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It was an intriguing day at Scarborough where the encroaching sea fret interrupted play and Surrey were docked five penalty runs against Yorkshire after two level‑one disciplinary offences in the morning.
The first incident came as Jack Brooks and Steven Patterson added useful tail-end runs against fast, short-pitched bowling from Morne Morkel and Jade Dernbach. The second when the careworn Mark Stoneman was given out, caught behind for nine, on his birthday. A hearing between players and umpires was due to take place at close of play. Surrey had to bat in increasingly difficult conditions, Rory Burns the top scorer with 59. Tim Bresnan took three for 57 and there were four catches for the wicketkeeper Jonathan Tattersall.
Alex Davies made a handsome 78, his highest first-class score of the season, in an unbroken fourth-wicket partnership of 70 with Dane Vilas as Lancashire fought back from 70 for three at Old Trafford. Poor Haseeb Hameed fell cheaply again. Earlier Hampshire had added a further 149 runs to their overnight total, with Rilee Rossouw unbeaten on 120 and Graham Onions finishing with his second five-wicket haul of the season.
It was a long, hot day for Somerset at Chelmsford as Essex declared at 517 for five, with a mammoth unbeaten 173 for Ryan ten Doeschate and 118 for Ravi Bopara. At Sophia Gardens an unbeaten 111 from Ben Duckett and 50 not out from Luke Procter put Northamptonshire in a strong position against Glamorgan, 196 runs ahead. Usman Khawaja held the Glamorgan innings together with a glorious 103, his third century in his third first-class match, usurping the county record held by Javed Miandad and Shaun Marsh.
Jonathan Trott continued his golden goodbye at the Riverside with 170 not out as Warwickshire were bowled out for 424 against Durham. There were four wickets each for Chris Rushworth and Matthew Salisbury. Meanwhile, at Canterbury a knockabout hundred by the Kent No 10 Grant Stewart put them in a very strong position against Middlesex.
Day-night matches: close of play scores
Division One
Nottinghamshire 499-9 dec; Worcestershire 215-7
Essex 517-5 dec; Somerset 140-2 (latest)
Division Two
Derbyshire 245 & 43-3; Leicestershire 297
Kent 241 & 281; Middlesex 56 & 22-2
Durham 138-2; Warwickshire 424
Close of play and latest scores
Division One
Yorkshire 342; Surrey 219-7 (stumps)
Lancashire 140-3; Hampshire 451 (stumps)
Nottinghamshire 499-9 dec; Worcestershire 96-2 (latest)
Essex 517-5 dec; Somerset 39-0 (latest)
Division Two
Glamorgan 254; Northants 281 & 169-0 (stumps)
Derbyshire 245; Leicestershire 262-7 (latest)
Kent 241 & 170-8; Middlesex 56 all out (latest)
Durham 51-0; Warwickshire 424 (latest)
Play abandoned for the day at Scarborough due to the fret - Surrey 219 for 7. Pope 34 not out.
Lancashire 134 for 3 here at OT. Players looking tired after a day of screwed-down heat. 136 for 3 with three overs left.
I’m going to have to write up now so I’m leaving you all to it for a bit. Looking forward to pink-ball antics.
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WICKET! at Chelmsford - Ravi Bopara b Trego for 118. ten Doeschate 173 not out. Essex 512 for five. When will it stop?
Defeat looms for the Lions: 200/8 v India A, chasing 309.
Some local-knowledge on sea frets. Thank you Jeremy! They’ve just gone off again at Scarborough.
A breeze lightens the heavy atmosphere at Old Trafford, Lancashire, with an eye on the ticking clock, are knuckling down and playing well. 116/3
@tjaldred My wife hails from a north-east seaside town. Sea fret is an occupational hazard in that neck of the woods. You can go from glorious sunshine a mile or two inland to a complete pea-souper the closer you get to the sea!
— Jeremy Blackmore (@Jeremy_2566) June 26, 2018
And Warwickshire are all out for 424, the mighty Jonathan Trott not out 170. Four wickets each for Salisbury and Rushworth. Durham 5-0 and hoping not to have one of those days.
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Wow, batting is suddenly easy at The County Ground. Northants 93 for 0, Duckett 52 at drinks. And at Derby, Leicester 204/3, a second wicket for Palladino.
At Canterbury Kent 128 for 5, three more wickets for Murtagh, but the lead is already 314 over Middlesex.
