Graham Hardcastle sends his final update of the day
Leicestershire are seven down. Jigar Naik has been trapped lbw by Kyle Jarvis, and the visitors are 107-7. Make that 107-8. Rob Taylor bowled first ball. We are heading for a three-day finish folks.
Muchall has 50 and we’re into the last few overs of the day; Durham are 145 for five and right back in control of this match. It’s been a great fightback by Borthwick and Muchall from 13 for four. A cracking day’s cricket.
A cracking knock from Borthwick is ended as he’s bowled by Luke Wells (perhaps with the googly, a little tricky to tell from here) for 74. Durham are 231 in front and have five wickets in hand. Muchall is 49 and is joined by Ryan Pringle. A few more needed for certainty, but you’d expect 260+ to be a really rotten chase for Sussex tomorrow.
Graham Hardcastle sends another update from Old Trafford
Lancashire are well on their way now with Leicestershire in all sorts of bother at 93-6 at tea with 32 overs still to be bowled. There was a bit of confusion in the press box over the Akmal dismissal, with the majority view that it had hit short-leg. It didn’t. It was just inside edge onto pad. Arron Lilley has since picked up a couple more wickets in the 32nd over, Ned Eckersley superbly caught at first slip and Ben Raine caught at second.
Graham Hardcastle writes from Old Trafford
Another bizarre dismissal here. Umar Akmal has swept Arron Lilley’s off-spin into short-leg’s helmet (Steven Croft) only to see the ball rebound towards a very short gully where wicketkeeper Alex Davies completed the catch. Umpires Saggers and Gale got together to double check and sent the Pakistani on his way. Leicestershire are now 89-4 after 29 overs.
Scott Borthwick has gone to a mighty fine 50 off 70 balls. He’s been playing a different game to his colleagues, including Muchall, who has been scratchier. Borthwick played the most beautiful off drive off Magoffin, then scampered two on the pull to go to 50. He’s the key to Durham building an unassailable lead, and has been the only man to show any ability to deal with Magoffin’s brilliant spell from the Castle End. Durham 184 in front and 84-4.
Graham Hardcastle sends another update from Old Trafford
Oh my word! Your team is in the mire at 58-2 second dig, 218 runs behind, rain is forecast for tomorrow afternoon and you know that batting three sessions may be enough to save the game. It is therefore advisable to try and avoid being caught at deep point attempting to flay the opposition’s overseas bowler high and handsome over cover. Mark Cosgrove is on his way for four. James Faulkner strikes. Leicestershire are 58-3.
It’s tea at Arundel and Durham are 60 for four. The lead is 160. Magoffin nabbed the fourth as well – he bowled a quite brilliant spell from the Castle End – as Michael Richardson was bowled. Since, there’s been a course of ship-steadying from Scott Borthwick and Gordon Muchall. Borthwick has played beautifully – especially to the probing Magoffin, against whom he left brilliantly - and goes to tea at 31.
Twenty-four wickets so far here, we’ll do well to get to a fourth day….
Graham Hardcastle writes from Old Trafford
It’s looking ominous for Leicestershire, who are two down now for 47. Kyle Jarvis has claimed his second wicket of the innings, Angus Robson bowled as he offered no shot to an in-ducker, which means he has 52 for the season. No wonder Lancashire are going so well this year. They have the leading run-scorer in the Championship in Ashwell Prince and the leading wicket-taker in Jarvis. 53.2 overs left in the day with Leicester 229 behind.
Graham Hardcastle writes from Lancashire v Leicestershire
Lancashire have made the breakthrough in the second innings as Niall O’Brien is lbw to Kyle Jarvis with one that keeps low. Not a good sign for the Foxes! They are 24-1 in the fourth over and 252 runs behind with more than 63 overs left in the day. This may not go into tomorrow. I have been told the forecast is not good for tomorrow afternoon, which explains Lancashire’s successful Twenty20 style approach with the bat this morning.
Good news of a different kind.
Pleased to report that Moisés Henriques is scheduled to leave St Richard’s Hospital in Chichester this afternoon, if he hasn’t done so already, after his horrible clash of heads at Arundel with Rory Burns on Sunday. After an operation on a broken jaw, he needs to visit a dentist, the Guardian understands, but won’t require further surgery at this stage.
Burns was left with extremely deep lacerations above and below his left eye after Henriques’ teeth collided with his face. Burns had stitches and was released on Monday. Alec Stewart was at the maxillofacial department at St Richard’s on Tuesday ahead of Henriques’ release.
Best of luck to them both.
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This game is on the move. Magoffin’s first over from the Castle End has prised out both Durham openers. Stoneman was caught by Luke Wright at third slip, Borthwick scuttled through for a bye, then Jennings edged to Brown for a duck, too! Both gone second ball. Don’t imagine Collingwood fancied being in by the end of the first over, on a pair, and then in Magoffin’s second over he has him clean bowled for two! Madness.
It’s 11 for three!
Sussex will not follow on! And after a bit of heave-ho they’re all out for 201. The deficit is exactly 100.
