A great day’s cricket round the grounds. Marnus Labuschagne wins the race to a thousand Championship runs, with double-centurion Dom Sibley close on his tail; another dream day in a dream match for Brett D’Oliveria; a super win for Northants at Hove - chapeau Ben Sanderson - doughty runs for Dawid Malan and lots to look forward to at Scarborough and Taunton. Worrying times for Sussex, Notts and James Anderson, who limped off at Sedbergh with a dodgy right calf. Thanks for all the comments and emails, have a lovely evening and see you in the morning. Good night!
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The runs they keep on coming. Dawid Malan 159 not out with stoic back up from John Simpson, 57 not out: Middx 383-6. I’d better go and write up - bat-watch for me.
Marnus Labuschagne is the first to 1000 Championship runs!
I know it is sacrilegious but there is no available picture in the daffodil I’m afraid. He’s currently 70 not out, his ninth score of fifty plus this season.
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A Notts-up in action.
3⃣ Whoops... 😬#NOTvESS pic.twitter.com/eHwUrWZy3s
— Essex Cricket (@EssexCricket) July 2, 2019
Two wickets for Mason Crane! Bartlett (70) then Banton (33). His first wickets since May. Somerset 275-5.
Smouldering looks hey?! @SomersetCCC 😻 pic.twitter.com/s79VlDngry
— Brian The Cat (@SCCCBrianTheCat) July 1, 2019
A riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.
WICKET | A mix-up in the middle sees Slater run out for 10. Samit Patel comes to the middle with Notts 40-3 in their second innings.
— Nottinghamshire CCC (@TrentBridge) July 2, 2019
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Dom Sibley now has the biggest century of the Daddy-pitch at Canterbury: 168 not out. And a little love to Dawid Malan - 132 not out at Derby. Middx still trail by 233 but he’s probably saved the game.
So, that 393 run defeat was Northants largest runs victory in their history and Sussex’s heaviest runs defeat. And Northants’ first win of the season! Ring the bells Northampton, ring the bells.
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Tea-time scores
DIVISION ONE
Canterbury: Kent 585-7dec (Dickson 161, Bell-Drummond 166) v Warwickshire 312-2 (Rhodes 109; Sibley 149 not out)
Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire 213 (Mullaney 74) and 25-2 v Essex 519-9dec (Browne 163, Bopara 135; Ravi Ashwin 3-162)
Taunton: Somerset 408 (Hildreth 105; Abbott 6-84) and 236-3 (Azhar 79 not out) v Hampshire 349 (Northeast 101; Jamie Overton 5-70)
Scarborough: Yorkshire 327 (Fraine 106; Clark 5-77) and 104-1 v Surrey 362 (Stoneman 100)
DIVISION TWO
Derby: Derbyshire 557-6dec (Reece 96, Godleman 102, du Plooy 118) v Middlesex 319-6 (Malan 129 not out)
Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan 449 (Labuschagne 106; Lloyd 97; D’Oliverira 7-92) v Worcestershire 370 (D’Oliveira 103; Hogan 5-62)
Sedbergh: Lancashire 337 (Vilas 72) and 108-5 v Durham 281 (Bancroft 77; Onions 5-93)
Hove: NORTHANTS WIN BY 393 RUNS. Sussex v Northamptonshire 273 (Zaib 54; Robinson 6-63) and 331 (Vasconcelos 88;Robinson 5-69); Sussex 106 (Sanderson 6-37) and 105 ( Brown 46; Sanderson 4-18, Hutton 4-32)
Northamptonshire beat Sussex by 393 runs
Sussex crawl to 105 all out. Hutton 4-32, Sanderson 4-18.
Somehow Worcestershire v Glamorgan fell out of my eyeline and whadda you know Worcestershire have batted like princes. All out 370, a defecit of only 79, with Brett D’Oliveria out for 103. What has he been breakfasting on this match?
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Notts 25 for two. Time for Joe Clarke to just trudge away to a boring, stodgy, tiresome 42 off 198 balls. It would make everyone feel a lot better.
