County cricket day three: Surrey v Hampshire, Notts v Essex and extra – dwell | County Championship
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Key occasions
With an hour or so gone, let’s wander via the Division One thicket.
Essex have shimmied a small lead over Notts, 359-9. Cook dinner on what should be an especially annoying 24 not out.
The odd ball is holding low at The Oval, the place Surrey have misplaced Ollie Pope for 65, however Sibley ploddeth on, 73 not out. Jamie Smith has simply pinged his fourth boundary in 23 not out. Surrey 182-2, the lead over Hampshire 216.
Sussex now have a lead of 391 over Somerset, who’ve no less than saved the run-rate in verify. Haines a wicket for Archie Vaughan for 141.
And Yorkshire are flying, including 103 this morning, Dom Bess 71 not out. YJB the subsequent man in. The lead over Worcestershire is 468 – a declaration at lunch?
A message drops from Christian Ryan, my annoyingly sensible buddy and creator of Golden Boy and Feeling is the factor that occurs in one hundredth of a second who has simply flown in from Australia. “Picked up an Observer at Dublin airport, unhealthy timing from the somebody who pulled the curtain on the solar …” Hey, no less than each recreation is in play, though one fears for Kent this afternoon.
And after three extravagant pulls for 4, Hurst provides Vasconcelos some catching observe. He beats the bat in opposition to the air, livid with himself, and trudges off. Enter Luke Wells. Lancs 162-5.
Issues have progressed with out an excessive amount of incident to date this morning at OT, Northants have saved their attacking fields, Lancashire their restraint. Lancs 152-4.
Elsewhere in Division Two: Leaning has picked up a second wicket to eliminate the harmful Geddes (75), Middx 262-7. Singh Dale has dismissed the harmful Carlson, Glamorgan 175-4 and looking out down a sink-hole. And Derbyshire are 9 down at Grace Street, 105 behind. 4 wicket for Van Beek, who dismissed Andersson and who within the phrases of Mike Daniels “has firmly established himself as a favorite right here in a short time.” Derbys 379-9.
At Hove, the place Sussex look prone to decide up their first Division One win since 2015, issues are transferring on quickly. Haines is now unbeaten on 128, Clark on 44.
For these interested by Second XI county cricket, the format has modified for this yr. As a substitute of it resting on a closing factors common, the counties have been break up into three teams of six, with the 2 groups ending with the very best report enjoying in a closing to resolve the winner.
Mike Daniels is tucked contained in the scorebox at Grace Street, the place Martin Andersson’s hundred yesterday has in all probability ushered the sport in the direction of a draw.
“As Tanya says, Cricket in April is right here: beanies, cloud cowl, sizzling espresso, floodlights and umpires in gloves, and who can blame them?”
Ignore me, Previous Trafford is now ablaze with vivid sunshine as Harrison resumes the over that was terminated early final evening with the dismissal of nightwatchman Phillip. Hurst has joined Jennings.
“Prime of the mornin’ to you Tanya!” Hi there there, Tim Maitland.
”I’ve lamented the decline of Nelson previously, however, as somebody who has etched completely on his retinas the imaginative and prescient of sure elements of David Shepherd’s ample body jiggling disturbingly every time the scoreboard ticked previous multiples of 111, you may absolutely perceive that occasions at Canterbury are on my thoughts.
”What if, as an alternative of fading into the reminiscence, Nelson had captivated the minds of the Millenials and Gen Z? The very thought of Middlesex teetering on DOUBLE-double Nelson (222 all out and now 222-6 in a single day, for these not paying consideration) might have had big crowds queuing previous the Nackington Street Finish muttering conspiracy theories starting from the truth that a rip within the space-time continuum is about to swallow the bottom complete via to the probability of Middlesex dropping their final 4 wickets with out troubling the scorer additional.
“Cue the huge anticlimax of a jogged leg bye off the primary supply of the day.”
Ken Grime subsequent to me muses on Lancs’ follow-on goal – 347 for these . Keaton, time for one more daddy-ton.
Have arrived at Previous Trafford to see the gamers again in woolly hats and long-johns warming up. A photograper says there’s rain within the air, and a steward says snow is forecast subsequent week. Oh effectively, it was good whereas it lasted.
