ECB (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
Jon Batty celebrated the news that he is to be awarded a benefit year in 2009 with an unbeaten 96 in the championship match against Sussex.
ECB (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
... for just nine runs.Resuming on 77 for two, the hosts made just seven more runs before losing Jon Batty for 24 and James Benning for a duck with Mark Ramprakash (43) out with just two further runs on the board.Alex Tudor was next out for five before Matthew Nicholson at least offered some resistance with 27 as he, along with Usman Afzaal, guided the hosts to 151 for seven at lunch - a lead...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
... on Wednesday morning. But Sussex will do well to match the recovery led by by Mark Ramprakash and Jon Batty. After a stand of 232, Batty fell in the ninth over, lbw to Collymore. But Ramprakash stretched his run without dismissal to 19 hours and 24 minutes. He was finally caught by Robin Martin-Jenkins on the square-leg boundary for 178 just before lunch. "Book in for bed and breakfast,"...
ECB (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
... Yorkshire wickets Only four were added, however, before Gale edged Dernbach and was well held by Jon Batty diving to his left, the first of three consecutive catches for the wicketkeeper. Gale had made 63 off 177 balls with nine firmly-struck boundaries.Lyth and Jacques Rudolph suggested they could provide Yorkshire with the big stand they were looking for but after adding 45 together, Lyth...
icWales (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
... on duty with Bermuda next week, top-edged a pull off Pedro Collins which was well caught by keeper Jon Batty, while Powell was again guilty of not developing his good start when he was bowled for 23 by Dernbach.Jamie Dalrymple, set to lead the side in Hemp’s absence next week, was trapped lbw by Chris Jordan for nought off 17 balls, leaving the Dragons’ innings in disarray.But Maynard and...
icWales (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
... on duty with Bermuda next week, top-edged a pull off Pedro Collins which was well caught by keeper Jon Batty, while Powell was again guilty of not developing his good start when he was bowled for 23 by Dernbach.Jamie Dalrymple, set to lead the side in Hemp’s absence next week, was trapped lbw by Chris Jordan for nought off17 balls, leaving the Dragons’ innings in disarray.But Maynard and...
ECB (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
... hit was made.Surrey’s hopes of saving the game had rested heavily on their fourth-wicket pair, Jon Batty and Usman Afzaal.Resuming on 185 for three, still trailing by five runs, they nudged in front when Afzaal eased Ben Harmison through the covers for four in the third over.Steve Harmison was economical enough in an eight-over spell, conceding only 13 runs, but tended to bowl too short,...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
... more than a minor inconvenience, though anxiety was rising when Surrey's fourth-wicket pair, Jon Batty and Usman Afzaal, extended their fourth-wicket stand to 135 in 37 overs with few alarms.Lunch was only 20 minutes away when Afzaal, the dominant partner, was caught behind for 73, cutting at off-spinner Paul Wiseman. Even more culpably, Batty was run out off the first ball after...
Cricinfo (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Durham moved to the top of the table with a ten-wicket win over Surrey . Surrey appeared to be well on course towards batting their way to a draw as they reached 261 for 3, but with lunch in sight Usman Afzal was caught behind cutting for 73, ending a fourth-wicket stand of 135 with Jon Batty (50). It was downhill all the way from then on as their last seven wickets fell for 62, with Steve Harmison...
ECB (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
... this morning. He fell without adding to his overnight 62, edging James Ormond to wicketkeeper Jon Batty.Smith was joined by Paul Wiseman who lent useful support until he went for 34 to a Chris Murtagh catch off Jade Dernbach.Somerset were 243 for eight at lunch - a lead of 462 over Kent at Taunton.The hosts, resuming on 129 for five, lost Craig Kieswetter and Justin Langer to Ryan McLaren.Kieswetter...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
He and Ben Harmison shared in a stand of 55 for the fifth wicket, to which the latter contributed just seven runs in an innings which lasted for 71 minutes and contained only four scoring strokes in the 57 balls he faced. He fell when off-spinner Murtaza Hussain got to bounce a bit more and the ball went off the shoulder of the bat, via the glove of wicketkeeper Jon Batty to James Ormond, who...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
... to drive them off again, Benkenstein drove at a ball from James Ormond and was caught behind by Jon Batty. It was Ormond’s third wicket of the innings and a season’s best for the 30-year-old, 3-47 off 13 overs. Ormond, who has not played since late May after being given time off for family reasons, certainly looked sharp, extracting some bounce from the pitch, while Jade Dernbach, on his...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
... in front. Chris Murtagh almost went the same way before edging a ball from Steve Harmison. When Jon Batty steered a widish delivery straight to gully, the England fast bowler had figures of 2-11 from 11.1 overs.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
Patel put on 69 with Adam Voges (35), the Australian looking in fine touch before he perished with a loose drive off Jade Dernbach to give Jon Batty his 500th first-class dismissal.
ECB (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
... hit seven fours in an attacking innings but was then caught behind by wicketkeeper Jon Batty off Matthew Nicholson for 42 just before lunch, with Wagh undone by a bouncing delivery two balls after the break.Seamer Jade Dernbach picked up two cheap wickets as both Wood and overseas batsman Adam Voges were caught down the leg-side by Batty.The collapse began with captain Chris Read...