It took them 24 balls to score a run after lunch as Rushworth and Hastings continued their sterling bowling. But thanks to a few edges, nudges and nurdles, Sussex confirmed they’d bat last. Steve Magoffin – who spent the whole lunch break sat on a bench in the player’s area, not eating – actually passed the necessary 151 with a lovely straight drive for four off Hastings. The crowd were relieved but not long after, Rushworth took his sixth as Magoffin was caught in the slips by Collingwood. Dockrell unfurled a couple of lovely cover drives and a sweep off Scott Borthwick as the last pair frustrated Durham. Last man Linley also hit an unbelievable straight drive off Onions before lofting meekly to midwicket.
Lots of discussion of Arundel BTL over the last few days. I’m not sure what the finest view is here. Is it that wonderful gap? Or the soaring cathedral in one corner? Or the density of the trees around the outside? Quite literally picture perfect, the whole lot...
Graham Hardcastle reports from Old Trafford
We are having a delay to the delayed lunch. In their bid for quick runs, Lancashire have slipped to nine down. They are 482-9, with Jigar Naik having taken seven of them whilst conceding 179 in his 44 overs. Arron Lilley is 59 off 40 balls with Simon Kerrigan seven off three balls. Lancashire, courtesy of Lilley, Tom Bailey and Kerrigan have hit five sixes this morning as they chase a declaration…
Hang on, Naik has eight and Lancashire are all out for 483. Lilley stumped for 59 off 41 balls. Naik’s figures of 8-179 from 44.3 overs are a career best. That’s lunch.
Graham Hardcastle reports from Old Trafford
Ashwell Prince has his fourth Championship hundred of 2015, and is 65 runs away from becoming the first man in the country to reach 1,000 in this competition. Talk about going out on a high. Although Lancashire’s players are doing their best to convince him otherwise, the 38-year-old South African is likely to call time on his career at the end of the season. Arron Lilley, meanwhile, is 38 not out off 27 balls with the score on 418-6 in the 118th.
Graham Hardcastle writes from Lancashire v Leicestershire
Lancashire missed out on that fifth batting point, while Leicester missed out on their second bowling point as Lancashire finished the 110 overs five down. Sod’s Law, though. Jigar Naik picked up his fourth wicket with the first ball of the 111th over when James Faulkner edged him to Andrea Agathangelou at first slip, leaving the score at 371-6. It’s now 380-6 with Ashwell Prince on 92.
By Graham Hardcastle at Old Trafford
Lancashire have progressed steadily this morning, although they are likely to miss out on a fifth batting point. They are currently 355-5 after 107 overs with Ashwell Prince on 89. Prince has just shared a half-century partnership with Alex Davies for the fifth wicket, meaning all of Lancashire’s first five wickets have passed 50 for the first time in an innings since 2001 against Northamptonshire here. Davies fell caught at mid-on off Jigar Naik’s off-spin for 29. The hosts lead by 148.
Ten minutes before the break, Chris Rushworth got his fourth as he clean bowled Nash for 25. Then in the final over, he bowled Shahzad even more cleanly. The burly seamer has a rep for being king of the leg-befores, but he’s got four bowleds and a caught behind in a magnificent five-fer here. The sun’s been out but he’s had the ball doing a tad in the air and off the pitch today. Nash’s one just looked to nip back a tad, while Shahzad’s off-stump went cart-wheeling.
So at lunch, Sussex are 135 for eight and in a right pickle. Shahzad had battled gallantly, bunting both Onions and Rushworth down the ground for boundaries in the session’s last two overs. But it’ll be Dockrell – on zero – and Magoffin after the break. Between them and Linley they’ll need to find 16 more to avoid the follow on, although I reckon Collingwood’s men will have another bat first. They can take the game right away from the hosts if they bat out today. There’s a bit in the pitch, but Sussex have been pretty damn poor. Looking at a fifth defeat in six now.
That’s really, really soft from Ed Joyce. He’d batted with such discipline in a good battle outside off with John Hastings. He had cut the bad ball well but generally left and after a controlled edge through the slips, slapped Hastings straight to point for 23. Ben Brown came and went at 6, too. Brown was beaten four consecutive deliveries outside off stump by Paul Coughlin, who is bowling nicely. The following over, Brown drove him beautifully down the ground before the bowler underwent treatment (on his hand, by the looks of things) for at least five minutes. After the pause, Brown nicked Coughlin’s first ball to the keeper.
It’s 105-6 and Sussex need 46 more to avoid the follow-on now. Chris Nash is finally in at 7 (I wonder whether he’s carrying an injury) and Shahzad is in at 8 (he’s definitely carrying an injury). Tricky situation for the hosts, this.
Sorry Sussex fans, that one is my fault. Wright has a big bad waft outside off to Rushworth and edges to keeper Richardson. Pretty sure he hit it and Rushworth has three. By the way, Ajmal Shahzad will bat but won’t bowl for the rest of this match. Yesterday he had a recurrence of the pectoral injury that had kept him out for five weeks. He bowled just four overs.
