday, 12 April 2016
County Championship Round 1 Day 3/4
Division One
Nottinghamshire 446 v Surrey 225 & 297-5
Opener Arun Harinath hit an unbeaten century as promoted Surrey avoided the prospect of an innings defeat on day three against Notts at Trent Bridge.
The left-hander made 114 not out after the start of play was delayed until 14:00 BST because of a wet outfield.
He shared a stand of 142 with Kumar Sangakkara, who was caught behind off Jake Ball for 83 soon after tea.
Pace bowler Ball claimed 3-77, but Surrey reached the close on 297-5, having followed on, a lead of 76.
Harinath scored 568 runs in eight first-class appearances for Surrey last summer, including two centuries.
He again showed a clam temperament to hold the innings together with one six and 15 fours after Rory Burns (17) was lbw to Ball in only the second over of the day.
Sangakkara also looked in good touch before he and Steven Davies departed in similar fashion in the same Ball over.
Jason Roy made a typically assertive 37, but was then lbw to Brett Hutton, leaving Harinath to bring up his century with a sweep for three off Samit Patel.
Hampshire 202 v Warwickshire 283-6
Warwickshire captain Ian Bell made his first century in 10 months to give the England selectors a nudge and earn a first-innings lead against Hampshire.
Bell's six-hour vigil for an unbeaten 130, his 51st first-class hundred, has given the Bears a slim hope of victory.
After Monday's lost day, it took just four overs for the Bears to wrap up Hampshire's first innings for 202.
Warwickshire then struggled to 132-5, before Chris Woakes (66) helped Bell steer them to 283-6 at the close.
Building on Keith Barker's five-wicket haul on the first day, Rikki Clarke got the third day off to a good start for Warwickshire with two early wickets, starting with Ryan McLaren, to earn him figures of 3-43.
Having rescued Hampshire from 87-7 on Sunday, McLaren only added one to his overnight score before playing a Clarke bouncer onto his own stumps, departing for 85.
West Indian Fidel Edwards then slapped a four straight down the ground to earn a batting point before holing out, leaving James Tomlinson stranded on 23.
Edwards then gave Hampshire the perfect start by removing both openers, former Bears captains Ian Westwood and Varun Chopra.
But helped by partnerships of 49 with Jonathan Trott (27) and Sam Hain (25), and with Hampshire short of the injured Reece Topley, Bell took control.
Just a day after his 34th birthday, and on the same day that the sad news of James Taylor's early retirement broke, he shared a 151-run stand with Woakes, his fellow England hopeful, although the latter fell lbw to Edwards with the final ball of the day.
Durham 256 & 223-4 v Somerset 179 (no play Tuesday, rain)
Durham were denied the chance to press home their advantage against Somerset as bad weather prevented any play on day three at the Riverside.
The home side were set to resume on 223-4, 300 runs ahead, with opener Keaton Jennings on 105 not out.
Rain during the morning meant that a prompt start was impossible.
And umpires Rob Bailey and Nigel Cowley took the decision to abandon play for the day shortly before 14:45 BST after inspecting conditions in the middle.
Division Two:
Worcestershire v Kent (no play Tuesday, wet outfield)
Worcestershire's opening County Championship Division Two game against Kent has been washed out for the third day running at New Road.
The already saturated ground was topped up by further overnight rain.
Following a 12:30 BST inspection, match umpires Ian Gould and Richard Illingworth had no option but to abandon play again.
And given the forecast for Wednesday, it is unlikely that there will be any play on the final day either.
Meetings between Worcestershire and Kent have been blighted by bad weather since Worcester's great flood in 2007.
All four days were lost at New Road, as was the case in the next home game against Lancashire, and only the final day's play was possible in the return Kent-Worcestershire game at Canterbury later in the season.
Also, in 2014, the last time the clubs met in the Championship, at Tunbridge Wells, only 17 overs were bowled on the final three days.
Northants 481-7 v Sussex (no play Tuesday, wet outfield)
Northamptonshire opener Ben Duckett remained 18 runs short of a triple century as rain prevented play on day three against Sussex at Wantage Road.
Umpires Richard Kettleborough and Billy Taylor made a series of inspections before abandoning play at 15:45 BST.
Duckett is 282 not out, having hit two sixes and 38 fours, with his side on 481-7 and a draw seemingly inevitable.
Chris Rogers was the last triple centurion for Northants, making 319 against Gloucestershire in 2006.
Essex 385 & 34-0 v Gloucestershire 262 & 215
An impressive day with the ball helped Essex move to the brink of victory against Gloucestershire at Chelmsford.
The hosts were bowled out for 385 with Josh Shaw taking four wickets on debut but Gloucestershire lost two wickets in the first over of their second innings as Jamie Porter (3-53) starred.
Gareth Roderick and Jack Taylor hit half-centuries but the away side were bowled out for 215, a lead of just 92.
Essex reached 34-0 from the remaining nine overs and require 59 runs to win.
Nottinghamshire 446 v Surrey 225 & 297-5
Opener Arun Harinath hit an unbeaten century as promoted Surrey avoided the prospect of an innings defeat on day three against Notts at Trent Bridge.
