Tanya Aldred's roundup
His shadow lolling out to the right, a white flannel tucked into the waistband of his trousers and his cropped hair gleaming in the sun, Lancashire’s Matt Parkinson ripped a ball into the rough. Out it fizzed, and Adam Lyth guided the ball off his hip and into the waiting hands of Luke Wells at leg slip. The first “Oh Lanky Lanky” since 2019 trilled over Old Trafford as Lyth stalked towards the dressing room.
Seven overs later, the penultimate of the day, Saqib Mahmood hurtled in off his long, long run and pinned Tom Kohler-Cadmore in front of the stumps. Mahmood punched the air while Kohler-Cadmore slumped back off, followed shortly afterwards by a clatter that sounded very much like a bat being thumped repeatedly against a wall.
Their frustration was understandable: Kohler-Cadmore and Lyth had batted for 38 of the 47 overs Yorkshire had to survive in the day, risking sending the masses into a stupor with their dedication and application to the task at hand: batting for the rest of Saturday and the whole of Sunday. They so nearly did it.
It was Josh Bohannon, with the help of Danny Lamb, who had set Lancashire up for the kill, moving to the second Championship century of his career and his first Roses hundred slow-quick-slow – which was just what was needed. Wickets came as Lancashire upped the ante before the declaration, but by then the lead was 350.
Yorkshire’s woes won’t have been helped by Northamptonshire’s progress down at Hove. With a win in touching distance, they will leapfrog Yorkshire to second place in Division Two. Despite a game second innings by Sussex, which included a hundred by Tom Haines and 95 for Ben Brown as well as five wickets for Simon Kerrigan, Northants were set just 218 to win. By stumps, they needed only 87 more with eight wickets in hand.
Essex beat Durham by 195 runs in an lbw-fest at The Riverside after Peter Siddle and Jamie Porter made mincemeat of their middle and late order. Durham lost five for 38 as the sun slipped down the sky, Alex Lees working hard for his 48. When Jack Burnham became the 19th player to be given out lbw, it was a record in an English first-class match.
Daniel Moriarty took his fourth five-wicket haul of his short first-class career, bowling Gloucestershire into a hole at The Oval. The Surrey bowler took six for 60, and Amar Virdi three for 46, in the first innings, as Gloucestershire were bundled out for 158, with only Miles Hammond in a four-hour 77 providing any bulk to the batting.
Following on, meanwhile, Hammond found himself at the crease sooner than he might have hoped and was unbeaten again on 38 at the close, but Gloucester are still 191 behind with just five wickets left.
Career-best bowling from Dillon Pennington gave Worcestershire the upper hand at New Road. Pennington snaffled four for 44 in the first innings then three for 25 in the next as Derbyshire were invited to follow on and crumbled.
Leicestershire need an unlikely 303 to win against Middlesex on a turning pitch. Chris Wright had whistled through Middlesex earlier with six for 48.
An intriguing final last day lies in wait at Edgbaston as Warwickshire and Nottinghamshire went nose to nose. Fifties for Michael Burgess and Will Rhodes inched Warwickshire to a lead of 245 by stumps.
What a final last hour that was at Old Trafford! I felt for the Yorkies, they’d battled so hard, shown such restraint - but Parky and Mahmood proved irresistible. Cracking days elsewhere, and a great win for Essex in the lbw-party at The Riverside. I’m bushed, time for a nice glass of something cold. Till tomorrow, goodnight!
Essex beat Durham by 195 runs
Essex 182 and 301 beat Durham 99 and 189
A record breaking 19 lbws in the match!
And as I press send.... Parky does his trick. Third ball from the Brian Statham end, Lyth guides the ball off his hip straight into the hands of the flexible Luke Wells.
The first Oh Lanky-Lanky trills across Old Trafford. Yorkshire 72-1.
And another one down: Jack Burnham sticks his leg in front of Peter Siddle’s wobbler (the 19th lbw of the match) and the umpire raises a finger. Durham 155-5, the 230 required for a win gurgling down the plughole.
Parky comes on at the Brian Statham End with the crowd in a stupor: time for me to write the round-up!
Oh, and Warwickshire are subsiding, three wickets tumbling for 21, Chappell picking up three. At 116-4, they need to chivvy up another 100 or so runs - the current lead over Warwicks 160.
