Specsavers Championship, Saturday, June 10, 2017
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Angus, although i think the Currnas have better stats at this stage of their careers, the Overtons offer a potentially interesting comparison. Some 4 or so years after bursting onto the scene as 18 year olds, neither has quite progressed as some thought (hoped). Both doing a fine job, but the days of dreaming of them both opening the bowling for England seem a little premature now. Could still happen though i suppose
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Yeah agreed to both, I personally think Sam's gonna do more than Tom, especially considering how good his batting is as well as bowling, it'd be the most unbelievable shame if either were plagued by injuries or just lose it, but definitely isn't outlandish, especially considering how much they do - both open the bowling, plus Sam bats at 7 (all rounder position), often relied on to get runs. I hope so bad they flourish. -
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Essex 51-1 v Surrey 399Essex lost Alastair Cook in the last over before lunch after making a positive response to Surrey’s 399 on the second day of the Specsavers Championship match at Guildford.Cook (31) was lbw playing across a ball which swung in a touch from Sam Curran as Essex reached 51 for 1.Resuming on 353 for 5, Surrey soon lost Curran, who his 12 fours before he was squared by Neil Wagner and fell lbw for 65 off 71 balls.Mark Stoneman, who was 181 overnight, scored the eight runs to pass his previous highest score, but missed out on a double hundred. Wicketkeeper James Foster dived in front of slip to take the edge after Stoneman made his first mistake, driving outside off stump at a delivery from Wagner he could have ignored. He batted for nearly six-and-a-half hours, faced 248 balls and hit two sixes and 26 fours in his 197.Surrey skipper Gareth Batty (13) drove to point off Ravi Bopara before Jamie Porter switched ends to finish the innings when he picked up Ravi Rampaul (3) and Mark Footitt (0) in five balls as Surrey were dismissed for 399 and missed out on maximum batting points.Cook helped himself to five boundaries during an expensive new-ball three-over burst by Mark Footitt which cost 26 runs, before Curran struck to boost Surrey spirits. - ECB Reporters Network
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UPDATE: Match start delayed (Start delayed due to rain), Lancashire 123/4 (45 ov, trail by 57 - 1st inns) v Middlesex -
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Somerset 154-7 v Yorkshire 202It has been honours even on the second day at Taunton where by lunch Somerset had moved onto 154 for seven, replying to Yorkshire’s 202.Resuming on 41 for three, James Hildreth was first to go for 23 when he was lbw to Steve Patterson leaving a ball that came back into him.Lewis Gregory helped himself to three boundaries off Azeem Rafiq’s first over and the all-rounder added 65 in 16 overs with Steve Davies before the Somerset wicketkeeper, who gave his best batting performance of the season, edged Rafiq to Andrew Hodd, having made 35.
Adam Hose, on his Championship debut, became fellow debutant Matthew Waite’s first wicket without scoring, after which Craig Overton added 35 with Gregory before the latter was out for 43, lbw to Ryan Sidebottom in the penultimate over before lunch. - ECB Reporters Network
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LUNCH: Essex 55/1 (13 ov, trail by 344 - 1st inns) v Surrey
NLJ Browne 22* (37) AN Cook 31* (42) -
WICKET: Essex 55/1 (13 ov, trail by 344 - 1st inns) v Surrey
AN Cook lbw b Curran 31 (42) Partnership: 55 (13.0 ov)
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Notts 32-0 trail Glocestershire 303 by 271 runsHonours even at the Brightside Ground in Bristol where Gloucestershire have been bowled out for 303 on the second morning of their Specsavers' County Championship game against Nottinghamshire.
Resuming their first innings on 256 for 7, Gloucestershire were hoping that Gareth Roderick would help himself to a century after batting so well on day one.
However, the county's wicket keeper batsman was within four runs of reaching three figures when he was bowled by Luke Wood. His innings lasted 215 balls and included 10 boundaries.
David Payne departed first ball, in exactly the same fashion, to leave Wood on a hat trick. However, Chris Liddle survived that and with senior partner Craig Miles, added 23 valuable runs for the 10th wicket.
Miles was eventually trapped lbw by Samit Patel for 47 as Notts wrapped up the Gloucestershire innings at 303.
