Specsavers Championship, Friday, June 2, 2017
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Northants 117-6 v DurhamDurham's woes deepened when, after a morning's rain, Northants took advantage of the no-toss option and reduced them to 117 for six at tea.
As well as heavy cloud, there was a greenish tinge in the pitch when play began at 1.10 and after an opening stand of 30 Durham lost wickets at regular intervals.
Four fell to edges catches, the other two were lbw as the quartet of Northants seamers were rewarded for their accuracy.
Nathan Buck took three to take his division two tally to 24, and there was one each for Ben Sanderson, Rory Kleinveldt and Azharullah.
Michael Richardson, returning after a thigh injury to reduce Durham's casualty list to six, was unbeaten with the top score of 25. -
Sussex 216-2 v WorcestershireLuke Wells was closing in on a second successive century at Hove as Sussex put themselves in a good position at tea on day one of their Specsavers Championship match against Worcestershire.The left-hander was unbeaten on 87 with Sussex well placed on 216 for 2 after Worcestershire had opted to bowl first.The visitors are seeking a fifth successive Championship win and although their six-man attack kept things type a slow pitch rewarded Sussex’s patient approach.Having lost captain Chris Nash (22) before lunch, Wells added 125 in 35 overs with Harry Finch, who made a competition-best 82 before he was caught at slip pushing forward to Josh Tongue.Wells, who made 258 in Sussex’s last game at Hove against Durham, hit 11 fours in his 137-ball half-century and has yet to offer a chance. Stiaan van Zyl was 12 not out at the break.
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Lancashire 108-8 v YorkshireBen Coad took four wickets in 18 balls to leave Lancashire in a hole during the opening session of their Specsavers County Championship match against Yorkshire at Headingley.Rain delayed the start of play until after lunch before the Red Rose, who had elected to bat, slipped to 48 for six in the 21st over and later reached tea at 108 for eight after 36.Ryan Sidebottom struck twice in two balls in the seventh over to get Alex Davies caught in the gully and Luke Procter caught behind as he left alone.Coad then had Haseeb Hameed caught behind in the 15th as Lancashire slipped to 33 for three.The in-form seamer added his second and third wickets in the 19th over as Steven Croft was lbw and Shivnarine Chanderpaul caught at fourth slip.And in the 21st, he had Dane Vilas caught behind down leg to leave the score at 48 for six and himself with figures of four for five in 3.1 overs.Ryan McLaren had reached 20 by the time fellow all-rounder Jordan Clark was seventh man out, lbw to Jack Brooks in the 28th over - 75 for seven.McLaren then fell lbw to Sidebottom in the 31st for 30 as the score fell to 89 for eight.Stephen Parry and Tom Bailey are unbeaten on 13 and two respectively, and there are 44 overs remaining in the day.
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TEA: Hampshire 192/3 (64 ov, won the toss) v Warwickshire
SM Ervine 109* (176) JHK Adams 55* (169) -
Somerset 161-5 v MiddlesexDean Elgar hit a determined 77 not out from 146 balls against Middlesex’s four-pronged seam attack to lead a Somerset recovery to 161 for 5 by the time heavy rain forced the players off for an early tea in the Specsavers County Championship Division One match at Lord’s.Left-handed opener Elgar had added an unbroken 81 in 20 overs with Lewis Gregory, who was 27 not out having joined the South Africa Test batsman with Somerset struggling at 80 for 5.When Tim Murtagh had Peter Trego caught behind for 2 from the fifth ball after lunch, it looked as if Somerset would be regretting their decision to bat first. But Elgar, mixing stout defence with 12 fours, at last found in Gregory a partner who could stay with him.Four wickets had fallen in the morning session, with new ball strikes by Toby Roland-Jones and Murtagh initially leaving bottom-of-the-table Somerset reeling at 20 for 2.Elgar and James Hildreth added 46 before Hildreth fell for 25 to a stunning slip catch by Ollie Rayner. Hildreth edged a drive at James Franklin’s left-arm seamers and Rayner, at second slip, took off to his right to hold a brilliant diving catch.Tom Helm, switched to the Pavilion End for his second spell, then had Steven Davies caught at the wicket for 6 – edging a sharply rising ball – and Somerset lunched at 78 for 4.Marcus Trescothick was the first Somerset batsman to depart, caught at third slip for 8 off Roland-Jones after playing and missing several times at Murtagh, who then produced a perfect away-swinger from the Nursery End to have Tom Abell taken at the wicket for 6.
