Jamie Overton hits century as Somerset dominate Warks
Jamie Overton does magnificent goodbyes. On the way to Surrey at the end of the season, he followed up 68 against Northamptonshire last week with his maiden first-class century. He boomed 120 off just 92 balls, 96 of them in boundaries, the perfect foil for Steven Davies’ patient 123 not out as Somerset build up a first innings lead of 292 - and then had Sam Hain smartly caught at slip for just seven. Warwickshire, 104 for six when rain stopped play, still 188 behind and with Matt Lamb unlikely to bat with a crushed big toe, are toast.
Fourteen wickets fell at Trent Bridge after Nottinghamshire skipped to 472 and maximum batting points. Lancashire stumbled to 129 for six at the close and Notts can dream on a possible first win since June 2018. Dawid Malan went to his first first-class double hundred, as Yorkshire declared at 400 for six. Derbyshire’s reply was peppered with mini-collapses, as Steven Patterson took three for 16. Fifty from the captain, Billy Godleman, guided Derbyshire towards the follow-on target.
It was swings and roundabouts at the County Ground after Northamptonshire’s last three wickets added 112 to rescue them from the ignominy of 100 for seven. Ed Barnard grabbed four wickets, Joe Leach and Josh Tongue three apiece. Tom Fell was the backbone to the Worcestershire second innings with 81 not out as wickets fell around him.
A young Hampshire side built a slender first-innings lead over Surrey, led by 81 from Sam Northeast. Earlier, Surrey reached 172, thanks to a smash and grab 33 from Morne Morkel. David Payne zipped through his favourite opponents Glamorgan with five for 31 at the Swalec Stadium. Gloucestershire squeezed out a valuable first-innings lead thanks to forties from Ryan Higgins and new boy Tom Lace.
A Middlesex milestone was ruined by Darren Stevens, who had Robbie White caught in the slips on the third attempt, one short of what would have been a maiden first-class century. Stevens rolled inevitably along to his 28th five-wicket haul. Joe Denly’s charming 70 not out underpinned a stop-start Kent reply as Miguel Cummins grabbed three wickets.
George Garton took five for 26, his maiden five-wicket haul, as Essex found themselves in a tricky position at Hove. Sussex have a handy lead of 111 going into the final day. Play was abandoned early at Grace Road after just nine overs were possible in Leicestershire v Durham.
Somerset didn’t get it done, Warwickshire holding on to four wickets but still staring at defeat. Roundup to follow later on.
Both openers gone now for Lancashire, Alex Davies pushes at Peter Trego and is caught behind. Billy Godleman goes to fifty for Derbyshire and I’d better retire now to the round-up. Somerset have an hour to finish the game today.
Essex nine down with a deficit of 72. Harmer will probably scurry Sussex out for less than a hundred... should be a cracking game tomorrow.
This morning, OlePonty posted this BTL:
During lockdown I’ve been oddly interested in the approach taken by different sports to get the fans involved in the matches. There’s been quite a range from fake fan noise, cardboard cut-out fans, extremely disturbing pre-recorded choreographed fan videos, through to nothing at all....
So what could the Bob do? Do they need to pipe in polite ripples of applause for every single down to third man? Should they half-fill the stands with socially-distanced dummies dressed in cagoules reading the paper? Have some lucky fans on the big screen who are watching the live feed with a cup of tea and a slice of cake? Or just a rolling update of CCLive comments?
This afternoon I get an email telling me about a “soon-to-launch and latest innovation in travel and experience websites” which will be “hosting unique, local experiences - both real and virtual - launching with hosting this year’s Notting Hill Carnival onlineVisitors to the website will be able to experience all elements of the Carnival via 4, designated channels - from sound systems and artist performances to calypso bands, cookery demo’s and much more.”
Conspiracy?
My phone pings an alert -Keaton Jennings is out. Caught Hameed. Lancs 23-1.
