Specsavers Championship, Saturday, June 10, 2017

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3rd & 7 37yd

WICKET: Essex 91/2 (23 ov, trail by 308 - 1st inns) v Surrey
T Westley c †Foakes b Footitt 23 (32) Partnership: 36 (9.5 ov)
MHA Footitt 6-0-40-1 NLJ Browne 33* (65) DW Lawrence 0* (1)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/10/2017 1:46:05 PM
If Roy is not going to get dropped what is the point in having any other batsmen in the squad?

by Joe Williams 6/10/2017 1:45:03 PM
Carver must be playing as a batsmen, only getting on after this amount of time.

by nickcricket 6/10/2017 1:45:03 PM
WICKET: Somerset 224 all out (64 ov, lead by 22 - 1st inns) v Yorkshire
DM Bess c Lyth b Carver 20 (22) Partnership: 25 (5.4 ov)
K Carver 2-1-2-1 C Overton 44* (64)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/10/2017 1:43:54 PM
OHFORGODSSAKE

by StaggerBreaths 6/10/2017 1:42:45 PM
needs* 20-6 anyone?

by nickcricket 6/10/2017 1:42:37 PM
Bairstow need to get himself to Headingley for the RLODC! Would be typical of England to pick him now

by nickcricket 6/10/2017 1:41:53 PM
dave - They won't because its the WI ODIs and they will already be resting Root, Stokes, Woakes and possbile even professional substitute fielder and mixologist Jonny Bairstow

by nickcricket 6/10/2017 1:40:39 PM
the Somerset V yorks game is following the usual pattern of all Somerset games this year: Somerset the better team over the first two innings, just get a lead and then let the opposition back into the game n the third innings and play a match winning innings. Fingers crossed i;m wrong this time, As Somerset really are running out of time.

by dave 6/10/2017 1:40:14 PM
Assuming that a) England do go on and win the tournament, b) Morgan stays true to his word and Roy plays every game and c) continues to do badly, will they then drop him for the next ODI - essentially dropping a cup winning player.Surely he must go before that happens...

by dave 6/10/2017 1:38:41 PM
Enough's enough. Jonny to open. Can't possibly go any worse.

by StaggerBreaths 6/10/2017 1:38:29 PM
I have 228 points and in the opp Captain D Stevens has over 500 on his own, not just that mind its been shocking from my picks. swapped Patto with Brooks to see him dropped, Left Bresnan as captain and he is out for a possible birth and Coad got injured. The guys who are playing haven't done anything, had Northeast in all season but dropped him because he was on a bye last round or two and he got a ton

by nickcricket 6/10/2017 1:36:02 PM
WICKET: Nottinghamshire 74/2 (26 ov, trail by 229 - 1st inns) v Gloucs
JD Libby c †Roderick b Miles 30 (70) Partnership: 2 (1.4 ov)
CN Miles 6-0-15-1 CA Pujara 2* (5)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/10/2017 1:32:52 PM
TEAM 100: Northamptonshire 100/1 (27 ov, lead by 142 - 2nd inns) v Derbyshire
RI Newton 56* (81) AG Wakely 4* (14)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/10/2017 1:31:34 PM
got Pujara as skipper....need a Lara=-esque 501 i think

by Joe Williams 6/10/2017 1:31:30 PM
1060 points behind, the jig is up

by nickcricket 6/10/2017 1:30:36 PM
currently 1700 points behind in my fantasy cricket match this week.....got a feeling i'm going to struggle to win this one

by Joe Williams 6/10/2017 1:28:54 PM
WICKET: Sussex 118/4 (27 ov, trail by 222 - 1st inns) v Leics
LJ Wright b Raine 36 (47) Partnership: 65 (13.3 ov)
BA Raine 6-2-23-1 HZ Finch 53* (77)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/10/2017 1:26:02 PM
WICKET: Glamorgan 227/8 (70 ov, trail by 40 - 1st inns) v Worcs
JA Rudolph b Leach 111 (209) Partnership: 1 (0.5 ov)
J Leach 17-4-55-3 AG Salter 0* (4)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/10/2017 1:26:01 PM
TEAM 200: Somerset 201/9 (58.5 ov, trail by 1 - 1st inns) v Yorkshire
DM Bess 2* (3) C Overton 39* (52)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/10/2017 1:25:58 PM
WICKET: Nottinghamshire 72/1 (24.2 ov, trail by 231 - 1st inns) v Gloucs
SJ Mullaney c Payne b van Buuren 38 (81) Partnership: 72 (24.2 ov)
GL van Buuren 2.2-2-0-1 JD Libby 30* (65)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/10/2017 1:25:23 PM
Tight game in Somerset, good to see Waite get a couple of wickets. Think Yorkshire are hoping he will be the long term replacement for Tim Bresnan but early days

by nickcricket 6/10/2017 1:24:13 PM
WICKET: Somerset 199/9 (58.2 ov, trail by 3 - 1st inns) v Yorkshire
MJ Leach c †Hodd b Waite 17 (24) Partnership: 26 (5.2 ov)
MJ Waite 7.2-0-24-2 C Overton 39* (52)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/10/2017 1:23:09 PM
WICKET: Glamorgan 226/7 (69.1 ov, trail by 41 - 1st inns) v Worcs
CB Cooke c Clarke b Leach 93 (153) Partnership: 168 (49.3 ov)
J Leach 16.1-3-55-2 JA Rudolph 111* (208)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/10/2017 1:20:57 PM
INDIVIDUAL 50: HZ Finch 50* (75)
Sussex 103/3 (25.4 ov, trail by 237 - 1st inns) v Leics

