Specsavers Championship, Friday, September 15, 2017

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3rd & 7 37yd

Can't resist this again: :)
LISTEN: Go Somerset! Fan pens cup anthem
Somerset County Gazette ONE of Somerset CCC’s biggest fans has written a song ahead of the team’s Royal London One Day Cup quarter-final this Tuesday, June 13.

by David Hopps 9/15/2017 11:33:36 AM
LUNCH: Worcestershire 4/0 (1 ov, target: 132) v Leics
DKH Mitchell 4* (6) BL D'Oliveira 0* (0)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 9/15/2017 11:32:13 AM
LUNCH: Gloucestershire 156/4 (52 ov, lead by 155 - 2nd inns) v Kent
CT Bancroft 59* (153) JMR Taylor 5* (12)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 9/15/2017 11:31:44 AM
LUNCH: Yorkshire 156/1 (57 ov, trail by 42 - 2nd inns) v Surrey
AZ Lees 70* (134) SE Marsh 71* (178)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 9/15/2017 11:31:13 AM
I appreciate both teams trying to make a game out of it by forgetting how to bat.

by StaggerBreaths 9/15/2017 11:30:57 AM
If they can get the next 7 for 8 runs they can enforce the follow on

by Will Colwell 9/15/2017 11:30:36 AM
Maybe Rikki Clarke?

by Dave Knibb 9/15/2017 11:30:34 AM
LUNCH: Northamptonshire 149/2 (43 ov, target: 218) v Glamorgan
AG Wakely 12* (32) SC Kerrigan 57* (86)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 9/15/2017 11:30:30 AM
LUNCH: Sussex 110/1 (29 ov, target: 390) v Derbyshire
LWP Wells 53* (98) S van Zyl 40* (67)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 9/15/2017 11:30:25 AM
17 more wickets for a Middx win

by David Hopps 9/15/2017 11:30:09 AM
LUNCH: Hampshire 46/3 (13.1 ov, trail by 158 - 1st inns) v Middlesex
SM Ervine 0* (6)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 9/15/2017 11:29:45 AM
WICKET: Hampshire 46/3 (13.1 ov, trail by 158 - 1st inns) v Middlesex
TP Alsop c †Simpson b Rayner 9 (27) Partnership: 0 (2.1 ov)
OP Rayner 0.1-0-0-1 SM Ervine 0* (6)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 9/15/2017 11:29:41 AM
Plunkett??

by Joe Williams 9/15/2017 11:29:23 AM
With Chopra winning the title with 2 different counties, it makes me wonder how many others have done it. I can think of Sidebottom but am struggling to think of any others.

by Dave Knibb 9/15/2017 11:28:02 AM
@StaggerBreaths After last season I'd like them both to go down. Will make do with either.

by Geoff Eisenhauer 9/15/2017 11:27:30 AM
I would be meh about it, the team needs quite a lot of rebuilding it doesn't really matter if that happens in div 1 or Div 2 they won't challenge for 4 day honours next season

by nickcricket 9/15/2017 11:27:19 AM
'Would serve 'em right, been roobish all season' etc. etc.

by StaggerBreaths 9/15/2017 11:26:43 AM
Hey I still have some Middlesex support lingering in my brain. Personally I want Yorkshire to go down, and I get the feeling many Yorkies would get some dark satisfaction out of it too.

by StaggerBreaths 9/15/2017 11:26:07 AM
@StaggerBreaths Swine!

by Geoff Eisenhauer 9/15/2017 11:24:55 AM
Don't worry England Lions/Hampshire 2nd XI batsmen Tom Alsop is at the crease

by nickcricket 9/15/2017 11:24:52 AM
Go on Hampshire, have a big ol' swipe at a wide one.

by StaggerBreaths 9/15/2017 11:24:18 AM
George Dobell at Worcestershire (493) v Leicestershire (404 and 220)

Worcestershire need 132 to win. Hill was the last to go, very well taken on the square leg boundary by D’Oliveira, after slog-sweeping Ashwin. It meant the last three wickets fell for the addition of just six runs. Victory won’t quite be enough to guarantee Worcestershire promotion – though it will take them top of the table – but it will leave Northants with no margin for error in pursuit.

by George.Dobell 9/15/2017 11:22:34 AM
Would someone please tell Hampshire to stop losing wickets.

