Roundup: Broad and Roach shine with the ball
One thousand and forty-three days after Nottinghamshire last won a County Championship match, they broke their duck with a 310-run victory over Derbyshire. Inspired by Stuart Broad, steaming off the grass, and taking four for 37, they were able to clutch victory just before lunch.
Derbyshire’s pursuit of 470 had got off to a rotten start when Broad, in the first over of the morning, had Luis Reece snaffled at slip and Leus du Plooy lbw the very next ball.
Five wickets fell in the first hour and only a maiden fifty from Ben Aitchison delayed the inevitable.
The ever-patient, ever-hopeful, captain, Steve Mullaney said: “A lot of hard work has gone into having this feeling, but at the same time we know it’s only the start on our journey to getting better as a team. I felt we were close but you never believe it until that last wicket is taken. Stuart ran in for both games he’s played like it’s been a Test match.”
Kemar Roach mangled Hampshire with a display of late in-swing for the ages, as Surrey strode triumphantly out of the Oval with an innings and 289-run victory in their pocket.
There had seemed little chance of escape for Hampshire after being bowled out for 92 before absorbing a Surrey total of 560 for seven declared, but Roach’s career-best eight for 40 sealed it. It was Surrey’s first win of the season, Hampshire’s first defeat.
A bum-squeaker at Headingley continued, closing with Northamptonshire left to score another 126 for victory. David Willey dominated against his old club, top-scoring with an unbeaten 41 in Yorkshire’s second innings, before dismissing Rob Keogh and running out Ricardo Vasconcelos with a direct hit from midwicket. Wayne Parnell finished with five for 79, grabbing 10 wickets in the match.
Durham won their first Championship game of the season, applying the full welly-boot to Warwickshire, defeat by an innings and 127 runs. Durham had added another 104 runs in the morning before declaring, whereupon Mark Wood made a near-instant breakthrough, Will Rhodes caught at slip. When Hanuma Vihari was lbw for a duck, Warwickshire were eight for two but it was the pace of Brydon Carse, who picked up five for 49, that was decisive.
New Road continued to bear the effects of winter flooding, with the ground staff, despite their best efforts, unable to inject any pace into the wicket. For the batsmen, therefore, great pleasure, for the bowlers, not so much. Daryl Mitchell, Tom Fell and Brett D’Oliveira made half-centuries for Worcestershire, while Simon Harmer picked up three wickets for Essex.
After a spell in the Hampshire academy, and time with Middlesex, Essex, Warwickshire and, finally, fruitfully, Leicestershire, the 35-year old Chris Wright took a career-best seven for 53 to give his side a chance of a first victory of the season. Gloucestershire batted stoically through the morning to avoid the follow-on. Bad light and rain followed; Leicestershire had time to build a second-innings lead of 271 before the weather again intervened.
Lancashire need 129 more runs to win at Hove, after Sussex collapsed to 154 all out in their second innings.
A final-over wicket at Taunton leaves Somerset to score another 103 with six second-innings wickets in hand. Middlesex had earlier been bowled out for 117 with five wickets for Craig Overton.
And a final-over wicket at Taunton leaves Somerset to scores another 103 with six second-innings wickets in hand! It’s a mangler! Five games still in play, plenty to see tomorrow. Anyway, that’s it from me, thanks for the company. Good night!
And with the ball of Somerset’s innings, Tim Murtagh bowls Tom Banton.
Surrey beat Hampshire by an innings and 289 runs!
A absolute thrashing! No recovery from 92 all out on Thursday but more sensational bowling today, with Kemar Roach grabbing 8-40.
I’m going to have to get my head down for the round-up... but will keep an ear on things at Headingley and Hove in particular.
Warwickshire are down and nearly out , while it is getting gloomy at The Oval where Hampshire are holding on. Worcestershire, well, they’re batting on, a nd on, at the New Road bowlers’ graveyard. Leicester have a lead of 200 over Gloucestershire, with nine wickets in hand; the Middlesex tail softly wagging from side to side, lead 195 over Somerset; Lancs 3-0 in their run-chase at Hove, while Northants need 158 to win against the Yorkies,
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Lancashire need 253 to beat Sussex
Sussex all out 154, a smashing team bowling performance by Lancashire, three for Tom Bailey, one for Saqib Mahmood, and two each for Lamb, Livingstone and Parky, who came on at the end, bowled three overs, and took 2-14.