The left-hander made 114 not out after the start of play was delayed until 14:00 BST because of a wet outfield.
He shared a stand of 142 with Kumar Sangakkara, who was caught behind off Jake Ball for 83 soon after tea.
Pace bowler Ball claimed 3-77, but Surrey reached the close on 297-5, having followed on, a lead of 76.
Harinath scored 568 runs in eight first-class appearances for Surrey last summer, including two centuries.
He again showed a clam temperament to hold the innings together with one six and 15 fours after Rory Burns (17) was lbw to Ball in only the second over of the day.
Sangakkara also looked in good touch before he and Steven Davies departed in similar fashion in the same Ball over.
Jason Roy made a typically assertive 37, but was then lbw to Brett Hutton, leaving Harinath to bring up his century with a sweep for three off Samit Patel.
Hampshire 202 v Warwickshire 283-6
Warwickshire captain Ian Bell made his first century in 10 months to give the England selectors a nudge and earn a first-innings lead against Hampshire.
Bell's six-hour vigil for an unbeaten 130, his 51st first-class hundred, has given the Bears a slim hope of victory.
After Monday's lost day, it took just four overs for the Bears to wrap up Hampshire's first innings for 202.
Warwickshire then struggled to 132-5, before Chris Woakes (66) helped Bell steer them to 283-6 at the close.
Building on Keith Barker's five-wicket haul on the first day, Rikki Clarke got the third day off to a good start for Warwickshire with two early wickets, starting with Ryan McLaren, to earn him figures of 3-43.
Having rescued Hampshire from 87-7 on Sunday, McLaren only added one to his overnight score before playing a Clarke bouncer onto his own stumps, departing for 85.
West Indian Fidel Edwards then slapped a four straight down the ground to earn a batting point before holing out, leaving James Tomlinson stranded on 23.
Edwards then gave Hampshire the perfect start by removing both openers, former Bears captains Ian Westwood and Varun Chopra.
But helped by partnerships of 49 with Jonathan Trott (27) and Sam Hain (25), and with Hampshire short of the injured Reece Topley, Bell took control.
Just a day after his 34th birthday, and on the same day that the sad news of James Taylor's early retirement broke, he shared a 151-run stand with Woakes, his fellow England hopeful, although the latter fell lbw to Edwards with the final ball of the day.
Durham 256 & 223-4 v Somerset 179 (no play Tuesday, rain)
Durham were denied the chance to press home their advantage against Somerset as bad weather prevented any play on day three at the Riverside.
The home side were set to resume on 223-4, 300 runs ahead, with opener Keaton Jennings on 105 not out.
Rain during the morning meant that a prompt start was impossible.
And umpires Rob Bailey and Nigel Cowley took the decision to abandon play for the day shortly before 14:45 BST after inspecting conditions in the middle.
Division Two:
Worcestershire v Kent (no play Tuesday, wet outfield)
Worcestershire's opening County Championship Division Two game against Kent has been washed out for the third day running at New Road.
The already saturated ground was topped up by further overnight rain.
Following a 12:30 BST inspection, match umpires Ian Gould and Richard Illingworth had no option but to abandon play again.
And given the forecast for Wednesday, it is unlikely that there will be any play on the final day either.
Meetings between Worcestershire and Kent have been blighted by bad weather since Worcester's great flood in 2007.
All four days were lost at New Road, as was the case in the next home game against Lancashire, and only the final day's play was possible in the return Kent-Worcestershire game at Canterbury later in the season.
Also, in 2014, the last time the clubs met in the Championship, at Tunbridge Wells, only 17 overs were bowled on the final three days.
Northants 481-7 v Sussex (no play Tuesday, wet outfield)
Northamptonshire opener Ben Duckett remained 18 runs short of a triple century as rain prevented play on day three against Sussex at Wantage Road.
Umpires Richard Kettleborough and Billy Taylor made a series of inspections before abandoning play at 15:45 BST.
Duckett is 282 not out, having hit two sixes and 38 fours, with his side on 481-7 and a draw seemingly inevitable.
Chris Rogers was the last triple centurion for Northants, making 319 against Gloucestershire in 2006.
Essex 385 & 34-0 v Gloucestershire 262 & 215
An impressive day with the ball helped Essex move to the brink of victory against Gloucestershire at Chelmsford.
The hosts were bowled out for 385 with Josh Shaw taking four wickets on debut but Gloucestershire lost two wickets in the first over of their second innings as Jamie Porter (3-53) starred.
Gareth Roderick and Jack Taylor hit half-centuries but the away side were bowled out for 215, a lead of just 92.
Essex reached 34-0 from the remaining nine overs and require 59 runs to win.
Monday, 11 April 2016
County Championship Round 1 Day 2/4
County Championship Division One
Durham 223-4 & 256 v Somerset 179
Keaton Jennings has entered the Durham County Cricket Club history books as the third player to score a century in both innings of a County Championship game.
