Specsavers Championship, Sunday, June 11, 2017
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WICKET: Yorkshire 213/5 (78.1 ov, lead by 191 - 2nd inns) v Somerset
MJ Waite c Hildreth b Leach 18 (45) Partnership: 33 (14.2 ov)
MJ Leach 24.1-7-44-1 GS Ballance 57* (137) -
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Lancashire 217-8 v Middlesex 180Lancashire went into lunch on the third day of this truncated Specsavers County Championship clash against Middlesex with a very useful first innings lead of 37 runs with two wickets in hand.Middlesex will be disappointed after both overnight batsmen were dismissed early with Tim Murtagh accounting for Shiv Chanderpaul and Dane Vilas inside the first 20 minutes of play.A 62 run partnership for the seventh wicket between Ryan McLaren and Jordan Clark then saw the Red Rose eke out a lead before James Harris trapped Clark in front for 38 with the same bowler dismissing Parry caught at second slip by Dawid Malan soon afterwards. -
Not been too well over night so just tuned in to watch in the last 15 mins, good a great day with a decent pitch SA just haven't turned up. I agree it isn't chocking it be this bad. AB de Villers has looked like he hasn't wanted to be here all tour, disappointed we havent seen the best of de kock either
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Surrey 20-1 trail Essex by 16 runsMark Stoneman, Surrey’s first-innings batting hero, was an early casualty second time around as Essex put the home side under third day pressure at Guildford after winning a useful 36-run lead.By lunch Surrey were 20 for 1 after seven overs’ batting, with Rory Burns on 8 not out and Scott Borthwick yet to score, after Ryan Ten Doeschate’s brilliant 168 not out had earlier taken Essex to 435 in reply to Surrey’s 399 following their resumption on 367 for 7.Neil Wagner went from his overnight 20 to 34, stretching the eighth wicket partnership with Ten Doeschate to 72 before he was caught at the wicket off Sam Curran.Jamie Porter stayed long enough to help Ten Doeschate secure maximum batting points before being bowled by Stuart Meaker for 6, and last man Matt Quinn lost his middle stump to Ravi Rampaul. Ten Doeschate’s superb innings, his 26th first-class ton, came from 209 balls and the 36-year-old hit a six and 25 fours.Stoneman, having flicked Wagner’s left arm seam contemptuously through mid wicket for two gorgeous fours, then on 10 edged Porter to second slip where Simon Harmer juggled the ball before Alastair Cook, at first slip, completed the catch.
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Worcestershire 119-6 lead Glamorgan by 5 runsSkipper Michael Hogan helped Glamorgan strengthen their grip on the Specsavers County Championship clash with Worcestershire at New Road as a further five wickets fell this morning.Worcestershire resumed on 34-1 and by the interval had progressed to 119-6 on a pitch of some variable bounce - a lead of just five runs.Hogan had sent back Daryl Mitchell yesterday evening and made the first two breakthroughs this morning as Brett D'Oliveira (22) was trapped lbw and Joe Clarke (17) departed to a head high catch by Will Bragg at cover.Ben Cox (3) tried to cut Lukas Carey and Colin Ingram at first slip held onto a juggling catch before Tim van der Gugten struck in successive overs.The out of form Tom Fell had battled away for 33 off 87 balls but then fell victim to a superb head high catch by Ingram -again at first slip - and in the next over Ed Barnard (2) nicked through to keeper Chris Cooke.Hogan had figures of 12-1-33-3 at the interval.
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Derbyshire 23-3 need 320 to beat NorthantsNine wickets fell on a remarkable third morning at Wantage Road and the session ended with Northamptonshire on course for victory with Derbyshire 23 for 3 chasing 320 to win.
Northants resumed four wickets down with a lead of 289 and sights on setting a target towards 400. But such ambitions were destroyed as Conor McKerr took a second five-wicket haul in the game.
McKerr swung a full ball into the pads of Ben Duckett to trap him lbw for just 8 and took out the leg stump of Josh Cobb who recorded a pair. And when Rory Kleinveldt was cleaned up looking to runs with only the No. 11 for company, McKerr had 10 for 141 - the first ten-wicket haul for Derbyshire since Mark Footitt left the club.
It completed a quite remarkable Northants collapse from 225 for 1 yesterday afternoon. From four overs before the close on the second evening, Northants lost 8 for 33 in 18 overs.
It meant Derbyshire were right back in the game but still a testing 320 to chase. But 10 overs in and dreams of a first Championship win for two years were shattered as they lost three cheap wickets.