Vasconcelos has whipped four fours in his 25, but around him things aren’t so rosy. Curran, Thurston, Keogh all gone in single-figures. Two lbws for Thompson and one wicket for Willey. Northants 45-3 need 175 to win.
Quick game of hide and seek with the pup, while wondering whether Warwickshire’s imminent (93-4) thrashing by Durham will wipe out the memory of their last-day victory over Essex.
Raining again at Bristol - Leicestershire 54-1.
I’ve taken to wearing my dressing-gown as a house coat. Is this bad?
Tea-time scores
Group One
Derby: Notts 256 and 318 beat Derby 105 and 159 by 310 runs
Chester-le-Street: Durham 391-9dec v Warwickshire 87 all out and 82-4
Worcester: Worcestershire 219-3 v Essex 561-8dec.
Group Two
Bristol: Gloucestershire 275 v Leicestershire 421 and 54-1
Taunton: Somerset 268 all out v Middlesex 357 and 85-7
The Oval: Surrey 560-7dec v Hampshire 92 all out and 145-7
Group Three
Cardiff: Glamorgan 197 and 19-0 beat Kent 138 and 74 by 10 wickets
Headingley: Yorkshire 206 and 247 v Northamptonshire 234. Northants need 220 to win
Hove: Lancashire 230 v Sussex 328 and 139-8
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They’re back on at Bristol after a break for rain, Leicestershire 47-1, Azad still there. . And at Hove Stuart Meaker has been eeeked out by Liam Livingstone. Sussex 118-7, a lead of 216.
Nottinghamshire’s long-serving, eternally-patient, captain Steven Mullaney:
“It’s a bit different than what it’s been like for the last three years,1043 days I read last night ,so absolutely elated.
“A lot of hard work has gone into having this feeling but at the same time we know it’s only the start on our journey to getting better as a team but we are obviously made-up to get the first win of this season.
“I felt we were close but with that hoodoo hanging over us you never believe it until that last wicket is taken. It was a great start today with Stuart (Broad) getting two in his first over and he’s ran in for both games he’s played like it’s been a Test Match so credit to him.”
Northants need 220 to win
And with David Willey not out 41 against his old club, Yorkshire haul themselves to 247. Interesting psychological exercise for Northants, they had to hit at a canter against last week to score 355 against Glamorgan in 79 overs, now they have a day and a bit for 219.
Out, out, out! Magnetic late inswing display from Kemar Roach at The Oval. He’s slurped 5-27, his first five-fer for Surrey, and Hampshire are 120-7.
After it seemed that anon cricketing god had called time on wickets at Headingley, Hove and The Oval, a flurry. Hampshire lose Liam Dawson to an inducker from Kemar Roach, who now has four wickets, 114-6. Yorkshire are 218-9, as Simon Kerrigan wriggles out the pesky Thompson for 21. Yorks a lead of 190. Sussex 87-6 as Saqib Mahmood snorts George Garton lbw for 19. The lead over Lancs 186.
Liam Dawson and Lewis McManus turning batting at The Ova into an afternoon’s fair-weather stroll in the country, putting on 52. Hants 112-5 and still in deepest trouble.
Middlesex lose another... John Simpson a third wicket for Josh Davey. Middx: 62-5. If Somerset can grab the other five for 46, they’ll keep the target under 200.
Ay-up Middlesex: no-one said you had to make it spicy. They’ve lost four for ten since Robson was out - Holden, Gubins and Handscomb joining him in the naughty-boy nets club. Middx 55-4, a lead of 144.
Gloucestershire are all out, having avoided a potential follow-on. Gloucestershire trail Leicester by 147. Huge congratulations to Chris Wright, who snaffled 7-53.
They’re back on at Hove with Sussex 64-5; a lead of 162 over Lancashire, whose top-of-the-table batting line-up is steady-as-she-goes rather than star-studded. Perhaps all the better to chisel away at a small target.
Those Yorkies, those indomitable Yorkies, sucking up crumbs wherever they can sniff them. David Willey and Jordan Thompson have put on 36. Yorkshire 186-8, a lead of 158 - surely not enough against the new emboldened Northants.
An early breakthrough by Somerset, Sam Robson gone for 18, but they’ll have to be quicker and more brutal or the Middlesex lead will soon stretch into impossibility. Middx 48-1 , 48-2 as Holden is caught behind off Craig Overton for 30. A lead of 137.
