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Darren Lehmann criticised the hybrid wicket at Nevil Road after nine wickets fell in one session. (Photograph: Peter Short)

“It Was Mayhem” – Lehmann blasts Bristol surface after chaotic nine-wicket session

Rothesay County Championship – Day Two: Gloucestershire 154 & 21 for 3 lead Northamptonshire 127 by 48 runs at the Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol.

16.05.26, 22:27 Updated 16.05.26, 22:38

Jeremy Blackmore

Jeremy Blackmore

Northamptonshire men’s head coach Darren Lehmann has slammed the hybrid pitch at Bristol after nine wickets fell in a chaotic evening session on day two of this Rothesay County Championship match against Gloucestershire.

Replying to the home side's first-innings 154, Northants were shot out for 127 on a day which saw 57.4 overs were lost to rain and bad light at Nevil Road.

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Jeremy Blackmore

Jeremy Blackmore is the founder and editor of The Steeler. Jeremy is a freelance cricket writer and Wantage Road regular. He has written extensively for a host of publications including The Cricketer, The Cricket Paper, Wisden Cricket Monthly and ESPNcricinfo. He also covers Northamptonshire for the ECB Reporters Network.

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