Specsavers Championship, Tuesday, June 20, 2017
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- Today's Headlines
Joe Clarke finally found form Champions Middlesex look on course for a huge first-innings lead against Yorkshire – and their first win of the seasonYorkshire lost the title to Middlesex last September and life looks just as bleak for them this time after a first-innings collapseSamit Patel, whose century in the Royal London Cup semi-final helped take Nottinghamshire to Lord’s, is in one of the most golden sequences of his careerPatel completes back-to-back double centuries in the Championship by making 247 against Leicestershire, who are then bundled out for 134Division One leaders Essex celebrate a batting revival for two staunch servants against bottom club WarwickshireRavi Bopara bats for eight hours for 198 and recalled ‘keeper James Foster hits 121 as Warwickshire feel their age in conceding 541 for 9Kyle Abbott records a career-best with the bat against Lancashire at Old Trafford – only to be lkeft stranded on 97 not out when Hampshire are dismissedEngland Lions’ Joe Clarke rectifies a miserable season with 142 at WorcesterClarke’s innings gives Worcestershire the edge in a vital promotion affair - Today's Headlines
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Clarke century soothes Worcestershire in anxious times
Joe Clarke's century was yet more vindication of Worcestershire's excellent youth policy. But is their season in danger of unravelling? -
Davies' risk brings handsome reward for Lancashire
Very many other cricketers have possessed a similar cast of mind, of course, but few achieve their goal with quite the gleeful devil evinced by Alex Davies -
Foster's emotional ton adds to Essex feelgood factor
Give or take the little matter of a last over defeat in the Royal London Cup semi-final, these are good times for Essex -
Patel and Pattinson put Leicestershire to the sword
Samit Patel produced his second double-century in consecutive matches before James Pattinson ripped through Leicestershire's batting with an explosive burst of genuinely fast bowling -
Beleaguered Yorkshire brace for a thrashing
Yorkshire have lost to Middlesex in remarkable contests on each of their last three visits to Lord's. This time, they might simply be thrashed. -
Clark's maiden ton sets up Durham
Graham Clark's maiden century put Durham in command on the second day of their Specsavers County Championship match against Glamorgan at Chester-le-Street -
Tredwell seeking opportunity away from Kent
James Tredwell has asked Kent for permission to talk to other counties having become frustrated by his lack of first team opportunities -
INDIVIDUAL 50: GS Ballance 52* (101)
Yorkshire 184/9 (57 ov, trail by 262 - 1st inns) v Middlesex -
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STUMPS: Durham 281/4 (74 ov, trail by 14 - 1st inns) v Glamorgan
RD Pringle 5* (19) PD Collingwood 71* (134) -
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WICKET: Yorkshire 178/9 (55.4 ov, trail by 268 - 1st inns) v Middlesex
BO Coad c †Simpson b Finn 14 (31) Partnership: 32 (10.1 ov)
ST Finn 10.4-4-36-2 GS Ballance 48* (100) -
STUMPS: Warwickshire 60/2 (26 ov, trail by 481 - 1st inns) v Essex
IR Bell 8* (25) IJL Trott 15* (42) -
STUMPS: Leicestershire 134 all out (49.5 ov, trail by 414 - 1st inns) v Notts
CJ McKay 18* (49) -
STUMPS: Kent 120/3 (28 ov, lead by 44 - 2nd inns) v Worcs
JL Denly 67* (73) JJ Weatherley 24* (59) -
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WICKET: Durham 272/4 (70.3 ov, trail by 23 - 1st inns) v Glamorgan
G Clark c †Cullen b de Lange 109 (135) Partnership: 185 (41.4 ov)
M de Lange 17.3-2-60-3 PD Collingwood 69* (131) -
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WICKET: Leicestershire 134 all out (49.5 ov, trail by 414 - 1st inns) v Notts
BA Raine c Taylor b Mullaney 1 (23) Partnership: 21 (10.5 ov)
SJ Mullaney 8.5-5-16-2 CJ McKay 18* (49) -
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INDIVIDUAL 100: G Clark 100* (129)
Durham 258/3 (68.1 ov, trail by 37 - 1st inns) v Glamorgan -
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TEAM 100: Kent 100/3 (23.3 ov, lead by 24 - 2nd inns) v Worcs
JJ Weatherley 7* (36) JL Denly 64* (69) -
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WICKET: Warwickshire 39/2 (17.2 ov, trail by 502 - 1st inns) v Essex
IJ Westwood c Cook b Harmer 22 (51) Partnership: 3 (4.2 ov)
SR Harmer 4.2-2-5-1 IJL Trott 2* (15) -
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- Live Update
Tim Wigmore at Yorkshire 146-8 v Middlesex
Yorkshire really do have a tail. Both Adil Rashid and Andrew Hodd fell for ducks - Hodd clean bowled after missing an attempted pull - and Steven Patterson, who certainly looked high at number eight, didn’t last much longer. Now Jack Brooks has been bowled, also for a duck, to a ball that kept markedly low from Ryan Higgins. The last three occasions Yorkshire have come to Lord’s in the County Championship, they have been defeated in remarkable, deeply contrasting ways. This time, they might just be thrashed. - Live Update
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INDIVIDUAL 50: DJ Vilas 50* (55)
Lancashire 230/5 (61.2 ov, trail by 165 - 1st inns) v Hampshire -
INDIVIDUAL 50: PD Collingwood 50* (109)
Durham 228/3 (63.3 ov, trail by 67 - 1st inns) v Glamorgan -
WICKET: Yorkshire 146/8 (45.3 ov, trail by 300 - 1st inns) v Middlesex
JA Brooks b Higgins 0 (5) Partnership: 6 (1.5 ov)
RF Higgins 9.3-3-23-3 GS Ballance 34* (69) -