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/10/2017 1:19:56 PM
TEAM 100: Sussex 100/3 (25 ov, trail by 240 - 1st inns) v Leics
HZ Finch 47* (71) LJ Wright 24* (41)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/10/2017 1:17:26 PM
@SB, of course, i would have preferred to finish it off, but overall still very happy. I suppose it shows how far England have come as a team when we can nit-pick. I've lived a life time of preying that England turn up and compete at world tournaments

by dave 6/10/2017 1:15:31 PM
WICKET: Durham 68/2 (26.3 ov, lead by 280 - 2nd inns) v Kent
SC Cook c †Rouse b Claydon 44 (72) Partnership: 68 (25.2 ov)
ME Claydon 5.3-3-12-1 CT Steel 18* (86)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/10/2017 1:12:10 PM
Should be a good second innings, haven't had a chance to watch but is the pitch slightly two paced? England's batting lineup good on flat tracks but if there is something in the pitch Australia have an Xfactor attack. Hoping Roy goes big, need him in form for the Semi Final

by nickcricket 6/10/2017 1:10:25 PM
But at the same time, Dave, I'm guessing you're slightly disappointed given the 48-over position? I am. ????

by StaggerBreaths 6/10/2017 1:07:52 PM
WICKET: Northamptonshire 92/1 (23 ov, lead by 134 - 2nd inns) v Derbyshire
MDE Holden lbw b McKerr 31 (68) Partnership: 92 (23.0 ov)
C McKerr 10-1-31-1 RI Newton 52* (71)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/10/2017 1:06:04 PM
278 to win. Not bad a target to chase down. Roy surely has to get some runs under his belt otherwise it would be no use picking him up in crunch KO games

by Aneesh Kumar 6/10/2017 1:05:05 PM
278 to win. i would have bitten your hand off if offered this at the start of the game

by dave 6/10/2017 1:04:34 PM
Sussex 62-3 trail Leicestershire 340 by 278 runs

Seamer Clint McKay picked up two wickets in two balls as Leicestershire’s bowlers made early inroads into the Sussex first innings at the Fischer County Ground.
Zak Chappell made the first breakthrough, bowling Sussex captain Chris Nash with a delivery which seamed back in to hit off-stump.
Harry Finch and Luke Wells played solidly in adding 46 for the second wicket, but McKay, bowling around the wicket to the two left-handers, won consecutive leg before decisions against Wells, half-forward to a delivery that would have gone on to hit off-stump, and then Staanie van Zyl, on the back foot to a ball that would have hit middle.
Earlier the Foxes had lost their last three wickets in adding just 18 to their overnight score of 322-7. Chris Jordan, wicket-less on the first day, had Chappell caught off at mid-off by Nash off a leading edge before McKay wafted outside off-stump to give Michael Burgess a simple catch behind the stumps.
Having pulled Jordan dismissively to the midwicket boundary, Mark Cosgrove, on 128, then failed to clear mid-off with an attempted lofted drive.

by David Hopps 6/10/2017 1:03:32 PM
certainly so Aneesh

by Joe Williams 6/10/2017 1:03:09 PM
second dropped catch by Plunkett to boot. usefil momentum being gathered by Australia.

by dave 6/10/2017 1:02:21 PM
Surprised Mo didn't get more overs

by Aneesh Kumar 6/10/2017 1:01:46 PM
UPDATE: Match start delayed (Further inspection at 3pm), Lancashire 123/4 (45 ov, trail by 57 - 1st inns) v Middlesex

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/10/2017 1:01:40 PM
surprised Plunkett hasn't bowled at the death.

by dave 6/10/2017 1:01:17 PM
Ball?

by Aneesh Kumar 6/10/2017 1:00:13 PM
WICKET: Somerset 173/8 (53 ov, trail by 29 - 1st inns) v Yorkshire
J Overton lbw b Sidebottom 19 (21) Partnership: 24 (6.0 ov)
RJ Sidebottom 16-2-50-5 C Overton 31* (44)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/10/2017 1:00:08 PM
there has been a consistently obvious weak link in this bowling attack for over a month now

by Joe Williams 6/10/2017 12:59:12 PM
INDIVIDUAL 50: RI Newton 50* (66)
Northamptonshire 85/0 (21 ov, lead by 127 - 2nd inns) v Derbyshire

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/10/2017 12:57:38 PM