Specsavers Championship, Monday, June 26, 2017

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3rd & 7 37yd

@DaveKnibb Sidebottom out of contract at the end of the season, he would be a youngster down there

by nickcricket 6/26/2017 1:43:24 PM
Ah that rare sight of Bairstow with the gloves, can still catch then :)

by Lawrence Payne 6/26/2017 1:43:15 PM
James Harris maybe for Warks? Allrounder-ish.

by Iain Hope 6/26/2017 1:42:53 PM
Nice take by Bairstow, good of Kent and Lancashire to not give then England ODI wicketkeepers the gloves...

by nickcricket 6/26/2017 1:42:49 PM
@Yaacov not sure of the details, heard it on BBC Essex - didn't sound like anything serious

by JoeTheRef 6/26/2017 1:42:47 PM
Worry for the West Indies in Edgbaston if England bowl first

by Will 6/26/2017 1:42:22 PM
durham need something from stokes

by Yaacov 6/26/2017 1:42:12 PM
my thought was tredwell, but it's a bit of a stretch to call him an All Rounder

by PhilStirling 6/26/2017 1:36:55 PM
Freddie Flintoff surely. Would be considered a young prospect in the current Warks dressing room :)

by Beth Watson 6/26/2017 1:36:22 PM
Time to speculate on Warwickshire's allrounder! James Tredwell?

by Kieran Layer 6/26/2017 1:35:29 PM
@MattGregory apart from Stoneman

by Will 6/26/2017 1:35:05 PM
- Live Update
George Dobell at Warwickshire v Lancashire (12-0).

There’s a first-class debut here today for George Panayi. He’s another from Shrewsbury School and is a seam-bowling all-rounder who represented England U19. He’s still only 19. We can expect the announcement of a new signing from Warwickshire in the next couple of days, too. Another all-rounder who has found opportunities blocked elsewhere. Can’t say more, I’m afraid.

by George.Dobell 6/26/2017 1:33:47 PM
WICKET: Durham 18/3 (7.1 ov) v Worcs
JTA Burnham c †Cox b Hastings 3 (4) Partnership: 4 (0.4 ov)
JW Hastings 3.1-1-3-2 G Clark 1* (1)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/26/2017 1:32:30 PM
@Kevin - Duckett currently 20no for Northants. Having a very middling season. Jennings having the best season so far of the prospective openers by a decent margin.

by Matt Gregory 6/26/2017 1:32:15 PM
Hoping i'm not about to jinx him here but could Stoneman force his way into the Test reckoning. Had a great start to the season

by acarey87 6/26/2017 1:31:17 PM
Franklin injured apparently @Yaacov

by JoeTheRef 6/26/2017 1:31:09 PM
And then there was Stoneman

by Courtney Nangle 6/26/2017 1:31:07 PM
Whats happened to Duckett? seriously don't know how hes been going but Hameed struggling & Jennings indifferent. Wait to be told hes retired!

by Kevin 6/26/2017 1:30:49 PM
Where is Captain Franklin for Middlesex? Malan to play an innings like yesterday please!

by Yaacov 6/26/2017 1:30:30 PM
@BrendanMulcahy What is new? let Jimmy open

by nickcricket 6/26/2017 1:30:01 PM
- Live Update
Paul Edwards at Essex v Middlesex 17-2

A quiet opening to the afternoon/evening experiment at Chelmsford. Nick Gubbins, a late call-up for James Franklin (back problem), was beaten all ends up by Mohammed Amir's fourth ball and then leg before to one which pitched on the stumps and held its own. Next over Nick Compton edged James Porter to James Foster. So it's been a case of three James's, two Nicks and one Mohammed.

Dawid Malan, Middlesex's stand-in skipper, is in now and is no doubt finding life an entertaining contrast to life with England's T20 team at Cardiff. The Essex spectators are enjoying it all hugely, of course, not least the old players - Fletcher, Lever, Hardie, Turner - who have foregathered in the pavilion for their reunion. As I write, Amir is making Malan look a little silly by hooping the ball away from him rather rapidly.

by Paul Edwards 6/26/2017 1:29:44 PM
WICKET: Northamptonshire 24/2 (4.4 ov, won the toss) v Leics
AG Wakely lbw b Klein 2 (7) Partnership: 16 (2.2 ov)
D Klein 2.4-0-13-2 BM Duckett 18* (15)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/26/2017 1:20:55 PM
Hameed really needs a score. Eng management tend to back their players but he surely cant be in the Test team at the moment

by acarey87 6/26/2017 1:19:54 PM
@SDHoneymonster Don't think you'll have to wait much longer judging by things at Trent Bridge

by Haystack_Jnr 6/26/2017 1:19:53 PM
No wickets for four minutes. Boooooooooring.

