County Championship Division Two 2026
Northamptonshire vs Worcestershire, 15th Match
Northamptonshire won by an innings and 177 runs
Northamptonshire (NHNTS)
306/10 (79.1 ov)
114/10 (44.1 ov)
Worcestershire (WORCS)
597/7 (151.6 ov)
TEST
Completed
Completed
Match information
- Series
- County Championship Division Two 2026
- Match
- 15th Match · TEST
- Start date and time
- Venue
- County Ground, Northampton, England
- Toss
- Worcestershire opt to bat
- Umpires
- Neil Pratt, Sue Redfern
- Match referee
- Ian Ramage
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
- Ben Sanderson · Bowler
- Raphael Weatherall · Bowler
- Harry Conway · Bowler
Worcestershire
- Daniel Lategan · Batsman
- Jake Libby · Batsman
- Gareth Roderick (wk) · WK-Batsman
- Adam Hose · Batsman
- Brett DOliveira (c) · Batting Allrounder
- Ethan Brookes · Bowling Allrounder
- Matthew Waite · Bowler
- Beyers Swanepoel · Bowler
- Tom Taylor · Bowling Allrounder
- Adam Finch · Bowler
- Oliver Hannon-Dalby · Bowler
Worcestershire innings
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Lategan | c Lewis McManus b Ben Sanderson | 32 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 96.97 |
| Jake Libby | c Calvin Harrison b Conway | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 42.86 |
| Gareth Roderick | not out | 164 | 211 | 16 | 3 | 77.73 |
| Adam Hose | c Lewis McManus b Raphael Weatherall | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 125 |
| Brett DOliveira | c Calvin Harrison b Ben Sanderson | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.29 |
| Ethan Brookes | lbw b Ben Sanderson | 32 | 68 | 5 | 0 | 47.06 |
| Matthew Waite | lbw b Ben Sanderson | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 |
| Tom Taylor | c Lewis McManus b Raphael Weatherall | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 27.27 |
| Beyers Swanepoel | lbw b Calvin Harrison |
Northamptonshire innings
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricardo Vasconcelos | lbw b Ethan Brookes | 115 | 226 | 18 | 0 | 50.88 |
| Luke Procter | c Ethan Brookes b Tom Taylor | 21 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Calvin Harrison | b Beyers Swanepoel | 27 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 100 |
| Nathan McSweeney | c O Hannon-Dalby b Beyers Swanepoel | 32 | 75 | 4 | 0 | 42.67 |
| Saif Zaib | c G Roderick b Tom Taylor | 75 | 78 | 11 | 0 | 96.15 |
| James Sales | not out | 146 | 209 | 15 | 0 | 69.86 |
| George Bartlett | b Tom Taylor | 54 | 96 | 7 | 0 | 56.25 |
| Lewis McManus | lbw b Brett DOliveira | 104 | 137 | 8 | 3 | 75.91 |
| Raphael Weatherall | not out |
Worcestershire innings
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Lategan | c Lewis McManus b Conway | 17 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 30.36 |
| Jake Libby | b Ben Sanderson | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 |
| Gareth Roderick | lbw b Ben Sanderson | 33 | 88 | 3 | 0 | 37.5 |
| Adam Hose | b Ben Sanderson | 33 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 63.46 |
| Brett DOliveira | c Bartlett b L Procter | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ethan Brookes | b Ben Sanderson | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Waite | c Calvin Harrison b Ben Sanderson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Taylor | b Ben Sanderson | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5.56 |
| Beyers Swanepoel | c and b Ben Sanderson | 8 |