BUCKINGHAMSHIRE suffered a first defeat in their defence of the NCCA Championship as they went down by eight wickets to Northumberland at Benwell Hill in Eastern Division One.
Having fallen just short of victory against Suffolk in their first-ever match in the top flight two weeks ago, Northumberland made no mistake this time by bowling Buckinghamshire out for 175 in their second innings then chasing down a tricky target of 221 thanks to an unbeaten century from former Durham batter Sol Bell.
Slow left-armers Oli McGee (4-25) and Joe Stuart 3- 43) spun out Buckinghamshire despite a half-c...