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TEA: Sussex 216/2 (64 ov) v Worcs
S van Zyl 12* (53) LWP Wells 87* (160) -
TEA: Durham 117/6 (34 ov) v Northants
MJ Richardson 25* (35) P Coughlin 5* (13) -
UPDATE: Match delayed by rain (Inspection at 4pm), Somerset 161/5 (48.4 ov, won the toss) v Middlesex
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TEA: Lancashire 108/8 (36 ov, won the toss) v Yorkshire
SD Parry 19* (27) TE Bailey 2* (12) -
Great start @YorkshireCCC boys are on fire! Big afternoon of batting ahead... #coyt
— Jonny Bairstow (@jbairstow21) June 2, 2017 -
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INDIVIDUAL 50: JHK Adams 51* (156)
Hampshire 182/3 (59.4 ov, won the toss) v Warwickshire -
TEAM 100: Lancashire 100/8 (34 ov, won the toss) v Yorkshire
SD Parry 13* (20) TE Bailey 1* (7) -
UPDATE: Match delayed by rain, Somerset 161/5 (48.4 ov, won the toss) v Middlesex
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WICKET: Durham 105/6 (30.3 ov) v Northants
RD Pringle lbw b Azharullah 0 (4) Partnership: 9 (2.3 ov)
Azharullah 4.3-0-25-1 MJ Richardson 18* (27) -
TEAM 200: Sussex 201/2 (59.3 ov) v Worcs
LWP Wells 78* (145) S van Zyl 10* (41) -
I'm not saying every player is non-england qualified, although a quarter are, the Kolpak stuff doesn't just cover Sarf Africans, Chanderpaul (with Jayawardene to follow) are non overseas, that's just wrong. As I said earlier, Tom alsop can't get a game for Hampshire because a dual nationality Aussie has been picked. There's got to be something deeply wrong with the system when that happens. -
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TEAM 100: Durham 101/5 (29.3 ov) v Northants
MJ Richardson 14* (24) RD Pringle 0* (1) -
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INDIVIDUAL 100: SM Ervine 100* (158)
Hampshire 173/3 (56.3 ov, won the toss) v Warwickshire -
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WICKET: Lancashire 89/8 (30.4 ov, won the toss) v Yorkshire
R McLaren lbw b Sidebottom 30 (39) Partnership: 14 (2.5 ov)
RJ Sidebottom 8.4-3-19-3 SD Parry 3* (7) -
Also interesting that McKerr holds a British passport but still has to serve 7 years to qualify. English cricket must be the only sport in the world where a passport isn't enough to qualify you (although I suppose there being no such thing as an English passport possibly plays a part in that?)
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WICKET: Durham 96/5 (28 ov) v Northants
CT Steel c †Rossington b Sanderson 20 (48) Partnership: 19 (6.1 ov)
BW Sanderson 8-1-34-1 MJ Richardson 9* (16) -
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WICKET: Nottinghamshire 168/6 (41.2 ov) v Derbyshire
CMW Read c †Smit b McKerr 0 (6) Partnership: 9 (2.5 ov)
C McKerr 10.2-2-41-2 MH Wessels 15* (26) -
TEA: Somerset 161/5 (48.4 ov, won the toss) v Middlesex
D Elgar 77* (146) L Gregory 27* (50) -
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WICKET: Lancashire 75/7 (27.5 ov, won the toss) v Yorkshire
J Clark lbw b Brooks 7 (17) Partnership: 27 (7.4 ov)
JA Brooks 7.5-2-20-1 R McLaren 20* (29) -
Jon Culley at Notts 159-5 v Derbyshire
Having taken a rare old pummelling immediately after lunch, when they conceded runs at an alarming rate against Steven Mullaney and Samit Patel, Derbyshire have come back well in the last half-hour, taking three Notts wickets for 27 runs in the space of just over seven overs. Both the batsmen who were set were bowled by Tony Palladino with a couple of deliveries that looked pretty straight but which may have done something in the air, although Patel and Mullaney were both driving loosely. Michael Lumb has since edged a ball from the left-armer Luis Reece to first slip, out playing defensively in a way that definitely suggested a bit of late swing. -
Sussex v Worcestershire
- Sussex have only lost one of their last seven versus Worcestershire (W4 D2); that defeat coming in the most recent encounter however (September 2016).
- The hosts have lost just twice in their last 15 in Hove against the Pears; winning nine of them (D4).
- Steve Magoffin took match figures of 10/70 for Sussex when they faced Worcestershire last September.
- Chris Nash (Sussex) is only 35 away from 11,000 first class runs.
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WICKET: Nottinghamshire 159/5 (38.3 ov) v Derbyshire
MJ Lumb c Madsen b Reece 8 (25) Partnership: 18 (5.2 ov)
LM Reece 4.3-1-16-1 MH Wessels 6* (15) -
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WICKET: Durham 77/4 (21.5 ov) v Northants
PD Collingwood c Hughes b Buck 3 (4) Partnership: 6 (1.5 ov)
NL Buck 5.5-1-20-3 CT Steel 10* (27) -