With the very first ball after tea, George Garton snaffles his third wicket. Walter gone for 33 and Essex in a spot of trouble at 121-7.
And Warwickshire are 58-4, Burgess caught by a diving Tom Abell at cover. Ooops! Bresnan follows next ball, 58-5. James Hildreth the catcher, Josh Davey on a hat-trick. Realistically, Somerset are 6 down as Matt Lamb is unlikely to bat because of his crushed big toe.
Thank god the algorithm is no more, but I enjoyed this one. No idea, though, how they worked it out.
Highest false shot percentage by an England player in a home summer since 2006 (min 500 balls): Joe Denly in 2019, 25.3%
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) August 17, 2020
Lowest false shot percentage by an England player in a home summer since 2006 (min 500 balls): Joe Root in 2016, 9.4%#ENGvPAK
Tea-time scores
South
Hove: Sussex 194 v Essex 199-6
Canterbury: Middlesex 269 v Kent 57-2.
Arundel: Surrey 172 (Holland 6-39) v Hampshire 68-2.
North
NOT TEA: Headingley: Yorks 400-6 v Derbyshire108-2
Trent Bridge: Notts 472 all out v Lancs.
Grace Road: Durham 250-7 v Leics. Play abandoned for the day
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Edgbaston: Warwickshire 121 and 54-3 v Somerset 413-9dec.
County Ground: Worcestershire 219 (Wessels 88; Buzarabani 4-29) and 78-2 v Northamptonshire 212.
NOT TEA: Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan 116 v Gloucestershire 93-4.
Essex recovering, as they were always going to, and Notts are all out for 472 with a ball to spare! The question is... can Lancs be out twice in a day and a session?
The camera lingers, poignantly, on a disappearing Ian Bell, who slowly shakes his head as he walks off, dismissed by a fabulous ball from Gregory for 6. Warwicks are toast.
A lovely tribute to Chetan Chauhan from the fabulous Sharda Ugra.
Elsewhere, Notts bat on for fun; Godleman and du Plooy rebuild for Derbyshire; as do Mitchell and Fell for Worcs; it rains at Sophia Gardens where Gloucestershire are 89-3.
Jamie Overton, who dropped Sam Hain at slip off his brother, has just dismissed Hain for 7. Ask not for whom the bell tolls..
Meanwhile, Morkel has bowled four overs for Surrey without taking a wicket.
Notts 411-5
Thought it deserved a subhead of its own. Maximum batting points, two centuries, one fifty, with power to add.
Worcestershire have lost an early wicket in their second dig, Libby for 3, another for Buck. The Gloucesters recovering from 31-2; Tom Lace 13 not out in the debut innings for the club. And to complete the set, Derby 60-2, following Yorkshire’s mammoth 400-6dec.
We all know Essex are toying with us at 67 for five.
Warwickshire are 3-1 in the second over and COverton hasn’t even got fully into his stride yet. Yates b Davey for 1.
Guess who has got another five-fer? Give me a D, give me an A, give me an RREN. A respectable 269 by Middlesex from the ashes of 123-6.
Surrey all out for an 172 that took three days. Now, let’s see what Morkel can do.
Somerset declare at 413 for 9 as Jamie Overton’s luck finally runs out for 120 off just 92 balls. Tim Bresnan’s fourth wicket.S teven Davies undefeated on 123. A first innings deficit of 292 which, though the weather and pitch have settled, looks a step too far for the Bears.
Meanwhile, Essex, the leaders of Division South, are 50-4.
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Tim Maitland is back.
“Love the stage directions, but i. I don’t drink tea and we’re 7 hours ahead of you and I’ve been tucking into fresh grapefruit juice diluted with vodka.
“Also, I used to work at Headingley on match days for t’ Rugby League and for test matches. I once had to tell Freddie Trueman that his pass didn’t get him parking in the main entrance and that he had to drive 20 yards further down and park on the RL pitch. That went down REALLY well.
“Took it like a gentleman.He told me he’d get me sacked.
