Sanderson’s Six-Wicket Blitz Seals Dominant Northants Win
03.05.26, 19:38 Updated 03.05.26, 19:51
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Ben Sanderson ripped through the Worcestershire batting with a stunning late burst of wickets at Wantage Road to seal Northamptonshire’s first Rothesay County Championship victory of the season in style.
The Pears were 88 for two in their second innings before Sanderson captured six wickets in the space of 29 balls. He finished with seven for 31 and career-best match figures of 11 for 109 as he generated a dramatic collapse to sink the visitors for 114 and send the Steelbacks to the top of the Division Two table.
Earlier, James Sales and Lewis McManus hit hundreds in a buoyant partnership of 192 – a record for the county’s seventh wicket against Worcestershire – that enabled them to declare at 597 for seven.
All-rounder Sales’ unbeaten 146 was his second successive Championship century, while McManus contributed 104 before Sanderson took centre stage, closing out an innings win with a full day to spare.
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