A wicket glut since lunch - Vihari lbw to Rushworth for a duck, following Rhodes dismissal for Wood. Warwicks 22-2. And lofty Hampshire, four wickets gone in 15 overs this morning, and James Vince in the second over after lunch, caught behind for 10. Sussex slip to 52-5 with Ben Brown out lbw to Danny Lamb - till rain gives them a breather.
They’re back on at New Road.
“You will not see a better catch in World Cricket.” Here is that great catch by Dane Paterson before lunch, with many thanks to Romeo who sorted the technicals.
“You’ll see lots of better one in the IPL” sniffs the passing 15 year old.
It is raining westwards, at New Road and Bristol. Cloudy overhead in Manchester too. And an early wicket at Hove as Tom Clark is lbw to Tom Bailey. Sussex 49-4 and a papery lead of 147 over Lancashire
What a morning - time for a quick stretch of the legs - back in half an hour.
Notts beat Derbyshire by 310 runs to win a Championship game for the first time 1043 days!
Derbys bowled out in less than a session! Stuart Broad 4-37; Paterson 3-30 and a catch to remember. Aitchison last man out for a heave-ho 50.
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A catch for the ages!
Ali Martin writes: “An absolutely unbelievable catch. just now by Dane Paterson in the Notts game. Running one handed, on the boundary.” Derbys 153-9 and that long, long awaited Notts win in clear sight.
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Lunchtime scores
Group One
Derby: Derby 105 and 153-9 v Notts 256 and 318 Derby need 317 to win. Notts have taken the extra 15 mins to try to win before lunch
Chester-le-Street: Durham 391-9dec v Warwickshire 87 all out and 7-1
Worcester: Worcestershire 135-3 v Essex 561-8dec.
Group Two
Bristol: Gloucestershire 240-8 v Leicestershire 421 all out bad light stopped play
Taunton: Somerset 268 all out v Middlesex 357 and 11-0 .
The Oval: Surrey 560-7dec v Hampshire 92 all out and 51-4.
Group Three
Cardiff: Glamorgan 197 and 19-0 beat Kent 138 and 74 by 10 wickets
Headingley: Yorkshire 206 and 145-7 v Northamptonshire 234.
Hove: Lancashire 230 v Sussex 328 and 37-3
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Bess (31) n Brook(35) glueing the egg-shells of Yorkshire’s batting back together with a partnership of 56. Yorkshire 140-6, a lead of 112 over Northants.
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Haseeb Hameed catches a top-edge from Hudson-Prentice, and Derbyshire slide, slip and slither into the sludge. Derbys 123-8, Broad 3-33.
Durham declare! 391-9
In alliterative splendour, with a lead of 304. Mark Wood just had his stumps splayed by Danny Briggs. Warwickshire now see if they can beat 87.
It is raining in Bristol: Gloucestershire 240-8, currently trailing by a triple-decker 181. Tom Smith (41) and Josh Shaw have glued together an unbeaten partnership of 35. Just a few more, when the covers come off, to avoid the follow-on.
Hampshire lose Joe Weatherly for 14 - a Clarke of course, this time Rikki. Hants 37-1 I felt they might bat this one out what with rain and early-season reputation. Maybe I was wrong.
The eager cheers of the Notitinghamshire fielders squeak out of my laptop. 25 minutes to be done and dusted before lunch. At Taunton the Somerset tail doing what the Somerset tail does best: a partnership of 28 between 5-fours-in-my-34 Craig Overton and Jack Leach, 15.
A wicket for Simon Harmer! Jake Libby gone for 41. His first since going wicketless at Edgbaston last week. Worcs 112-1.
Hampshire (34-0) and Sussex (9-0) wicket-free in their second innings while Notts can taste the long-awaited tang of victory: Derbys 86-7.
All out of touch batters must be sent to New Road. post haste. See Alastair Cook, Haseeb Hameed, Tom Westley. Worcestershire currently 88-0, with Mitchell and Libby doing Mitchell and Libby things. Thanks to Brian58 BTL for this insight: “Worcester commentary has already written the game off as a draw, explaining that ground staff have been unable to inject any pace into the wicket this early in season due to the impact of winter flooding.”
I’m not totally confident in my prediction for Somerset to win the Bob Willis Trophy. Currently 228-8, after Steven Davies flayed at Steven Finn and Josh Davey follows in Finn’s next over.
Derbyshire 77-6 - a late lunch and the afternoon coach home?
Surrey declare on 560-7!
The reason for Hashim Amla’s absence this morning was a stiff neck. We will soon see if he will field!
