Durham hammered after Keogh ton

Northamptonshire 355 for 6 (Keogh 134, Newton 65, Cobb 56) beat Durham 185 (Azharullah 5-43) by 170 runsScorecard

Rob Keogh’s maiden List A century led Northamptonshire to a thumping Royal London Cup victory over Durham by 170 runs at Wantage Road. Keogh’s 134 helped the home side post 355 for 6 before five wickets for Azharullah saw Durham bowled out for just 185.

Keogh’s career-best helped Northants to their third-highest List A total, a score they defended with ease after two early Richard Gleeson wickets and three from Azharullah that took out the middle order. None of the Durham batsmen were able to get the visitors into the chase and they were bowled out in 35.3 overs – taking a significant blow to their net run rate.

Victory for Northants revived their campaign after only one win from three completed matches previously. Keogh was the star, his 134 the joint-seventh highest one-day score for the county. He rebuilt the innings in a stand of 149 with Rob Newton for the fourth wicket and went to his second fifty of the competition in 57 balls with six fours.

But the …

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