| LV=County Championship Division One, Edgbaston (day two): |
| Northamptonshire 250: Nair 78, Homosexual 77; Hannon-Dalby 7-46 |
| Warwickshire 142-4: Rhodes 44; White 3-37 |
| Warwickshire (3 pts) path Northants (2 pts) by 108 runs |
| Scorecard |
Oliver Hannon-Dalby claimed his career-best bowling figures as he took 7-46 to bowl out Northamptonshire for 250.
However, on one other weather-hit day in Birmingham, and with worse climate reportedly on the way in which, Northants’ hopes of staying up are beginning to cloud over.
Having begun this week’s spherical of fixtures 26 factors adrift, and with their last two video games to come back in opposition to high two Surrey and Essex, this can be a sport they significantly should win.
And, with the Bears on 142-4 of their first innings, Northants should hope for a severe Warwickshire collapse on day three.
Resuming on 200-5, Northants in a single day pair Saif Zaib and Lewis McManus added an additional 17 earlier than being parted.
Zaib edged Hannon-Dalby to Michael Burgess, earlier than the Warwickshire wicketkeeper then claimed a second catch to take away McManus too, off Chris Rushworth.
Within the subsequent over, Hannon-Dalby struck once more to finish his twelfth five-wicket haul, however solely his fourth at Edgbaston, when he had Tom Taylor nicely caught by a diving Hain at second slip.
And, after an additional 17 runs have been added to hold Northants to 250 – and solely a fourth batting bonus level of the season – all of it ended very instantly.
In successive balls, Hannon-Dalby had Kerrigan trapped leg earlier than to earn solely his third six-wicket haul earlier than making it seven for the primary time when he bowled White.
It surpassed each Hannon-Dalby’s earlier greatest, 6-33 within the Bob Willis Trophy in opposition to Gloucestershire at Bristol in 2020, and his Championship greatest, 6-40 in opposition to Kent at Edgbaston final season. And it was one other significantly good effort from the late-developing Yorkshireman, who has turn out to be such a prolific wicket taker it’s a marvel why England have by no means thought of him.
After having to face one over earlier than lunch, seen out by Rob Yates, it was nicely after lunch earlier than Kraigg Brathwaite lastly took his first guard at Edgbaston as a Bear.
He discovered it arduous work on his dwelling debut, taking nearly an hour – and 46 balls – to grind out 9 earlier than White had the West Indies skipper caught behind off a lifter. Nevertheless it was an actual battle for everybody.
Yates took almost two hours earlier than slicing Luke Procter to second slip on 23. And, having taken a very long time to play himself in, skipper Will Rhodes instantly sped up earlier than skying White to 3rd man on 44.
Then Sam Hain, enjoying in his final Bears sport of the season following his England call-up for the ODI sequence with Eire, was the following to go for a 30 that appeared arduous work earlier than being trapped in entrance by White.
Fifth-wicket pair Dan Mousley (20) and Ed Barnard (4) then noticed it via earlier than they went off for unhealthy gentle, totally half an hour earlier than umpires Rob Bailey and Neil Pratt known as it off.
However, with in poor health climate predicted, Northamptonshire’s hopes of edging the win they should preserve their survival hopes realistically alive don’t look good.