Surrey 197 for 7. Rikki Clarke c and b Bresnan for a duck. This isn’t Surrey’s best away-day: penalty runs, sea fret, only one batsman past fifty. Bresnan now has 3-51.
Nottinghamshire have declared on 499 for 9, Wessels 59 not out. I’m nervous for Worcester.
As Somerset try not to choke on the weight of the run pile, Bopara moves on to 107, ten doeschate past 15o. Bess 2-132
And that’s fifty for Davies! Ten fours. Lancashire need him to go on and on.
Alex Davies clips Abbott off his legs and underneath the temporary stand to move to 49. Three fielders lying on their stomachs to try and retrieve it.
WICKET! at OT. Jones is a fraction late on the shot to Abbott and is bowled. Lancashire 70-3.
And WICKET! at Scarborough. Jacks lbw Patterson for 7. Surrey 192 for 6.
Pope playing beautifully again though.
☁️ Lovely shot from Ollie Pope, in what are pretty challenging conditions here at Scarbrough. Surrey now 192 for 5, Pope (25*) & Jacks (7*). pic.twitter.com/KAHQwQnWO6
— Surrey Cricket (@surreycricket) June 26, 2018
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Sea fret stops play at Scarborough
Sea Fret in Scarbados! Can’t see a thing! pic.twitter.com/or7VxbEcW7
— steve hodgson (@sghodgson) June 26, 2018
Fifty for Riki Wessells as Worcestershire start to lose the will to live. 455/7. Kent recovering, 87 for 3, newly-capped Kuhn 47 not out. Warwicks pass 400.
Davies playing very nicely for 43 here at OT, eight glorious fours.
TEA Day 2: I'll leave you with a candidate for shot of the day by @aldavies23 At tea Lancs are 35/1 with Davies 28 Hameed 8* #LANvHAM pic.twitter.com/Ohp3eGHRZw
— Lancashire Cricket (@lancscricket) June 26, 2018
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Lancashire playing a dangerous game here against Edwards, Jones just left one that licked the varnish of off stump.
I really don’t want to type this but Haseeb out, b Edwards, playing no shot. Lancashire 54/2. He made 13.
Lunch scores: Pink ball
Division One
Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire 445-6 (Nash 139) v Worcestershire
Chelmsford: Essex 439-4 (ten Doeschate 131 not out, Bopara 91 not out)
The County Ground: Derbyshire 245 v Leicestershire 161-1 (Horton 80 not out)
Canterbury: Kent 241 and 79-3 v Middlesex 56 all out.
The Riverside. Durham v Warwickshire 393-8 (Trott 152 not out; Salisbury 4-101)
Tea scores: Red Ball
Division One
Scarborough: Yorkshire 342 (Tattersall 70; Dernbach 4-104) v Surrey 174/5
Old Trafford: Lancashire 35/1 v Hampshire 398-8 (Rossouw 95 not out; Onions 5-78)
Division Two
Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan 254 ( Khawaja 103 ) v Northamptonshire 281 (Wakely 82; van der Gugten 5-45) 0-0
Ah, I’ve just realised that Hameed didn’t hit that beautiful straight drive after all. It was Davies. Sorry everyone.
The Lions are struggling against India A - 65/3 off 14 chasing 309. Livingstone not out 20, Foakes not out 12.
Tea/lunch scores to follow
Thanks to Josh for this: Adam Wakely’s field to Usman Khawaja, last man out for 103 at Sophia Gardens. His third first-class century for them in his third game. A record!
Adam Wakely’s field to Usman Khawaja at Sophia Gardens @tjaldred pic.twitter.com/iPwoYKlk7s
— Josh Robinson (@JshRbnsn) June 26, 2018
An unbelievably beautiful straight drive from Hameed. Shot of the match.
Ollie Rayner replaces Edwards at the pavilion end.
Denly falls for 2 at Canterbury, Kent 52/3
Two consecutive cracking fours by Davies off Abbott’s first over. A drive, crack, boundary; a pull, crack, boundary.
Ryan Ten Doeschate’s hundred comes up with a six off Dominic Bess.
Meanwhile Surrey have stumbled somewhat to 154-4, 2 for Bresnan, 2 for Coad. Pope 5 not out.
I think this is called looking on the bright side.
Good to see Dillon Pennington and Ben Twohig as the youngsters in Worcs attack bowling a good quota of overs - 43 between them so far and great as part of their learning process
— Worcestershire CCC (@WorcsCCC) June 26, 2018
Enter Hameed (he says in parentheses)*
Immediately he leaves a ball from Edwards. Despite being both bowled and lbw shouldering arms at New Road. Brave boy.
