Specsavers Championship, Thursday, September 14, 2017
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INDIVIDUAL 50: HR Hosein 50* (111)
Derbyshire 247/5 (81.4 ov, lead by 314 - 2nd inns) v Sussex -
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WICKET: Kent 370/9 (92.5 ov, trail by 15 - 1st inns) v Gloucs
MT Coles b Shaw 12 (10) Partnership: 31 (3.2 ov)
J Shaw 22.5-4-109-4 DI Stevens 61* (47) -
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INDIVIDUAL 50: DI Stevens 50* (40)
Kent 358/8 (91.1 ov, trail by 27 - 1st inns) v Gloucs -
UPDATE: Match delayed by rain, Derbyshire 242/5 (80 ov, lead by 309 - 2nd inns) v Sussex
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WICKET: Lancashire 189/5 (86.5 ov, trail by 13 - 2nd inns) v Somerset
DJ Vilas c †Davies b Overton 14 (31) Partnership: 18 (6.3 ov)
C Overton 14.5-5-30-1 LS Livingstone 41* (131) -
UPDATE: Match delayed by rain (Play due to restart at 4:20pm), Derbyshire 242/5 (79 ov, lead by 309 - 2nd inns) v Sussex
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WICKET: Kent 339/8 (89.3 ov, trail by 46 - 1st inns) v Gloucs
CJ Haggett c Bracey b Norwell 8 (40) Partnership: 56 (11.0 ov)
LC Norwell 23.3-4-80-2 DI Stevens 42* (37) -
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UPDATE: Play due to start at 4:15pm, Middlesex 76/3 (30.1 ov) v Hampshire
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WICKET: Glamorgan 244/7 (79.3 ov, lead by 141 - 2nd inns) v Northants
CB Cooke c †Murphy b Kerrigan 69 (116) Partnership: 36 (13.2 ov)
SC Kerrigan 18.3-4-49-1 CAJ Meschede 13* (32) -
Vithushan Ehantharajah at Middlesex 76-3 v HampshireI'm afraid I'm going to have to interrupt the radio silence to bring you news of actual cricket. Yes, cricket. Bat on ball, ball on bat, sun in the sky, cream and whites. All that. Cricket. Glorious scenes now at Uxbridge where we are set to begin a 28.5-over session at 4:15pm. We were supposed to get going at 3:30pm before a flash shower hit, drawing Middlesex players out to the middle to help the groundstaff get the covers on (this pitch can't take much more rain). Luckily, the worst of the rains hit further down the road and now we have the best conditions of the match so far.So, this'll be a bonus points bash around. Motherwell rules. Players back out there: Adam Voges (10*) and Max Holdren (1*) to start things off today. Gareth Berg to finish his over. CRICKET! -
WICKET: Yorkshire 394 all out (122.2 ov, trail by 198 - 1st inns) v Surrey
AJ Hodd c Meaker b Batty 57 (132) Partnership: 0 (0.5 ov)
GJ Batty 28.2-8-77-3 RJ Sidebottom 0* (3) -
WICKET: Yorkshire 394/9 (121.3 ov, trail by 198 - 1st inns) v Surrey
JA Brooks c †Foakes b Curran 8 (26) Partnership: 32 (8.2 ov)
SM Curran 16.3-2-64-2 AJ Hodd 57* (130) -
UPDATE: Match start delayed (Play due to start at 4:15pm), Middlesex 76/3 (30.1 ov) v Hampshire
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INDIVIDUAL 50: AJ Hodd 51* (122)
Yorkshire 385/8 (119 ov, trail by 207 - 1st inns) v Surrey -
Leicestershire 20-4 trail Worcestershire by 69 runsPromotion-chasing Worcestershire achieved a first innings lead of 89 and maximum batting points despite Callum Parkinson returning the best Leicestershire bowling figures for 16 years.Then Josh Tongue and skipper Joe Leach reduced the visitors to 20-4 by tea with two wickets apiece.Ned Eckersley, Colin Ackerman, Mark Cosgrove and on loan Michael Carberry were all dismissed inside the first five overs.Spinner Parkinson had ended with figures of 8-148 from 45 overs - the best for the Foxes since former England paceman DevonMalcolm's 8-63 versus Surrey at Grace Road in 2001.It was the third best Division Two figures of 2017 after Liam Norwell's 8-43 and Darren Stevens' 8-75 for Gloucestershire and Kent respectively - both against Leicestershire.Ben Cox (77), Ravichandran Ashwin (44), Ed Barnard (30) and Leach (28) were mainly responsible for Worcestershire extending their overnight total from 270-4 to 493 all out.Then Tongue and Leach got to work with the ball.The former struck twice in his first over as Eckersley (0) and Ackerman (4) were both caught behind.Then Leach trapped Cosgrove (0) lbw and Carberry (1) offered no shot and was bowled. -
UPDATE: Match delayed by rain, Derbyshire 242/5 (79 ov, lead by 309 - 2nd inns) v Sussex
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Lancashire 175-4 trail Somerset by 27 runs
Spinners Jack Leach and Dom Bess shared four wickets as Somerset fought to retain control on the third day of the Specsavers County Championship match with Lancashire at Taunton.