Billy Godleman miscued a pull that came off a top-edge to square leg, Jeevan Mendis was trapped lbw to an inswinger and Shiv Tahkor also fell pulling, his a full-blooded shot that was very well held by Cobb at square-leg. All three wickets were taken by Ben Sanderson. -
Leicestershire 340 and 73-4 Sussex 284Four quick wickets for a Sussex attack deprived of South Africa international bowler Vernon Philander put the visitors on top in their county championship match against Leicestershire at the Fischer County Ground.Philander appeared to exacerbate a thigh injury picked up earlier in the match as he attempted to field the ball on the third man boundary at the start of Leicestershire’s second innings, pulling up and falling to the ground before limping to the pavilion.But Sussex shrugged off the blow, with the impressive Jofra Archer striking twice to add to his five wicket haul in the Foxes’ first innings.The Barbados-born fast bowler had Paul Horton caught behind off a brutal lifter, and pinned Ned Eckersley leg before with a well-pitched up delivery which seamed back in and beat the batsman for pace.Colin Ackermann was given out caught behind down the legside off Chris Jordan, but the biggest blow for the home side came with the dismissal of in-form captain Mark Cosgrove, who went back to a delivery from left-arm spinner Danny Briggs, missed and was palpably leg before.With a first innings advantage of 56, Leicestershire’s lead at lunch was 128, with six second innings wickets remaining.
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Yorkshire 213-4 lead Somerset by 191 runsGary Ballance batted through the morning session to put Yorkshire in a strong position at lunch on the third day of the Specsavers County Championship match with Somerset at Taunton.Starting the day on 15, the left-hander moved cautiously to a 98-ball half-century and was unbeaten on 57 at the interval with his side 213 for four and leading by 191.Dom Bess claimed the two wickets to fall, both to slip catches by Marcus Trescothick. Peter Handscomb, having moved to 70 from an overnight 57, edged an arm-ball as he pushed forward to the off-spinner.Bess then tempted Jack Leaning, on three, with a cleverly flighted ball outside off stump and the batsman was tempted to edge an expansive drive.Matthew Waite provided the most aggressive batting of the morning, hitting three fours in an over from Bess as he moved to 18 by lunch.
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Kent 129-3 (batting to save) v DurhamUnbeaten Kent’s quest to bat out the final day of their Specsavers County Championship clash with Durham suffered a triple hammer blow as Durham bagged three wickets in the opening session in Canterbury.Kent skipper Sam Northeast, fresh from a first innings century, was again leading Kent’s resistance and went in at the break unbeaten on 10 and with his side on 129 for three after 42 overs and still 355 runs shy of their nominal victory target.Needing to bat all day for the draw that would maintain their unbeaten status in the division, Kent suffered their first casualty as early as the 20th delivery of the day.Aiming an expansive drive against Barry McCarthy, opener Daniel Bell-Drummond only succeeded in dragging the ball onto his middle stump to slope off with only 17 to his name.After helping to add 76 in 17.5 overs for the second wicket Joe Denly departed for 45 to the deserving Gavin Main. Denly had scored his ninth boundary by edging Main through the cordon to the ropes at third man but, without addition, Denly pushed at one with an open bat face only to steer the ball into the hands of Paul Collingwood at slip.Durham bagged their third wicket of the session with 117 on the board when Sean Dickson, four short of his 50, drove a firm return chance to the bowler Keaton Jennings who accepted the catch with glee.
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LUNCH: Worcestershire 119/6 (41 ov, lead by 5 - 2nd inns) v Glamorgan
RA Whiteley 16* (38) J Leach 6* (14) -
Notts 313-5 v GloucsSamit Patel raised his first Specsavers County Championship hundred of the season as Second Division leaders Nottinghamshire worked hard to assume a first-innings lead on the third day of the match against Gloucestershire at the Brightside Ground, Bristol.Having resumed their first innings on 221-3, the visitors chipped away at Gloucestershire's 303, Patel advancing his score to 131 not out as Nottinghamshire reached lunch in credit on 313-5.Gloucestershire's seamers stuck to their task admirably on a typically slow Bristol pitch and were rewarded with two wickets. Nightwatchman Luke Fletcher edged Craig Miles to Chris Dent at second slip in the fourth over of the day without troubling the scorers, while veteran campaigner Michael Lumb was later pinned lbw for 23 by a startling delivery from Chris Liddle, having helped Patel add 54 for the fifth wicket.Patient in the extreme, Patel guided Miles to the third man boundary to bring up his century via his eighth boundary and 224 balls in the 94th over.