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Group three: oooof - Lancashire are all out! Losing 4-37 this morning. Meaker 3-22, Carson 4-51. Trailing Sussex by 98. While the Yorkies are 78-5, Ballance (16) and Patterson (9), both out to Parnell, who now has 3-41.
It’s all happening at the County Ground - Derbyshire have continued to slump, losing two more wickets after Broad’s two in two in his first over of the day. Madsen, Critchley, Hosein all to Paterson: Derby 63-5.
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Thank you Romeo, for sorting out Mes’ Lily of the Valley. Here is the real thing.
Group two: Somerset getting off on the wrong foot, sock and shoe this morning, losing both George Bartlett (for 55) and Lewis Goldsworthy to Tom Helm. 210-6, trailing by 147. Gloucestershire have lost George Hankins, a fifth wicket for Chris Wright: 201-7, a deficit of 220. Surrey don’t think Hampshire will collapse as quickly this time around and are still batting- 556-6 - JAmie Smith (78) joining Foakes and Clark back in the pavilion. Remember, a too-late declaration was easily batted out by Leicestershire last month.
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Group one: At Chester-le-Street, Alex Lees falls for 129, Durham 314-6, lead Warwickshire by a healthy 227. Madsen and Wood are rebuilding at The County Ground, though their bricks may as well be made of grass. Derbyshire need another 423 to beat Nottinghamshire. Mitchell and Libby making unhurried progress at New Road:55-0 at a ground that is most welcoming to batsmen of late. Must be the highest scoring ground of the season.
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Over here, waves Tim Maitland.
Foakes scored 7 from 6 balls and Jordan Clark just played on for a duck.Are Hampshire back in this then?”
I think Surrey are still clinging on. It’s a bit of a lose-lose for Hampshire to be honest- the faster they take the Surrey wickets, the closer they get to losing the game. Surrey 533-6.
Race to 1,000 runs
Thank you very much Shortordercook from BTL. Here is the collated progress of our top ten chasers for the 1,000-run mantle.
Bedingham (567) - Out for 2
Lyth (515) - Out for a duck and 27
Critchley (482) - Out for 33
Haines (455) - Out for 58
Pope (452) - Out for 131
Vasconcelos (444) - Out for 47
Hill (443) - Out for 121
Carlson (442) - Out for 15
Hameed (401) - Out for 0 and 94
Westley (385) - Out for 113
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“Morning Tanya.” Morning Mes!
“The tradition here on 1st May is to offer sprigs of Lily of the Valley to friends, colleagues, people you appreciate, as part of International Workers Day.
Whilst it’s not possible to share sprigs physically with everyone, here is a photo of some Lily of the Valley from my garden for all who inhabit ATL and BTL.”
Thank you Mes, I accept them with great happiness, one of my mum’s favourite flowers. The Lily of the Valley below are sadly not the ones from Mes’ garden as I can’t upload the photo, but the sentiment is the same.
Lancs coming a cropper at the hands of this young Sussex attack: Bohannon gone for 37. Lancs 212-7, still 116 in arrears on first innings.
Down at The Oval, Hashim Amla hasn’t restrapped/velcroed his pads this morning - retired hurt, with what we know not. Anyway, a majestic unbeaten 215. Ben Foakes is his replacement at the crease.
And that win comes a little bit closer with a wicket from the fifth ball of day from Stuart Broad as Luis Reece edges into the tummy of first slip Joe Clarke. And another! Leus du Plooy slumpingly lbw first ball. Derbyshire 26-2 after the first over of the day.
A bit of pre-match reading: this is on Josh de Caires, Michael Atherton’s son and this report from CNN’s George Ramsay from India.
The players are out round the grounds for what will probably be an off and on kind of day, with rain dancing about the country. If Nottinghamshire win today they will break a fast of 1,044 days without a first-class victory.
I think Surrey probably have enough now, what with the 421-run lead. Smashing batting by Essex after last week’s unmentionable - nice to see Tom Westley get runs, as well as Dan Lawrence, and Simon Harmer is having a sweet little purple patch with the bat after rather a slump. Cracking match at Headingley, while it will be interesting to see if Bohannon and Lamb can extract Lancashire from a rather large hole at Hove. Gloucestershire and Somerset need to grind out runs while Warwickshire and Derbyshire look not long for this round.