The South African joins Dean Jones who achieved it against Pakistan at Chester-le-Street in 1992 and his current captain Paul Collingwood who did the double against Somerset at Taunton in 2005.
His performance has given the Riversiders a commanding 300 run lead with six wickets remaining against Somerset at the end of day two.
Some superb bowling by Graham Onions saw the Riversiders reduce the vistors to 102 for eight this morning and another marvellous innings from history maker Keaton Jennings gave Jon Lewis' side a commanding 300 lead at the close of play.
Chris Rogers would have been disappointed to have lost three wickets in the 12 overs his side played at the end of yesterday's session but the Cidermen bravely battled through Onions' menacing early morning spell despite the challenging cloudy conditions.
James Hildreth's (27) resistance lasted until the 21st over when Onions' persistance finally found the edge of his bat and he was caught by Ryan Pringle at third slip. But, the England pace-bowler wasn't finished and the very next ball he got Jim Allenby LBW leaving him on a hat-trick and Somerset on 73/5.
Four overs later - after Roloef van der Merwe successfully fended off Onions' hat-trick ball - Somerset again lost two wickets in two balls. Van Der Merwe drove at Onions' in-swinger, which took the inside edge and was well caught by Michael Richardson. After battling hard at the crease captain
Rogers was removed shortly after by a wonderful bit of fielding from Mark Stoneman whose direct hit ended the Australian's gutsy innings.
A maiden wicket for championship debutant Brydon Carse followed when wicketkeeper Ryan Davies tried to fend a short ball to leg and lobbed it back to the exciting 20-year-old bowler.
Peter Trego (45) and tailender Lewis Gregory (27) - who took four wickets yesterday - dug deep to take the total to 143 at lunch.
Chris Rushworth picked off Gregory in the 44th over leaving Somerset all out for 177 and Durham's openers sharply padded up.
79 runs in front, Durham raced to 109/1 at tea with Jennings once again playing with confidence despite Somerset's poor bowling. It took the introduction of left-arm spinner Van Der Merwe to remove Stoneman (41) who was caught at short mid-wicket by Marcus Trescothick after playing some beautifully timed strokes.
After reaching 50 in 130 balls yesterday, Jennings' half-century came in under half the amount of balls and the South African continued to play wonderful cricket, reaching his historic century in style.
The afternoon session was largely played under the brand new Riverside Emirates floodlights. Jennings lit up the ground with his wonderful shot selection that earned him another century and made him only the third Durham player to score a ton in both innings during a Championship match.
The next 20 overs brought only 46 runs for the loss of three wickets before Collingwood emerged in fading light and swiftly atoned for his first ball dismissal in the first innings with two imperious drives off Gregory.
Hampshire 198-8 v Warwickshire (No play Monday rain)
Warwickshire's hopes of building on their first-day domination were stymied by the Southampton weather as no play was possible on a rain-ruined day two.
Umpires Steve O'Shaughnessy and Martin Saggers twice inspected the sodden outfield with the hope of some action.
But, despite a dry afternoon, the pitch could not dry quickly enough and it was called off for the day at 16:00 BST.
Hampshire had earlier been rocked by the news that fast bowler Reece Topley had broken his hand batting.
The England World T20 fast bowler, who is making his debut in this match following his winter move from Essex, was struck on his right hand by Boyd Rankin early on making a career-best 15.
He is to see a specialist to check whether the injury is just a single or double fracture just below the knuckle.
On his 34th birthday, new Bears skipper Ian Bell is still hopeful of forcing a result given that Tuesday's weather forecast promises more dry spells.
Surrey 14-0 & 225 v Nottinghamshire 446
Nottinghamshire dominated day two against Surrey, bowling the visitors out before enforcing the follow-on.
Resuming on 7-0 in reply to Notts' first innings total of 446, Surrey were reduced to 85-4 before lunch.
Only Jason Roy (28), Ben Foakes (38) and Tom Curran (35) offered convincing resistance as Notts picked up maximum bowling points in dismissing Surrey for 225, with Jackson Bird taking 4-56.
Surrey reached stumps on 14 without loss but are 207 runs behind the hosts.
Rory Burns departed in the second over of the day, caught behind off the bowling of Bird, before Arun Harinath became the Australian seamer's second victim six overs later when he was caught by Riki Wessels.
Harry Gurney then picked up the wicket of Steven Davis and the visitors were in trouble when Kumar Sangakkara (32) was dismissed by Brett Hutton.
Once England international Roy and wicketkeeper Foakes had departed Surrey then lost Sam Curran (20) shortly afterwards to slump to 174-7.
Tom Curran rallied in a stand of 47 with Gareth Batty, but the Surrey captain was removed by Samit Patel before Bird returned to finish the Surrey innings, trapping Ravi Rampaul and Curran.
Newly-promoted Surrey, who took the option to bowl first without a toss on day one, will need improved returns from their batsmen to work their way back into the match on day three.
Division Two:
Essex 287-6 v Gloucestershire 262
England Test captain Alastair Cook struck a century for Essex against Gloucestershire at Chelmsford in his first Championship innings of 2016.
