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 season
Yorkshire lost the title to Middlesex last September and life looks just as bleak for them this time after a first-innings collapse
Samit 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 career
Patel completes back-to-back double centuries in the Championship by making 247 against Leicestershire, who are then bundled out for 134
Division One leaders Essex celebrate a batting revival for two staunch servants against bottom club Warwickshire
Ravi Bopara bats for eight hours for 198 and recalled ‘keeper James Foster hits 121 as Warwickshire feel their age in conceding 541 for 9
Kyle 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 dismissed
England Lions’ Joe Clarke rectifies a miserable season with 142 at Worcester
Clarke’s innings gives Worcestershire the edge in a vital promotion affair

by David Hopps 6/20/2017 3:10:32 PM

3rd & 7 37yd

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?

by David Hopps 6/20/2017 9:09:24 PM
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

by David Hopps 6/20/2017 8:01:35 PM
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

by David Hopps 6/20/2017 7:21:34 PM
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

by David Hopps 6/20/2017 6:33:37 PM
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.

by David Hopps 6/20/2017 6:20:00 PM
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

by David Hopps 6/20/2017 6:15:15 PM
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

by David Hopps 6/20/2017 5:43:26 PM
INDIVIDUAL 50: GS Ballance 52* (101)
Yorkshire 184/9 (57 ov, trail by 262 - 1st inns) v Middlesex

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/20/2017 5:42:12 PM
or 2 overs to get last wicket tonight

by Lawrence Payne 6/20/2017 5:40:47 PM
STUMPS: Durham 281/4 (74 ov, trail by 14 - 1st inns) v Glamorgan
RD Pringle 5* (19) PD Collingwood 71* (134)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/20/2017 5:39:20 PM
Just 119 runs to save the follow on

by nickcricket 6/20/2017 5:38:36 PM
Ballance knows #ProtectYourAverageAtAllTimes

by nickcricket 6/20/2017 5:38:05 PM
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)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/20/2017 5:36:14 PM
STUMPS: Warwickshire 60/2 (26 ov, trail by 481 - 1st inns) v Essex
IR Bell 8* (25) IJL Trott 15* (42)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/20/2017 5:35:50 PM
STUMPS: Leicestershire 134 all out (49.5 ov, trail by 414 - 1st inns) v Notts
CJ McKay 18* (49)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/20/2017 5:33:31 PM
STUMPS: Kent 120/3 (28 ov, lead by 44 - 2nd inns) v Worcs
JL Denly 67* (73) JJ Weatherley 24* (59)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/20/2017 5:27:27 PM
Ah spit.

by StaggerBreaths 6/20/2017 5:24:02 PM
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)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/20/2017 5:23:37 PM
I don't comment here often StaggerBreaths, but when I do, I jinx quite marvellously

by Freddie Lynch 6/20/2017 5:23:33 PM
Aw Freddie! Anyway Haystack wins.

by StaggerBreaths 6/20/2017 5:22:22 PM
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)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/20/2017 5:21:39 PM
Leicestershire 20% of the way there to the last wicket 100 stand...

by Freddie Lynch 6/20/2017 5:20:20 PM
He's been doing alright this season, young Clark. Presume he'll be off to Surrey in 2018.

by StaggerBreaths 6/20/2017 5:14:28 PM
INDIVIDUAL 100: G Clark 100* (129)
Durham 258/3 (68.1 ov, trail by 37 - 1st inns) v Glamorgan

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/20/2017 5:13:21 PM
With lots of steamy sex scenes in the middle.

by StaggerBreaths 6/20/2017 5:11:14 PM
TEAM 100: Kent 100/3 (23.3 ov, lead by 24 - 2nd inns) v Worcs
JJ Weatherley 7* (36) JL Denly 64* (69)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/20/2017 5:10:32 PM
Have to be a road movie

by Lawrence Payne 6/20/2017 5:07:35 PM
Someone emotionless and dour. Keanu Reeves?

by StaggerBreaths 6/20/2017 5:07:03 PM
Who would play Mick though?

by Lawrence Payne 6/20/2017 5:03:55 PM
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)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/20/2017 5:02:16 PM
Mick Hunt has had enough. This summer, Lord's stars in... The Hunt Is On.

by StaggerBreaths 6/20/2017 4:58:15 PM
Well Brooks out to a pea shooter, can't see this going 4 days

by Lawrence Payne 6/20/2017 4:57:24 PM
- 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.

by Tim Wigmore 6/20/2017 4:56:53 PM
I thought it had been a while since Ballance had something to cry about.

by StaggerBreaths 6/20/2017 4:56:12 PM
INDIVIDUAL 50: DJ Vilas 50* (55)
Lancashire 230/5 (61.2 ov, trail by 165 - 1st inns) v Hampshire

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/20/2017 4:55:59 PM
INDIVIDUAL 50: PD Collingwood 50* (109)
Durham 228/3 (63.3 ov, trail by 67 - 1st inns) v Glamorgan

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/20/2017 4:55:49 PM
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)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/20/2017 4:55:44 PM
Pakistan is a row of black swans, paddling up the Thames, banging into boats. On occasion they swarm a boat and leave it floating upside down, empty.

by StaggerBreaths 6/20/2017 4:50:09 PM

COUNTY FIXTURES
COUNTY RESULTS

South Group: Middlesex v Essex at Lord's
Jul 27, 2017 (18:15 local | 17:15 GMT | 13:15 EDT | 12:15 CDT | 10:15 PDT)

North Group: Northants v Worcs at Northampton
Jul 27, 2017 (18:30 local | 17:30 GMT | 13:30 EDT | 12:30 CDT | 10:30 PDT)

South Group: Kent v Somerset at Canterbury
Jul 27, 2017 (19:00 local | 18:00 GMT | 14:00 EDT | 13:00 CDT | 11:00 PDT)

South Group: Glamorgan v Surrey at Cardiff
Jul 28, 2017 (18:30 local | 17:30 GMT | 13:30 EDT | 12:30 CDT | 10:30 PDT)

South Group: Gloucs v Hampshire at Bristol
Jul 28, 2017 (18:30 local | 17:30 GMT | 13:30 EDT | 12:30 CDT | 10:30 PDT)

North Group: Lancashire v Notts at Manchester
Jul 28, 2017 (18:30 local | 17:30 GMT | 13:30 EDT | 12:30 CDT | 10:30 PDT)

North Group: Leics v Durham at Leicester
Jul 28, 2017 (18:30 local | 17:30 GMT | 13:30 EDT | 12:30 CDT | 10:30 PDT)

North Group: Derbyshire v Northants at Northampton
Jul 28, 2017 (19:00 local | 18:00 GMT | 14:00 EDT | 13:00 CDT | 11:00 PDT)

South Group: Sussex v Middlesex at Hove
Jul 28, 2017 (19:00 local | 18:00 GMT | 14:00 EDT | 13:00 CDT | 11:00 PDT)

North Group: Warwickshire v Yorkshire at Birmingham
Jul 28, 2017 (19:00 local | 18:00 GMT | 14:00 EDT | 13:00 CDT | 11:00 PDT)

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