Having begun the day on 28 without loss following-on, the visitors extended their opening partnership to 82 before Alex Davies offered a return catch to letf-armer Leach, having made 49.
Haseeb Hameed reached a studious 151-ball half-century, but on 62 drove Leach to cover where Tom Abell took a straightforward catch.
Steven Croft fell cheaply to Bess, lbw trying to sweep a full-toss, and the young off-spinner went on to remove Shiv Chanderpaul for nine, bowling the veteran West Indies star through the gate.
At tea Lancashire were 175 for four and required a further 27 to make Somerset bat again.
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TEA: Leicestershire 20/4 (7 ov, trail by 69 - 2nd inns) v Worcs
NJ Dexter 9* (13) AM Ali 5* (5) -
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TEA: Glamorgan 240/6 (76 ov, lead by 137 - 2nd inns) v Northants
CB Cooke 67* (109) CAJ Meschede 11* (18) -
Kent 307-7 v GloucestershireKent lost four wickets between lunch and tea as Gloucestershire re-asserted themselves on the penultimate day of their Specsavers’ County Championship match in Bristol.
Having reached 169 for 3 at lunch, thanks to Daniel Bell-Drummond’s half century and an unbeaten fourth wicket partnership of 65 between Joe Denly and Sam Northeast, Kent enjoyed mixed fortunes during a topsy-turvy afternoon session.
Northeast and Denly not only both passed 50, but each passed 1000 County Championship runs for the season. However, having laid a decent platform, they departed in successive overs, before Zac Crawley and Sam Billings added 54 for the fifth wicket.
Crawley was eventually caught off the bowling of Josh Shaw for 10 before Billings, who looked in good touch, was needlessly run out for 47 at 283 for 7. At tea, the visitors were 307 for 7, still 78 runs behind Gloucestershire, on first innings. -
WICKET: Leicestershire 10/4 (4.3 ov, trail by 79 - 2nd inns) v Worcs
MA Carberry b Leach 1 (15) Partnership: 5 (1.3 ov)
J Leach 2.3-1-4-2 AM Ali 4* (3) -
TEA: Lancashire 175/4 (83 ov, trail by 27 - 2nd inns) v Somerset
LS Livingstone 38* (127) DJ Vilas 3* (12) -
Derbyshire 235-5 lead Sussex by 312 runs
Derbyshire had extended their lead beyond 300 against Sussex as they pressed for only their second win of the season in the Specsavers County Championship.
At tea, Derbyshire were 235 for 5, a lead of 312, with Harvey Hosein (43) and Harry Podmore (22) having added an unbeaten 48 for the sixth wicket.
Sussex’s all-seam attack kept plugging away but it was hard work on a flat pitch, although youngsters George Garton and Stuart Whittingham picked up a wicket each in the afternoon session.
Left-armer Garton yorked Alex Hughes for 14 in the second over after lunch but Hosein and Matt Critchley put on 60 in 15 overs with Critchley (51) reaching a 64-ball half-century, which included five fours, before he was caught at deep mid-wicket off a mis-timed pull when Whittingham dropped short.
