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Anderson bowls Root in battle of the Roses

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Jimmy Anderson (r) bowled his long-time England captain Joe Root (l) in the Roses county match.
Camera IconJimmy Anderson (r) bowled his long-time England captain Joe Root (l) in the Roses county match. Credit: AP

Jimmy Anderson has dismissed his long-time England captain Joe Root for just four - but Yorkshire held on to thwart Lancashire's bid for a first Roses victory at Headingley since 2011 in the County Championship.

Following on, Yorkshire started their second innings 187 runs behind on Sunday, with a minimum of 85 overs remaining, and slipped to 3-45, with Root one of the fallen batters.

On the way to 2-17 from his 15 overs, on-song Anderson ripped out Root's middle and off stumps with a delivery which kept low just after lunch.

But Harry Brook's excellent summer continued with an unbeaten 82 off 157 balls, helping Yorkshire reach 6-169 from 78 overs to seal the draw.

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Division One leaders Surrey had to settle for a draw with Kent after rain ruined the final day at Beckenham.

Just 9.2 overs were possible, with Kent moving from their overnight second-innings score of 1-82 to 114 for no more losses during two mini sessions, still 327 runs behind Surrey's first-innings score of 9-671.

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Warwickshire's match against Northamptonshire meandered to an inevitable draw, with just 10 wickets falling in four days at Edgbaston.

The final instalment of a stultifying stalemate saw the home side, in reply to Northamptonshire's 6-597, progress to 4-568 before hands were shaken at 4.40pm.

Sam Hain (202) and Matt Lamb (155) extended their partnership to an unbroken 254, a Warwickshire fifth-wicket record against Northamptonshire.

Sussex were thwarted by Leicestershire at Grace Road thanks to an eighth-wicket partnership of 111 off 275 deliveries between Harry Swindells and Callum Parkinson and rain breaks that saw 27 overs lost.

Matthew Potts enhanced his England credentials by claiming a career-best seven-wicket haul and inspiring Durham to a dramatic 58-run victory over Glamorgan.

Potts took five scalps on the final day of their Division Two clash at the Riverside, which Glamorgan started requiring 126 runs to win with seven wickets intact.

Potts, who had claimed two wickets on Saturday evening, was in breathtaking form as he ended the innings with figures of 7-40 and match figures of 11-101, with Glamorgan, featuring three Australians, collapsing from 2-65 to 137 all out.

A second consecutive ton for Australian-born Sam Robson, combined with an afternoon downpour, denied Nottinghamshire top spot as Middlesex salvaged a draw at Lord's.

Robson's resolute knock of 101 not out thwarted Nottinghamshire's bowlers.

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