Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ben Charlesworth	b Sanderson	6	31	35	0	0	19.35
Chris Dent	c Gay b Berg	0	7	9	0	0	0.00
James Bracey †	c Zaib b Buck	117	209	298	14	1	55.98
Graeme van Buuren (c)	lbw b Sanderson	5	20	35	0	0	25.00
Miles Hammond	c Gay b Taylor	15	19	23	2	0	78.94
Ryan Higgins	lbw b Sanderson	28	31	34	5	0	90.32
Tom Lace	c †McManus b Sanderson	7	25	28	1	0	28.00
Zafar Gohar	c †McManus b Berg	2	13	14	0	0	15.38
Matt Taylor	c Vasconcelos b Buck	11	30	49	1	0	36.66
Naseem Shah	c Gay b Keogh	19	40	79	2	1	47.50
Ajeet Singh Dale	not out	0	2	7	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 7, nb 6)	13
Total	70.4 Ov (RR: 3.15)	223
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Chris Dent, 1.6 ov), 2-10 (Ben Charlesworth, 8.4 ov), 3-24 (Graeme van Buuren, 16.6 ov), 4-42 (Miles Hammond, 22.3 ov), 5-74 (Ryan Higgins, 30.5 ov), 6-98 (Tom Lace, 36.5 ov), 7-103 (Zafar Gohar, 39.6 ov), 8-143 (Matt Taylor, 51.4 ov), 9-223 (Naseem Shah, 69.4 ov), 10-223 (James Bracey, 70.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ben Sanderson	25	4	66	4	2.64	120	5	1	0	3
8.4 to BG Charlesworth, . 10/2 16.6 to GL van Buuren, . 24/3 30.5 to RF Higgins, . 74/5 36.5 to TC Lace, . 98/6
Gareth Berg	20	4	39	2	1.95	98	4	0	0	0
1.6 to CDJ Dent, . 2/1 39.6 to Zafar Gohar, . 103/7
Nathan Buck	13.4	2	63	2	4.60	55	9	0	0	0
51.4 to MD Taylor, . 143/8 70.4 to JR Bracey, . 223/10
Tom Taylor	9	3	32	1	3.55	42	5	0	0	0
22.3 to MAH Hammond, . 42/4
Rob Keogh	3	1	16	1	5.33	13	2	1	0	0
69.4 to Naseem Shah, . 223/9

Northamptonshire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ricardo Vasconcelos (c)	c †Bracey b Higgins	4	9	10	0	0	44.44
Emilio Gay	c †Bracey b Naseem Shah	18	43	61	3	0	41.86
Ben Curran	c van Buuren b Higgins	9	10	12	2	0	90.00
Saif Zaib	c Dent b Higgins	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
Rob Keogh	c Hammond b Charlesworth	113	180	289	12	0	62.77
Josh Cobb	c †Bracey b Dale	18	31	36	2	0	58.06
Lewis McManus †	c †Bracey b Taylor	15	31	53	2	0	48.38
Tom Taylor	c †Bracey b Higgins	0	5	7	0	0	0.00
Gareth Berg	c Taylor b Zafar Gohar	66	118	133	9	0	55.93
Nathan Buck	lbw b Dale	13	31	36	2	0	41.93
Ben Sanderson	not out	4	12	13	1	0	33.33
Extras	(b 5, lb 5, nb 18)	28
Total	77.1 Ov (RR: 3.73)	288
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Ricardo Vasconcelos, 2.2 ov), 2-22 (Ben Curran, 4.4 ov), 3-22 (Saif Zaib, 4.6 ov), 4-56 (Emilio Gay, 13.5 ov), 5-96 (Josh Cobb, 21.6 ov), 6-128 (Lewis McManus, 33.2 ov), 7-129 (Tom Taylor, 34.2 ov), 8-266 (Gareth Berg, 67.6 ov), 9-278 (Rob Keogh, 74.3 ov), 10-288 (Nathan Buck, 77.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ryan Higgins	17	2	68	4	4.00	81	5	0	0	7
2.2 to R Vasconcelos, . 10/1 4.4 to BJ Curran, . 22/2 4.6 to SA Zaib, . 22/3 34.2 to TAI Taylor, . 129/7
Matt Taylor	16	3	52	1	3.25	74	8	0	0	0
33.2 to LD McManus, . 128/6
Naseem Shah	11	1	41	1	3.72	50	6	0	0	1
13.5 to EN Gay, . 56/4
Ajeet Singh Dale	12.1	0	53	2	4.35	50	7	0	0	1
21.6 to JJ Cobb, . 96/5 77.1 to NL Buck, . 288/10
Zafar Gohar	11	2	31	1	2.81	46	3	0	0	0
67.6 to GK Berg, . 266/8
Graeme van Buuren	4	0	13	0	3.25	15	1	0	0	0
Ben Charlesworth	6	1	20	1	3.33	27	3	0	0	0
74.3 to RI Keogh, . 278/9

Gloucestershire 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ben Charlesworth	lbw b Sanderson	0	4	4	0	0	0.00
Chris Dent	lbw b Berg	54	117	147	5	0	46.15
James Bracey †	c Curran b Berg	8	25	29	0	0	32.00
Graeme van Buuren (c)	lbw b Berg	5	6	9	1	0	83.33
Miles Hammond	c Curran b Sanderson	1	14	19	0	0	7.14
Ryan Higgins	lbw b Sanderson	139	213	356	10	1	65.25
Tom Lace	c & b Gay	73	151	168	6	0	48.34
Zafar Gohar	lbw b Buck	53	96	121	6	0	55.20
Matt Taylor	c †McManus b Sanderson	3	8	8	0	0	37.50
Naseem Shah	c Zaib b Sanderson	7	10	19	1	0	70.00
Ajeet Singh Dale	not out	1	1	6	0	0	100.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 13, nb 2)	19
Total	107.2 Ov (RR: 3.38)	363
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Ben Charlesworth, 0.4 ov), 2-11 (James Bracey, 7.3 ov), 3-17 (Graeme van Buuren, 9.2 ov), 4-21 (Miles Hammond, 13.5 ov), 5-98 (Chris Dent, 35.6 ov), 6-263 (Tom Lace, 78.3 ov), 7-341 (Ryan Higgins, 101.6 ov), 8-345 (Matt Taylor, 103.5 ov), 9-355 (Zafar Gohar, 106.2 ov), 10-363 (Naseem Shah, 107.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ben Sanderson	24.2	5	66	5	2.71	109	6	0	0	1
0.4 to BG Charlesworth, . 0/1 13.5 to MAH Hammond, . 21/4 101.6 to RF Higgins, . 341/7 103.5 to MD Taylor, . 345/8 107.2 to Naseem Shah, . 363/10
Gareth Berg	16	3	52	3	3.25	65	4	0	0	0
7.3 to JR Bracey, . 11/2 9.2 to GL van Buuren, . 17/3 35.6 to CDJ Dent, . 98/5
Tom Taylor	20	1	70	0	3.50	76	6	0	0	0
Nathan Buck	24	1	90	1	3.75	91	9	1	0	0
106.2 to Zafar Gohar, . 355/9
Rob Keogh	13	1	30	0	2.30	55	0	0	0	0
Saif Zaib	2	0	11	0	5.50	6	1	0	0	0
Emilio Gay	4	0	12	1	3.00	17	1	0	0	0
78.3 to TC Lace, . 263/6
Josh Cobb	4	0	15	0	3.75	15	2	0	0	0

Northamptonshire 2nd Innings (T: 299 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ricardo Vasconcelos (c)	c †Bracey b Taylor	26	47	58	4	0	55.31
Emilio Gay	c †Bracey b Taylor	17	90	96	1	0	18.88
Ben Curran	lbw b Zafar Gohar	18	50	71	2	0	36.00
Saif Zaib	c Hammond b Higgins	65	101	122	10	0	64.35
Rob Keogh	c van Buuren b Zafar Gohar	74	101	138	4	1	73.26
Josh Cobb	c Higgins b Zafar Gohar	36	52	71	1	1	69.23
Lewis McManus †	c Charlesworth b Higgins	15	19	26	1	0	78.94
Tom Taylor	not out	7	22	31	0	0	31.81
Gareth Berg	c Charlesworth b Higgins	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Nathan Buck	not out	1	9	22	0	0	11.11
Extras	(b 8, lb 1, nb 2, w 2)	13
Total	81.5 Ov (RR: 3.32)	272/8
Did not bat: Ben Sanderson
Fall of wickets: 1-34 (Ricardo Vasconcelos, 16.5 ov), 2-53 (Emilio Gay, 26.4 ov), 3-80 (Ben Curran, 34.5 ov), 4-169 (Saif Zaib, 56.1 ov), 5-233 (Rob Keogh, 71.2 ov), 6-262 (Josh Cobb, 75.6 ov), 7-265 (Lewis McManus, 77.2 ov), 8-265 (Gareth Berg, 77.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ryan Higgins	22.5	8	47	3	2.05	105	2	0	0	1
56.1 to SA Zaib, . 169/4 77.2 to LD McManus, . 265/7 77.3 to GK Berg, . 265/8
Matt Taylor	14	5	49	2	3.50	61	7	0	0	0
16.5 to R Vasconcelos, . 34/1 26.4 to EN Gay, . 53/2
Zafar Gohar	27	2	107	3	3.96	102	9	2	2	0
34.5 to BJ Curran, . 80/3 71.2 to RI Keogh, . 233/5 75.6 to JJ Cobb, . 262/6
Graeme van Buuren	4	0	13	0	3.25	11	0	0	0	0
Miles Hammond	2	0	9	0	4.50	7	1	0	0	0
Ajeet Singh Dale	9	2	32	0	3.55	35	4	0	0	0
Ben Charlesworth	3	1	6	0	2.00	13	0	0	0	0

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Thu, 07 Apr - day 1 - Gloucester 1st innings 164/8 (James Bracey 77*, Naseem Shah 0*, 56.5 ov)

Fri, 08 Apr - day 2 - Gloucester 2nd innings 5/1 (Chris Dent 2*, James Bracey 2*, 3 ov)

Sat, 09 Apr - day 3 - Gloucester 2nd innings 326/6 (Ryan Higgins 134*, Zafar Gohar 36*, 96 ov)

Sun, 10 Apr - day 4 - Northants 2nd innings 272/8 (81.5 ov) - end of match

Match Details

County Ground, Northampton
Toss	Northamptonshire, elected to field first
Series	County Championship Division One
Season	2022
Match days	7,8,9,10 April 2022 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	James Middlebrook Tom Lungley
Match Referee	Will Smith
Points	Gloucestershire 12, Northamptonshire 13

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Rob Keogh, Gareth Berg give Northants upper hand after James Bracey's fighting ton

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Reliable seamer takes 4 for 38 to keep Gloucestershire in check on stop-start day

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Northants Innings

Player Name		R	B
R Vasconcelos	caught	26	47
EN Gay	caught	17	90
BJ Curran	lbw	18	50
SA Zaib	caught	65	101
RI Keogh	caught	74	101
JJ Cobb	caught	36	52
LD McManus	caught	15	19
TAI Taylor	not out	7	22
GK Berg	caught	0	1
NL Buck	not out	1	9
Extras	(b 8, lb 1, nb 2, w 2)
Total	272(8 wkts; 81.5 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
RF Higgins	22.5	8	47	3	2.05 (1 nb)
MD Taylor	14	5	49	2	3.5
Zafar Gohar	27	2	107	3	3.96
GL van Buuren	4	0	13	0	3.25
MAH Hammond	2	0	9	0	4.5
AS Dale	9	2	32	0	3.55
BG Charlesworth	3	1	6	0	2

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	34	Ricardo Vasconcelos	Emilio Gay
2nd	19	Ben Curran	Emilio Gay
3rd	27	Saif Zaib	Ben Curran
4th	89	Rob Keogh	Saif Zaib
5th	64	Josh Cobb	Rob Keogh
6th	29	Josh Cobb	Lewis McManus
7th	3	Tom Taylor	Lewis McManus
8th	0	Gareth Berg	Tom Taylor
9th	7	Nathan Buck	Tom Taylor

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County Championship Division One

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
SUR	14	8	1	5	250
LAN	14	7	1	6	225
HAM	14	9	4	1	224
ESS	14	7	3	4	202
KEN	14	4	5	5	158
NOR	14	2	5	7	154
SOM	14	3	6	5	149
WAR	14	2	6	6	141
YOR	14	1	6	7	138
GLO	14	2	8	4	114

Full Table

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
SUR	14	8	1	5	250
LAN	14	7	1	6	225
HAM	14	9	4	1	224
ESS	14	7	3	4	202
KEN	14	4	5	5	158
NOR	14	2	5	7	154
SOM	14	3	6	5	149
WAR	14	2	6	6	141
YOR	14	1	6	7	138
GLO	14	2	8	4	114

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
SUR	14	8	1	5	250
LAN	14	7	1	6	225
HAM	14	9	4	1	224
ESS	14	7	3	4	202
KEN	14	4	5	5	158
NOR	14	2	5	7	154
SOM	14	3	6	5	149
WAR	14	2	6	6	141
YOR	14	1	6	7	138
GLO	14	2	8	4	114

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
SUR	14	8	1	5	250
LAN	14	7	1	6	225
HAM	14	9	4	1	224
ESS	14	7	3	4	202
KEN	14	4	5	5	158
NOR	14	2	5	7	154
SOM	14	3	6	5	149
WAR	14	2	6	6	141
YOR	14	1	6	7	138
GLO	14	2	8	4	114