Tanya Aldred's county cricket roundup
Close of play round-up
Division one
Notts v Hampshire Notts 302 & 389 for 9 dec; Hants 223 and 265 (Amla 112; Broad 3-57, Ball 3-64, Gurney 3-57) Nottinghamshire win by 203 runs.
Essex v Yorkshire Yorkshire (50 & 329) beat Essex (142 & 146) by 91 runs
Surrey v Worcestershire Surrey 434 and 173 for 3 dec (Borthwick 82 not out); Worcestershire 526 (Virdi 6-105) Match drawn.
Lancashire v Somerset Somerset 429 and 269 for 8 (Leach 66 not out; Parkinson 5-101) Match drawn
Division Two
Middlesex v Sussex Middlesex 230 & 322, Sussex 323 and 232 for 7 ( Brown 65 not out; Harris 3-74) Sussex beat Middlesex by 3 wickets
Durham v Leicestershire Leicestershire 440 & 101 (Weighell 7-32) Durham 184 & 403 (Griffiths 6-49) Durham win by 46 runs.
Glamorgan v Kent Glamorgan 94 & 274, Kent 174 & 195 for 4 beat Glamorgan by 6 wickets
Warwickshire v Derbyshire Derbyshire 318 & 209, Warwickshire 439 & 89-2 – Warwickshire won by 8 wickets
Tour match
Northamptonshire v Pakistan Pakistan 428 and 134 for 1 Northants 251 and 301 (Newton 118; Abbas 4-62, Shadab 4-80). Pakistan won by 9 wickets
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High five! Dab! Floss! or whatever it is the kids are doing now, to Durham. What a cracking end to another fascinating four days of cricket. Thanks for reading - time for a well-deserved sundowner and something salty in the sun wherever you are. Until next time.
Close of play scores to follow.
...but they might now, ninth man down, Parkinson to that man Weighell again, and IT’s OVER. Leicester all out for 101, Durham win by 46 runs and for the first time in their history following on. James Weighell takes what I’m going to hazard a guess is a career-best 7 for 32. What a game!
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Durham have never won a Championship game after following on..
An eighth wicket falls at Durham, Leicester 101/8 need another 47 to win. And it is danger-man Dexter who has gone, b Weighell for 21. Weighell now has five for 32.
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...and a seventh.. Raine for four. A fourth wicket for Weighell (4-31). Leicester need 49, Dexter not out 20
Leicestershire lose a sixth wicket, Eckersley c S Poynter b Weighell 15, now need another 60.
Ah, just discovered that Trescothick was padded up and ready to bat if needed. All hail the Banger!
And Leicestershire are making a bit of a balls-up at Durham, 70 for 5, chasing another 78. But, Rushworth, who had 3-12, is off the pitch with a suspected groin injury.
Match drawn at The Oval too. Surrey 173-3 declared. Borthwick 82 not out, Foakes 11 not out. Morris 2-21. Disappointment for Stoneman again. Yorkshire travel to south London next week - get there if you can.
Handshakes at Old Trafford. Somerset 269 for 8, Liam Parkinson 5-101. Smashing little rearguard action by Somerset after a post-lunch wobble. Super 66 not out from Leach - his highest first-class score.
It’s all over at Trent Bridge. A heroic 317-minute Amla masterclass of 112 finally defeated by Jake Ball. Hampshire 265 all out; Ball 3-64, Broad 3-57. A third victory for Notts this season - could Pete Moores really lead a third club to the Championship title?
And Leach is out finally, 131 balls, b Parkinson for 66, playing for spin and for his highest first-class score. And the left-field Lancashire decision to bowl Parkinson and Livingstone with the new ball has conjured up a wicket. Somerset 266 for 8, lead by 203
And FOUR DOWN at The Riverside. Rushworth 3-12. Leicester need 92 more.
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Leicestershire lose another, Cosgrove for 10, and at 40-3 need another 108. Getting tenser by the passing second there, but all tension has dissipated at Old Trafford as the players drift towards a 4.50pm handshake. Somerset 265 for 7 lead by 202.
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Another fifty-wicket partnership for Somerset, this time between Leach and Groenewald. And time is running very short now for a Lancashire run-chase. And Notts are just one wicket short of a third win. Amla 104 not out.
And another one down at The Riverside - Leicestershire 30/2, a second for Rushworth.
And Leicestershire 29 for 1, chasing 119. A wicket for Rushworth, Horton for 9.
A wicket down at The Oval. Patel for 25, Surrey 145 for 3. And a hundred for Amla, can he really save Hampshire against his old club? 257 for 8.