A reminder that there is a social media boycott by most sports until midnight on Monday- including county cricket clubs, PCA members and Guardian Sport. Empathy however with anyone who forgets, as I already did this morning, and dreamily retweets something. So, if you do want to get in touch, email is the way forward at tanya.aldred.freelance@theguardian.com - or drop me a line below the line, which I do check from time to time.
Start of play scores
Group One
Derby: Derby 105 and 23-0 v Notts 256 and 318 Derby need 447 to win.
Chester-le-Street: Durham 287-4 v Warwickshire 87 all out
Worcester: Worcestershire 37-0 v Essex 561-8dec.
Group Two
Bristol: Gloucestershire 176-6 v Leicestershire 421 all out
Taunton: Somerset 178-4 v Middlesex 357 all out.
The Oval: Surrey 513-3 v Hampshire 92 all out.
Group Three
Cardiff: Glamorgan 197 and 19-0 beat Kent 138 and 74 by 10 wickets
Headingley: Yorkshire 206 and 43-3 v Northamptonshire 234.
Hove: Lancashire 193-6 v Sussex 328
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Simon Burnton's Friday round-up
Kent and Glamorgan went into their game in Cardiff as the only sides in Group Three without a win, and it took just two days for Glamorgan to end their troubled run in emphatic style and for Kent to be condemned to a third successive heavy defeat.
The day had started with Darren Stevens completing a five-fer on his 45th birthday as Glamorgan were bowled out for 197, a lead of 59 runs on first innings. But in their second knock the 18 runs put on by Kent’s opening pair turned out to be their joint-biggest partnership. Stevens’s birthday was soured by a three-ball duck and it was Michael Hogan whose five‑fer proved more decisive as the visitors were bowled out for just 74. Glamorgan scored the 16 runs they needed in three overs, David Lloyd finishing it with a six.
Elsewhere in Group Three, at Headingley Northamptonshire emerged with a slender first-innings advantage over Yorkshire, despite a wobble as they fell from 76 for one to 81 for five. Saif Zaib and Tom Taylor settled the listing ship for Northants, scoring 55 and 50 respectively. There was also a collapse at Hove where Lancashire, struggling particularly against Sussex’s young spinner Jack Carson, fell from 137 for one to 193 for six in reply to Sussex’s 328, Keaton Jennings having opened their innings with a fine 60.
After 11 wickets fell on the opening day at the Oval in Group Two, only two followed on the second with Ollie Pope – who seems to particularly enjoy playing Hampshire, with an average against them of 99.62 – scoring 131 and Hashim Amla unbeaten on 215. When bad light stopped play at the end of a day of comfortable, sporadically brilliant batting Surrey were 513 for three, a lead of 421, and apparently on course for a first win of the season.
So too are Leicestershire, who after being bowled out for 421 reduced Gloucestershire to 129 for six with only the captain, Chris Dent (53), showing resistance. Lewis Goldsworthy and George Bartlett led the Somerset resistance as they rallied late to finish the day 178-4 against Middlesex, who still lead by 179 runs.
In Group One, Nottinghamshire’s Luke Fletcher secured a five-fer by taking the final two wickets as Derbyshire’s first innings ended for 105 from 86 for eight overnight, and Notts’ pursuit of a first win of the season gathered pace as, despite the early loss of their first-innings centurion Ben Slater, their batsmen put them in control. Haseeb Hameed scored 94 and Ben Duckett 87 as they eventually set a target of 470 for victory.
On a rain-affected day at Chester-le-Street, Durham openers Alex Lees and Will Young both scored centuries as Warwickshire, having been bowled out for just 87, continued to toil. Essex and Worcestershire seem to be putting on a repeat of their drawn first meeting of the season: Essex again batted first and declared, this time for 561 for eight, with centuries for Tom Westley and Alastair Cook. Once again they failed to make rapid inroads into the Worcestershire lineup.
Preamble
Good morning and welcome to CCLive! on this first day of May - my very favourite month of the year, or as Wordsworth rather more nattily put it:
Hush, feeble lyre! weak words refuse
The service to prolong!
To yon exulting thrush the Muse
Entrusts the imperfect song;
His voice shall chant, in accents clear,
Throughout the live-long day,
Till the first silver star appear,
The sovereignty of May.
It feels as if we’ve turned a corner, April’s snow-covered Headingley gone for another season, early dreams made or spoilt, as we enter the month of Hick and Bradman, Edrich and Grace. See this excellent piece by Jo Harman:
I think someone BTL has been keeping count on this year’s tally? If that’s you, please do update and I’ll put up here for everyone to see.
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