Dom Sibley scored 305 as Surrey racked up a county document 820-9d in opposition to Durham on the Oval, the best of an astonishing 59 centuries in opposition to the unfamiliar Kookaburra ball over the previous two weeks within the Rothesay County Championship.
4,508 runs had been gathered throughout the primary innings this week – essentially the most ever throughout a spherical in County Championship historical past – as gamers raised their bat with regularity while bowlers had been left feeling perplexed, none extra so than Durham spinner George Drissell who registered figures of 1-247 off 45 overs.
It meant we as soon as once more witnessed extra trivial scenes on day 4, with Sam Curran opting to attempt his hand at some left-arm spin, while Indian wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan was eager to take advantage of his quick stint at Nottinghamshire as he eliminated the gloves to show his arm over.
Nonetheless, there have been three optimistic outcomes which was yet one more than final week as Lancashire ended their anticipate a primary win of the season and Division Two leaders Leicestershire had been crushed for the primary time, while Yorkshire received an important battle on the backside in Division One to leapfrog Essex out of the relegation locations.
So many performances with the bat makes the job of narrowing it down into an XI difficult, with numerous gamers making scores above 150 failing to make the minimize.
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1. Dom Sibley (Surrey)
The previous England worldwide turned the eighth Surrey participant to attain a triple ton in a mammoth 10-hour keep on the crease within the blistering South London warmth.
His 475-ball innings, together with 29 fours and two sixes, was a masterclass in risk-free accumulation because the 29-year-old demonstrated each talent and focus.
A 334-run stand inside simply 54 overs with the eye-catching Dan Lawrence was considered one of three main partnerships with fellow centurions Sam Curran and Will Jacks because the hosts extended Durham’s demoralising keep within the subject.
When Sibley was lastly dismissed within the 152nd over of the innings, he had propelled himself to the highest of the Division One run-scoring charts and is now simply 24 runs in need of changing into the primary participant to cross 1,000 for the season.
2. Alex Lees (Durham)
Staying on the Oval, Durham captain Lees ensured his facet recovered from a torrid first two days to move again up North with a draw.
The left-hander scored two centuries within the match – his thirty first and thirty second profession First-Class hundred – with an outstanding unbroken opening stand of 262 alongside Emilio Homosexual on day 4 changing into a brand new Durham document in opposition to Surrey.
Lees introduced up his second ton in as many days on what proved to be the final ball of the match earlier than palms had been shaken, after top-scoring within the first innings with 125 to frustrate the Surrey assault, although finally was not sufficient to get his facet anyplace near avoiding the inevitable follow-on.
3. Jake Libby (Worcestershire)
Worcestershire stand-in captain Libby achieved a career-best rating of 228 not out as Division One’s backside facet compiled 679-7d in opposition to Hampshire at Southampton, their third highest ever First-Class whole.
The opener occupied the crease for 5 straight periods in a composed innings in opposition to an more and more weary bowling assault, containing 18 fours and one six, carrying his bat when he determined sufficient was sufficient after 160 overs.
It was the 32-year-old’s second century of the season and second double century within the County Championship, passing 10,000 profession runs within the course of, sharing a 395-run partnership with Adam Hose for the third wicket – the primary time two Worcestershire gamers have scored 200 in an innings.
4. Adam Hose (Worcestershire)
As talked about, Libby was remarkably not the one Worcestershire participant to attain a double ton as Hose pummeled the Hampshire assault for a career-best effort of his personal on a rare first day on the Utilita Bowl which noticed the guests finish on 456-3.
The massive-hitting center order batter was ultimately dismissed within the penultimate over of the day for an astonishing 266 off simply 253 balls, with 31 fours and 7 sixes, the best rating by a Worcestershire participant at quantity 4 and largest by a visiting participant at Hampshire in Championship cricket.
A relentless knock which turned extra aggressive in strategy because the day progressed offered the perfect distinction to Libby’s extra regular platform and noticed the pair information the Pears to a fifth batting level earlier than the shut of play, having solely recorded three in whole in the course of the marketing campaign earlier than this sport.
5. Ben Kellaway (Glamorgan)
The Glamorgan all-rounder has been one of many rising skills on the home circuit in 2025, registering his second century and five-wicket haul of the season of their draw with Gloucestershire.
21-year-old Kellaway displayed immense maturity for his 139 off 239 balls, guiding Glamorgan to parity within the first innings together with fellow centurion Colin Ingram because the pair led a restoration from 121-4 to 375-5.
With a lead of 148, Kellaway then took cost with the ball on day 4 with career-best figures within the absence of frontline spinner Mason Crane who was pressured to overlook the entire innings with an damage.
The Welsh-born participant, who has made waves for his potential to bowl with each palms, claimed figures of 6-111 with a fast burst after tea to offer the hosts renewed hope of forcing a end result however Gloucestershire held agency on 255-7 to safe the draw, although Glamorgan did shut the hole behind 2nd place Derbyshire to simply two factors.
6. Matthew Revis (Yorkshire)
Native lad Revis backed up an unbeaten 93 at Trent Bridge final week with a career-best 150 to ship Yorkshire on their strategy to an important second victory of the marketing campaign in a bottom-of-the-table conflict in opposition to struggling Essex at York.
The 23-year-old helped to rescue Yorkshire from 273-8, nonetheless trailing by 95 runs, to 459 all out within the highest ever ninth-wicket partnership in opposition to Essex value 169 with Ben Coad, with Revis ultimately the final man out after a 187-ball innings with 18 fours and two sixes.