So I told him exactly where he’d need to go and who to see to do that... but that he’d have to drive 20 yards down and park on the rugby pitch before he could do it.”
Ha! I was a steward for the Rhinos too, way back in ‘97. Was given the family stand to patrol and loved it even though I knew nothing about rugby league. Lovely crowds, multi-generational, male and female, not many drunks. Just what the Hundred needs - though possibly not enough disposable income for the ECB calculator. You got to see the fights really close up as an added extra.
Jamie Overton going out with quite a bang. He reaches his first first-class hundred - 13 fours and five sixes, which if I’ve done my maths right means 82 runs in boundaries!!! Somerset steaming towards that extra batting point.
The round in a picture.
Rarely good when umpire has to hoist his trews when inspecting the outfield .... pic.twitter.com/lNVidLsyCG
— Richard Rae (@RichMRae) August 17, 2020
From Hong Kong, Tim Maitland is channeling his inner Yorkshire:
“No mention of Yorkshire’s declaring at 400-6 . Malan was out for 219. Derbys already 13-0 in reply. “[kicks bin]
“Why can’t I find a live stream of the match? [pushes chair]
“Why does the ECB’s county scoreboard NOT have links to those matches that ARE being streamed?
https://www.ecb.co.uk/matches/county/fixtures [slams door]
“In what universe is that even possible?
And why do I care? I’m not even from Yorkshire.” [time for a cup of tea]
Tim, can I put you over to the powers that be at Headingley where they have decided, for reasons, to only open the live stream to members. Lancashire did similar in the first game of the Bob but have since seen the light.
Play abandoned for the day at Grace Road
Boo.
Talking points from the morning:
A first batting point to Northants thanks to a bit of heave-ho from Gareth Berg and Nathan Buck. Worcestershire’s first innings lead, a humble seven.
David Payne’s spell of 4-13 in 23 balls knifed Glamorgan to 116 all out. Gloucestershire painstakingly made 16-1 by lunch.
Yorks declared at 400-6 with maximum batting points and a double centurion
In the absence of Luke Wood, Lancs continued to struggle with the ball as Notts pushed for max batting points. Tom Bailey got Slater for 142; Joe Clark nears fifty.
Poor Robbie White caught in the slips for 99 off Darren Stevens, as Middx improved their morning position on a sunny morning.
A 13th career five-fer for Jamie Porter as Essex bowled out Sussex cheaply, but then struggled with the bat, losing two wickets before lunch.
Somerset charged towards batting points, and victory, with a hundred for Steven Davies and a flamboyant career-best 80 by Joverton.
No play at Arundel due to a wet outfield.
Lunchtime scores
South
Hove: Sussex 194 v Essex 28-2.
Canterbury: Middlesex 223-7 v Kent .
Arundel: Surrey 130-8 (Holland 6-39) v Hampshire. Play due to start at 1.30pm.
North
Headingley: Yorks 400-6 v Derbyshire 33-0.
Trent Bridge: Notts 352-3 v Lancs.
Grace Road: Durham 250-7 v Leics.
Central
Edgbaston: Warwickshire 121 v Somerset 353-8.
County Ground: Worcestershire 219 (Wessels 88; Buzarabani 4-29) v Northamptonshire 212.
Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan 116 v Gloucestershire 14-1.
Gloucestershire scoring at a run an over at Sophia Gardens. Don’t all rush at once. Essex enduring a dodgy start at Hove, a couple of early wickets for Sussex - Browne and Lawrence.
They’re taking a soggy lunch at Grace Road and inspecting at Arundel. Meanwhile Darren Stevens has ruined Robbie White’s day by dismissing him for 99. Middx 217 for 7.
Yes, Somerset! A hundred for Davies and fifty for Jamie Overton, who seems to have been inspired by his imminent move to Surrey where, I assume, he’s been promised the first-team cricket that, ironically, Somerset are giving him in the Bob. I’m not sure how well things have worked out for Jordan Clark, who made a similar move.
