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- Updated: September 15, 2016
Northants 326 (Newton 130, Wakely 104, Payne 4-57) and 376 (Levi 95, Duckett 70) beat Gloucestershire 261 (Payne 56, Keogh 4-67) and 327 (Hankins 116, Mustard 79, Sanderson 8-73) by 114 runsScorecard
Ben Sanderson took a career-best 8 for 73 as Northamptonshire ended their 2016 season with a 114-run win over Gloucestershire at Wantage Road.
Needing to bat out the final day with eight-wickets in hand, George Hankins made a maiden first-class century but Sanderson saw Northants to a fourth win in their final six games, taking four wickets with the second new ball.
Sanderson removed Gareth Roderick and Will Tavare on the third evening but took until after lunch on day three to add to his haul. He ended a fourth-wicket stand of 103 by having Chris Dent held at second slip and two balls later trapped Hamish Marshall lbw for a second-ball duck to revive his side’s hopes.
They had slipped again as Hankins, with 116 to his name, and Phil Mustard moved Gloucestershire to 286 for 5 with 27 overs left in the day but Sanderson found movement with the second new-ball to beat the inside edge of Hankins to take out middle and …