Lancashire think they’ve got Lyth on 27, but the ball sprung off the pad.
Gloucestershire have lost a third at The Oval, Lace for a duck. Northants are keeping their head against Sussex, though they have lost the run-chase King Vasconcelos for 38. Currently 86-2 needing another 133 to win.
At The Riverside, Sam Cook has just collected another lbw - Miichael Jones for 35 - and Durham’s slipper starts to slide. 137-4, need another 248 to win.
Leicestershire, set an impossible task by Middlesex, have lost Azad for 1 - 366 or a day and a bit’s batting needed.
And from the Brian Statham End, Liam Livingstone just turned one square.
Gloucestershire lose two wickets in six balls, a cursed breakthrough by Surrey in their second dig, Brathwaite caught and bowled by Jamie Overton for 28; Dent LBW to Abbott for 14. And Hammond finds himself back at the crease again.
And at OT, Parky has taken his rightful place at the James Anderson End, a hanky hanging out of his waistband.
There have been four singles in the last 91 balls....
Fantastic generosity from Lancashire, the scoreboard has given Yorkshire six points. Sun out, short shadows, Lyth 16, KC 15.
“Hi Tanya. “Hello Richard Hirst
“The teatime scores show close to symmetry between the Oval and Old Trafford. As a Surrey supporter from Yorkshire stock (and therefore anti-Yorkshire for cricket purposes) I’m delighted by both scores.”
I wonder if symmetry in numbers appeals to everyone in the same way as symmetry in the face?
Yes, the scoreboard is working at Old Trafford, its just that Yorkshire have retreated into their spiky shells. Vilas has reverted to pace with Lamb and Wood and Lyth and Kohler-Cadmore defend.
Fatly pleased to see Dillon Pennington’s 4-44 in Derbyshire’s first-innings, followed by the first wicket of Derbys’s second innings. Have been waiting for him to have a breakthrough match ever since watching him against Surrey at New Road in September 2018.
Tea-time scores
Group One
Riverside: Durham 99 all out and 126-3 v Essex 182 all out and 301 Durham need 259 to win
Edgbaston: Warwickshire 341 all out and 95-1 v Nottinghamshire 297
New Road: Worcestershire 421 all out v Derbyshire 270 and 16-1
Group Two
Grace Road: Leicestershire 136 v Middlesex 295 and 204-8
The Oval: Surrey 473 all out v Gloucestershire 158 and 28-0
Group Three
Old Trafford: Lancashire 509-9dec v Yorkshire 159 and 28-0.
Hove: Sussex 175 and 298 v Northants 256 and 35-1 Northants need 183 to win
Ah. Vilas has plumped for a bit of Livingstone for the last over before tea. Will it be the spin twins twirling and gurning throughout the final session? Lyth and Kohler-Cadmore have negotiated this first part of their second innings with aplomb. Yorkshire 28-0, Lyth 15; KC 12. Tea scores to follow.
Derby following on at Worcester; Gloucestershire following on at The Oval. And Northants need another 194 to win at Hove, they’ve already lost Ben Curran for 10. Poor Curran, averaging 14 this season in his seven games.
Not a bad record. By the way, Parky is on.
🖐 Dan Moriarty claims his fourth consecutive five wicket haul in first-class cricket for Surrey. pic.twitter.com/K4IVUpou0c
— Surrey Cricket (@surreycricket) May 29, 2021
Middlesex suffering a scuttle of wickets, losing three for five, including Handscomb for 36. Chris Wright 5-43.
And Gloucestershire too are in deep trouble. Daniel Moriarty 5-56; Amar Virdi 3-46. Gloucestershire 158-9, no, make that 158 all out. Miles Hammond last man out for 77. They must gear up again, following-on, 315 behind.
Durham lose a third wicket - 104-3 - a much better effort than the first innings, but too many wickets gone, too early in the day. The bowler, ten Doeschate, the batsman Lees. 281 more needed to win.
Oh, Ben Brown! Sussex now 298-9, with him 95 not out - NO - make that 95 OUT! Sussex 298, five wickets for Simon Kerrigan (horray!). Northants need 217 to win.
Would it be rude to suggest that laid-back Yorkshire look in no trouble at all?