*(That’s for anyone else force fed the Hamilton soundtrack by their teenagers.)
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A WICKET at Old Trafford: Jennings given out caught Alsop b Berg. Jennings is displeased - seems to be indicating that it hit his shoulder. Lancs 7/1.
Moores OUT for 56. Notts 395 for 6.
Jennings has a swipe at Fidel Edwards, and misses. Edwards may be 36 but he is still seriously speedy. His run-up however is long, not sure how many overs he will be able to bowl on the trot in this heat.
Yikes: Kent 30-2 and the floodlights are not even thinking about thinking about going on, Dickson and Bell-Drummond back in the hutch.
And at The Riverside Trott moves onto 136.
Khawaja 65 not out as the innings slowly fold around him: 195 for 6. Sanderson 3-30. Glamorgan have a good one there.
Lancashire walk out to bat.
This is casual brutality from Tom Moores. 8x4, 2x6 in his fifty so far.
REPLAY | @TomMoores23 is doing what Tom Moores does 👀
— Nottinghamshire CCC (@TrentBridge) June 26, 2018
He's smashed the first six of the day with Notts 377-5 #NottsvWorcs pic.twitter.com/DvFTlCAyxP
A second wicket for Coad at Scarborough, Burns for 59.
And just after Hampshire pass 450, they’re all out. Edwards gets an edge trying to cut Lilley and is caught by Vilas for 9. Rossouw 120 not out.
Bopara and ten Doeschate putting on the ritz at Chelmsford. This partnership is worth 139 so far. Essex 351-4
And Middlesex add one run to their overnight total - 56 all out! A sixth wicket for Grant Stewart. Kent 4-0.
Thinking ahead to Lancashire’s innings and the creaking balance of fair-shares: Jennings is due a failure; Haseeb is due a century.
Notts gather their fourth batting point:355 for 5. The in-form Tom Moores 25 not out.
I missed this earlier. Yet another concussion replacement: Sam Evans replaced Harry Dearden for Leicester after Dearden retired hurt last night.
And that’s out! Abbot b Lilley 20. Hampshire 423/9.
Meanwhile, Rossouw has passed his 100 at Old Trafford as the heat pants down and the batting goes on, and on. He got there in 155 balls, including 13 x fours.
We have an answer to Romeo’s question, when was the first CC blog? The hallowed date is April 16, 2008, written by David Hopps - dotty but brilliant. Thank you Matthew Hancock for digging into the archive at Guardian Towers.
Another century for Mayank Agarwal (112) for India A, this time v the Lions. 246/4, seven overs left.
For some reason the Surrey twitter feed isn’t showing Mark Stoneman’s wicket.
LUNCHTIME SCORES
Division One
Scarborough: Yorkshire 342 (Tattersall 70; Dernbach 4-104) v Surrey 89-2 (Burns 54 not out)
Old Trafford: Lancashire v Hampshire 398-8 (Rossouw 95 not out; Onions 5-78)
Division Two
Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan 115-3 ( Khawaja 26 not out; Procter 2-13 ) v Northamptonshire 281 (Wakely 82; van der Gugten 5-45)
Super think-piece by Andy Bull on Steve Smith in this week’s Spin. It mentions this piece on Smith by Jane Cadzow that was published in the Sydney Morning Herald. I haven’t read it yet but have heard several people say that it is wonderful. One for the lunch break.
Glamorgan 95.3 but the Heroes Of Swansea, Khawaja and Carlson, the not out men.
A second wicket at Scarborough - Borthwick c Tattersall b Bresnan 20. But Burns still there, 51 off 46 balls.
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Berg out, sweeping, caught by Danny Lamb running in for 49. He’d just been moved into position the ball before. Hampshire 390 for 8.
Thank goodness, it looks like he’s ok, they’ve picked him up off the concrete and the medical team have arrived.
Meanwhile, almost seamlessly, the runs are piling up for Hampshire - 386 for 7, Rossouw moves on to 92, Berg to 45.
Burns has whizzed to 40 at Scarborough. Forty-four of the first fifty Surrey runs have come in boundaries.
Someone in the crowd has collapsed here at OT. The heat is fierce.
Naughty-boy nets for Surrey.