The 31-year-old reached his 52nd first-class century, off 182 balls.
Cook shared a second-wicket stand of 222 with Tom Westley, who was caught behind for 121, before being trapped lbw by off-spinner Jack Taylor for 105.
Josh Shaw took his maiden Championship wickets, removing Dan Lawrence and Ryan ten Doeschate as Essex closed on 287-6.
England's first Test match of the summer is against Sri Lanka at Headingley, starting on 19 May.
Cook is England's leading run-scorer in Test cricket and requires just 36 more to become the first England player to reach the milestone of 10,000 Test runs.
He is one of several England players appearing for their county during the opening rounds of Championship fixtures.
Essex stuttered following the dismissal of the two centurions, with Liam Norwell bowling Ravi Borapa cheaply before Shaw had Lawrence caught at mid-off attempting a pull, and trapped Ten Doeschate lbw for just four in consecutive overs.
Rain brought play to an early close, with the home side holding a slender first-innings lead of just 25 runs despite Cook and Westley's batting masterclasses.
Northants 481-7 v Sussex
Northamptonshire opener Ben Duckett extended his career-best score to within 18 runs of a triple century on 282 after another rain-interrupted day against Sussex at Wantage Road.
After resuming on 292-2, with Duckett on 178, the hosts progressed to 481-7 before bad light intervened.
Teenager George Garton has taken three wickets on his Championship debut.
But the Sussex bowlers have otherwise struggled, not helped by dropping Duckett twice.
After 82 overs on the first day, only 53 overs were managed on day two, during which 21-year-old Duckett reached eighth position in the all-time annals of best individual innings for the county, going past Wayne Larkins, Allan Lamb and Dennis Brookes on that list.
But, for all Duckett's dominance, Northants ended four runs short of a fifth batting point, having only reached 396-5 at the 110-over mark.
Worcestershire v Kent - No play Monday (wet outfield)
Worcestershire's opening County Championship match of the season at home to Kent is still to get started at New Road after being rained off for the second day running.
After Sunday's first day abandonment, the ground was further drenched by overnight rain, leaving pools of water around the sodden outfield.
Having ruled out play before lunch, the umpires inspected again at 12:45 BST.
With the water table still so high, play was then called off for the day.
Durham 223-4 & 256 v Somerset 179
Keaton Jennings has entered the Durham County Cricket Club history books as the third player to score a century in both innings of a County Championship game.
The South African joins Dean Jones who achieved it against Pakistan at Chester-le-Street in 1992 and his current captain Paul Collingwood who did the double against Somerset at Taunton in 2005.
His performance has given the Riversiders a commanding 300 run lead with six wickets remaining against Somerset at the end of day two.
Some superb bowling by Graham Onions saw the Riversiders reduce the vistors to 102 for eight this morning and another marvellous innings from history maker Keaton Jennings gave Jon Lewis' side a commanding 300 lead at the close of play.
Chris Rogers would have been disappointed to have lost three wickets in the 12 overs his side played at the end of yesterday's session but the Cidermen bravely battled through Onions' menacing early morning spell despite the challenging cloudy conditions.
James Hildreth's (27) resistance lasted until the 21st over when Onions' persistance finally found the edge of his bat and he was caught by Ryan Pringle at third slip. But, the England pace-bowler wasn't finished and the very next ball he got Jim Allenby LBW leaving him on a hat-trick and Somerset on 73/5.
Four overs later - after Roloef van der Merwe successfully fended off Onions' hat-trick ball - Somerset again lost two wickets in two balls. Van Der Merwe drove at Onions' in-swinger, which took the inside edge and was well caught by Michael Richardson. After battling hard at the crease captain
Rogers was removed shortly after by a wonderful bit of fielding from Mark Stoneman whose direct hit ended the Australian's gutsy innings.
A maiden wicket for championship debutant Brydon Carse followed when wicketkeeper Ryan Davies tried to fend a short ball to leg and lobbed it back to the exciting 20-year-old bowler.
Peter Trego (45) and tailender Lewis Gregory (27) - who took four wickets yesterday - dug deep to take the total to 143 at lunch.
Chris Rushworth picked off Gregory in the 44th over leaving Somerset all out for 177 and Durham's openers sharply padded up.
79 runs in front, Durham raced to 109/1 at tea with Jennings once again playing with confidence despite Somerset's poor bowling. It took the introduction of left-arm spinner Van Der Merwe to remove Stoneman (41) who was caught at short mid-wicket by Marcus Trescothick after playing some beautifully timed strokes.
After reaching 50 in 130 balls yesterday, Jennings' half-century came in under half the amount of balls and the South African continued to play wonderful cricket, reaching his historic century in style.
The afternoon session was largely played under the brand new Riverside Emirates floodlights. Jennings lit up the ground with his wonderful shot selection that earned him another century and made him only the third Durham player to score a ton in both innings during a Championship match.
The next 20 overs brought only 46 runs for the loss of three wickets before Collingwood emerged in fading light and swiftly atoned for his first ball dismissal in the first innings with two imperious drives off Gregory.