A fantastic rear-guard display by Sussex led by a century from Tom Haines and a nearly-ton from Ben Brown, who is 95 not out. Sussex 298-8, a lead of 216.
Saqib Mahmood does a series of bouncy tuck jumps at the top of his long, long, run. That’s just showing off. OOoof, Lyth cuts, past a diving Danny Lamb at gully. A slightly risky air to that shot.
Tom Bailey stands tall at the top of his run, quick and smooth. After one over, Yorkshire are 1-0 and everything suddenly has urgency and energy.
This is the fourth time Lancashire have passed 500 in Roses matches and, remarkably, their second 509-9 declared . The first, I know you’ll want to know, came in 1926.
47 overs of the day left.
Lancashire declare 509-9dec! A lead of 350 runs.
Mahmood is run out for 0 and Lancs declare. A lovely gesture by Patterson, who shakes Bohannon’s hand and then signals to his players to let Bohannon walk back first, 127 not out, and they all clap him off.
The groundsman drapes the crease in a black cloth, a funereal spectre of things to come.
Updated
They’re back on at Edgbaston, Warwickshire pocketing a 44-run first-innings lead.
And they’re stepping on it, at OT. Declaration not far away. Tom Bailey slams Hill into the empty seats of the party stand... oh, ... and he’s been bowled trying to whallop a repeat shot. Lancashire 506-8
Dom Bess gets a consolation wicket, Lamb for 61, but the Lancashire declaration doesn’t come. We’re not sure what they’re waiting for - 500?
Another Chester-le-Street lbw - this time Scott Borthwick to Sam Cook for 29. Durham 53-2 and the pitch misbehaving. Notts all out at Edgbaston, but they’ve done well to pull themselves to within 44 of Warwickshire’s first innings. .
Derbyshire have lost Hudson-Prentice for 25, Critchley hanging on for 61. Hammond still there at The Oval, on 61, but Gloucestershire are in rather a hole, now 129-7, 343 behind.
And that’s the hundred! A first Roses hundred, the second first-class ton of his career, off 260 balls, ten fours and a six. He punches the air, whips off his helmet and raises his bat to his whooping teammates and, round the ground, to the clapping crowd. A cracking innings, slow, quick, quick, slow, which has taken Lancashire to an utterly dominant position.
Nervous 99s for Bohannon....
And a great preview of the New Zealand series, which starts on Wednesday!
No jacket required at lunch at Old Trafford. On my turn of the ground I saw a couple of 99’s gingerly making their way back to their seats, a man in an MCC blazer and matching face mask, and a good handful of children. Here are the Grahams, enjoying a family outing at OT for the first time post lockdown (though Peter has been here every day the match). Happy Birthday for Monday Kian and Zavi!
The Graham family: Andy, Aaron, 13, Kian and Xavi, 8 on Monday, and Grandad Peter. The first family trip back to Old Trafford since lockdown. pic.twitter.com/bB9OPpApRs
— tanya aldred (@tjaldred) May 29, 2021
Seat banging and mucho applause as Danny Lamb reaches his fifty with a single off Danny Brook. Off a 142 balls in a vital seventh-wicket partnership as Yorkshire just wait for the trials ahead.
An email pops up from Andrew Benton:
“Every time I see your name I connect in my head to a film called Ptang Yang Kipperbang, which was on Channel 4 soon after it started broadcasting (40-odd years ago now). I saw it then, as a lad, then forgot about it. Finally I checked it out and am reminded it’s about cricket (!) and more, with John Arlott providing a commentary on the adolescent protagonists life. Perhaps recommended viewing for non-match days (or the Hundred, if that flops!)“
Thank you Andrew!
A lovely interview by Kevin Howells with Vic Marks on the radio now.
Lunchtime scores
Group One
Riverside: Durham 99 all out and 47-1 v Essex 182 all out and 301
Edgbaston: Warwickshire 341 all out v Nottinghamshire 274-8
New Road: Worcestershire 421 all out v Derbyshire 193-5
Group Two
Grace Road: Leicestershire 136 v Middlesex 295 and 125-4
The Oval: Surrey 473 all out v Gloucestershire 113-6
Group Three
Old Trafford: Lancashire 439-6 v Yorkshire 159 all out
Hove: Sussex 175 all out and 241-7 v Northants 256 all out
Updated
And that is lunch, as a weary Yorkshire dawdle off the field.
