County Championship Division Two 2026
Northamptonshire vs Gloucestershire, 25th Match
Northamptonshire won by 7 wkts
Northamptonshire (NHNTS)
465/10 (117.5 ov)
191/3 (33.5 ov)
Gloucestershire (GLOUCS)
268/10 (86.1 ov)
387/10 (118.2 ov)
TEST
Completed
Completed
Match information
- Series
- County Championship Division Two 2026
- Match
- 25th Match · TEST
- Start date and time
- Venue
- County Ground, Northampton, England
- Toss
- Gloucestershire opt to bowl
- Umpires
- Hassan Adnan, Chris Watts
- Match referee
- Phil Whitticase
Playing XI
Northamptonshire
- Ricardo Vasconcelos (wk) · WK-Batsman
- Luke Procter (c) · Bowling Allrounder
- Calvin Harrison · Bowling Allrounder
- Nathan McSweeney · Batting Allrounder
- Saif Zaib · Batting Allrounder
- Justin Broad · Batting Allrounder
- James Sales · Batting Allrounder
- George Bartlett · Batsman
- Liam Guthrie · Bowler
- Raphael Weatherall · Bowler
- Harry Conway · Bowler
Gloucestershire
- Cameron Bancroft (c) · WK-Batsman
- Joe Phillips · Batsman
- Tommy Boorman · Batsman
- Miles Hammond · Batsman
- James Bracey (wk) · WK-Batsman
- Jack Taylor · Batting Allrounder
- Kristian Clarke · Bowler
- Graeme van Buuren · Batting Allrounder
- Will Williams · Bowler
- Matthew Taylor · Bowler
- Daaryoush Ahmed ·
Northamptonshire innings
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricardo Vasconcelos | b Kristian Clarke | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 |
| Luke Procter | c James Bracey b Kristian Clarke | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 35.29 |
| Calvin Harrison | c Will Williams b Matthew Taylor | 21 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 72.41 |
| Nathan McSweeney | c James Bracey b Kristian Clarke | 117 | 239 | 13 | 0 | 48.95 |
| Saif Zaib | c Bancroft b Daaryoush Ahmed | 142 | 163 | 17 | 2 | 87.12 |
| James Sales | c James Bracey b Kristian Clarke | 50 | 103 | 9 | 0 | 48.54 |
| George Bartlett | lbw b Kristian Clarke | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 61.54 |
| Justin Broad | lbw b Kristian Clarke | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Conway |
Gloucestershire innings
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron Bancroft | lbw b Raphael Weatherall | 19 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 47.5 |
| Joe Phillips | c Ricardo Vasconcelos b L Procter | 9 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Tommy Boorman | c Ricardo Vasconcelos b Liam Guthrie | 17 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 45.95 |
| Miles Hammond | lbw b Liam Guthrie | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 31.25 |
| James Bracey | c Justin Broad b James Sales | 72 | 113 | 6 | 2 | 63.72 |
| Graeme van Buuren | c Raphael Weatherall b Saif Zaib | 76 | 163 | 5 | 0 | 46.63 |
| Jack Taylor | c Bartlett b Saif Zaib | 15 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 31.25 |
| Kristian Clarke | lbw b Conway | 21 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 55.26 |
| Daaryoush Ahmed |
Gloucestershire innings
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron Bancroft | c Calvin Harrison b Liam Guthrie | 64 | 105 | 6 | 1 | 60.95 |
| Joe Phillips | c Ricardo Vasconcelos b Conway | 7 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 18.92 |
| Tommy Boorman | c Ricardo Vasconcelos b Raphael Weatherall | 15 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 37.5 |
| Miles Hammond | c Bartlett b Liam Guthrie | 15 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 75 |
| James Bracey | batting | 148 | 229 | 18 | 0 | 64.63 |
| Graeme van Buuren | b James Sales | 8 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 53.33 |
| Jack Taylor | c James Sales b Liam Guthrie | 12 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 31.58 |
| Kristian Clarke | c Bartlett b James Sales | 22 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 48.89 |
| Daaryoush Ahmed | lbw b Conway |
Northamptonshire innings
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricardo Vasconcelos | b Matthew Taylor | 33 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 89.19 |
| Luke Procter | b Will Williams | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Calvin Harrison | not out | 92 | 100 | 7 | 3 | 92 |
| Nathan McSweeney | c James Bracey b Daaryoush Ahmed | 21 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 65.62 |
| Saif Zaib | not out | 34 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 109.68 |
| Justin Broad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Sales | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Bartlett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Liam Guthrie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |