Lancashire spoil Glamorgan promotion party, Leicestershire celebrating title in style

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION TWO ROUNDUP: Derbyshire are in control at Canterbury, while Middlesex need nine wickets on Saturday to beat Gloucestershire

Northampton (day three of four): Leicestershire 429 & 260-5, Northamptonshire 189 & 120-5 - Northamptonshire neeed 381 runs to win

Liam Trevaskis and Chris Wright sliced through Northamptonshire's top order as Leicestershire closed in on a victory that would sign off their Rothesay County Championship Division Two title triumph in style.

The Foxes, already confirmed as champions last week, declared and set Northamptonshire an improbable 501 to win at Wantage Road following Rishi Patel's 76 and an unbeaten 30-ball half century by Ben Cox.

Left-arm spinner Trevaskis took three wickets, with seamer Wright – playing his final game prior to retirement – capturing the other two to reduce the home side to 120 for 5 before bad light halted play.

Northamptonshire's Rob Keogh top-scored with 42, passing 10,000 runs across all formats in the process, but his side's slim hopes of staving off defeat largely rest on Saif Zaib, unbeaten on 20 at stumps.

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^{Lancashire ended their season in style (Carl Recine/Getty Images)}

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Cardiff (day three of four): Glamorgan 265 & 241, Lancashire 375 & 134-3 - Lancashire won by seven wickets

Lancashire wrapped up their 2025 Rothesay County Championship campaign with a three-day win over Glamorgan thanks to a one-day-style evening session.

Stand-in captain Josh Bohannon oversaw his side's first County Championship win at Sophia Gardens since 1981 against the newly confirmed promotion guaranteed Welsh county.

Glamorgan suffering their first red-ball defeat since April to end the season in captain Sam Northeast's last appearance.

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