In reply, at lunch, the visitors were 32 for 0 with Jake Libby and Steven Mullaney not out 16 and 13 respectively. - ECB Reporters Network
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Durham 42-1 lead Kent by 254 runsDurham reached Saturday’s lunch interval on 42 for one and having stretched their Specsavers County Championship lead over Kent to 254 runs.Batting again before noon with a 212-run lead and after deciding not to enforce the follow-on, Durham suffered a near immediate blow with the loss of left-handed opener Keaton Jennings.Prodding half-forward and inside the line of Darren Stevens first delivery, an off-cutter, the ball thudded into the right pad forcing umpire Jeff Evans to raise his finger.Matt Coles, who was guilty of spraying the new ball around in Durham’s first innings, was on the money second time around to provide Stevens with an ideal and fiery foil as Durham battled through five consecutive maidens.Stephen Cook needed one stroke of luck to survive. With his score on 25 the right-hander drove loosely at one from Will Gidman only for Coles, at second slip, to drop a tough chance diving in front of first slip.At the start of the third day Paul Collingwood’s side needed almost 12 overs and 50 minutes’ play to mop up Kent’s last two first-inning’s wickets and secure their 212-run lead.Barry McCarthy eventually polished the job off having Yasir Shah caught behind by a tumbling Stuart Poynter for 48 and then, with his next delivery, snaring Mitchell Claydon lbw with the home score on 236.Debutant Shah had featured in a ninth-wicket stand worth 113 in 34.2 overs with his new skipper Sam Northeast who had earlier posted his 18th first-class hundred from 162 balls and with 13 fours. He was left unbeaten on 109.McCarthy finished with a career-best 6-63 while Chris Rushworth bagged three for 69 in a much-improved Durham bowling performance. McCarthy will start the Kent second innings on a hat-trick. - ECB Reporters Network
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Glamorgan 202-6 v Worcestershire 267Century-maker Jacques Rudolph and Chris Cooke led a Glamorgan fightback by setting a new seventh wicket record in County Championship matches against Worcestershire on day two at New Road today.Glamorgan resumed on 76-6 in reply to Worcestershire's 267 after Josh Tongue's burst of five wickets in four overs yesterday evening.But Rudolph and Cooke batted in confident fashion in surpassing the previous record of 106 by Jonathan Hughes and current head coach Robert Croft at the same venue in 2002.Tongue was the only bowler to cause them any worries in two lively spells but he was unable to add to his wicket haul.Rudolph completed his 51st first class century - off 158 balls with 13 fours - with a cut for four off Lyon in the penultimate over before lunch.He was unbeaten on exactly 100 and Cooke 81 at the interval out of 202-6 off 58 overs with the partnership so far worth 144.
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Northants 68-0 lead Derbyshire by 110 runsBen Sanderson completed his first five-wicket haul of the season on the second morning at Wantage Road as Northamptonshire began to take control of the game against Derbyshire.Despite a dropped catch second ball of the day, Northants took 44 minutes to bowl Derbyshire out for 176, taking a first-innings lead of 42, before beginning their second innings in bight fashion to reach lunch 68 for 0, 110 runs ahead.Sanderson struck in the eighth over of the morning to end a seventh-wicket stand of 59 that had frustrated Northants on the first evening. But Tom Taylor, who survived 48 balls to the close yesterday, added only three runs before shouldering arms to Sanderson and losing his off stump for 10. Sanderson’s five-for was completed when Tony Palladino tried to pull and got a thin edge to wicketkeeper Ben Duckett.Alex Hughes, who survived the early chance dropped in the gully, was left to try and farm the bowling from No. 11 Conor McKerr but calling him back for a second run that was most certainly available, McKerr simply didn’t respond and was run-out without facing a ball. It left Hughes stranded on 62.Derbyshire then compounded their morning’s errors with a dreadful start with the ball. Boundaries flowed merrily for both Max Holden and Rob Newton and the fifty was brought up in just the 11th over. - ECB Reporters Network
