Specsavers Championship, Thursday, September 14, 2017
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Warwickshire sport director Ashley Giles said:
"200 was never enough in the first innings of this game and that's been the tale of our summer. We haven't got enough runs but equally we haven't bowled sides out either. We've only got 20 wickets in a game once this year. Bowling has probably been our strength in recent years and we really haven't fired in that department. But it's not a case of one or the other, it's both. We have just not got it right in championship cricket.
"It's disappointing. We're going to get relegated, we know that and it's important what happens now. We are certainly going to go through some change and perhaps the best place to do that is the Second Division. With two teams out of eight going down now it's tough in Division One and everyone's going to take their medicine at some point and go down. We spent ten tears in Division One and played some very good cricket and won some trophies. Now it's a chance for us to start again."
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WICKET: Kent 386 all out (97 ov, lead by 1 - 1st inns) v Gloucs
ME Claydon c Bracey b Shaw 10 (15) Partnership: 16 (4.1 ov)
J Shaw 25-4-118-5 DI Stevens 65* (58) -
Essex bowler Jamie Porter said:
"In the first three games it seemed we might just have to survive in this division but the way we bounced back and not only saved games we could have lost but dominated games in the way we have has been pretty special.
"As a group of lads we are very tight-knit. When guys have a bad day we are all right behind them and we all get along so well off the pitch and have got a great coach and assistant coach and it works so well.
"We've kept saying to each other we are on the brink of making history for the club and that's a pretty special feeling in itself.
"If I'm being brutally honest, winning the championship was the ambition at the start of the season. A lot of people thought that was too ambitious but we thought 'why not?' We knew we are a side which can win games. We know we have got the players who can win you a game so we knew we wanted to push. We felt like we could definitely push.
"I like the responsibility and being the leader of the attack. When you come into the side you look up to the guys who are leading and you want to be one of them. I love winning games of cricket and hate losing so I just do whatever I can to help us win."
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TEAM 300: Glamorgan 300/7 (87.4 ov, lead by 197 - 2nd inns) v Northants
M de Lange 38* (32) CAJ Meschede 29* (50) -
TEAM 200: Lancashire 200/5 (95.1 ov, trail by 2 - 2nd inns) v Somerset
R McLaren 4* (30) LS Livingstone 48* (151) -
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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) -
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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! - Live Update
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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 -
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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. - ECB Reporters Network
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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.
- ECB Reporters Network
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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)
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