Hampshire 198-8 v Warwickshire (No play Monday rain)
Warwickshire's hopes of building on their first-day domination were stymied by the Southampton weather as no play was possible on a rain-ruined day two.
Umpires Steve O'Shaughnessy and Martin Saggers twice inspected the sodden outfield with the hope of some action.
But, despite a dry afternoon, the pitch could not dry quickly enough and it was called off for the day at 16:00 BST.
Hampshire had earlier been rocked by the news that fast bowler Reece Topley had broken his hand batting.
The England World T20 fast bowler, who is making his debut in this match following his winter move from Essex, was struck on his right hand by Boyd Rankin early on making a career-best 15.
He is to see a specialist to check whether the injury is just a single or double fracture just below the knuckle.
On his 34th birthday, new Bears skipper Ian Bell is still hopeful of forcing a result given that Tuesday's weather forecast promises more dry spells.
Surrey 14-0 & 225 v Nottinghamshire 446
Nottinghamshire dominated day two against Surrey, bowling the visitors out before enforcing the follow-on.
Resuming on 7-0 in reply to Notts' first innings total of 446, Surrey were reduced to 85-4 before lunch.
Only Jason Roy (28), Ben Foakes (38) and Tom Curran (35) offered convincing resistance as Notts picked up maximum bowling points in dismissing Surrey for 225, with Jackson Bird taking 4-56.
Surrey reached stumps on 14 without loss but are 207 runs behind the hosts.
Rory Burns departed in the second over of the day, caught behind off the bowling of Bird, before Arun Harinath became the Australian seamer's second victim six overs later when he was caught by Riki Wessels.
Harry Gurney then picked up the wicket of Steven Davis and the visitors were in trouble when Kumar Sangakkara (32) was dismissed by Brett Hutton.
Once England international Roy and wicketkeeper Foakes had departed Surrey then lost Sam Curran (20) shortly afterwards to slump to 174-7.
Tom Curran rallied in a stand of 47 with Gareth Batty, but the Surrey captain was removed by Samit Patel before Bird returned to finish the Surrey innings, trapping Ravi Rampaul and Curran.
Newly-promoted Surrey, who took the option to bowl first without a toss on day one, will need improved returns from their batsmen to work their way back into the match on day three.
Division Two:
Essex 287-6 v Gloucestershire 262
England Test captain Alastair Cook struck a century for Essex against Gloucestershire at Chelmsford in his first Championship innings of 2016.
The 31-year-old reached his 52nd first-class century, off 182 balls.
Cook shared a second-wicket stand of 222 with Tom Westley, who was caught behind for 121, before being trapped lbw by off-spinner Jack Taylor for 105.
Josh Shaw took his maiden Championship wickets, removing Dan Lawrence and Ryan ten Doeschate as Essex closed on 287-6.
England's first Test match of the summer is against Sri Lanka at Headingley, starting on 19 May.
Cook is England's leading run-scorer in Test cricket and requires just 36 more to become the first England player to reach the milestone of 10,000 Test runs.
He is one of several England players appearing for their county during the opening rounds of Championship fixtures.
Essex stuttered following the dismissal of the two centurions, with Liam Norwell bowling Ravi Borapa cheaply before Shaw had Lawrence caught at mid-off attempting a pull, and trapped Ten Doeschate lbw for just four in consecutive overs.
Rain brought play to an early close, with the home side holding a slender first-innings lead of just 25 runs despite Cook and Westley's batting masterclasses.
Northants 481-7 v Sussex
Northamptonshire opener Ben Duckett extended his career-best score to within 18 runs of a triple century on 282 after another rain-interrupted day against Sussex at Wantage Road.
After resuming on 292-2, with Duckett on 178, the hosts progressed to 481-7 before bad light intervened.
Teenager George Garton has taken three wickets on his Championship debut.
But the Sussex bowlers have otherwise struggled, not helped by dropping Duckett twice.
After 82 overs on the first day, only 53 overs were managed on day two, during which 21-year-old Duckett reached eighth position in the all-time annals of best individual innings for the county, going past Wayne Larkins, Allan Lamb and Dennis Brookes on that list.
But, for all Duckett's dominance, Northants ended four runs short of a fifth batting point, having only reached 396-5 at the 110-over mark.
Worcestershire v Kent - No play Monday (wet outfield)
Worcestershire's opening County Championship match of the season at home to Kent is still to get started at New Road after being rained off for the second day running.
After Sunday's first day abandonment, the ground was further drenched by overnight rain, leaving pools of water around the sodden outfield.
Having ruled out play before lunch, the umpires inspected again at 12:45 BST.
With the water table still so high, play was then called off for the day.
Sunday, 10 April 2016
County Championship Round 1 Day 1
County Championship Division One
Somerset 30-3 v Durham 256
Keaton Jennings' century and three quick wickets from opening pair Chris Rushworth and Graham Onions gave Durham the edge against Somerset on day one.
The 23-year-old made 116 as Tim Groenewald and Lewis Gregory rattled through the rest of the hosts line-up.
