Essex have are top at the halfway mark, but another seven counties are within striking distance
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Meanwhile there was high drama at Wantage Road, where Calvin Harrison blazed 92 from 100 balls to give Northamptonshire a seven-wicket victory over Gloucestershire with just 13 balls to spare
Mostly positive, with sunny spells, though there are some showers moving north and east. At Wantage Road, they’re starting to mop up.
A huge wicket! Joe Clarke is bowled by Jake Ball, who was substituted in half way through the game because of Gregory’s hamstring. Delight for Somerset, despair for Clarke who was done for pace. Notts 51-4,
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Time to go round the grounds on this sleepy Sunday, Lancashire making a better fist of things this morning at Stanley Park, 31-1. The sun is even straining to come out from net curtain clouds. Matt Milnes has swapped to the north end.
Harry Singh, slip catcher extraordinaire, is caught by his Kent counterpart, Ben Dawkins, off Hasan Mahmud’s first over of the day. Lancashire 19-1.
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Essex’s Jordan Cox scores 184 at Grace Road while Lancashire’s Liam Livingstone grabs five wickets against Kent
Delays at Grace Road, Trent Bridge and Blackpool, but all up and running otherwise.
Shoaib Bashir though is playing for Derbyshire up at CLS, and ex Derbyshire bowler Duanne Olivier for Durham, but no sign yet of Ben Stokes.
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Updates from the final day’s play at the Oval
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With dancing feet, Lawrence pushes into the offside to reach another fifty – off just 35 balls. He’s averaging an incredible 80.88 at the moment, with four hundreds. And every time he has reached fifty this season, he’s gone on to three figures. Hampshire might just have to grin and bear it.
Sibley and Lawrence are very eager between the wickets now – the 50 partnership comes up in a rapid 53 balls and, with another quick single, there’s another fifty for Sibley – his second of the season, to go with his two centuries.
Continue reading...County cricket: Hampshire avoid having to follow on against Surrey on day three – as it happened
The visitors reduced Surrey to 57 for two by the end of play at the Oval and they trail by by 145 runs
Lehmann and Prest in the middle; Topley, leaping up and down at the top of his mark, to finish his over. And the sun is out.
Just realised I’ve been watching the covers on day two on the stream. No wonder it all looked so familiar. Play is actually about to start at The Oval!
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Will Jacks is batting at No. 3 for Surrey in his first Championship outing this summer after a period with Mumbai Indians in the IPL. In England’s winter Ashes stumble down the stairs, Jacks collected 363 runs and took six wickets in his four games.
Burns prods obediently forward and the ball skits through the gate and sends the off stump tumbling
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Some unexpected teams lead the way as the group stage of the T20 Blast approaches its halfway point
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Continue reading...County cricket: Essex win to move up strangely shapeless top-flight table
We are nearly halfway through the season but there is no real narrative in Division One. Is that a good thing?
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Continue reading...Yorkshire polish off Surrey but Lehmann defies Notts: county cricket, day four – as it happened
Yorkshire finished off their thrashing of Surrey but Nottinghamshire were unable to break down Jake Lehmann’s defences
Good morning from Edgbaston, where the players and match officials lined up before play to pay their respects to Warwickshire great MJK Smith, who sadly passed away yesterday at the age of 92. Smith captained England in 25 of his 50 Tests between 1958 and 1972, and scored just shy of 40,000 first-class runs.
A promising start, cricketers marching out everywhere except Bristol and Southport.
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Warwickshire hammered Yorkshire to go second in Division One as league leaders Nottinghamshire were held by Surrey
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Continue reading...Glamorgan beat Somerset to claim first home win in Division One: county cricket, day four – as it happened
Nightwatchman Ryan Hadley scored 50 not out from 231 balls in Glamorgan’s two-wicket victory at Sophia Gardens
With four overs lost. Things are about to sprout into action elsewhere.
“Now then, Tanya!” Hell0 there Tim Maitland.
Continue reading...Middlesex, Durham and Essex wrap up wins: county cricket, day three – as it happened
Naavya Sharma took three wickets in one over as Middlesex claimed victory over Lancashire
Harry Duke has a great head of blond hair, very Tudor prince bob. Four slips as Harris charges in to Jones.
Jones seems to have decided that attack is the way forward. His toes are twitching to come forward to Higgins.
Continue reading...Glamorgan’s Norton claims hat-trick on debut, Sibley on song for Surrey: county cricket – as it happened
Glamorgan teenager Tom Norton pegged back Somerset while Warwickshire skittled Yorkshire to take control of their match at Edgbaston
No hundred for Falconer on Championship debut, a chorus of bouncing slips and an imploring Tom Bailey enough for the umpire to raise an off-you-go finger to an lbw shout.
Poor Zak Crawley out again cheaply, chopping on . I really hope this doesn’t disintegrate into a Haseeb Hameed 2019 summer and that someone has an arm round his shoulder. Kent 13-1.
Continue reading...County cricket: Nottinghamshire go top but Surrey are starting to purr
The champions took top spot in a round of games that was lit up by Emilio Gay, Ben Sanderson and Adam Thomas
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