After his third profession First-Class century put the hosts on prime, the all-rounder then claimed the important thing wicket of Jordan Cox on 55 as Essex had been bowled out for 131 to set Yorkshire simply 41 for victory which noticed them climb above their opponents and out of the underside two.
7. George Balderson (Lancashire)
Lancashire lastly earned their first victory of the County Championship season with a snug 261-run win over previously-unbeaten Derbyshire at Chesterfield, with all-rounder Balderson contributing with each bat and ball.
Both facet of a fast 60-ball 82 which arrange a Lancashire declaration with an insurmountable lead of 517, the right-arm seamer took 4 wickets in each innings to finish with career-best match figures of 8-125 and climb to the highest of the Division Two wicket-takers with 30 for the marketing campaign.
First innings scalps included the damaging Wayne Madsen in a useful two-wicket burst after lunch on day two which noticed the top of a useful partnership forming between the Derbyshire captain and wicketkeeper Brooke Visitor, earlier than eradicating opener Mitch Wagstaff and first innings top-scorer Martin Andersson second time round.
The leg-spin all-rounder has been a positive instance of the mortgage system working in county cricket this season, with Northamptonshire the beneficiaries, including a career-best rating with the bat to his career-best bowling figures again in April.
Batting in an unfamiliar function at quantity three, the on-loan Nottinghamshire man crafted a maiden First-Class ton with 122 off 179 balls in opposition to Kent – reaching the three determine milestone with a six – in what was the second of 4 Northants centurions throughout a Canterbury-record whole of 722-6d.
Regardless of the dominance of bat over ball for the primary three days, the guests by some means discovered themselves able to push for victory as Kent slumped to 135-8 with Harrison including an extra three wickets to his two within the first innings and now finds himself as considered one of three bowlers in Division Two on 30 for the season.
9. Chris Inexperienced (Lancashire)
The Australian has been one of many standout abroad acquisitions since becoming a member of Lancashire in 2024 and celebrated a maiden red-ball hundred at Chesterfield to steer a primary innings restoration on day one.
Having joined opener Keaton Jennings within the center at 132-6, the pair placed on a significant 106 runs for the seventh-wicket, with Inexperienced ultimately out for a perfectly managed 121 simply shy of shut of play with the rating on 363, hitting 20 fours and one six in his 167-ball innings.
The off-spinner additionally claimed two wickets apiece in each Derbyshire innings, dismissing Martin Andersson on 79 within the first after which making the essential breakthrough on day 4 which opened the door for a flurry of wickets because the guests wrapped up an emphatic victory.
10. Ben Coad (Yorkshire)
In per week to not be a seam bowler, Yorkshire’s Coad and Jack White can have been very glad with their match-winning contributions.
The canny seamer eliminated centurion Tom Westley on day one which triggered an Essex collapse from 222-1 to 368 all out and it was he who mixed with Matthew Revis with the bat to show the sport on its head, reaching a career-best 89 for under his second First-Class fifty.
Coad then struck twice with the brand new ball late on day three to go away Essex on the backfoot at 6-2, from which they by no means recovered and the Yorkshire-born 31-year-old added a fifth wicket for the match early on the ultimate day.
11. Naavya Sharma (Middlesex)
Taking part in in simply his third First-Class sport, 19-year-old right-arm fast Sharma impressed with six wickets as Middlesex shocked the leaders Leicestershire to win by an innings inside three days at Grace Road.
With 534 on the board, the England U19 prospect ripped by means of the Foxes center order with 4 wickets in 11 balls, seeing the again of Lewis Hill, Peter Handscomb, Ben Inexperienced and Ben Cox in the course of the last session on day two.
Unable to finish a maiden five-wicket haul, ending with figures of 4-43, Sharma did add an extra two to his tally as Leicestershire fell to an analogous destiny of their follow-on as their collective batting unit faltered for the time this season.
Honourable Mentions
James Coles (Sussex), Colin Ingram (Glamorgan), Tom Kohler-Cadmore (Somerset), Ashton Turner (Lancashire), Tom Westley (Essex) and Saif Zaib (Northamptonshire) all registered consecutive centuries in as many weeks – Zaib’s unbeaten 196 noticed the left-hand center order batter rise to the highest of the Division Two run-scoring charts with 919.
Northamptonshire’s Justin Broad reached his maiden First-Class century, Ben Geddes scored three figures for the primary time in a Middlesex shirt, Jack Haynes made a career-best 157 for Nottinghamshire and Lancashire’s Keaton Jennings handed 12,000 First-Class runs on the way in which to his ton.
There have been additionally tons of for James Bracey (Gloucestershire), Ben Brown (Hampshire), Sam Curran (Surrey), Harry Finch (Kent), Will Jacks (Surrey), Sam Robson (Middlesex) and Ricardo Vasconcelos (Northamptonshire).
In the meantime, Daniel Bell-Drummond (158), Emilio Homosexual (156*), Dan Hughes (151) and Dan Lawrence (178) had been all in extra of 150.
There was little to shout about with the ball for the seamers specifically, with Jack White’s match figures of 7-105 for Yorkshire in opposition to Essex a notable effort.
Somerset’s Jack Leach and Warwickshire‘s Australian import Corey Rocchiccioli each recorded six-wicket hauls in a mixed 108 overs, 6-121 and 6-173 respectively, because the spinners had been relied upon to supply lengthy spells within the batting-friendly situations.
By Dom Harris