The Lancashire lead, 280. Scores to follow.
Emma Lamb has reached her hundred, 107 not out, against Western Storm; Peter Handsomb and John Simpson at the crease for Middlesex, who have lost three this morning, but have a healthy padding of 284 over Leicestershire
With an over to go, Bohannon needs another eight for his century, Danny Lamb ten for his fifty. Lancs 439-6.
229 wickets for England, Yorkshire legend, Darren Gough pic.twitter.com/ex42lJRZXO
— Phil J (@TWO_Librans) May 29, 2021
A third wicket to Simon Kerrigan at Hove- Tom Haines out for a marvellous 103.
71.6 | Kerrigan gets his man! 💪
— Northamptonshire CCC (@NorthantsCCC) May 29, 2021
An important breakthrough after a couple of big shouts.
Sussex 209/5. pic.twitter.com/zwUdQTjLry
And Gloucestershire in deep trouble at The Oval! Brathwaited 38, Hammond 44 not out, but a sorry tale otherwise of noughts and ones as the spinners weave their web : three for Virdi, two for Moriarty. Hammond not out 44 and Tattersall, on loan from Yorkshire, one. And, according to the commentators, the pitch isn’t even spinning yet.
If anyone is interested, these were the thoughts of Steven Patterson yesterday. Incidentally, we think that if Derbyshire make 200, Yorkshire will have the lowest number of batting points in the country.
“It was an horrendous start for us (with the bat). But fair play to them, they’ve played good cricket throughout and have not let us back in the game. We now find ourselves right up against it.
“I thought Keaton Jennings and Luke Wells showed us, in a sense, how to bat on a good surface. When you get the opportunity, make it count.
“They didn’t score at a particularly quick rate at any stage, but they made it hard work for us and ground us down.
“I can’t question the lads character and effort today. It’s a good surface and hard to get wickets on.
“To go at two and a half an over for the first 120 overs is a good effort and a testament to the bowlers skills. But, at the end of the day, we can’t keep expecting the bowlers to pull us out of trouble.”
Happy to see Barnard and Pennington in the wickets at New Road - Derby in a bit of pickle at 148-5.
Not to worry Yorkshire, but Dom Bess is just starting to find a bit of a twist on the pitch.
Notts continuing to bleed wickets, now 237-7, but Sussex are on a roll. Tom Haines 94 not out, Ben Brown 54 not out. A partnership of 96 which has given Sussex a sniff of a chance of fighting for a place in Division One. Their lead over Northants, 114.
Thanks to Romeo for pointing out that I’d filed some absolute gibberish about live streams (he was a lot more polite!). I’ll try again:
Some amazing live stream data: on day one of the Roses match, Lancashire picked up 159,000 hits via facebook and youtube, and 153,000 on day two. This is compared with an average of 150,000 over a four day match. Plus more watching on Sky. The Roses, it seems, still captures the imagination.
Durham, I’m afraid to report, have lost their first wicket on their quest to make large number of runs to win. Cameron Bancroft bowled by Jamie Porter for four. Durham 9-1.
Updated
Tim Bresnan pockets Joe Clarke for 61 as Nottinghamshire reach 218-5.
Danny Lamb (23 not out) is not the only member of his family batting today, his sister Emma is 55 not out for Thunder against Western Storm.
Essex’s innings has disintegrated with a familiar flow: another bowled and another lbw, both to Ben Raine, who finishes with 5-64. Durham need 385 to win, with five and a half sessions to get them. Aha.
Some amazing live stream data: on day one of the Roses match, Lancashire picked up 159,000 hits, and 153,000 on day two. This is compared with an average of 150,000 over a four day match. Plus more watching on Sky. The Roses, it seems, still captures the imagination.
And a gorgeous straight drive from Bohannon off Olivier, pushes Lancashire towards 400.
Updated
Bohannon’s fifty came at last - 149 balls, seven fours, 1 six - he’s a real block or biff it boy. And I should probably mention, for those of you not watching the live streams, that the players are still taking regular sanitisation breaks.
