Specsavers Championship, Monday, July 3, 2017
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TEAM 100: Derbyshire 100/3 (29.2 ov, won the toss) v Durham
WL Madsen 45* (90) MJJ Critchley 12* (20) -
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Hampshire 78-2 v SurreySurrey’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. - ECB Reporters Network
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Glamorgan 113-8 v GloucestershireGloucestershire’s seamers ran riot on the opening morning of the Cheltenham Festival, reducing Glamorgan to 113 for 8 at lunch.Having scorned the chance to field first in heavily overcast conditions, the visitors were in trouble from the final ball of the first over when Nick Selman was sent back attempting a suicidal single to mid-on and failed to beat Liam Norwell’s throw to the keeper.Norwell then excelled as a bowler, claiming two for 16 from a seven-over opening spell, well supported by new ball partner David Payne as Glamorgan crashed to 21 for four.Only Aneurin Donald (39) of the visiting batsmen looked in any sort of form, as Craig Miles and Kieran Noema-Barnett weighed in with two wickets apiece.From 72 for eight, Glamorgan were grateful to Marchant de Lange and Timm van der Gugten for an unbroken ninth-wicket stand of 41 in 7.3 overs. - ECB Reporters Network
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Warwickshire 89-3 v MiddlesexWarwickshire went into lunch on 89 for three against Middlesex after being put in on the opening day of their Spescavers County Championship match at Edgbaston.After Middlesex took up the option to bowl, they removed both openers with only 19 on the board, William Porterfield edging Tim Murtagh behind and Andy Umeed falling to a third-slip catch by Steve Eskinazi off James Harris.Jonathan Trott and Sam Hain (35, 62 balls) added 67 in 17 overs before the latter edged Ryan Higgins behind just before lunch.Trott, who went into lunch unbeaten on 24, is captaining Warwickshire after Ian Bell was ruled out by a sore elbow. Matt Lamb (unbeaten on three at lunch) is making his home championship debut.Middlesex's seam-department is without Steve Finn (sore back) and Toby Roland-Jones (England duty) while Sam Robson has returned after England Lions duty in place of Nick Gubbins. - ECB Reporters Network
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Kent 106-0 v NorthantsKent enjoyed the best of the opening session of their Division 2 clash
with Northamptonshire in Beckenham where the hosts went in at lunch on
106 without loss after 31 overs.
The home openers Daniel Bell-Drummond and Sean Dickson posted a 50
stand within 14.3 overs and went past their second-best partnership of
the season – 83 against Derbyshire in April – to reach only their
second century stand of the summer.
Dickson reached his fourth 50 of the campaign from 90 balls and with
six fours just before the interval, while Bell-Drummond went in at
lunch unbeaten on 43.
Neither Kent batsman looked particularly secure and both played and
missed on several occasions. Dickson survived one appeal for lbw, but
otherwise neither gave a clear-cut chance as the visitors permed four
bowlers through to the interval.
The hosts made three changes to the side that drew with leaders
Nottinghamshire last time out. Matt Hunn came in for his second game
of the season in place of Will Gidman, off-spinner James Tredwell
replaced injured all-rounder Darren Stevens (concussion), while
overseas wrist-spinner Yasir Shah was preferred to Kiwi paceman Adam
Milne. - ECB Reporters Network
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Somerset 67-4 v YorkshireYorkshire have enjoyed much the better of the opening morning against Somerset at Scarborough, despite losing Ryan Sidebottom to injury.Somerset were reduced to 30 for three in 18 overs of this Specsavers County Championship match after winning the toss before they reached lunch, taken five minutes early due to rain, at 71 for four in the 27th over.Sidebottom pulled up midway through his fifth over with a back muscle injury, and his participation in the rest of the match looks in doubt.Liam Plunkett and stand-in captain Tim Bresnan have struck twice for Yorkshire, with the first three wickets falling to the last ball of an over.Bresnan made the breakthrough in the eleventh, his first full over after completing Sidebottom’s fifth, when he had Marcus Trescothick (15) caught at first slip, leaving the score at 20 for one.Plunkett then had Tim Rouse caught at second slip by Bresnan at the end of the 16th - 25 for two - before bowling Ed Byrom in his next.James Hildreth drove superbly through the covers in his 32, but he was fourth man out when Bresnan had him caught behind with a delivery that bounced more than expected off a length.ÂThat left Somerset at 67 for four in the 26th. - ECB Reporters Network
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Jon Culley at Warwicks 89-3 v Middlesex