Sussex need 407 to win with three wickets in hand. Brett Hutton, Nathan Buck and Ben Sanderson have figures to die for. And a huge hand for Ben Brown - 41 not out in a list of six single figure scores.
At Canterbury, Dom Sibley nearing 150. Somerset have a lead of 258 over Hampshire at Taunton, with Banton and Bartlett at the crease. Yorkshire need to be careful, - the lead is only 149 with Kohler-Cadmore and Tattersall in.
And at Edgbaston, Rishabh Pant has taken the gloves, with Dhoni off the field and Bangladesh 51-1 chasing 315. A review....
Never hesitate ... Lancashire 60/5.
T-rev x Rimmo! pic.twitter.com/FGCslrg62l
— Durham Cricket 🏏 (@DurhamCricket) July 2, 2019
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Ah, I realise that Rob Jones isn’t out, apologies, but Alex Davies is. Ah, and so is Liam Livingstone. Lancs 56-4.
I thought to myself, I better glance at the Notts score before making a coffee... Mullaney b Porter 0, off the 16th ball of the innings. Notts 2/0, with power to add.
Another wicket at Sedbergh, but not before Liam Livingstone has made the scoreboard look a bit more cheerful with a speedy 34. His partner Rob Jones is the man out, off Rimmington for 15. Lancs 53-3.
Adam Lyth out! caught behind off the walking grand piano Rikki Clarke! Yorkshire 162-3.
Written for England women, Sussex (46-4) and Notts fans feel free to borrow.
(actually it’s out of date, England Women 52/5)
— CRICKETher 🏏 (@crickether) July 2, 2019
OOOh, Essex have declared. This adds a bit of spice to the afternoon. Notts walk out to bat with a deficit of 306.
Adam Lyth 62 not out at Scarborough, dropped on fifty at backward point by Jordan Clark. His second fifty of the game. Fraine and Ballance gone - Yorkies 144-2 have a lead of 109.
Brett Hutton getting stuck into Sussex- two for 22. Can Sussex (39 for 2) last till tea? Supper?
And another wicket for Keith Barker at Taunton. James Hildreth for two. Cricket playing its great leveller card.
Something in those Tuesday lunch-boxes. Perhaps it was breakaway day. Wickets at Canterbury (Yates for 3); Trent Bridge (Harmer for 20); Taunton (Abell for 58); Derby (Scott for 23); Sophia Gardens (Joe Leach for 16); as well as Jennings and Hass for one and three ball ducks respectively.
And congratulations Dom Sibley for your (riffles through papers) fourth first-class century of the year.
And, riches upon riches! Geoff Lemon is OBOing the Women’s Ashes - where Australia have won the toss and are bowling, and England have had a ho-hum start.
Here’s the live stream from Sedbergh (chuckle, chuckle.)
Day Three live stream from @sedberghcricket ⤵️
— Lancashire Cricket (@lancscricket) July 2, 2019
🌹 #RedRoseTogether
Oh whoops, Lancashire. Chris Rushworth takes two in his first over...Lancs 0/2.
How to add fire to a Notts-up? A pinch of Peter Siddle.
.@petersiddle403 clears the ropes 🙌
— Essex Cricket (@EssexCricket) July 2, 2019
Essex are 472-7, leading by 252 runs.#NOTvESS pic.twitter.com/oTSN7OKpuN
Lunch-time scores
DIVISION ONE
Canterbury: Kent 585-7dec (Dickson 161, Bell-Drummond 166) v Warwickshire 224-1 (Rhodes 109; Sibley 92)
Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire 213 (Mullaney 74) v Essex 457-6 (Browne 163, Bopara 110 not out; Ravi Ashwin 3-140)
Taunton: Somerset 408 (Hildreth 105; Abbott 6-84) and 110-0 v Hampshire 349 (Northeast 101; Jamie Overton 5-70)
Scarborough: Yorkshire 327 (Fraine 106; Clark 5-77) and 104-1 v Surrey 362 (Stoneman 100)
DIVISION TWO
Derby: Derbyshire 557-6dec (Reece 96, Godleman 102, du Plooy 118) v Middlesex 212-5 (Malan 75 not out)
Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan 449 (Labuschagne 106; Lloyd 97; D’Oliverira 7-92) v Worcestershire 284-8
Sedbergh: Lancashire 337 (Vilas 72) v Durham 281 (Bancroft 77; Onions 5-93)
Hove: Sussex v Northamptonshire 273 (Zaib 54; Robinson 6-63) and 331 (Vasconcelos 88;Robinson 5-69); Sussex 106 (Sanderson 6-37) and 11-1.
