Yorkshire dotted the i’s and crossed the t’s on a high-scoring draw with Nottinghamshire to give themselves a much-needed fillip ahead of next week’s blockbuster Roses clash with Lancashire at Headingley, another side haunted by the fear of relegation.
Yorkshire claimed 12 points and ended a run of two defeats to Worcestershire and Somerset as, replying to a first-innings 448, they posted 498 and went beyond 400 for the first time this summer. It was their highest score since posting 557 for six in a win over Surrey in May 2016.
The White Rose county started day four on 357 for five, needing 43 runs in seven overs to reach 400 for a fifth batting bonus point. That race was won, with Tom Kohler-Cadmore advancing from 92 overnight to post his first Championship century since moving from Worcestershire midway through last summer.
Kohler-Cadmore, an England Lions one-day player, has only played three four-day matches this summer, including this, due to selection and unavailability, but he showed middle order patience which belies a buccaneering limited overs opener.
He was bowled for 106 cutting at Samit Patel (six for 114) four balls into the 110th over, the last before the bonus points cut off. That left Matthew Waite needing five from two balls to reach 400, and he subsequently hit both for four. Tim Bresnan also hit 80 before opening the bowling with a lead of 50 and 46 overs remaining in the day. Notts finished on 93 for one from 31.
Yorkshire head into Monday’s Roses clash second bottom and just one point behind Lancashire with three left to play. The Red Rose only have two remaining, so their need for victory is much greater. Yorkshire should have key seamers Ben Coad and Steve Patterson back from injury.
In the Division Two promotion race, Kent beat Northamptonshire at Canterbury as they comfortably defended 320. Kent’s eighth win from 11 matches, which saw New Zealand quick Matt Henry claim 11 wickets, took them back to second place, five clear of Sussex with three to play. They were also awaiting the outcome of Durham’s chase of 218 in 41 overs to beat leaders Warwickshire at Edgbaston.
Gloucestershire opener Miles Hammond hit a second-innings 123 to all but end Middlesex’s promotion hopes as they drew at Bristol. They were set an almost impossible 306 target in 40 overs just before tea and failed to recover from 29 for four, losing Paul Stirling, Dawid Malan, Nick Gubbins and Eoin Morgan cheaply in the search for quick runs.
Meanwhile, Northants have signed towering Zimbabwe fast bowler Blessing Muzarabani, 21 on a three-year Kolpak contract, while Essex have offered Australin bowler Peter Siddle a new two-year deal.
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