Notts have just lost their first wicket,Lyndon James for four, and Joe Clarke has passed his fourth fifty of the season. Notts 202-4.
Here, we’re still waiting for Josh Bohannon to get the two runs to reach his fifty. Voices in the press box saying: “Bohannon for England!”
A slow start here, a bit of prodding and poking with a fair scattering of members on an almost humid day. Some cracking reads in the paper today:
and one that I KNOW will appeal to County Blog readers:
Preamble
Good morning! It’s the last Saturday in May and county cricket is in bloom everywhere. Some tight games today, results could flourish at Hove and Chester-le-Street ,while Lancashire, Surrey and Middlesex will tighten the screw.
Keep an eye too on the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, which starts today. This year, its second, consists of eight-teams (Central Sparks, South East Stars, Northern Diamonds, Western Storm, Sunrisers , Thunder, Southern Vipers and Loughborough Lightening) playing in a 50-over competition.
Lastly, apologies for the slight delay to the blog - the dog rolled in something disgusting.
Start of play scores
Group One
Riverside: Durham 99 all out v Essex 182 all out and 263-8
Edgbaston: Warwickshire 341 all out v Nottinghamshire 173-3
New Road: Worcestershire 421 all out v Derbyshire 91-3
Group Two
Grace Road: Leicestershire 136 v Middlesex 295 and 57-1
The Oval: Surrey 473 all out v Gloucestershire 45-1
Group Three
Old Trafford: Lancashire 350-6 v Yorkshire 159 all out
Hove: Sussex 175 all out and 142-4 v Northants 256 all out
Friday's round-up
On a traditionally overcast Roses Friday, the day meandered towards a crushing Lancashire lead. Keaton Jennings was the master builder, crafting his first red-ball century since he made 146 not out for England against Sri Lanka in November 2018. After a couple of years in the wilderness, this season he has rediscovered both touch and brio. Away he chugged, putting on 19 runs in the first 45 minutes with Luke Wells, but there were occasional boulders as well as bricks, as skimming cover drives and gleaming late cuts were plucked from the level.
Yorkshire plugged away, throwing on Dom Bess, his baggy trousers and shaggy hair a sharp contrast to Jennings’ ironed creases and buttoned cuffs. Yorkshire eventually got their hands on the new ball they had been after all day, and it tookonly five overs to make a breakthrough as Jennings was caught at first slip after a partnership of 175 with Wells. One became three as Wells, then Livingstone followed. But on Lancashire went. For a while it seemed they would try for maximum batting bonus points as Dane Vilas straight drove Steven Patterson for four, then dropped to one knee and pulled him behind square, and Bess was biffed for straight sixes, with Josh Bohannon reaching the scorers’ box high in the media centre. But sense soon prevailed and the grind, grind, grind returned.
A sixth wicket stand of 125 between Ryan ten Doeschate (55) and Adam Wheater (81) rescued Essex from an unbecoming 53 for five to finish the day with a towering lead at Chester-le-Street. Durham were earlier bowled out for 99; such was the haste of their demise that Simon Harmer didn’t even get to wrap his bowling fingers around the ball.
Saif Zaib’s 64 helped Northants to a handy first-innings lead at Hove. After a post-tea wobble, Tom Haines and Ben Brown inched Sussex ahead.
Lewis Hill and Callum Parkinson were the only players to make their mark on Leicestershire’s first innings of 136. Martin Andersson was too much for their middle order, picking up four for 27, his best figures for Middlesex.
Hashim Amla continued to scatter his munificence at The Oval, finishing with 173, and Surrey 473, thanks to a bit of hurry-up from Rikki Clarke and Sean Abbott. Gloucestershire must now bat out two days on a turning pitch, with Amar Virdi already in the wickets shortly before rain stopped play.
A last wicket can-can of 52 for Warwickshire between Liam Norwell and Oliver Hannon-Dalby proved a morning irritation to Nottinghamshire on a day interrupted by showers. Norwell, who had frying-panned three sixes, then nipped in to remove England-bound Haseeb Hameed for 39, Ben Duckett and, later, Ben Slater for 77.
Ed Barnard coaxed the tail into a morning wag with another handy innings, this time of 90, as Worcestershire reached 421. On a rain-interrupted afternoon, Derbyshire lost three wickets.