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Yorkshire and Somerset’s opening partnerships have both passed a hundred this morning undisturbed. Mull over that with your lunch, hot or cold. And consider a quick ten minute appointment with the OBO where Rishabh Pant and Virat Kohli are making batting look the easiest thing in the world.
Lunch scores to follow.
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Rhodes out for 109, Dom Sibley still on 91. Warwicks 221 for 1.
And a hundred for Ravi Bopara! Seems a while since I’ve written that.
And here is Paul Edwards at Sedbergh.
"It is one of the most spectacular grounds that I've been to."@edwardscricket, freelance writer for the @TimesSport and @ESPNcricinfo, amongst others, had high praise for @SedberghSchool yesterday.
— Lancashire Cricket (@lancscricket) July 2, 2019
Find out what he had to say ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/sT8dInYmqj
Will Rhodes 102 not out!
Ravi Bopara 99 not out!
Dom Sibley 91 not out!
Virat Kohli 0 not out!
Northants all out 313: Ollie Robinson 4-69 and ten wickets in the match. Sussex need 499 to win.
A smashing read from Simon Burnton in this week’s Spin, about 27 years of hurt ... and Guardian reporting.
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Somerset (39/0) and Yorkshire (65/0) and Durham (245/5) batting without a whiff of a care.
Warwickshire closing in on that 200 partnership - 191-0, Rhodes enters the nervous nineties.
Ravi Ashwin gets his second wicket for Notts! Ryan ten doeschate lbw for 22. Essex 415 for 5. A lead of 202. Ravi Bopara too in the hundred waiting room.
REPLAY | @ashwinravi99 claims his second #Notts wicket as he dismisses Ryan ten Doeschate LBW for 22.
— Nottinghamshire CCC (@TrentBridge) July 2, 2019
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Just spent far too long thinking about Rooto’s game from BTL so I better post it here to prove I’ve been doing something. Favourite players from each county.
DER: Philip de Freitas
DUR: Chris Rushworth - from my time ATL
ESS: Neil Foster
GLA: Steve Watkin
GLO: Courtney Walsh
HAM: Shane Warne
KENT: Graham Dilley
LAN: Peter Martin/Wasim Akram
LEI: David Gower
MID: Mark Ramprakash
NOR: Allan Lamb
NOT: Derek Randall
SOM: Viv Richards
SUR: Sylvester Clarke
SUS: Garth le Roux
WAR: Ian Bell
WOR: Vikram Solanki
YOR: Joe Root
Bad news for Lancashire and England from Sedbergh
Jimmy Anderson has pulled out of his run-up and is hobbling off the field.
Bad news for @lancscricket and maybe @englandcricket as Jimmy Anderson walks off the pitch half way through an over. He pulled up three times. May be his Achilles on his right leg.#bbccricket pic.twitter.com/HVBYiKOfqp
— Martin Emmerson (@Martycricket) July 2, 2019
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Thank you Diana for your email, very well put:
“I have just read the story of the boy welcomed by Mr Mitty. What an appalling experience for a teenager- and thank goodness for the kindness of strangers. I take my hat off to those who offered love and warmth when faced with the cold stare of the Home Office! All power to the Afghan team.”
