Specsavers Championship, Monday, July 3, 2017

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3rd & 7 37yd

WICKET: Derbyshire 139/4 (42.1 ov, won the toss) v Durham
WL Madsen c Pringle b Coughlin 54 (123) Partnership: 65 (20.0 ov)
P Coughlin 10.1-2-32-1 MJJ Critchley 41* (64)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 7/3/2017 1:28:47 PM
Cracking lesson on agricultural applications of water mills on the comms from Scarborough at the minute

by Mark Ofield 7/3/2017 1:28:19 PM
Trott nodding approvingly from the other end.

by David Taylor 7/3/2017 1:19:58 PM
We've had glimpses of Aneurysm Donald's talent too - still think he has what it takes but is young & inconsistent at the mo. Would be a genuine Welsh player if he made it to the English squad.

by dez dezzy 7/3/2017 1:19:36 PM
Mathew Lamb 3 off 28 #WayofUmeed

by nickcricket 7/3/2017 1:18:43 PM
Vince nearly chopped on there. Cross batted slash and an underedge that went for 4.

by Matt Warwick 7/3/2017 1:18:16 PM
@StaggerBreaths Can you remember which switch hit it is in?

by nickcricket 7/3/2017 1:14:49 PM
He suggested going one step further and splitting Glamorgan off into Wales, making them earn their standing in cricket that way.

by StaggerBreaths 7/3/2017 1:14:06 PM
Colin Ingrams a bit better than average to be fair

by dez dezzy 7/3/2017 1:13:35 PM
TEAM 100: Warwickshire 100/3 (37.4 ov) v Middlesex
M Lamb 3* (26) IJL Trott 34* (78)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 7/3/2017 1:13:34 PM
@DavidTaylor Muscular problem, doubtful he will be involved in the match again

by nickcricket 7/3/2017 1:13:32 PM
@LordK not sure which one it was in, will also be hidden in a 40 min ep. Was basically everything you said poor international crowds, some very average kolpak/passport players, don't produce international players

by nickcricket 7/3/2017 1:12:43 PM
Just noticed Sidebottom off in his 5th over, anything serious?

by David Taylor 7/3/2017 1:12:41 PM
Shame for DBD - due a big score on what looks like a great batting pitch. Hopefully it disintegrates into a sub-continent dustbowl by Day 4 with Tredders and Yasir in the team. Most unlikely spin twins ever?

by MjRichardson93 7/3/2017 1:12:12 PM
*needed

by StaggerBreaths 7/3/2017 1:11:45 PM
Coaches will be need to bundle the players onto halfway through tomorrow morning Mark.

by StaggerBreaths 7/3/2017 1:11:31 PM
Vince into the twenties, just a matter of time now

by David Taylor 7/3/2017 1:11:26 PM
Inspectors or coaches needed down at Cheltenham?

by Mark Ofield 7/3/2017 1:10:55 PM
Bancroft must have a great personality because he never scores any runs, hope he is cheap overseas must be local club players who could do the same numbers

by nickcricket 7/3/2017 1:10:16 PM
Looking at the picture of Abell above it appears that his problem is that he's been playing all season with half a bat

by Will 7/3/2017 1:09:44 PM
WICKET: Gloucestershire 0/1 (0.1 ov, trail by 117 - 1st inns) v Glamorgan
CT Bancroft c †Cooke b de Lange 0 (1) Partnership: 0 (0.1 ov)
M de Lange 0.1-0-0-1 CDJ Dent 0* (0)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 7/3/2017 1:06:07 PM
TEAM 100: Hampshire 103/2 (35.4 ov, won the toss) v Surrey
JHK Adams 37* (107) JM Vince 16* (36)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 7/3/2017 1:05:31 PM
INDIVIDUAL 50: WL Madsen 51* (107)
Derbyshire 122/3 (35.2 ov, won the toss) v Durham

by ESPNcricinfo Live 7/3/2017 1:04:51 PM
Also our second best batsman hasn't even come to the crease yet, so Yorkshire should probably be worried

by Will 7/3/2017 1:04:48 PM
time for a Jim Allenby chanceless 100

by Will 7/3/2017 1:04:10 PM
Just noticed Matt Critchley batting at 5 for Derbys, good young talent for them. He is a leg-spinner but seems to have developed his batting (clearly intelligent and knows what he needs to do to play for England).