Jennings, who hit 15 fours, finally fell top-edging Josh Davey to gully before Durham were bowled out for 256.
Tom Abell and Davey fell lbw to Rushworth, then Onions bowled Marcus Trescothick as Somerset closed on 30-3.
Durham batsmen Mark Stoneman and Scott Borthwick both fell cheaply as Somerset started brightly before Jack Burnham (33) helped repair the innings in a 79-run third-wicket partnership with Jennings.
Burnham eventually fell when he was bowled by Davey.
Gregory then claimed two wicket in two balls, including uprooting Paul Collingwood's middle stump first ball, as Somerset looked to gain some momentum.
Rushworth became Gregory's fourth victim of the day, departing to an exceptional slip catch from Jim Allenby it left the visitors with 12 overs to face.
And last year's Division One leading wicket-taker struck in his fourth when Abell was trapped playing across the line before nightwatchman Davey was caught out in the next over when the ball nipped back.
Onions' inswinging yorker then dismissed the Somerset captain as the away side limped to the close, trailing by 226 runs.
Hampshire 189-8 v Warwickshire
Keith Barker took five wickets before lunch on the opening day of the County Championship to put Warwickshire on top against Hampshire at Southampton.
But South African Ryan McLaren then limited the damage by the end of the day as he hit an unbeaten 84 to help Hampshire recover from 87-7 to 189-8.
Bad light interrupted an impressive fightback, forcing an early close.
But left-armer Barker's 5-44 - this season's first five-wicket haul - has given the Bears the upper hand.
After new Warwickshire county captain Ian Bell elect to bowl without a toss under the new regulations on a green-tinged pitch, they were rewarded when Barker struck with his 13th delivery, to find Michael Carberry's edge.
He also removed Carberry's young opening partner Tom Alsop five balls later, also caught behind before claiming a third victim of a ferocious opening spell from the Hotel End when Will Smith gave a catch to short leg, then bagging both Liam Dawson and Sean Ervine lbw.
But McLaren scored his fifth Championship half century - his second in succession after ending last season with 52 against Nottinghamshire.
Reece Topley's 15, in a 51-run stand with McLaren, beat his previous best first-class score of 12 before being comprehensively bowled by England rival Chris Woakes. And McLaren has put on a further 51 runs in a so far unbroken stand with James Tomlinson, who is still there on 15.
The only other Hampshire player to reach double figures were James Vince, who made 25 before mistiming a leading edge off England and Ireland international Boyd Rankin, and Dawson (20).
Northants 296-2 v Sussex
Northants opener Ben Duckett made a career-best 178 not out as Sussex toiled on their return to Division Two.
Openers Jake Libby (42) and Duckett saw Northants reach 130 without loss, and Alex Wakeley (51) added a half century.
Australian Steve Magoffin (1-31) offered Sussex's best bowling threat and had Libby lbw, while spinner Danny Briggs took the wicket of Wakely.
The hosts were 296-2 when bad light stopped play after 82 overs, with Jack Cobb set to resume with Duckett.
Division Two
Essex 39-1 v Gloucestershire 262
Gareth Roderick hit an unbeaten 88 as Gloucestershire and Essex shared an even first day at the County Ground.
The 24-year-old hit 11 fours as he shared a 73-run fourth-wicket partnership with Hamish Marshall (51).
Marshall departed after being caught well by Jesse Ryder attempting to drive Jamie Porter, whose four wickets restricted the away side to just 262.
In reply, Liam Nowell trapped Nick Browne for one but England captain Alistair Cook helped Essex reach 39-1.
Surrey 7-0 v Nottinghamshire 446
Nottinghamshire piled up 446 on the opening day of the 2016 season as Steven Mullaney punished newly-promoted Surrey with an impressive hundred.
Mullaney (113) plus Riki Wessels (81) and Samit Patel's (85) century partnership saw Notts beyond 300, and Chris Read added an unbeaten 63.
Surrey's Tom Curran took three wickets and West Indies paceman Ravi Rampaul (5-93) saw off Notts' lower order.
At the close, Surrey were 7-0 having survived two overs unscathed.
Surrey, who took the option to bowl first without a toss, removed Greg Smith and Michael Lumb before lunch, but could not halt Mullaney until he had guided Notts beyond 200.
The hosts, who picked up maximum batting bonus points, looked like posting a huge total until Wessels was caught behind by Ben Foakes off Rampaul to leave Notts 308-5.
Surrey will resume on Monday with openers Rory Burns and Arun Harinath looking to give them a foothold in the match.
Worcestershire v Kent - No play Sunday (wet outfield)
Worcestershire and Kent spent a frustrating first day of the new season before play was called off in mid-afternoon.
Umpires Ian Gould and Richard Illingworth, the former Worcestershire and England slow left-armer, made several inspections.
But the previous day's incessant rain had left an already wet outfield totally sodden at New Road.
And an overnight frost had caused melting ice to drip onto the pitch.
The two sides still hope to get underway promptly on Monday morning (11:00 BST).
Somerset 30-3 v Durham 256
Keaton Jennings' century and three quick wickets from opening pair Chris Rushworth and Graham Onions gave Durham the edge against Somerset on day one.