HUNDRED | A century for Hashim Amla, coming off 179 balls. Hampshire 253-8, 37.5 overs remain #NottsvHants pic.twitter.com/mUhM22XTWK
— Nottinghamshire CCC (@TrentBridge) May 7, 2018
New ball to Clark and Livingstone. Whither Anderson? Ask the crowd (silently)
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Lots of sunburnt necks and lobster thighs still wandering about bank-holiday-bamboozled on the OT outfield. The new ball is due in one over, the game’s last throw of the dice.
Tea round-up
Division one
Notts v Hampshire Notts 302 & 389 for 9 dec, Hants 223 and 241 for 8 (Amla 90 not out; Broad 3-57) Hampshire need 228 to win.
Essex v Yorkshire Yorkshire (50 & 329) beat Essex (142 & 146) by 91 runs
Surrey v Worcestershire Surrey 434 and 136 for 2 (Borthwick 58 not out) lead Worcestershire 526 (Virdi 6-105) by 44 runs
Lancashire v Somerset Somerset 429 and 226 for 7 (Leach 50 not out; Parkinson 4-89) lead Lancashire 492 by 163 runs
Division Two
Middlesex v Sussex Middlesex 230 & 322, Sussex 323 and 232 for 7 ( Brown 65 not out; Harris 3-74) Sussex beat Middlesex by 3 wickets
Durham v Leicestershire Leicestershire 440 & 11-0, Durham 184 & 403 (Griffiths 6-49) Leicester need 137 to win.
Glamorgan v Kent Glamorgan 94 & 274, Kent 174 & 195 for 4 beat Glamorgan by 6 wickets
Warwickshire v Derbyshire Derbyshire 318 & 209, Warwickshire 439 & 89-2 – Warwickshire won by 8 wickets
Tour match
Northamptonshire v Pakistan Pakistan 428 and 134 for 1 Northants 251 and 301 (Newton 118; Abbas 4-62, Shadab 4-80). Pakistan won by 9 wickets
A second wicket for Harry Gurney leaves Hampshire holding on by a fragment of rope. At 241 for 8 they need 228 to win.
And that is fifty for Jack Leach off 82 balls,in 102 minutes, a very irritating little innings for Lancashire, and a match-saving one for Somerset. Somerset lead is now 160 and time is starting to steal away.
Sussex have done it! A great three-wicket win for them against Middlesex and a cohesive second innings of bits here and bobs there, in particular Ben Brown with 65 not out propping up the tail.
Borthwick 52 not out, Surrey 126 for 2. Hampshire 231 for 6, needing 238, Amla 87 not out. No, make that seven down, Abbott c Wessels b Ball 10. Hampshire 236 for 7.
Durham are all out (Griffiths 6-49) - Leicestershire need 147 to win. And Pakistan have won by 9 wickets.
Sorry, bit delayed there by a bank holiday Magnum. Sussex have just lost a wicket - Burgess lbw Malan 22. Sussex 215 for 7, need just 15...
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And fifty for Ben Brown at Sussex - is it just me or have wicketkeepers got lots of runs this year? Sussex need just 25 to win.
REPLAY: A thumping cut from @Ben_Brown26 takes the required runs to below 20.
— Sussex CCC (@SussexCCC) May 7, 2018
211-6 off 69.5 (Brown 56*, Burgess 22*), 19 to win #gosbts pic.twitter.com/NfyIjlQ6XP
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A WICKET! Just after the fifty partnership off 92 balls, Overton lbw Bailey for a very slow 5. Somerset 197 for 7(8) with a lead of 134.
What an afternoon to spend at Hove. Hope the seagulls are soaring, Sussex need just 43 to win.
A scare when Burgess was dropped two overs previously, but Robson couldn't cling on in the slips. A single from Brown brings up the 50 partnership. Another 50 will almost do it!
— Sussex CCC (@SussexCCC) May 7, 2018
178-6 off 61.2 (Brown 29*, Burgess 14*), 52 to win #gosbts pic.twitter.com/B30oE47JKd
And a huge six by Leach off Parkinson sails straight underneath the press box.
Pakistan need just 45 to beat Northants, and Sussex inching closer against Middlesex - just 53 needed now, with four wickets in hand - a priceless little 49-run partnership between Burgess and Brown. Hampshire are struggling at 202 for 6, needing another 267, and Liam Dawson retired hurt with a hand injury. And an overheated listlessness hangs over Old Trafford.
The first swifts of the year scream in the chalk-blue sky above the Old Trafford car park.
No second-innings heroics for Rory Burns, c Barnard b Twohig 30. Surrey 74 for 2. And McManus out at Trent Bridge, a third for Broad. Hampshire 195 for six. Amla 65 not out.