Oh my, someone has wound Ollie Robinson up again - three wickets this morning! He deserves better than Sussex’s batting. Northants 265 for seven.
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A second for Gregory! Hampshire all out 349, which gives Somerset a lead of 61, and in fact they’ve already scurried out. 1-0 off three balls.
It seems Jason Gillespie has been getting abuse from angry Sussex supporters in the stands. There is the anonymity that comes with shouting abuse in a huge crowd. But to shout abuse from a CC crowd...you’d have to be bold as well as a bit of a pillock.
Thank you James- I understand the passion of our supporters. We value all your support.#GOSBTS https://t.co/kVe9fpNXYK
— Jason Gillespie 🌱🌈 (@dizzy259) July 1, 2019
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It must be unusual for Lewis Gregory to take only one wicket in an innings this year, and for it to be the ninth. Tom Alsop gone - Hampshire 349-9, trail by 59. And Ollie Robinson on the march again, bowling Rob Keogh, his second of the innings. Northants 234-5.
And an early wicket at Trent Bridge, where Stuart Broad gets Nick Browne lbw without adding to his overnight 163. I wonder how that feels? Does it dent all the thrills from the day before?
So much to read and watch and listen to. (Incidentally, I fear Bangladesh may live to regret dropping Rohit.)
Start with this lovely story but only if you’re free to have a little weep. Then Raf previews the women’s Ashes,
and Liam Napier ponders New Zealand’s reliance on Kane Williamson.
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Daniel Harris is turning a box-room into word magic over on the OBO. India v Bangladesh - a must-win for Bangladesh and a chance for India to answer their critics after their go-slow against England.
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Start of play scores on the doors
DIVISION ONE
Canterbury: Kent 585-7 (Dickson 161, Bell-Drummond 166) v Warwickshire 142-0 (Rhodes 70 not out; Sibley 60 not out)
Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire 213 (Mullaney 74) v Essex 345-3 (Browne 163)
Taunton: Somerset 408 (Hildreth 105; Abbott 6-84) v Hampshire 329-8 (Northeast 101; Jamie Overton 5-66)
Scarborough: Yorkshire 327 (Fraine 106; Clark 5-77) v Surrey 362 (Stoneman 100)
DIVISION TWO
Derby: Derbyshire 557-6dec (Reece 96, Godleman 102, du Plooy 118) v Middlesex 135-3
Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan 449 (Labuschagne 106; Lloyd 97; D’Oliverira 7-92) v Worcestershire 191-5
Sedbergh: Lancashire 337 (Vilas 72) v Durham 199-5 (Bancroft 77)
Hove: Sussex v Northamptonshire 273 (Zaib 54; Robinson 6-63) and 212-4; Sussex 106 (Sanderson 6-37)
Preamble
Is there a word for when the days are at their longest and you feel a sudden pang that the summer has just started ebbing away? That’s how I felt yesterday evening watching the sun set in its most audacious feathers and robes from the train window on the way back from watching West Indies nearly get out of jail at Durham. It was 10.20pm.
Is there a word for when you feel a sharp pang of sadness that summer has just started inching away @RobGMacfarlane ? Yorkshire sunset from the train 10.20pm last night. pic.twitter.com/v49bk0ApMt
— tanya aldred (@tjaldred) July 2, 2019
Enough! No need to get maudlin yet, still plenty of long, long evenings, and many more days of cricket. Eight games still at play even in this round. Everything has moved on a pace in a day. At Canterbury, where Kent were bowled out for 59 a couple of weeks ago, batsmen are living the dream. Nailed on double-century stand for Sibley and Rhodes by lunch. Notts in the stink again at Trent Bridge - though funny that Alastair Cook is the only Essex batsman not to pass forty. Good to see Jamie Overton gathering yet more wickets at Taunton and another intriguing game building at Scarborough.
In Div 2, Middlesex are in a vulnerable position; Glamorgan on top AGAIN against Worcestershire; Durham putting up a good fight against Onions and Anderson at Sedbergh and Sussex falling flat at Hove.
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