by Geoff Eisenhauer 9/15/2017 11:22:34 AM
@StaggerBreaths Things are going to get intense for Chris Woakes

by nickcricket 9/15/2017 11:22:06 AM
TEAM 100: Sussex 103/1 (27 ov, target: 390) v Derbyshire
LWP Wells 52* (92) S van Zyl 34* (61)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 9/15/2017 11:21:43 AM
Clarke's going to retire at some point Dave, George needs somebody else to have a thing for.

by StaggerBreaths 9/15/2017 11:21:35 AM
WICKET: Hampshire 46/2 (11 ov, trail by 158 - 1st inns) v Middlesex
JJ Weatherley c Voges b Helm 35 (38) Partnership: 31 (8.3 ov)
TG Helm 6-0-20-2 TP Alsop 9* (20)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 9/15/2017 11:21:16 AM
Third FC 50 for Kerrigan.

by Dave Knibb 9/15/2017 11:19:07 AM
INDIVIDUAL 50: SC Kerrigan 50* (76)
Northamptonshire 140/2 (39.5 ov, target: 218) v Glamorgan

by ESPNcricinfo Live 9/15/2017 11:18:55 AM
WICKET: Leicestershire 220 all out (63.2 ov, lead by 131 - 2nd inns) v Worcs
LJ Hill c D'Oliveira b Ashwin 60 (106) Partnership: 4 (1.0 ov)
R Ashwin 25.2-2-94-3 CF Parkinson 0* (4)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 9/15/2017 11:18:41 AM
Also, re: Afzaal - he has a Test 50 to his name. Made it in The Butcher Chase at Headingley in 2001.

by SDHoneymonster 9/15/2017 11:16:53 AM
There's a reason Alfred retreated to the marshes at Athelney when things were at their lowest against the Danes

by MisanthropeGirl 9/15/2017 11:14:51 AM
INDIVIDUAL 50: LWP Wells 52* (87)
Sussex 98/1 (25 ov, target: 390) v Derbyshire

by ESPNcricinfo Live 9/15/2017 11:13:58 AM
WICKET: Gloucestershire 146/4 (48.1 ov, lead by 145 - 2nd inns) v Kent
GT Hankins c †Billings b Claydon 30 (41) Partnership: 55 (13.0 ov)
ME Claydon 4.1-1-16-1 CT Bancroft 56* (141)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 9/15/2017 11:13:43 AM
I think Mr Dobell enjoyed his brief obsession with Zak Chappell.

by Dave Knibb 9/15/2017 11:13:34 AM
WICKET: Leicestershire 216/9 (62.2 ov, lead by 127 - 2nd inns) v Worcs
D Klein c Clarke b Brown 0 (3) Partnership: 2 (1.3 ov)
PR Brown 3.2-0-15-2 LJ Hill 56* (104)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 9/15/2017 11:12:46 AM
Batted Leesy loves the final innings a match heading for a draw, he would be averaging single digits without them this season but hopefully it will be the springboard to better things

by nickcricket 9/15/2017 11:12:27 AM
This does mean that when Somerset are next in position to win the title if the other counties don't do their bit I will actively see them destroyed.

by SDHoneymonster 9/15/2017 11:11:29 AM
In fairness to the ancient Celts I imagine that Somerset was underwater every winter back in those days. Even now it floods on the levels after about three minutes of rain.

by SDHoneymonster 9/15/2017 11:10:30 AM
INDIVIDUAL 50: AZ Lees 51* (119)
Yorkshire 125/1 (51.3 ov, trail by 73 - 2nd inns) v Surrey

by ESPNcricinfo Live 9/15/2017 11:10:12 AM
George Dobell at Worcestershire (493) v Leicestershire (404 and 214-8)

Chappell’s fun is over. And it was a short ball that got him. A horrid one, really. But he miscued his pull and was well caught low down at mid-wicket by D’Oliveira. The stand was worth 103 in 23 overs.

by George.Dobell 9/15/2017 11:09:57 AM
INDIVIDUAL 50: CT Bancroft 52* (137)
Gloucestershire 135/3 (47 ov, lead by 134 - 2nd inns) v Kent

by ESPNcricinfo Live 9/15/2017 11:07:58 AM
Thank you Arc Homes, sitting in the Somerset Pavilion yesterday afternoon shivering in my jumper I felt they were entirely correct

by Will Colwell 9/15/2017 11:07:18 AM