by SDHoneymonster 6/26/2017 1:19:18 PM
June 26, 2017— John Etheridge (@JohnSunCricket)
At Edgbaston- can HaseebHameed score some runs to try to secure a place in the 1st Test? Several anxious moment but currently 4 not out!

by nickcricket 6/26/2017 1:18:10 PM
Pink ball carnage!

by SDHoneymonster 6/26/2017 1:15:19 PM
#and4Middlesex

by StaggerBreaths 6/26/2017 1:15:06 PM
WICKET: Middlesex 2/2 (2.4 ov, won the toss) v Essex
NRD Compton c †Foster b Porter 2 (7) Partnership: 0 (0.4 ov)
JA Porter 1.4-0-1-1 SS Eskinazi 0* (0)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/26/2017 1:14:46 PM
#Pray4Kent

by SDHoneymonster 6/26/2017 1:14:43 PM
WICKET: Kent 6/2 (3.3 ov, won the toss) v Notts
JL Denly lbw b Pattinson 0 (2) Partnership: 0 (0.2 ov)
JL Pattinson 1.3-0-1-2 DJ Bell-Drummond 5* (15)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/26/2017 1:14:28 PM
To be fair that time it was the first time since two divisions, so you're not far wrong!

by StaggerBreaths 6/26/2017 1:13:43 PM
Got the wrong batsmen but the right bowler and type of dismissal, Will take it. On Sidebottom, he was in the squad so Yorkshire picked from a pool without injuries is more what I was meaning. They have another game at Scarborough next week-ish so probably felt he needed the break

by nickcricket 6/26/2017 1:13:17 PM
@StaggerBreaths Well there goes what I thought was an interesting occurrence.

by SDHoneymonster 6/26/2017 1:13:06 PM
WICKET: Middlesex 2/1 (2 ov, won the toss) v Essex
NRT Gubbins lbw b Mohammad Amir 0 (9) Partnership: 2 (2.0 ov)
Mohammad Amir 1-0-1-1 NRD Compton 2* (3)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/26/2017 1:10:26 PM
WICKET: Northamptonshire 8/1 (2.2 ov, won the toss) v Leics
RI Newton lbw b Klein 1 (7) Partnership: 8 (2.2 ov)
D Klein 1.2-0-8-1 BM Duckett 4* (8)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/26/2017 1:10:07 PM
No Sidey in the first choice line-up? You wouldn't want to leave out ThrillingPatto but...

by StaggerBreaths 6/26/2017 1:09:33 PM
This is the debut of the Yorkshire first team, the bowlers weren't fit last time Root and Bairstow played

by nickcricket 6/26/2017 1:08:30 PM
And Durham are the last club still on 0. Eep.

...no wait, phew. No 0/1s this time around.

by StaggerBreaths 6/26/2017 1:08:25 PM
Afternoon all.. I'll go for Bell-Drummond caught behind to Ball

by Dan Kendall 6/26/2017 1:08:24 PM
Crane isn't playing for Hampshire, he is another in the Lions squad and I guess Hants felt there was limited value in having a leg spinner for the first two days of a match

by nickcricket 6/26/2017 12:52:38 PM
Other interesting bits form the carded teams, Joe Root is carded at three for Yorkshire. Bairstow at 6, Yorkshire are usually pretty accommodating of England I suggested England don't want Bairstow to bat higher this summer

by nickcricket 6/26/2017 12:51:33 PM
surprised Worcester didn't bat, with the weather forecast as it is Clarke might not get a bat in their 1st innings

by lee 6/26/2017 12:50:42 PM
I didn't think that'd affect it, I was just chucking in a wee jab. It was a spectacular debut by anybody's standards.

I see that Somerset are protecting their faltering young captain by dropping him to three. Also only the one spin option.

by StaggerBreaths 6/26/2017 12:49:34 PM
The forecast for Headingley is alright tomorrow, the rain is before play would start in a DN game. It is day three which is the real problem. No surprised Surrey wanted to bat as it is gurteened time not under lights plus if they bat all today and into tomorrow then Yorkshire will be left with a tricky decision on if Gary Ballance bats or not

by nickcricket 6/26/2017 12:43:19 PM