Sussex slowly knocking off the runs, just 64 needed now. And another one down for Durham, Poynter lbw Griffiths 13. Griffiths 4-43. Durham now 345 for 7. And as I write that’s ANOTHER - Rimmington for 0- and another for Griffiths, 5 wickets since lunch - Durham now 345- 8 with a lead of just 89.
And while I wasn’t looking Durham have now lost three wickets since lunch: Smith, Richardson and Collingwood, all to Griffiths (3-35). Durham lead Leicestershire by 74.
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Lordy, That’s a fourth WICKET for Parkinson: Abell lbw Parkinson 13. Somerset 145 for 6, which is 7 really with the injured Trescothick hobbling about with a crutch, with a lead of just 82.
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So no cashing in for Stoneman after all, lbw Morris 20. Surrey 38 for 1.
And the prize for first wicket to fall after lunch goes to Will Smith: c Dexter b Griffiths 74. And another one! This time at Old Trafford, Gregory c Livingstone b Mennie for 13, first ball of the second over after lunch. Somerset lead not in three figures yet and plenty of empty seats at Old Trafford...
Lunchtime round-up
Division one
Notts v Hampshire Notts 302 & 389 for 9 dec, Hants 223 and 174 for 5 (Amla 50 not out; Broad 2-41) Hampshire need 295 to win.
Essex v Yorkshire Yorkshire (50 & 329) beat Essex (142 & 146) by 91 runs
Surrey v Worcestershire Surrey 434 and 35 for 0 (Burns 16 not out, Stoneman 19 not out) trail Worcestershire 526 (Virdi 6-105) by 57 runs
Lancashire v Somerset Somerset 429 and 143 for 4 (Abell 11 not out, Gregory 13 not out; Parkinson 3-55) lead Lancashire 492 by 80 runs
Division Two
Middlesex v Sussex 230 & 322, Sussex 323 and 132 for 6 ( van Zyl 45; Harris 3-44) need 98 to win
Durham v Leicestershire Leicestershire 440, Durham 184 & 323 for 3 (Smith 74 not out) Durham lead by 67 runs
Glamorgan v Kent Glamorgan 94 & 274, Kent 174 & 195 for 4 beat Glamorgan by 6 wickets
Warwickshire v Derbyshire Derbyshire 318 & 209, Warwickshire 439 & 89-2 – Warwickshire won by 8 wickets
Tour match
Northamptonshire v Pakistan Pakistan 428 and 4-0, Northants 251 and 301 (Newton 118; Abbas 4-62, Shadab 4-80). Pakistan need 129 to win
And in other news - Susie Bates has scored a hundred for Hampshire and a marmite question:
What do we think sports fans @Schofe @jimmy9 🧓🏻 pic.twitter.com/gU0IKFrhQS
— Jordan Clark (@Clarksy16) May 3, 2018
An eventful last over before lunch from Anderson. Young Abell dug out a yorker at the very edge of the last second, then responded next ball with a nudge for four. Somerset 143 for 4, lead by 80. Batting looking vulnerable at Hove and Trent Bridge (excluding Amla 50 not out). Lunch scores to follow.
A sixth wicket at Hove - a third for Harris! Finch c Simpson b Harris 11. Sussex thinking about lunch at a precarious 129 for 6, needing 98 to win.
In fact we think this might be the first Championship game that Jimmy has bowled from the James Anderson end - any corrections welcome! And a spitting ball from Parkinson, who can blow ham sandwich and chicken korma in the same over.
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And Anderson has been hauled back before lunch at Old Trafford to break this crucial Abell-Gregory partnership. He replaces Joe Mennie at the James Anderson end, which must be very weird even now. His first spell this morning: 7-3-13-1.
And as I send that Durham lose a third, Clark for 25, and Sussex a fourth, van Zyl for 45 and GOSH! a fifth. Luke Wright c and b Cartwright for a duck. Sussex 125 for 5: 105 to win.
Hampshire are wobbling:161 for 5 - Amla 40 not out but Rossouw c Wessels b Broad 7 - need 308 more to win. Sussex were cruising but just lost Briggs for 39. Now 118 for 3, van Zyl 44 not out - they need 112 to win. Durham 304 for 2 on one of those Riverside wickets that gets better during the match: Will Smith 65, Graham Clark 25
Northants 295 for 8 against Pakistan. Abbas 4-62 - and just seen that Robert Newton got 118 before being lbw Abbas.
Right: here are Virdi’s wickets.
And another WICKET for Parkinson! Hildreth lbw Parkinson 26, plum as it comes. Parkinson visibly pumped, and Somerset 120 for 4 with a lead of 57.... hmmm getting a bit tasty
And with a gung-ho sweep off Parkinson, Steve Davies brings up his fifty: 121 balls, seven fours. Somerset now 113 for 2 -no make that 3 - Davies now pushing forward gets an inside edge straight to short leg in the same over. c Croft b Parkinson 54.