The late wicket of Sam Hain probably just about shaded the opening session in Middlesex’s favour, the batsman pushing at a ball from James Harris to be caught behind, ending a partnership of 67. This followed the slightly contentious dismissal of Andy Umeed, who was given out caught at third slip but did not walk until standing umpire Neil Mallender had consulted with his colleague at square leg, Graham Lloyd, over whether the catch was legitimate after Umeed appeared to jam the ball into the ground. After a few moments Mallender upheld the appeal, replays suggesting that the ball hit the ground a split-second before it touched the bat, on the rise, and carried to third slip Steve Eskinazi. The media centre here has been visited by a school party apparently larger than the entire crowd for the last knockings of the floodlit match against Lancashire last week. - Live Update
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LUNCH: Glamorgan 113/8 (29 ov, lost the toss) v Gloucs
M de Lange 16* (25) T van der Gugten 21* (26) -
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LUNCH: Kent 106/0 (31 ov, won the toss) v Northants
SR Dickson 53* (95) DJ Bell-Drummond 43* (95) -
LUNCH: Warwickshire 89/3 (29 ov) v Middlesex
M Lamb 3* (7) IJL Trott 24* (45) -
LUNCH: Derbyshire 99/3 (29 ov, won the toss) v Durham
WL Madsen 45* (90) MJJ Critchley 12* (18) -
LUNCH: Hampshire 78/2 (30 ov, won the toss) v Surrey
JHK Adams 24* (89) JM Vince 7* (19) -
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Tim Wigmore at Hamphire 78-2 v Surrey
With 56 runs in his previous nine Championship innings, including five ducks, Rilee Rossouw was in need of a score at The Oval. He punched a couple of off drives that hinted at one, but all that work was squandered when he slashed Tom Curran to second slip. The younger Curran had earlier dismissed Lewis McManus with a brilliant inswinging yorker, prompting a fist pump and roar in the direction of the balcony - in celebration of a plan that had come good or, perhaps, pent-up frustration after Saturday. Those wickets mean that the morning session has been pretty even, with Jimmy Adams scrappy but still undefeated, and now James Vince in support, who danced down the wicket and thumped his sixth ball, fro, Virdi, for a lofted straight four. - Live Update
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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. - Live Update
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INDIVIDUAL 50: SR Dickson 50* (90)
Kent 102/0 (29.3 ov, won the toss) v Northants -
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) -
TEAM 100: Kent 101/0 (29 ov, won the toss) v Northants
SR Dickson 49* (87) DJ Bell-Drummond 42* (91) -
Oh I'm sorry I forgot that mammoth innings its somewhat hard to keep track off all the runs he has scored. The pitch is doing a lot by the sound of things making the decision at the toss to bat very odd. But hey. Thats a colossal if! Although our two highest averaging batsmen that aren't South African are next in ;) -
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TEAM 100: Glamorgan 100/8 (26.3 ov, lost the toss) v Gloucs
M de Lange 15* (20) T van der Gugten 9* (16) -
LUNCH: Somerset 71/4 (26.5 ov, won the toss) v Yorkshire
AJ Hose 8* (27) SM Davies 4* (3) -
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WICKET: Somerset 67/4 (25.3 ov, won the toss) v Yorkshire
JC Hildreth c †Hodd b Bresnan 32 (29) Partnership: 37 (7.3 ov)
TT Bresnan 6.5-2-16-2 AJ Hose 8* (22) -
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WICKET: Hampshire 71/2 (25.3 ov, won the toss) v Surrey
RR Rossouw c Borthwick b TK Curran 28 (42) Partnership: 47 (15.4 ov)
TK Curran 6.3-1-20-1 JHK Adams 24* (81) -
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Is it me or is Somerset batsman Adam Hose a giant among men?
— Cricket Yorkshire (@cricketyorks) July 3, 2017 -
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South Group: Somerset v Hampshire at Taunton
Jul 26, 2017 (17:00 local | 16:00 GMT | 12:00 EDT | 11:00 CDT | 09:00 PDT)
Jul 26, 2017 (17:00 local | 16:00 GMT | 12:00 EDT | 11:00 CDT | 09:00 PDT)
North Group: Notts v Worcs at Nottingham
Jul 26, 2017 (18:30 local | 17:30 GMT | 13:30 EDT | 12:30 CDT | 10:30 PDT)
Jul 26, 2017 (18:30 local | 17:30 GMT | 13:30 EDT | 12:30 CDT | 10:30 PDT)
North Group: Yorkshire v Durham at Leeds
Jul 26, 2017 (18:30 local | 17:30 GMT | 13:30 EDT | 12:30 CDT | 10:30 PDT)
Jul 26, 2017 (18:30 local | 17:30 GMT | 13:30 EDT | 12:30 CDT | 10:30 PDT)
South Group: Middlesex v Essex at Lord's
Jul 27, 2017 (18:15 local | 17:15 GMT | 13:15 EDT | 12:15 CDT | 10:15 PDT)
Jul 27, 2017 (18:15 local | 17:15 GMT | 13:15 EDT | 12:15 CDT | 10:15 PDT)
North Group: Northants v Worcs at Northampton
Jul 27, 2017 (18:30 local | 17:30 GMT | 13:30 EDT | 12:30 CDT | 10:30 PDT)
Jul 27, 2017 (18:30 local | 17:30 GMT | 13:30 EDT | 12:30 CDT | 10:30 PDT)
South Group: Kent v Somerset at Canterbury
Jul 27, 2017 (19:00 local | 18:00 GMT | 14:00 EDT | 13:00 CDT | 11:00 PDT)
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