COUNTIES CRICKET Western Division round 3 day 2 review

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Created on Monday, 11 August 2025 20:49

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Cheshire kept alive their hopes of returning to the top-flight of the National Counties Cricket Championship at the first attempt by beating Wales NC by an innings and 17 runs inside two days at Abergavenny.

Cheshire were relegated from Western Division One last season and began life in the Second Division with successive draws against Shropshire and Wiltshire.

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COUNTIES CRICKET Western Division round-up July 29

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Oxfordshire were frustrated by rain and a career-best 91 not out from Herefordshire’s acting-captain Olly Walker when they were within sight of victory at Eastnor in Western Division One.

After a delayed start Herefordshire were soon deep in trouble at 41 for six but Walker and Luke Powell then dug in and added 107 in a defiant seventh wicket partnership.

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COUNTIES CRICKET Spinners prosper in Tamar derby

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Spinners prospered in the National Counties Championship Tamar derby at Cornwood where Devon slow left-armer Sam Read and off-spinner Jamie Stephens shared eight wickets to dismiss Cornwall for 286.

Grampound Road’s Tom Orpe made 43 on his county debut which was one of five 30-plus scores in Cornwall’s first with Will MacVicar and Jake Rowe, who shared an eight-wicket partnership of 73, finishing as joint-top scorers with 46.

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COUNTIES CRICKET Dorset win Championship opener

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Created on Tuesday, 29 July 2025 07:33

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Dorset inflicted further pain on Shropshire as they opened their NCCA Cluberly Championship Western Division Two campaign with an innings and 40 runs victory inside two days at Wimborne.

The win came just 15 days after Dorset had defeated Shropshire in the National Counties Trophy final with slow left-armer Mo Abbas, who sat out that game, the match-winner this time.

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COUNTIES CRICKET Dorset through to T20 finals

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Dorset, Norfolk, Northumberland and Oxfordshire booked their places at the National Counties T20 Finals Day after they topped their respective groups in today’s Super-12s round.

They will now go forward to Wormsley on Sunday August 24 when the two semi-finals and final will be played.

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COUNTIES CRICKET Blake makes Cornwall cricket history

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Created on Sunday, 27 July 2025 20:00

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Alex Blake made history by becoming the first Cornwall batter to make a double century in the NCCA Cluberly Championship on the opening day of the Western Division One match against Berkshire at Truro.

The former Kent left-hander made 208   as Cornwall piled up against the defending Western Division champions, his third three figure score in the competition and the highest against Berkshire since 1949.

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