And a sixth for Virdi! 6-105, Barnard c and b for 66. Worcestershire 526 all out, lead by 92. A good chance for Stoneman to iron out the anxieties and pocket some easy runs this afternoon.
This Old Trafford pitch really does look bootiful to bat on. Last week Glenn Chapple said that it was the best pitch in the country - not sure anyone here would disagree. It is a darn shame Hameed hasn’t been here to score some juicy runs on it in the sun, but in the game he played for Fornby against Wallasey on Saturday he made just 5 (1 x 4). He was lbw to a Matthew Wilcox - who had an excellent day, also dismissing Karl Brown and Stephen Parry in the same match.
At Hove Sussex looking good still, need just 131 to win.
And that’s a fifth for Virdi, who keeps just reeling them in.A maiden five-wicket haul. Josh Tongue c and b 9, Worcestershire 523 for 9.
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And a wicket at Durham : Cameron Steel lbw Raine 86; while Sussex have started well at Hove 85 for 2. At Old Trafford there’s a sweet little four off the hips from Davies - Somerset 85 for 2, t00 - and considerable sun, though no-one in the crowd has yet had the gumption to whip off their kecks and strip down to the nippy speedos that were spotted yesterday.
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And a fourth wicket for Virdi at The Oval: Leach c Borthwick b Virdi 18. Worcestershire 511 for 8.
Two in similar fashion for Virdi this morning. Solid 👐 from Borthwick #SURvWOR
— Surrey Cricket (@surreycricket) May 7, 2018
WATCH LIVE ➡ https://t.co/NQCex5ZZG8 pic.twitter.com/HyUKOsZSTa
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Yikes, somehow missed this, sorry. A wicket at Trent Bridge one of the first balls of the day: Wood b Ball 13, Hants now 123 for 4.
REPLAY | Watch out Tom Moores! The keeper nearly has to evade the off stump as Ball bowls Wood #NottsvHants pic.twitter.com/PR6yUerkbW
— Nottinghamshire CCC (@TrentBridge) May 7, 2018
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And a wicket for Anderson! Bartlett forgot to move his feet and lbw Anderson 6. Somerset 67 for 2 - and a wicket at last for Burnley’s blond bombshell.
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And a wicket down at The Oval too, too much sun for 11 o’clock in the morning. Twohig a third wicket for Virdi: Worcestershire 469 for 7.
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And a wicket down at Old Trafford already, Parkinson’s second ball, a full-toss very well taken catch by Tom Bailey. Renshaw c Bailey b Parkinson 20. Somerset 51 for 2
Good morning from a serene Old Trafford on a beautiful Bank Holiday Monday. Hope you had a wonderful weekend –it was glorious at Hartington YHA - with some enthralling little contests to dip in and out of on the field too.
The gateman here told me that I’d missed a wonderful innings from Dane Vilas - first double century by a Lancashire wicketkeeper -and a hardworking one by Keaton Jennings. Looks to be a draw here unless Lancashire can make a quick breakthrough on a wonderful batting strip - no wickets yet for James Anderson, who has beaten the bat now and then but looks a little match-weary as if the old body could do with a drop of oil in the joints and some nip in the shoes.
Elsewhere, there were centuries for Joe Clarke, Nick Gubbins and Dawid Malan (first Test player to a hundred this season); and six wickets for Steve Patterson to skittle champions Essex in the thriller at Chelmsford. Baring surprises, the games to keep an eye on today are at Hove and Trent Bridge.
Division one
Notts v Hampshire Notts 302 & 389 for 9 dec, Hants 223 and 111 for 3 Hampshire need 358 to beat Notts.
Essex v Yorkshire Yorkshire (50 & 329) beat Essex (142 & 146) by 91 runs
Surrey v Worcestershire Surrey 434, Worcestershire 469 for 6 are 35 runs ahead
Lancashire v Somerset Somerset 429 and 51 for 0, Lancashire 492. Somerset are 12 runs behind Lancashire.
Division Two
Middlesex v Sussex 230 & 322, Sussex 323 and 35 for 2 need 195 to win
Durham v Leicestershire Leicestershire 440, Durham 184 & 233 for 1. Durham need 23 to avoid the follow-on
Glamorgan v Kent Glamorgan 94 & 274, Kent 174 & 195 for 4 beat Glamorgan by 6 wickets
Warwickshire v Derbyshire Derbyshire 318 & 209, Warwickshire 439 & 89-2 – Warwickshire won by 8 wickets
And in other news, Ollie Thorpe tells me that allrounder Paul Stirling is an Irish injury doubt for the Test against Pakistan staring on Friday.
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Tanya will be here shortly.
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