Sanderson and Steelbacks strike early, but Roderick fightback shifts momentum
02.05.26, 00:46 Updated 02.05.26, 00:46
Jeremy Blackmore
Northamptonshire's bowlers had Worcestershire on the rack before keeper-batter Gareth Roderick played a brilliant lone hand with a combative unbeaten 164 on day one of this Rothesay County Championship clash at Wantage Road.
Roderick batted for almost five-and-a-half hours, compiling Worcestershire's first hundred of the summer to force the Pears into a commanding position after an early collapse.
The visitors rued their decision to bat after slumping to 186 for nine, before loanee Oliver Hannon-Dalby joined Roderick at the crease. The pair frustrated the Steelbacks for two hours, mounting a last-wicket stand of 120, a new Worcestershire record against Northamptonshire before they were bowled out for 306.
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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.