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Lewis McManus celebrates after hitting the winning runs for Northamptonshire against Gloucestershire at Bristol. (Photograph: Jacob Hurry/Gloucestershire Cricket)

Kimber’s counter-attack sets up dramatic Northants win at Bristol

Rothesay County Championship – Day Four: Gloucestershire 154 & 221 v Northamptonshire 127 and 251 for 8. Northamptonshire win by eight wickets at the Seat...

18.05.26, 15:09 Updated 18.05.26, 15:11

Jeremy Blackmore

Jeremy Blackmore

Louis Kimber says he backed his natural game to help take Northamptonshire to a hard-fought victory on a tense final morning of an enthralling Rothesay County Championship match against Gloucestershire in Bristol.

Drafted in as an injury replacement for Saif Zaib at the halfway stage of this enthralling game, Kimber arrived in the middle with 95 runs still needed and four wickets in hand as a see-saw contest moved towards a thrilling finale.

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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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