Lunch-time scores
Division One
Final day
Ageas Bowl: Hampshire 539 (Holland 143, Donald 173; Stone 5-93) and 178-8 dec (Donald 52) v Warwickshire 307 (Hain 129 not out) and 119-6 (Hain 61 not out; Abbott 5-35). Warwicks need 285 to win.
Day three
Chelmsford: Essex 328 (Westley 81) v Yorkshire 208 (Harmer 5-76) and 116-7 (Siddle 3-17, Harmer 3-29). Yorkshire trail by four runs.
Taunton: Somerset 326 (Davies 74; Wood 4-85) and 108-6 (Azhar 36 not out; Ashwin 4-39) v Notts 241-9 (Bess 5-59). Somerset lead by 193.
The Oval: Surrey 271-9dec (Elgar 63, Foakes 60) and 4-0 v Kent 369 (Denly 88)
Division Two
Grace Road: Leicestershire 212 (Horton 50, Ackermann 62 not out; Raine 4-49, Rushworth 5-55) v Durham 117 (Wright 5-30) and 309-2 (Bancroft 109, Lees 93). Durham lead by 214 runs.
Merchant Taylors’: Middlesex 172 (Shaw 4-33) and 171-7 (Higgins 4-20) v Gloucestershire 201 (Roland-Jones 7-52)
Wantage Road: Northamptonshire 442 (Bavuma 103; Onions 5-77) v Lancashire 315 (Davies 147; Sanderson 4-62). Northants lead by 127.
Kidderminster: Worcestershire 113 (Reece 4-30) v Derbyshire 108 (Morris 4-26) and 377 (Lace 132 not out; Barnard 4-48). Derby lead by 372.
New Zealand taking their time against India – but Williamson is still there. Time for marmite on toast and half an hour in the company of Rob Smyth.
Lunch scores to follow.
Warwickshire and Yorkshire are mapping each other’s progress today. Warwickshire 106 for six, in the hopeless chase of another 298. Yorkshire 110 for seven, still trail Essex by ten.
Kent are all out! With a lead of 98. Three wickets each for Rikki Clarke and Sam Curran. Five sessions left…um, ah, perhaps they can make a game of this.
Here’s the live stream from Taunton:
And a big belated hand for Al Davies, bowled for 147 and Croft for 78, as Keogh and Sanderson continue to divide the wickets between them.
The wickets they are a-tumbling at Taunton. three for Ashwin and two for Patterson-White. Somerset 80 for five, with only Azhar on 29 left of the top five batsmen. A lead of 167 doesn’t seem quite enough.
So…the Leeds Superchargers will now be known as the Northern Superchargers, so as not to irritate Durham.But they will wear blue and yellow to craftily show their Leeds heritage without any Durham supporters guessing. Which is a little bit like Boris Johnson loudly pointing that we have to pretend to prepare for No Deal so those clueless bureaucrats in Brussels will be fooled. Read more here.
Tattersall and Fisher have put on 18 as Yorkshire look towards the sunny uplands of three figures – 78-5.
Abbott collects a five-fer as Warwickshire rather crumble. Will they make it till lunch? There is a certain weariness to their batting – 68-5. Sam Hain starting where he left off in the first innings – 31 not out.
George Scott follows Malan back to matron for school dinners. Now 117 for five, a lead of not very much, but possibly nearly enough in a game where the top score is 201.
And Durham bat on, and on, and on. 221 for 1 – a lead of 126. Do any Durham fans have feedback on Bancroft’s captaincy or how he’s settled in? He’s certainly found his batting mojo in the last few games.
Updated
Sorry about the delay, note to self, charge computer before starting work and/or ensure you know where the plug is.
In the meantime, Bumrah is being Bumrah at OT; Abbott has grabbed a fourth at against Hampshire (52-4). And Yorkshire are on the slide at Chelmsford. Adam Lyth’s 104-minute vigil for 8 finished by Jamie Porter, and Harry Brook a wicket for Siddle.
Sam Curran has taken two wickets in two over at The Oval – Stewart and Kuhn, Kent – 301 for six a lead of 30.
An early wicket for Ed Barnard at Kidderminster, and now one for Joe Leach. Derby lose a couple straight away – 277-8, but Tom Lace is still there. And Dawid Malan gone too, for 8, as Middlesex slump to 97-4.
I wonder how Toby Roland-Jones is feeling this morning. Hope he’s walking on pink fluffy air. This is what Nick Pothas said last night:
“People look at the wickets and presume Toby has found his mojo. That actually started happening in Derby last week where in the second innings that zip was back. Toby has had a lot of catches dropped off him, but he has stayed so positive and is such a level individual. He is one of those blokes where everyone is ecstatic when he does well, so we are over the moon.”
And this might be of interest to Glamorgan fans.
Start of play scores
Division One
Final day
Ageas Bowl: Hampshire 539 (Holland 143, Donald 173; Stone 5-93) and 178-8 dec (Donald 52) v Warwickshire 307 (Hain 129 not out) and 31-3 (Abbott 3-18)
Day three
Chelmsford: Essex 328 (Westley 81) v Yorkshire 208 (Harmer 5-76) and 38-3 (Siddle 2-6)
Taunton: Somerset 326 (Davies 74; Wood 4-85) and 7-1 v Notts 241-9 (Bess 5-59)
The Oval: Surrey 271-9dec (Elgar 63, Foakes 60) v Kent 285-4 (Denly 88)
Division Two
Grace Road: Leicestershire 212 (Horton 50, Ackermann 62 not out; Raine 4-49, Rushworth 5-55) v Durham 117 (Wright 5-30) and 191-1 (Bancroft 109)
Merchant Taylors’: Middlesex 172 (Shaw 4-33) and 96-3 (Higgins 3-16) v Gloucestershire 201 (Roland-Jones 7-52)
Wantage Road: Northamptonshire 442 (Bavuma 103; Onions 5-77) v Lancashire 211-4 (Davies 124)
Kidderminster: Worcestershire 113 (Reece 4-30) v Derbyshire 108 (Morris 4-26) and 272-6 (Lace 101)
Preamble
Good morning wherever you are – the hills of the Mendips, the terraces of overcast Manchester or popping in from somewhere more exotic, perhaps between drinks breaks at the New Zealand v India world cup game already underway at Old Trafford. New Zealand have won the toss and are batting – as I write this they haven’t lost a wicket…Rob Smyth will talk you through every over, brilliantly, here.
Back in CCLive!, there is much to look forward to – I’m particularly intrigued by early goings on at Taunton, the Rose Bowl and Chelmsford.
Two bits of overnight news: Mike Yardy will leave his position as Sussex Cricket’s 2nd XI & batting coach at the end of July to join New South Wales Blues as batting coach. And Samit Patel has come in as a batting replacement for Chris Nash, knocked on the head by Jamie Overton yesterday. Get well soon!