Surprise signing paid dividends for Surrey as they beat Durham to take a nine-point lead into the break
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Yorkshire routed Sussex to move away from relegation danger while Glamorgan earned a rare win at Old Trafford
The groundstaff are peeling back the covers here, an inspection at 11.45. Rain also at New Road, Cheltenham and Northampton.
Paul Edwards, sitting next to me at OT, is purring about watching Dan Lawrence. He references Pinter, That beautiful evening Compton made 70 – “I’d never seen anything to compare it to until Lawrence made 78 off 77 balls at Scarborough. And again, his 88 off 116 balls at the Riverside. Magnificent.”
Continue reading...Nottinghamshire v Somerset, Durham v Surrey, and more: county cricket day three – live
Day three updates from around the grounds
They’re up and running at Chelmsford and Canterbury – where Kent – buttressed by Ben Compton - had an unexpectedly good Wednesday against Leicestershire.
Fifty for Revis – who the Yorkshire cognoscenti consider to be the best of the batting bunch (though I feel I’ve written that about various others in the top five over the last few years). The Yorks lead is currently 113 and you’d think they’ll bat till tea if they last the course.
Continue reading...County cricket: Somerset win quickly to gain ground on Surrey and Notts
It was a good week for title challengers Somerset and a brilliant one for Rehan Ahmed and Tom Hartley
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Continue reading...Rehan Ahmed sends Ashes message as Leicestershire march on – as it happened
The young spinner took 13 wickets and scored a century as the Division Two leaders eased past Derbyshire, while Essex routed Sussex in the top tier
My Friday brain hadn’t clicked that Glamorgan were already in a run chase – 143 more needed, seven wickets in hand. Parky M, 2-13, has already removed nightwatchman James Harris this morning.
In other chase news – Warwickshire, 71-2, need another 322 to beat Worcs and Derbyshire, 119-4, another 327 to beat Leicestershire.
Continue reading...Yorkshire v Surrey, Sussex v Essex, and more: county cricket day three – as it happened
Sussex lag well behind Essex despite James Coles’ best efforts at Hove
Fifty and out for Simon Harmer, Essex finish with a hearty lead of 300. Now then Sussex.
Within a glut of Leicestershire centuries, Rishi Patel falls cheaply for the second time in the match. Leicestershire 14-1.
Continue reading...County cricket: it’s all to play for in the final week of the T20 Blast group stage
Fourteen of the 18 teams involved still have hopes of winning this competitive and unpredictable tournament
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Continue reading...County cricket: who cares for records when almost every match is a draw?
The Kookaborra ball should be sent to space after Surrey scored a record 820 runs but only drew with Durham
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Continue reading...Yorkshire thrash Essex, Surrey and Notts held to draws: county cricket day four – as it happened
Alex Lees scored 156 for Durham as the runs piled up at the Oval, while Lancashire finally won a Championship match in 2025
Plugged into the Lancs live-stream. Jimmy in long sleeves polishes and polishes the precious Kookaburra. Madsen carefully plays Balderson back. A maiden. Derbyshire 175 for three.
A wicket at Taunton (Dickson lbw Patterson-White, Somerset 18-2); rain at Canterbury – where Justin Broad, unbeaten on 122, was yesterday watched by his dad Neil who won a silver medal alongside Tim Henman in the men’s doubles at the 1996 Olympics. And play due to restart soon at York.
Continue reading...Leicestershire stunned by Middlesex: county cricket day three – as it happened
Leicestershire lost in three days after Middlesex had flayed 534, while Yorkshire and Essex face tense finale
The principal incentive to come to Hove on another broiling day is to watch the Italian-Irish offspinning Aussie Corey Rocchiccioli (subs please check) bowl. He delivered 35 overs yesterday and took three for 94 on a batsman-friendly surface. Warwickshire have sensibly kept him on this morning, with the pace of Hannon-Dalby at the other end.
Rocchiccioli is tall and has a pleasingly prancing approach to the wicket, but new batsman Dan Ibrahim - Sussex opener Daniel Hughes was out to Rocchiccioli off the penultimate ball last night for 151 - off-drove the Aussie’s first ball for four and James Coles refused to let him settle, hitting a couple of fours to cow corner as Sussex pressed on past 300.
Continue reading...County cricket: balls bring bore draws and Blast needs a boost
The top flight was blighted by a series of draws, but there was some very bright cricket in Division Two
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Continue reading...Jofra Archer ends four-year wait for a red-ball wicket: county cricket, day two – as it happened
Rolling coverage from around the grounds in Div 1 and 2
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[Meanwhile, at Blackpool, Ben Compton goes to his century-warm applause round the ground as he raises his bat to all corner in a window of bright sunlight.]
The stream cameras are showing surround-sound clouds and the commentators report rising damp. Just what Durham’s were dreaming on. Here come the players and the first over goes to…. Ollie Robinson.
Continue reading...County cricket: Nottinghamshire flying in Division One at the break
It’s an East Midlands double in the County Championship, with Leicestershire topping Division Two
Nottinghamshire bounced back from last week’s defeat to go into the T20 Blast break with a handy 10-point lead at the top of the County Championship. Yorkshire, enduring a tricky return to the top flight, were their victims, the leaders simply too strong at Headingley.
Continue reading...Notts beat Yorkshire, Surrey draw with Essex, and more: county cricket day four – as it happened
Nottinghamshire dance into the Championship’s early summer break at the top of Division One, after bowling Yorkshire out just before tea at Headingley
And now D’Oliveira follows at New Road…a third for Rushworth. This turning into rather a sad little procession.
Worcestershire lost two in two balls and suddenly that run chase tilting uphill – one for Woakes, one for Rushworth., Roderick and Kashif gone.
Continue reading...County cricket talking points: Notts stay top but Surrey are on the prowl
Nottinghamshire remain top of Division One after defeat at Durham but, cue the Jaws music, the champions are coming
At the end of day one, Haseeb Hameed had carried his bat for 206, his team had posted more than 400 and Nottinghamshire’s position at the top of Division One was secure. At the end of day four, all of that was still true but quite a lot had happened in-between.
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