County Championship Division Two 2026
Northamptonshire vs Lancashire, 3rd Match
Match drawn
Northamptonshire (NHNTS)
384/10 (106.3 ov)
194/10 (75.4 ov)
Lancashire (LANCS)
258/10 (81.4 ov)
213/9 (99.6 ov)
TEST
Completed
Completed
Match information
- Series
- County Championship Division Two 2026
- Match
- 3rd Match · TEST
- Start date and time
- Venue
- County Ground, Northampton, England
- Toss
- Lancashire opt to bat
- Umpires
- Mark Newell, Paul Baldwin
- Match referee
- Peter Such
Playing XI
Northamptonshire
- Ricardo Vasconcelos · WK-Batsman
- Luke Procter (c) · Bowling Allrounder
- Calvin Harrison · Bowling Allrounder
- Nathan McSweeney · Batting Allrounder
- Saif Zaib · Batting Allrounder
- James Sales · Batting Allrounder
- George Bartlett · Batsman
- Lewis McManus (wk) · WK-Batsman
- Louis Kimber · WK-Batsman
- Ben Sanderson · Bowler
- Harry Conway · Bowler
Lancashire
- Luke Wells · Batting Allrounder
- Harry Singh · Batsman
- Josh Bohannon · Batting Allrounder
- George Bell · WK-Batsman
- Michael Jones · Batsman
- Matthew Hurst (wk) · WK-Batsman
- George Balderson · Bowling Allrounder
- Tom Hartley · Bowler
- Tom Bailey · Bowler
- Ajeet Dale · Bowler
- Sir James Anderson (c) · Bowler
Lancashire innings
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Wells | st Lewis McManus b Calvin Harrison | 87 | 136 | 13 | 0 | 63.97 |
| Harry Singh | c Bartlett b Ben Sanderson | 18 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 42.86 |
| Josh Bohannon | b Saif Zaib | 90 | 167 | 14 | 0 | 53.89 |
| George Bell | c Lewis McManus b L Procter | 7 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 29.17 |
| Michael Jones | c Ricardo Vasconcelos b Conway | 71 | 91 | 11 | 0 | 78.02 |
| Matthew Hurst | c Calvin Harrison b Conway | 25 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 43.1 |
| George Balderson | c Calvin Harrison b Ben Sanderson | 21 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 42.86 |
| Tom Hartley | lbw b Ben Sanderson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Bailey | c Louis Kimber b Ben Sanderson |
Northamptonshire innings
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricardo Vasconcelos | b James Anderson | 25 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 65.79 |
| Luke Procter | c Tom Hartley b T Bailey | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Calvin Harrison | c Matthew Hurst b James Anderson | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 50 |
| Nathan McSweeney | c George Bell b T Bailey | 32 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 46.38 |
| Saif Zaib | c Michael Jones b James Anderson | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 57.14 |
| James Sales | c Michael Jones b James Anderson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| George Bartlett | c Harry Singh b T Bailey | 31 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 73.81 |
| Lewis McManus | not out | 75 | 188 | 8 | 2 | 39.89 |
| Louis Kimber | b James Anderson |
Lancashire innings
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Wells | c Ricardo Vasconcelos b Calvin Harrison | 40 | 77 | 4 | 0 | 51.95 |
| Harry Singh | b Ben Sanderson | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9.09 |
| Josh Bohannon | c Louis Kimber b Conway | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 44.44 |
| George Bell | c Lewis McManus b Conway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Jones | b Conway | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Hurst | c Louis Kimber b Conway | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 36.84 |
| George Balderson | b Calvin Harrison | 30 | 67 | 4 | 0 | 44.78 |
| Tom Hartley | lbw b Nathan McSweeney | 16 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 47.06 |
| Tom Bailey | b Calvin Harrison | 35 |
Northamptonshire innings
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricardo Vasconcelos | c Matthew Hurst b James Anderson | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| Luke Procter | c L Wells b Ajeet Dale | 13 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 18.57 |
| Harry Conway | c Tom Hartley b T Bailey | 5 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 22.73 |
| Calvin Harrison | b T Bailey | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan McSweeney | c Michael Jones b Balderson | 6 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 13.64 |
| Saif Zaib | c Matthew Hurst b Balderson | 10 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 37.04 |
| James Sales | c James Anderson b Tom Hartley | 24 | 83 | 3 | 0 | 28.92 |
| George Bartlett | not out | 95 | 197 | 12 | 0 | 48.22 |
| Lewis McManus | lbw b James Anderson |