Specsavers Championship, Monday, April 24, 2017
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Remarkable turnaround gives Lancashire first win in 14
Nobody got too excited when Lancashire signed Ryan McLaren but he made a major contribution to their first Championship win for almost a year -
Bell gets a lift; the Curran brothers get a slap
Warwickshire arrested an abject start to the season as 99 from skipper Ian Bell helped them find the steel they needed to defy Surrey -
Ballance makes Yorkshire history as Hampshire defied
For all Yorkshire's history, no Yorkshire batsman has ever made two hundreds in a Championship match. Gary Ballance has gone one better - a hundred and a double hundred - to defy Hampshire -
Donald ensures no slip up for Glamorgan
Stalemate descended upon the Fischer Ground as Leicestershire and Glamorgan consoled themselves they had found stability after uncertain starts to the season -
Durham hopes Dented as Gloucestershire stand firm
Chris Dent completed his 12th first class century as Gloucestershire battled successfully to avoid defeat by Durham on the final day of the Specsavers County Championship match at Bristol -
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Lancashire beat Somerset by 164 runs after first-innings deficit of 169Jimmy Anderson hails it as "one of the best wins I've played in"Gary Ballance's adds unbeaten double century to century as Yorkshire hold off HantsMiddlesex stymied by bad light - Essex finish 8 down and still unbeatenIan Bell 99 as Warwickshire hold out against SurreyAlastair Cook passes 20,000 first-class runs but falls to Ollie Rayner as Essex cling onJoe Root and Jonny Bairstow make 18 in four knocksIn Division Two, Chris Dent hundred defies DurhamSocial sign-ins
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Bad light denies dominant Middlesex victory
Middlesex were frustrated by a combination of bad light and lower-order resistance as Essex clung on for a draw in the Specsavers County Championship at Lord's -
RESULT: Match drawn
Essex 160/8 (74 ov, target: 452) v Middlesex -
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RESULT: Match drawn
Glamorgan 144/4 (46 ov, target: 355) v Leics -
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RESULT: Match drawn
Durham 85/4 (23 ov, target: 205) v Gloucs -
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INDIVIDUAL 50: AHT Donald 52* (83)
Glamorgan 109/4 (36 ov, target: 355) v Leics -
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UPDATE: Match delayed by bad light, Essex 160/8 (74 ov, target: 452) v Middlesex
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Well the seamers rotate anyway so only really batting changes you could look at: then you decide if Roelof, Allenby or Hose are a better bet. I don't think you can drop the skipper after two games as you'll destroy him, and you can't drop anyone else because he's in the worst form of the lot. Like I say, good time for a format change and a few of them to play some second team cricket -
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