Wowzer. Keaton Jennings has just pulled off an outrageous diving, one-handed catch to his left to dismiss Matt Machan off the bowling of Graham Onions. Machan had looked good, unfurling a lovely cut off Machan’s previous over and leaving nicely. He hit this one hard and it was travelling fast; Jennings stuck out his left mitt and it produced a wonder catch. It’s 58 for three and Luke Wright – not Chris Nash - has joined Ed Joyce in the middle. Apparently, it’s ‘Sussex Day’ at Arundel today, whatever that means. Here’s hoping they don’t crumple in a heap as they have been in recent weeks.
Graham Hardcastle writes from Old Trafford
Good morning from Old Trafford, where the weather is set fair for another full-ish day. With these 12.30pm starts, it’s difficult to say with certainty that we will get a full day in because light may become an issue this evening. But we could, in theory, be playing until about 8.30pm if Lancashire look like wrapping up the win inside three days and require the extra half hour.
Lancashire start the day with an immediate aim of clinching their fourth and fifth batting points. They are 314-4 after 96 overs, so have 14 more overs to get to 400 for full bonus points. If I was them, I would be looking to bat until lunch, maybe half hour afterwards, by which time they should have a lead of around 275 to 300. Then they can let loose their two spinners, Simon Kerrigan and Arron Lilley, on a wearing pitch.
Ashwell Prince is closing in on yet another century, his fourth of the season. He is 26 away from that landmark and 91 runs away from 1,000 in the Championship for 2015. I don’t think you need reminding that Prince can be a feisty competitor, and he was involved in some verbal jousting with Charlie Shreck last night, which forced umpires Saggers and Gale to get involved. It will be interesting to see if we get an ECB media release in the coming days with confirmation of any penalty points.
Morning all and a very happy Tuesday to you from lovely Arundel once more. The Durham lads are playing football right in front of the press tent and the ball just came in here. It’ll surprise very few of you that, even the month after he turned 39, Paul Collingwood was the bib-less team’s engine room, sprinting from end-to-end and being extremely vocal. Decent on the ball, too. The Duke John Hastings looked a hulking presence at the back and Scott Borthwick impressed for the bibbed lot.
Anyhow, Durham had a decent day here yesterday. Their 301 is good on a pitch that is offering a bit to the seamers (as Viscount Tim Linley, with his first five-bag since 2012, can attest) and Chris Rushworth bowled both openers to leave Sussex 44 for two. Ed Joyce and his men will need to dig in.
As Worcestershire folded to 80 all out after Ian Bell’s ton, we bid adieu to our erstwhile correspondent Mike Selvey last night but Graham Hardcastle is at Old Trafford for the late-starting game between Lancashire and Leicestershire, which could well be done today. Lancashire are building a sizeable lead (107 at present) and Leicestershire are, well, still Leicestershire, so who knows. You’d think Lancashire should at least double their lead.
Elsewhere, Arun Harinath scored a fine ton for Surrey and Zafar Ansari is approaching a snail-paced one of his own at Guildford. Surrey lost 81 for six after their opening stand of 208, though, so Glamorgan won’t be at all unhappy with their day’s work. Essex resume miles (301) ahead of Derbyshire and a declaration is surely not far away. Monday’s biggest story came at Taunton, where the pitch took a bit of turn and just-turned-20 offie Matt Carter bagged himself seven for Nottinghamshire, breaking all manner of records in the process. Happy days indeed.
Anyway, strap in and enjoy the ride.
Morning all,
Today we have at Graham Hardcastle at Old Trafford for Lancashire v Leicestershire and Will Macpherson at Arundel for Sussex v Durham. Here are the reports from yesterday’s play:
Lancashire v Leicestershire
Karl Brown misses ton but has Leicestershire languishing
Karl Brown’s polished 96 ensured Lancashire achieved a position of considerable strength at the halfway stage of their match against Leicestershire at Old Trafford, but the opener will no doubt reflect on what might have been after missing out on his first Championship century since the opening week of 2011, the year his county lifted the Division One title.
Somerset v Nottinghamshire
Matt Carter takes seven wickets as Somerset collapse
There is nothing quite as rousing as the emergence of a young, wicket-taking spin bowler, so the seven for 56 taken by Nottinghamshire’s Matt Carter, on his first-class debut, will bring cheer to all except Somerset supporters, whose batsmen collapsed to 200 all out at Taunton.
Worcestershire v Warwickshire
Ian Bell century guides Warwickshire to quick win
It is a decade and a half since Worcestershire last beat Warwickshire in a county championship match and, on the evidence provided by the two days of this game, it is not something that will be rectified in the foreseeable future. Until midway through the afternoon session Worcestershire were well in the match but they were first battered by the power of the Warwickshire lower order, that gave the visitors a 97-run first-innings lead, then blown away by the seamers so that in the end there was no need even to get into the extra time that can be added if there is a prospect of a result.
Enjoy the cricket
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