Saturday’s round-up
The actual Manchester spring closed in at Previous Trafford, the floodlights warming up as somebody pulled the curtain on the solar. Northamptonshire, delighted with the flip of occasions, simply as Lancashire got here out to bat, picked away on the crimson rose. With 5 overs left, Marcus Harris, who had batted like a prince for his 43, turned a half-volley from Raphy Weatherall off his ankles straight to Justin Broad at midwicket.
Anderson Phillip was drafted in as nightwatchman, lasting six balls, earlier than being speared lbw within the closing over to Calvin Harrison. Keaton Jennings walked off within the gloom, one more fifty below his belt, however Lancashire are 357 behind and 4 wickets down.
Earlier, Northants had painstakingly reached their highest whole right here, guided by 95 from Lewis McManus and a highest first-class rating of 56 by Harrison. Tom Hartley, enjoying his first match of the season, picked up three wickets in an extended however zone-finding spell of 33 overs.
Middlesex had the very best of the Division Two recreation at Canterbury, which is zipping alongside at a perky tempo. Steve Eskinazi’s 57 plus an unbeaten 73 from Ben Geddes, dropped a few occasions alongside the best way, helped them to a second innings lead of 226, with 4 wickets in hand. First-innings parity had regarded in sight for Kent, however they fell simply brief when Kashif Ali was run out for 17.
The Yorkshire captain, Jonny Bairstow, declined to implement the follow-on as they ten-pinned via Worcestershire at Headingley on a pitch that gave some pleasure to the sooner bowlers. Worcestershire had made sedate progress via the morning, solely to lose misplaced eight wickets for 46 in 25 overs after lunch, Yorkshire’s slip-cordon catching with velcro arms.
There have been extra runs for Jordan Cox, this time a crowd-pleasing 82 in a tightly-fought recreation at Trent Bridge. Essex closed 46 runs in arrears in opposition to Nottinghamshire, with Matt Critchley unbeaten on 50 and one other half-century for Paul Walter, run-happy on the prime of the order whereas Dean Elgar is on paternity go away with twins.
Sussex spun Somerset on a dime at Hove, a primary Division One century from Tom Haines giving them a lead of 339 at stumps. Haines reached 99 with a straight six, his century with 4 despatched again down the bottom with a flourish. Somerset had recovered from 79 for seven due to an eighth-wicket partnership of 110 between Lewis Gregory and James Rew, who was stranded on 80 after Somerset misplaced their final three wickets in 15 balls. Sean Hunt completed with a career-best 5 for 48.
Three wickets for Dan Worrall, within the operating behind Sam Cook dinner and Chris Woakes for an England place this summer season, helped give Surrey a first-innings lead on the Oval. Hampshire have been indebted to a fizz-bang 37 from Kyle Abbott. After his bat-carrying century within the first innings, there have been extra runs for Dom Sibley within the second, an unbeaten 55, accompanied by Ollie Pope, who reached his half-century by swatting Sonny Baker for consecutive sixes.
There have been runs aplenty at Bristol, Gloucestershire reaching 546, Glamorgan’s reply was led by a half-century from Sam Northeast. Martin Andersson’s maiden first-class century helped Derbyshire out of a sticky state of affairs at Grace Street. His unbeaten 101 from No 8 hauled his facet out of the follow-on mire after Leicestershire had made 484.
A disciplined Durham bowling assault had Warwickshire in hassle at Chester-le- Road, till half centuries from Kai Smith and Michael Sales space saved their blushes. Ben McKinney had time to cross 150 within the morning earlier than he was caught behind, Warwickshire’s 18 yr outdated Taz Ali then polished issues off, ending with 4 for 66.
Scores on the doorways
DIVISION ONE
Chester le Road: Durham 387 v Warwickshire 287-8
Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire 347 v Essex 301-5
The Oval: Surrey 253 and 136-1 v Hampshire 219
Hove: Sussex 294 and 246-1 v Somerset 201
Headingley: Yorkshire 456 and 61-1 v Worcestershire 162
DIVISION TWO
Bristol: Gloucestershire 546 Glamorgan 146-3
Canterbury: Kent 218 v Middlesex 222 and 222-6
Previous Trafford: Lancashire 139-4 v Northamptonshire 496
Grace Street: Leicestershire 484 v Derbyshire 346-8
Preamble
Good morning! Palm Sunday dawns uninteresting however effective, no less than within the north west. Saturday felt like a transition day, with issues primed to spark into life immediately. Massive exams in retailer significantly for Kent, Lancashire and Glamorgan. Play begins at 11am, do drop by for some Sunday chuntering.
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