County Championship Division Two Test match

Lancashire vs Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire 284

Lancashire 137

129 · RR 2.47

Northants won by 316 runs

Start: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 10:00
Venue: Old Trafford, Manchester
Toss: Lancashire, elected to bowl first

Match report

Northants won by 316 runs in the County Championship Division Two at Old Trafford, Manchester. Lancashire won the toss and elected to bowl first. Northamptonshire made 284 and Lancashire replied with 137. Ricardo Vasconcelos top-scored with 100 from 131 balls (12 fours, 1 six). George Balderson took 4/70 from 26.2 overs.

Scorecard

Northamptonshire 1 INN

Batting: Northamptonshire 1 INN
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Ricardo Vasconcelos	lbw b Balderson	13	38	1	0	34.21
Luke Procter	c Shetty b Bailey	39	101	6	0	38.61
Calvin Harrison	c Bohannon b Walkden	1	21	0	0	4.76
Nathan McSweeney	lbw b Walkden	20	32	3	0	62.50
Saif Zaib	b Walkden	3	7	0	0	42.85
James Sales	c Moores b Balderson	19	58	3	0	32.75
George Bartlett	c Jennings b Balderson	92	151	10	2	60.92
Lewis McManus	c Harris b Noman Ali	47	85	7	0	55.29
Liam Guthrie	c Harris b Balderson	21	32	3	0	65.62
Ben Sanderson	c Flintoff b Bailey	0	3	0	0	0.00
Yuzvendra Chahal	not out	0	13	0	0	0.00
Total	284 (89.2) (w 2, lb 2)

Bowling: Northamptonshire 1 INN
Bowler	O	M	R	W	ER
Tom Bailey	19.00	5	54	2	2.84
Mitchell Stanley	19.00	3	69	0	3.63
George Balderson	26.20	6	70	4	2.65
Ben Walkden	13.00	5	33	3	2.53
Noman Ali	12.00	0	41	1	3.41

Lancashire 2 INN

Batting: Lancashire 2 INN
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Keaton Jennings	c sub b Guthrie	19	64	2	0	29.68
Marcus Harris	c McManus b Procter	25	66	3	0	37.87
Josh Bohannon	lbw b Sanderson	4	6	1	0	66.66
Arav Shetty	lbw b Sanderson	37	47	6	0	78.72
Rocky Flintoff	lbw b Sanderson	15	24	2	0	62.50
Joe Moores	b Chahal	1	5	0	0	20.00
George Balderson	not out	4	31	0	0	12.90
Ben Walkden	c sub b Sanderson	0	1	0	0	0.00
Noman Ali	lbw b Guthrie	1	19	0	0	5.26
Tom Bailey	c Harrison b Guthrie	4	2	1	0	200.00
Mitchell Stanley	lbw b Chahal	13	23	1	1	56.52
Total	137 (47.4) (w 2, lb 4)

Bowling: Lancashire 2 INN
Bowler	O	M	R	W	ER
Ben Sanderson	18.00	8	39	4	2.16
Liam Guthrie	14.00	2	51	3	3.64
Luke Procter	7.00	2	16	1	2.28
James Sales	1.00	0	4	0	4.00
Yuzvendra Chahal	7.40	2	19	2	2.47

Northamptonshire 3 INN

Batting: Northamptonshire 3 INN
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Ricardo Vasconcelos	c Bohannon b Noman Ali	100	131	12	1	76.33
Luke Procter	lbw b Bailey	46	111	6	0	41.44
Calvin Harrison	c Shetty b Noman Ali	29	36	2	2	80.55
Nathan McSweeney	b Walkden	29	40	3	0	72.50
Saif Zaib	not out	55	45	6	1	122.22
George Bartlett	not out	32	22	4	1	145.45
James Sales		0	0	0	0	0.00
Lewis McManus		0	0	0	0	0.00
Liam Guthrie		0	0	0	0	0.00
Ben Sanderson		0	0	0	0	0.00
Yuzvendra Chahal		0	0	0	0	0.00
Total	298 (64) (lb 5)

Bowling: Northamptonshire 3 INN
Bowler	O	M	R	W	ER
Tom Bailey	11.00	4	24	1	2.18
Mitchell Stanley	8.00	0	34	0	4.25
Ben Walkden	7.00	2	20	1	2.85
George Balderson	4.00	0	26	0	6.50
Noman Ali	18.00	1	109	2	6.05
Arav Shetty	16.00	0	80	0	5.00