The 23-year-old made 116 as Tim Groenewald and Lewis Gregory rattled through the rest of the hosts line-up.
Jennings, who hit 15 fours, finally fell top-edging Josh Davey to gully before Durham were bowled out for 256.
Tom Abell and Davey fell lbw to Rushworth, then Onions bowled Marcus Trescothick as Somerset closed on 30-3.
Durham batsmen Mark Stoneman and Scott Borthwick both fell cheaply as Somerset started brightly before Jack Burnham (33) helped repair the innings in a 79-run third-wicket partnership with Jennings.
Burnham eventually fell when he was bowled by Davey.
Gregory then claimed two wicket in two balls, including uprooting Paul Collingwood's middle stump first ball, as Somerset looked to gain some momentum.
Rushworth became Gregory's fourth victim of the day, departing to an exceptional slip catch from Jim Allenby it left the visitors with 12 overs to face.
And last year's Division One leading wicket-taker struck in his fourth when Abell was trapped playing across the line before nightwatchman Davey was caught out in the next over when the ball nipped back.
Onions' inswinging yorker then dismissed the Somerset captain as the away side limped to the close, trailing by 226 runs.
Hampshire 189-8 v Warwickshire
Keith Barker took five wickets before lunch on the opening day of the County Championship to put Warwickshire on top against Hampshire at Southampton.
But South African Ryan McLaren then limited the damage by the end of the day as he hit an unbeaten 84 to help Hampshire recover from 87-7 to 189-8.
Bad light interrupted an impressive fightback, forcing an early close.
But left-armer Barker's 5-44 - this season's first five-wicket haul - has given the Bears the upper hand.
After new Warwickshire county captain Ian Bell elect to bowl without a toss under the new regulations on a green-tinged pitch, they were rewarded when Barker struck with his 13th delivery, to find Michael Carberry's edge.
He also removed Carberry's young opening partner Tom Alsop five balls later, also caught behind before claiming a third victim of a ferocious opening spell from the Hotel End when Will Smith gave a catch to short leg, then bagging both Liam Dawson and Sean Ervine lbw.
But McLaren scored his fifth Championship half century - his second in succession after ending last season with 52 against Nottinghamshire.
Reece Topley's 15, in a 51-run stand with McLaren, beat his previous best first-class score of 12 before being comprehensively bowled by England rival Chris Woakes. And McLaren has put on a further 51 runs in a so far unbroken stand with James Tomlinson, who is still there on 15.
The only other Hampshire player to reach double figures were James Vince, who made 25 before mistiming a leading edge off England and Ireland international Boyd Rankin, and Dawson (20).
Northants 296-2 v Sussex
Northants opener Ben Duckett made a career-best 178 not out as Sussex toiled on their return to Division Two.
Openers Jake Libby (42) and Duckett saw Northants reach 130 without loss, and Alex Wakeley (51) added a half century.
Australian Steve Magoffin (1-31) offered Sussex's best bowling threat and had Libby lbw, while spinner Danny Briggs took the wicket of Wakely.
The hosts were 296-2 when bad light stopped play after 82 overs, with Jack Cobb set to resume with Duckett.
Division Two
Essex 39-1 v Gloucestershire 262
Gareth Roderick hit an unbeaten 88 as Gloucestershire and Essex shared an even first day at the County Ground.
The 24-year-old hit 11 fours as he shared a 73-run fourth-wicket partnership with Hamish Marshall (51).
Marshall departed after being caught well by Jesse Ryder attempting to drive Jamie Porter, whose four wickets restricted the away side to just 262.
In reply, Liam Nowell trapped Nick Browne for one but England captain Alistair Cook helped Essex reach 39-1.
Surrey 7-0 v Nottinghamshire 446
Nottinghamshire piled up 446 on the opening day of the 2016 season as Steven Mullaney punished newly-promoted Surrey with an impressive hundred.
Mullaney (113) plus Riki Wessels (81) and Samit Patel's (85) century partnership saw Notts beyond 300, and Chris Read added an unbeaten 63.
Surrey's Tom Curran took three wickets and West Indies paceman Ravi Rampaul (5-93) saw off Notts' lower order.
At the close, Surrey were 7-0 having survived two overs unscathed.
Surrey, who took the option to bowl first without a toss, removed Greg Smith and Michael Lumb before lunch, but could not halt Mullaney until he had guided Notts beyond 200.
The hosts, who picked up maximum batting bonus points, looked like posting a huge total until Wessels was caught behind by Ben Foakes off Rampaul to leave Notts 308-5.
Surrey will resume on Monday with openers Rory Burns and Arun Harinath looking to give them a foothold in the match.
Worcestershire v Kent - No play Sunday (wet outfield)
Worcestershire and Kent spent a frustrating first day of the new season before play was called off in mid-afternoon.
Umpires Ian Gould and Richard Illingworth, the former Worcestershire and England slow left-armer, made several inspections.
But the previous day's incessant rain had left an already wet outfield totally sodden at New Road.
