Cricket: Leverock Helps Nottinghamshire Win
Kamau Leverock and his Nottinghamshire Seconds pulled off a remarkable result on the final day of their Second XI Championship at the County Ground, Northampton against Northamptonshire Seconds.
At the start of play on the final day, Nottinghamshire Seconds were trailing by 372 runs with their opponents 237/8, Northamptonshire Seconds eventually declared on 240/8, leaving Nottinghamshire needing 376 for victory.
Nottinghamshire got off to a flyer with Leverock opening the inning alongside CF Gibson, the pair put on a 125 run opening wicket partnership in 15 overs, before Leverock fell for 62 off 47 deliveries, he hit 10 fours and 1 six in his 61 minute stay at the crease. Gibson would go on to score 105 leading them to a total of 381/8, CPW Haddow was the pick of the Northamptonshire bowlers with figures of 28-4-95-4.
Northamptonshire Seconds 2nd Inning
- ..26 [41] SA Zaib c Menzhausen b Patterson-White
- ..72 [68] E Gay c Schadendorf b Kamau Leverock
- ..52 [110] MD Lezar LBW Cook
- ..07 [05] CO Thurston b Patterson-White
- ..00 [02] SM Imtiaz b Patterson-White
- ..10 [21] B Claydon c Hall b Footitt
- ..49 [77] ASB Bramley c Kamau Leverock b Patterson-White
- ..10 [33] James Cronie c Schadendorf b Patterson-White
- ..01 [22] CPW Haddow Not Out
- ..02 [11] J Twigger Not Out
- ..11 Extras [8b-3lb]
- 240 Total for 8 Wickets after 65 overs
Fall of Wickets: 1-58 [Zaib], 2-126 [Gay], 3-133 [Thurston], 4-133 [Imtiaz], 5-158 [Claydon], 6-207 [Lezar], 7-236 [Cronie], 8-237 [Bramley]
Nottinghamshire Second Bowlers
- 10.-2-31-1 MHA Footitt
- 9.0-1-43-0 JM Blatherwick
- 4.0-1-23-0 LW James
- 28.-4-90-5 LA Patterson-White
- 5.0-0-21-1 Kamau Leverock
- 9.0-1-21-1 JD Cook
Nottinghamshire Seconds 2nd Inning
- 105 [107] CF Gibson c James Cronie b Haddow
- ..62 [47] Kamau Leverock LBW Zaib
- ..07 [25] LA Patterson-White b Zaib
- ..13 [38] SG Budinger b Zaib
- ..28 [49] LW James b Haddow
- ..34 [58] SJW Hall c Gay b Zaib
- ..20 [24] JD Cook LBW Haddow
- ..16 [40] J Schadendorf c Lezar b Haddow
- ..48 [87] LR Bhabra Not Out
- ..43 [59] JM Blatherwick Not Out
- ..05 Extras [4lb-1w]
- 381 Total for 8 Wickets after 90.4 overs
Fall of Wickets: 1-125 [Leverock], 2-139 [Patterson-White], 3-167 [Budinger], 4-219 [James], 5-224 [Gibson], 6-252 [Cook], 7-280 [Hall], 8-306 [Schadendorf]
Northamptonshire Seconds Bowlers
- 6.0-0-36-0 C Parsons
- 7.0-1-44-0 J Twigger
- 37.-4-136-4 SA Zaib
- 11.4-0-63-0 James Cronie
- 28.-4-95-4 CPW Haddow
- 1.0-0-03-0 B Claydon
Northamptonshire Seconds 315 & 240/8 Declared Nottinghamshire Seconds 180 & 381/8