Little boost for @YorkshireCCC. They have been awarded five penalty runs for two Surrey offences, one in the field and other Stoneman's reaction to being given out. 337 all out becomes 342. @surreycricket are 59-1 in reply. #YourYorkshire
— Yorkshire CCC (@YorkshireCCC) June 26, 2018
Here’s one of those whooper-hoopers from last night at Canterbury
WICKET! Stewart again! Holden castled for 6. Middx 19-2 v Kent 241.
— Kent Cricket 🏏 (@kentcricket) June 25, 2018
Malan joins Eskinazi 10*.
Scorecard & highlights: https://t.co/O0o6MMazl4 pic.twitter.com/SHhwVK4n7O
Impressive Blast stats from Derbyshire. The sun has played its part I guess.
Only 🔟 days to go until @VitalityBlast is back! 🙌💥#DCCC has received RECORD demand with tickets sales up 30% compared to same point in 2017.
— Derbyshire CCC (@DerbyshireCCC) June 26, 2018
Buy your tickets ➡️ https://t.co/q26zDkZWp5 #WeAreDerbyshire pic.twitter.com/sfvbgSanFZ
Hmmm. Ms Luck pauses to kill a passing fly with a single swat then laughs in the face of kindness. Stoneman c Tattersall b Coad 9.
A Rob Smyth special on Jos Buttler: ““You guys always write about what a quietly spoken and soft guy I am,” he said after an on-field row in Bangladesh in 2016, “but maybe you don’t know me as well as you think you do.”
Just noticed that Stoneman is back for Surrey. As for Lees, as for Hameed, as for Westley, the capricious hand of Ms Luck has not been kind this year. Wish him luck BTLers, wish him luck.
Rory Burns and Mark Stoneman head to the middle to get Surrey's innings underway. #SURvYOR
— Surrey Cricket (@surreycricket) June 26, 2018
WATCH LIVE ➡️ https://t.co/3SQIYBg0Aj pic.twitter.com/IzGmfcx6fm
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Yorkshire 337 all out. This was the sea-fret scene at North Marine Road two hours ago.
A slightly different morning in Scarborough ☁️ #YORvSUR pic.twitter.com/1PYtupETMD
— Surrey Cricket (@surreycricket) June 26, 2018
This is lovely. See Heino Kuhn get his Kent county cap. But what’s in the box??
A special day for @heinokuhn . A very well deserved @kentcricket County Cap! #welcometotheclub @ The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence https://t.co/ZNaHLcrENA
— Matt Walker (@mattwalker275) June 25, 2018
Yorkies 337 for 9 including, thank you Lilaitomniweotawicha BTL, a dropped caught and bowled from Morkel. Patterson b Dernbach for 21. JD:4-104.
And a wicket at Sophia Gardens - Nick Selman for 29. Glamorgan 44/1.
And looking for photographic evidence that I can put up but Graham Onions DID bowl in his underpants this morning while the teams warmed-up in the middle. They were more swimming shorts than budgie-smugglers but the boy kept his word.
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A WICKET! At OT. Rayner lbw to the 22nd ball of the day for a duck. He played across one that was angled in from Onions. And that’s Onions 5-fer - 5-65 and well deserved. His second five-fer of the season.
Good morning
To everyone both lurking and commenting BTL, thank you for reading CC live! It is Day 2, and the biggest talking point is the behaviour of the pink ball.
The consensus seems to be that the Division One pink Kookaburra produces snoreathon cricket with the ball difficult to get off the square. The Division Two Dukes is pretty safe but can go briefly insane, with big-banana swing when the floodlights go on. Thus:
Div 1: Worcestershire used eight bowlers as Notts closed on 336 for 5 at Trent Bridge and Somerset seven as Essex closed on 298 for 4 at Chelmsford. Read Dan Norcross’s thoughts here.
At Canterbury, Middlesex were 54 for 9 at 9.50pm stumps after starting their innings at 8pm. Derbyshire lost four wickets for 14 at The County Ground before Leicester made a good start to their innings: 82-0. Jonathan Trott held Warwickshire’s innings together at The Riverside, not out 119.
In the red-ball games: a sea fret is threatening to delay play at Scarborough where a spirited late-evening partnership rescued Yorkshire from the doldrums. At Old Trafford Essex are just on top on another scorching day; Glamorgan start with the upper hand at Sophia Gardens after Northamptonshire lost five wickets for six runs, four to the mighty Timm van der Gugten.
Between the salt water and the sea strand, we’ll have lots-to-talk-about by the end of the day.
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