Lancashire 276 (Jennings 119, Wells 84; Hill 6-26) and 280 for 5 decl. (Wells 124, Jennings 68; Bess 3-84) drew with Yorkshire 255 (Kohler-Cadmore 51; Bailey 4-56; Parkinson 3-52, Williams 3-64) and 102 for 3 The 277th Roses match ended at Emirates Old Trafford this evening when rain interrupted Yorkshire’s …
Read More »Lancashire channel their inner Lightning as Luke Wells onslaught revives Roses prospects
Lancashire 276 and 203 for 3 (Wells 124, Jennings 68) lead Yorkshire 255 (Kohler-Cadmore 51, Bailey 4-56, Parkinson 3-52, Williams 3-64) by 224 runs Spectators attending the third day of the Roses match at Emirates Old Trafford had two games to watch. The first accorded with the traditional tempi of …
Read More »George Hill six-for stuns Lancashire after Keaton Jennings makes Roses history
Lancashire 272 for 8 (Jennings 119, Wells 84, Hill 6-26) vs Yorkshire From one perspective, the Roses match has become a little shop-soiled this season. This, after all, is the sixth game between Lancashire and Yorkshire since mid-May and some of those sitting in the Emirates Old Trafford pavilion this …
Read More »Fin Bean shows he’s capable of grace as well as grind for Yorkshire
Yorkshire 130 for 4 (Bean 42, Williams 2-22) trail Lancashire 276 (Jennings 119, Wells 84, Hill 6-26) by 146 runs Few games are so wonderfully enriched by their past as cricket yet few should be more wary of being enchained by it. It is a tricky path to tread. Before …
Read More »A sad and soggy end to an ill-starred Roses contest
Report Play abandoned on fourth day after serious injury mars rain-doomed contest Yorkshire drew with Lancashire 411 for 2 (Jennings 102, Wells 97*, Davies 84, Bohannon 74* Perhaps we should have realised on Tuesday evening that the Roses match would end not with the two counties contesting a tightly-fought battle …
Read More »Roses match overshadowed by horror leg injury to Dominic Leech
Report Young Yorkshire bowler lost footing on damp ground while fielding, slid into concrete base of Western Terrace Lancashire 411 for 2 (Jennings 102, Wells 97*, Davies 84, Bohannon 74*) vs Yorkshire Nobody who has lived through the past 18 months needs to be reminded that there are times when …
Read More »Keaton Jennings, Alex Davies rise above Roses anxieties to deliver big-match performance
Report Steve Patterson’s decision at the toss leads to long day in the field for the home side Lancashire 273 for 2 (Jennings 132, Davies 84) vs Yorkshire Nothing upstages a Roses match. Ask a good few Yorkshiremen of more mature years where they were on the afternoon when England …
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