A double hundred for Dawid Malan! The first of his first-class career - 27 fours and two huge sixes. Yorkshire 379-5. I always rather admired the way he was openly pissed off with Ed Smith after he was dropped. Though, digging around, I see not only did Ed have a two hour face to face meeting with him to talk it over, but that he replaced him with Ollie Pope, which wasn’t the worst call.
Glamorgan all out for a penny-pinching 116, just uncutting Warwickshire by five runs. Five batsmen made it into double figures, but only one passed 20 - Douthwaite unbeaten on 30. Five wickets for David Payne.
You can watch the live stream here where Dent has just been out for a duck. Gloucesters 0 for 1.
In a slightly worrying development I woke up this morning thinking about a chapter in Tim Wigmore and Freddie Wilde’s Cricket 2.0, when they talk about the yorker. Their diagnosis is that it is a much more difficult ball to bowl in T20 cricket now because bats are thicker at the bottom so it is much easier to just welly the ball away. Is that the case in normal people’s cricket too? Are bats much thicker than they used to be or do you have to pay extra for a pro bat with a thick bottom? Are good yorkers common in recreational cricket and if they are, will they beat the batsman/woman anyway, despite the thickness of the bat?
Harmer and Porter sharing the wickets between them at Hove (Sussex 194-9). Middlesex have moved to a more comfortable 167-6 thanks to a partnership of 44 between Robbie White and James Harris. Nick Gubbins will be available for their next game after testing negative for Covid-19.
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Rain at Arundel and Grace Road - two sides of the Championship coin, but for how long? Jamie Overton throwing the bat at Edgbaston. Davies needs 23 runs to make his century, but only two possible partners left.
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Unless Peter Moores really is a sorcerer, Lancashire’s (reserve) bowling attack is having one of its worst matches for a while. Notts, fat in the muck, 292 for 2. The scoreboard a little tragedy squeezed onto a A4 sheet - Hass squeezed between two centurions, no wickets for Luke Wood.
And an ode to MS Dhoni.
Rain watch at the Test, here.
Make that Northants 100 for 6 while Durham appear to have lost 3 for 0 in three overs. The rain has certainly added a bit of spice.
And Northants putting the c in crumble, 96-5 after Thurston dusts Josh Tongue behind.
A wicket! Lewis Gregory a third wicket for Bresnan, at the one game sure to finish. It’ll only take the Overtons a session or so to blow Warwicks away again, n’est pas?
What is this? Get back from a slightly-too-leisurely stroll to find eight of the nine matches in play?
Scores on the damp doors
South
Hove: Sussex 155-6 v Essex – rain stopped play.
Canterbury: Middlesex 123-6 v Kent – rain stopped play
Arundel: Surrey 130-8 (Holland 6-39) v Hampshire – play abandoned for the day.
North
Headingley: Yorks 288-4 v Derbyshire.
Trent Bridge: Notts 268-2 v Lancs – no play on Sunday.
Grace Road: Durham 227-6 v Leics.
Central
Edgbaston: Warwickshire 121 v Somerset 214-6.
County Ground: Worcestershire 219 (Wessels 88; Buzarabani 4-29) v Northamptonshire 90-4.
Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan 80-5 v Gloucestershire.
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Hello!
It is Monday so it must be day three of the Bob. There were more lightning strikes (4,000) in the UK yesterday than cricket balls bowled, so best to start with the weather. Over to the Met Office:
Starting misty for some southern and central areas, with bursts of rain in places. Rather more sunshine developing in places, setting off some torrential thundery downpours by afternoon. The north stays drier, the best of the sunshine in the north-west.
What the weather gods serve up for individual grounds, we wait to see. After yesterday’s limp lettuce of an August day, Somerset must be favourites to force a result and strengthen their chances of making the Lord’s final on September 23. A few more batting points would come in handy, though. These are the tables as they stand.
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