Lancashire 4 INN

Batting: Lancashire 4 INN
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Marcus Harris	lbw b Chahal	10	25	2	0	40.00
Keaton Jennings	c sub b Sanderson	0	9	0	0	0.00
Josh Bohannon	b Procter	10	63	1	0	15.87
Tom Bailey	b Guthrie	19	41	1	0	46.34
Arav Shetty	lbw b Sanderson	11	19	1	0	57.89
Rocky Flintoff	c Zaib b Procter	11	13	2	0	84.61
Joe Moores	obstructing the field	2	16	0	0	12.50
George Balderson	c Bartlett b Harrison	6	35	1	0	17.14
Ben Walkden	not out	22	54	1	0	40.74
Noman Ali	c Zaib b Guthrie	3	25	0	0	12.00
Mitchell Stanley	b Harrison	11	23	2	0	47.82
Total	129 (52.2) (lb 6)

Bowling: Lancashire 4 INN
Bowler	O	M	R	W	ER
Ben Sanderson	12.00	5	32	2	2.66
Liam Guthrie	13.00	4	30	2	2.30
Yuzvendra Chahal	11.00	3	20	1	1.81
Luke Procter	8.00	3	23	2	2.87
Calvin Harrison	8.20	1	18	2	2.16

Fall of wickets

Northamptonshire 1 INN

41/1 10.6 ov lbw b Balderson 13
92/4 32.1 ov c Shetty b Bailey 39
56/2 17.5 ov c Bohannon b Walkden 1
82/3 29.5 ov lbw b Walkden 20
92/5 33.4 ov b Walkden 3
134/6 50.2 ov c ?Moores b Balderson 19
284/10 89.2 ov c Jennings b Balderson 92
225/7 74.6 ov c Harris b Noman Ali 47
256/8 83.4 ov c Harris b Balderson 21
257/9 84.3 ov c Flintoff b Bailey 0

Lancashire 1 INN

80/3 27.5 ov c sub b Guthrie 19
45/1 18.2 ov c ?McManus b Procter 25
50/2 19.3 ov lbw b Sanderson 4
104/4 32.4 ov lbw b Sanderson 37
113/6 36.4 ov lbw b Sanderson 15
107/5 33.3 ov b Chahal 1
113/7 36.5 ov c sub b Sanderson 0
115/8 42.3 ov lbw b Guthrie 1
120/9 42.5 ov c Harrison b Guthrie 4
137/10 47.4 ov lbw b Chahal 13

Northamptonshire 2 INN

187/3 47.5 ov c Bohannon b Noman Ali 100
121/1 32.1 ov lbw b Bailey 46
174/2 43.5 ov c Shetty b Noman Ali 29
235/4 56.1 ov b Walkden 29

Lancashire 2 INN

15/2 7.2 ov lbw b Chahal 10
7/1 2.3 ov c sub b Sanderson 0
51/4 22.5 ov b Procter 10
51/3 21.4 ov b Guthrie 19
77/5 27.2 ov lbw b Sanderson 11
77/6 28.1 ov c Zaib b Procter 11
82/7 32.3 ov obstructing the field 2
99/8 38.2 ov c Bartlett b Harrison 6
108/9 45.4 ov c Zaib b Guthrie 3
129/10 52.2 ov c ?McManus b Harrison 11

Head to head

Previous meetings
Date	Match	Result
20 Aug 2026	Northamptonshire v Lancashire Northants won by 316 runs	284 - 137
2 Aug 2026	Northamptonshire v Lancashire Northants won by 67 runs	347/6 - 280
3 Apr 2026	Northamptonshire v Lancashire Match drawn	384 & 194 - 258 & 213/9
4 Jul 2025	Northamptonshire v Lancashire Lancashire won by 5 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)	177 - 181/5
8 Jun 2025	Northamptonshire v Lancashire Northants won by 24 runs	180/6 - 156/9

County Championship Division Two table

League standings
#	Team	MP	W	L	Pts
1	Durham	9	6	0	169
2	Kent	0	4	1	123
3	Northamptonshire	0	3	2	119
4	Middlesex	0	3	3	102
5	Derbyshire	9	3	5	102
6	Worcestershire	0	3	3	99
7	Lancashire	0	2	4	84
8	Gloucestershire	0	1	7	41

Line-ups

Northamptonshire

Keaton Jennings
Marcus Harris
Josh Bohannon
Arav Shetty
Rocky Flintoff
Joe Moores
George Balderson
Ben Walkden
Noman Ali
Tom Bailey
Mitchell Stanley

Lancashire

Ricardo Vasconcelos
Luke Procter
Calvin Harrison
Nathan McSweeney
Saif Zaib
James Sales
George Bartlett
Lewis McManus
Liam Guthrie
Ben Sanderson
Yuzvendra Chahal