by dez dezzy 7/3/2017 12:53:15 PM
Thank goodness Travis Head isn't over here...

by Beth Watson 7/3/2017 12:52:41 PM
A way of combining all three ;)

by Mark Ofield 7/3/2017 12:52:18 PM
TEAM 100: Somerset 100/4 (31.4 ov, won the toss) v Yorkshire
AJ Hose 27* (43) SM Davies 13* (16)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 7/3/2017 12:51:44 PM
:)

by Lawrence Payne 7/3/2017 12:51:39 PM
They've already got Willey and de Kock, what more do they need?

by StaggerBreaths 7/3/2017 12:51:39 PM
Hampshire 78-2 v Surrey
Surrey’s Curran brothers each struck a telling blow in the opening session as Hampshire reached 78 for 2 by lunch after choosing to bat first in the Specsavers County Championship Division One match at the Kia Oval.
Sam Curran removed Lewis McManus for 13 with the new ball, swinging a full ball back into the right-hander to hit his off stump, while Tom Curran – who had been luckless in a fine opening burst – returned for a second spell and, with this third ball back, had Rilee Rossouw caught at second slip for 28.
Both Currans could have picked up more wickets, darting the ball around off the seam and in the air, but Hampshire opener Jimmy Adams dug in determinedly to grind his way to 24 not out from 89 balls by the interval and hold the innings together.
James Vince got under way by lofting off spinner Amar Virdi for four, with the 18-year-old Sikh graduate of Surrey’s Academy being drafted in for his second championship appearance after Gareth Batty tweaked a calf muscle in the warm-up.
Surrey, already missing Kumar Sangakkara with a hand injury sustained during the Royal London One-Day Cup final defeat against Nottinghamshire on Saturday, were being led by Rory Burns in Batty’s absence.

by David Hopps 7/3/2017 12:23:09 PM
Steven Davies has got to 4*. Must be his highest score of the summer surely?

by acarey87 7/3/2017 11:58:37 AM
Why have they gone off for Lunch with a ball to go in the 27th over, is it raining? Pitch will be soaked they have had a Hose on it for the last hour

by nickcricket 7/3/2017 11:58:01 AM
Paul Edwards at Yorkshire v Somerset 71-4

Somerset have lost three wickets in the first session here and it is no disrespect to say that if they sustain no more damage before lunch, they will have had a good morning..........

At which point, of course, James Hildreth gets an absolute snorter from Tim Bresnan, his lovely short innings of 32 is ended and I apologise to all my friends in the West Country Yorkshire's bowlers have given the techniques of Lewis Gregory's batsmen a ferocious examination and it is not a matter for shame that one or two have failed the test. Four wickets so far plus over a dozen play and misses makes Gregory's decision to bat a little strange. Anyway it is raining now and we are taking an early lunch. Adam Hose and Steve Davies are doubtless grateful.

by Paul Edwards 7/3/2017 11:57:51 AM
INDIVIDUAL 50: SR Dickson 50* (90)
Kent 102/0 (29.3 ov, won the toss) v Northants

by ESPNcricinfo Live 7/3/2017 11:57:39 AM
WICKET: Warwickshire 86/3 (27.5 ov) v Middlesex
SR Hain c †Simpson b Higgins 35 (62) Partnership: 67 (16.4 ov)
RF Higgins 4.5-1-11-1 IJL Trott 24* (45)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 7/3/2017 11:56:56 AM
@MarkOfield Already got a mighty 42 before today, reckon if Somerset can get over 200 it will be a good score. Pitch looks like it is doing a bit

by nickcricket 7/3/2017 11:53:24 AM
It is disgustingly predictable from Hildreth think that may actually be his top score this season though

by Mark Ofield 7/3/2017 11:50:36 AM
@Will: If Hodd managed to make it to square-leg in time to catch that, then you are a genius.

by Brendan Mulcahy 7/3/2017 11:50:16 AM
Ballance seems to be quite happy in 2017 to be fair.

by StaggerBreaths 7/3/2017 11:50:14 AM
by Will 7/3/2017 11:49:23 AM
Bresnan and Plunkett getting wickets? I must have woken up in 2014, Lees and Ballance will hope so

by nickcricket 7/3/2017 11:48:32 AM