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LUNCH: Lancashire 217/8 (76 ov, lead by 37 - 1st inns) v Middlesex
TE Bailey 0* (8) R McLaren 46* (95) -
LUNCH: Surrey 20/1 (7 ov, trail by 16 - 2nd inns) v Essex
SG Borthwick 0* (9) RJ Burns 8* (23) -
LUNCH: Leicestershire 73/4 (23 ov, lead by 129 - 2nd inns) v Sussex
HE Dearden 33* (63) ML Pettini 0* (6) -
LUNCH: Derbyshire 23/3 (10 ov, target: 320) v Northants
WL Madsen 1* (9) AL Hughes 1* (11) -
LUNCH: Kent 129/3 (42 ov, target: 484) v Durham
SA Northeast 10* (37) JJ Weatherley 5* (14) -
LUNCH: Yorkshire 213/4 (77 ov, lead by 191 - 2nd inns) v Somerset
GS Ballance 57* (131) MJ Waite 18* (44) -
WICKET: Worcestershire 113/6 (37.4 ov, trail by 1 - 2nd inns) v Glamorgan
EG Barnard c †Cooke b van der Gugten 2 (7) Partnership: 6 (1.4 ov)
T van der Gugten 13.4-5-38-2 RA Whiteley 16* (32) -
LUNCH: Nottinghamshire 313/5 (110 ov, lead by 10 - 1st inns) v Gloucs
SR Patel 131* (275) MH Wessels 15* (18) -
WICKET: Lancashire 204/8 (72.4 ov, lead by 24 - 1st inns) v Middlesex
SD Parry c Malan b Harris 4 (8) Partnership: 6 (2.0 ov)
JAR Harris 21.4-2-70-3 R McLaren 34* (83) -
TEAM 200: Lancashire 200/7 (72.1 ov, lead by 20 - 1st inns) v Middlesex
SD Parry 0* (5) R McLaren 34* (83) -
WICKET: Leicestershire 72/4 (21.3 ov, lead by 128 - 2nd inns) v Sussex
EJH Eckersley lbw b Archer 1 (4) Partnership: 3 (1.1 ov)
JC Archer 8.3-1-21-3 HE Dearden 32* (60) -
WICKET: Worcestershire 107/5 (36 ov, trail by 7 - 2nd inns) v Glamorgan
TC Fell c Ingram b van der Gugten 33 (87) Partnership: 25 (8.0 ov)
T van der Gugten 13-5-38-1 RA Whiteley 12* (29) -
WICKET: Surrey 15/1 (2.5 ov, trail by 21 - 2nd inns) v Essex
MD Stoneman c Cook b Porter 10 (11) Partnership: 15 (2.5 ov)
JA Porter 1.5-0-4-1 RJ Burns 3* (7) -
WICKET: Derbyshire 21/3 (7.2 ov, target: 320) v Northants
SJ Thakor c Cobb b Sanderson 6 (12) Partnership: 7 (1.4 ov)
BW Sanderson 3.2-1-3-3 WL Madsen 0* (4) -
WICKET: Leicestershire 69/3 (20.2 ov, lead by 125 - 2nd inns) v Sussex
MJ Cosgrove lbw b Briggs 16 (18) Partnership: 23 (6.3 ov)
DR Briggs 0.2-0-0-1 HE Dearden 31* (57) -
WICKET: Lancashire 198/7 (70.4 ov, lead by 18 - 1st inns) v Middlesex
J Clark lbw b Harris 38 (63) Partnership: 62 (22.2 ov)
JAR Harris 20.4-2-65-2 R McLaren 32* (79) -
WICKET: Derbyshire 14/2 (5.4 ov, target: 320) v Northants
BMAJ Mendis lbw b Sanderson 5 (18) Partnership: 3 (1.5 ov)
BW Sanderson 2.4-1-3-2 SJ Thakor 2* (5) -
TEAM 200: Yorkshire 200/4 (71.2 ov, lead by 178 - 2nd inns) v Somerset
MJ Waite 5* (22) GS Ballance 57* (119) -
Vithushan Ehantharajah at Gloucestershire 303 v Nottinghamshire 301-5A cracking yorker from Chris Liddle has accounted for Michael Lumb, who was looking comfortable, all things considered. Not as comfortable as Samit Patel, mind, who brought up an excellent hundred – his second in the Championship this season and 25th of his first class career – with an effortless cut through cover point off Craig Miles. Lumb's wicket has brought Riki Wessels to the crease and, as ever, he's keen to lap-sweep the seamers at will. Kieran Noema-Barnett was just on the receiving end of one: Wessels flicking him away with ease from outside to start an over that eventually went for 11. A glorious drive through cover from Wessels has just brought up the 300 and bonus points. Notts will now look to take the game away from Gloucestershire here, as they very well can do. -
TEAM 300: Nottinghamshire 301/5 (105.3 ov, trail by 2 - 1st inns) v Gloucs
MH Wessels 12* (8) SR Patel 122* (258)
