COUNTIES CRICKET Championship results July 27/28, 2026
Last day of three
Eastern Division One
Benwell Hill: Buckinghamshire 257 (Billy Dodds 79, Ed Bragg 57 not out, Conner Haddow 42, Jonny Bushnell 6-88) & 175 (Ewan Cox 51, Oli McGee 4-25), Northumberland 212 (Ross Whitfield 57) & 221-2 (Sol Bell 106 not out, Jonny Bushnell 57 not out). Northumberland (21pts) beat Buckinghamshire (6pts) by eight wickets.
Checkley: Cambridgeshire 152 (Sam Keeling-Wright 8-60) & 198 (Ben Claydon 58, Alex Peirson 44, Sam Keeling-Wright 5-41), Staffordshire 461-5 (Reeve Evitts 207 not out, Tom Moulton 96, James Kettleborough 42). Staffordshire (24pts) beat Cambridgeshire (2pts) by an innings and 111 runs.
Western Division One
Eastnor: Wiltshire 404 (Cyrus Shafi 146, Stan Brown 112) & 323-8 dec (Will Naish 70, Cyrus Shafi 54, Tom Cheater 45, Jake Goodwin 40, Taylor Cornall 5-110), Herefordshire 206 (Joel Cox 80, Freddie Ammonds 45) & 228 (Luke Powell 89, Ben Chapman-Lilley 74, Taylor Cornall 42, Sam Freestone 4-76). Wiltshire (24pts) beat Herefordshire (5pts) by 233 runs.
Banbury: Devon 287 (Sam Elstone 52, Seb Linnitt 51, Ben Privett 49, Jack Warner 4-36) & 188 (Sam Elstone 41, Jack Warner 5-30), Oxfordshire 266 (Amogh Karpe 99, Hayden Rossouw 51, Callum Harvey 5-87) & 123 (George Daldorph 5-34). Devon (23pts) beat Oxfordshire (6pts) by 86 runs.
Eastern Division Two
Hitchin: Lincolnshire 449-8 (Sam Evans 118, Pranav Pothula 113, Sam Jarvis 92, Ben Waring 4-133) & 210-6 dec (Nic Keast 48), Hertfordshire 255 (Cole Seggery 89, Jack Plom 65, Matty Mills 4-47) & 212 (Henry Hawkins 52). Lincolnshire (24pts) beat Hertfordshire (5pts) by 192 runs.
Western Division Two
Wimborne: Cheshire 407-9 (Sam Perry 162, Henry Dobson 52, Kesh Fonseka 45, Mo Abbas 4-89) & 301-7 dec (David Wainwright 67 not out, Luke McCoy 46, Henry Murray 42, Sam Perry 41), Dorset 364 (Finn Gordon 172, Luke Webb 50) & 91-6 (Dylan Church 40). Dorset (12pts) drew with Cheshire (12pts)
Bridgnorth: Wales NC 166 (Roman Walker 8-44) & 351 (Rhodri Lewis 108, Luke Griffiths 89), Shropshire 348 (Finn Jones 78, Harry Chander 71, Seb Scott 60, Roman Walker 52) & 175-4 (Joe Johnson 64, Seb Scott 58 not out). Shropshire (24pts) beat Wales NC (4pts) by six wickets.
Finished on Monday
Eastern Division Two
Sprowston: Bedfordshire 123 (Andy Hanby 4-38) & 209 (Jake Tarling 46, Zaid Faleel 43, Callum Metcalf 4-41), Norfolk 394-6 (Charlie Hood 105, Arthur Wilcox 102, Enoch Uthayarajan 87, Sam Arthurton 42 not out). Norfolk (24pts) beat Bedfordshire (2pts) by an innings and 62 runs.
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