And an overnight frost had caused melting ice to drip onto the pitch.
The two sides still hope to get underway promptly on Monday morning (11:00 BST).
Sunday, 3 April 2016
ICC World T20 Finals
Men's Final
England 155-9 (20 overs): Root 54, Buttler 36, Brathwaite 3-23
West Indies 161-6 (19.4 overs): Samuels 85*, Brathwaite 34*, Willey 3-20
West Indies win by four wickets
Carlos Brathwaite hit the first four balls of the final over for six as West Indies stunned England to win the World Twenty20.
West Indies, who were 11-3 in pursuit of England's 155-9, needed 19 off the final to win - and did it in style.
Marlon Samuels' 85 not out kept them in contention before Brathwaite's match-winning blitz off Ben Stokes.
Joe Root scored 54 for England but could not prevent Windies joining their women as World Twenty20 champions.
In the process, the West Indies became the first two-time winners of the men's World Twenty20.
Women's Final
Australia 148-5 (20 overs): Villani 52, Lanning 52, Dottin 2-33
West Indies 149-2 (19.3 overs): Matthews 66, Taylor 59
West Indies won by eight wickets
West Indies claimed their first Women's World Twenty20 with a pulsating eight-wicket win over Australia in Kolkata.
Australia, seeking a fourth successive World T20 title, chose to bat and posted 148-5, with Elyse Villani making the first half century in a final.
But 18-year-old Windies opener Hayley Matthews hit a stunning 66 off 45 balls with three sixes, in a stand of 120.
The Windies won with three balls to spare and will hope for a T20 double in the men's final with England later.
West Indies had lost all of their eight previous T20 internationals against Australia and in their first final they made a nervous start bowling at the iconic Eden Gardens.
Villani (52) seized on some wayward full tosses to reach her fifty from 34 balls.
Australia skipper Meg Lanning hit three successive fours in her 52 and the elegant Ellyse Perry dispatched two glorious straight drives for six in a cameo 28.
Having fought back by conceding only a single from the final over they bowled, the Windies made a slow start to their reply, scoring three from the first two overs.
But Matthews and skipper Stafanie Taylor hit 16 from the fifth over, bowled by Perry, and recorded their century partnership in the 14th over.
Matthews was caught with 29 more runs required from 26 balls and Taylor's 59 ended with only five left to score from eight deliveries.
Three were needed from the final over and victory was secured after a routine run-out opportunity turned into an overthrow, to spark exuberant West Indian celebrations, joined by the men's team who were arriving for their final with England at 14:30 BST.
It continued a welcome resurgence for West Indian cricket, after the Under-19 team beat India to win the 50-over World Cup in February.
England 155-9 (20 overs): Root 54, Buttler 36, Brathwaite 3-23
West Indies 161-6 (19.4 overs): Samuels 85*, Brathwaite 34*, Willey 3-20
West Indies win by four wickets
Carlos Brathwaite hit the first four balls of the final over for six as West Indies stunned England to win the World Twenty20.
West Indies, who were 11-3 in pursuit of England's 155-9, needed 19 off the final to win - and did it in style.
Marlon Samuels' 85 not out kept them in contention before Brathwaite's match-winning blitz off Ben Stokes.
Joe Root scored 54 for England but could not prevent Windies joining their women as World Twenty20 champions.
In the process, the West Indies became the first two-time winners of the men's World Twenty20.
Women's Final
Australia 148-5 (20 overs): Villani 52, Lanning 52, Dottin 2-33
West Indies 149-2 (19.3 overs): Matthews 66, Taylor 59
West Indies won by eight wickets
West Indies claimed their first Women's World Twenty20 with a pulsating eight-wicket win over Australia in Kolkata.
Australia, seeking a fourth successive World T20 title, chose to bat and posted 148-5, with Elyse Villani making the first half century in a final.
But 18-year-old Windies opener Hayley Matthews hit a stunning 66 off 45 balls with three sixes, in a stand of 120.
The Windies won with three balls to spare and will hope for a T20 double in the men's final with England later.
West Indies had lost all of their eight previous T20 internationals against Australia and in their first final they made a nervous start bowling at the iconic Eden Gardens.
Villani (52) seized on some wayward full tosses to reach her fifty from 34 balls.
Australia skipper Meg Lanning hit three successive fours in her 52 and the elegant Ellyse Perry dispatched two glorious straight drives for six in a cameo 28.
Having fought back by conceding only a single from the final over they bowled, the Windies made a slow start to their reply, scoring three from the first two overs.
But Matthews and skipper Stafanie Taylor hit 16 from the fifth over, bowled by Perry, and recorded their century partnership in the 14th over.
Matthews was caught with 29 more runs required from 26 balls and Taylor's 59 ended with only five left to score from eight deliveries.
Three were needed from the final over and victory was secured after a routine run-out opportunity turned into an overthrow, to spark exuberant West Indian celebrations, joined by the men's team who were arriving for their final with England at 14:30 BST.
It continued a welcome resurgence for West Indian cricket, after the Under-19 team beat India to win the 50-over World Cup in February.
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