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Paul Edwards at Lancashire 123-4 v Middlesex
Most annoyingly the rain has returned here and it is set to continue for about an hour or more. The early lunch has not been cancelled but we must await news of any further inspection by the umpires. The satellite pictures do not encourage optimism. I suspect that the umpires will take one more look and their conclusion will be something along the lines of "thank you and good night." -
LUNCH: Sussex 62/3 (16 ov, trail by 278 - 1st inns) v Leics
LJ Wright 0* (5) HZ Finch 39* (52) -
LUNCH: Durham 42/1 (18 ov, lead by 254 - 2nd inns) v Kent
SC Cook 26* (48) CT Steel 12* (59) -
LUNCH: Northamptonshire 68/0 (17 ov, lead by 110 - 2nd inns) v Derbyshire
MDE Holden 23* (52) RI Newton 38* (50) -
LUNCH: Somerset 154/7 (48 ov, trail by 48 - 1st inns) v Yorkshire
C Overton 27* (30) J Overton 4* (5) -
LUNCH: Glamorgan 202/6 (58 ov, trail by 65 - 1st inns) v Worcs
JA Rudolph 100* (168) CB Cooke 81* (126) -
LUNCH: Nottinghamshire 32/0 (13 ov, trail by 271 - 1st inns) v Gloucs
JD Libby 16* (35) SJ Mullaney 13* (43) -
TEAM 200: Glamorgan 202/6 (57.1 ov, trail by 65 - 1st inns) v Worcs
CB Cooke 81* (121) JA Rudolph 100* (168) -
INDIVIDUAL 100: JA Rudolph 100* (168)
Glamorgan 198/6 (57 ov, trail by 69 - 1st inns) v Worcs -
WICKET: Somerset 149/7 (47 ov, trail by 53 - 1st inns) v Yorkshire
L Gregory lbw b Sidebottom 43 (74) Partnership: 35 (8.3 ov)
RJ Sidebottom 13-2-37-4 C Overton 26* (29) -
WICKET: Sussex 53/3 (13.3 ov, trail by 287 - 1st inns) v Leics
S van Zyl lbw b McKay 0 (1) Partnership: 0 (0.1 ov)
CJ McKay 2.3-1-3-2 HZ Finch 30* (42) -
WICKET: Sussex 53/2 (13.2 ov, trail by 287 - 1st inns) v Leics
LWP Wells lbw b McKay 12 (33) Partnership: 46 (11.4 ov)
CJ McKay 2.2-1-3-1 HZ Finch 30* (42) -
Somerset 114-6 v Yorkshire 202A stand of 65 between Steve Davies and Lewis Gregory gave Somerset hope but that has been undermined in the last few minutes with the loss of two quick wickets. Steve Davies nicked Azeem Rafiq to slip and then Adam Hose, who was preferred to Peter Trego after scoring heavily in the 2nd XI, made a duck as Matthew Waite's brisk medium-pace trapped him in line.Hose is also hampered by a thigh injury suffered in the field so it has not been a happy couple of days for him.This is Waite's Championship debut and he has already built a reputation in limited-overs cricket as a handy, up-and-at-'em cricketer.Looks very much like a three-day game, this one.
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WICKET: Somerset 114/6 (38.3 ov, trail by 88 - 1st inns) v Yorkshire
AJ Hose lbw b Waite 0 (6) Partnership: 1 (1.1 ov)
MJ Waite 3.3-0-10-1 L Gregory 37* (52) -
INDIVIDUAL 50: CB Cooke 50* (68)
Glamorgan 154/6 (42.4 ov, trail by 113 - 1st inns) v Worcs -
WICKET: Somerset 113/5 (37.2 ov, trail by 89 - 1st inns) v Yorkshire
SM Davies c †Hodd b Azeem Rafiq 35 (81) Partnership: 65 (16.0 ov)
Azeem Rafiq 8.2-1-30-1 L Gregory 36* (51) -
Vithushan Ehantharajah at Gloucestershire 303ao v NottinghamshireFun end to that innings. Craig Miles was the star of a thrilling 110th over that saw men out on the fence and Miles, front leg nowhere to be seen, trying to slash Gloucestershire to a second batting point. He got there with a carve over the keeper Chris Read and then a drop and run off the last ball that brought up the 300. On the cusp of his 6th first class fifty, he was trapped in front by Samit Patel. The pitch is supposed to flatten out considerably, so we've been told – the groundsman hasn't been able to do much with it because of all the weather we've had around – so expect Notts to be looking to bat once and bat big. As ever. -
WICKET: Surrey 399 all out (96 ov) v Essex
MHA Footitt c ten Doeschate b Porter 0 (4) Partnership: 0 (0.4 ov)
JA Porter 24-3-102-4 SC Meaker 0* (8) -
WICKET: Surrey 399/9 (95.2 ov) v Essex
R Rampaul c †Foster b Porter 3 (5) Partnership: 3 (1.1 ov)
JA Porter 23.2-3-102-3 SC Meaker 0* (8) -
WICKET: Gloucestershire 303 all out (111.5 ov) v Notts
CN Miles lbw b Patel 47 (72) Partnership: 23 (8.0 ov)
SR Patel 8.5-1-33-1 CJ Liddle 2* (20)
