Specsavers Championship, Tuesday, September 12, 2017
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Somerset 229-5 v Lancashire
Steve Davies and Tom Abell produced a stand of 119 for the fifth wicket to lift Somerset’s fortunes on the opening day of the Specsavers County Championship match with Lancashire at Taunton.
When opener Eddie Byrom fell for 38 in the first over after lunch, the hosts were in trouble at 105 for four, having already lost Marcus Trescothick (25), George Bartlett (3) and James Hildreth (25).
But Davies and Abell patiently rebuilt the innings before being parted just before tea when Abell was caught at slip for 46 off leg-spinner Matty Parkinson.
Davies was unbeaten on 78 in a total of 229 for five at the interval, while Ryan McLaren was the most successful Lancashire bowler with two for 44 from 12 overs.
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Warwickshire 187-8 v Essex
Division One leaders Essex continued to work their way through Warwickshire's batting as the home side went into tea on 187 for eight on the opening day of their Specsavers County Championship match at Edgbaston.
Opening batsman Dominic Sibley showed heaps of resolve and was still there at tea on 70 (174 balls, eight fours) but Essex removing a string of his partners just as they had set down roots.
Sibley added 46 in 16 overs with Ian Bell, 52 in 19 with Matt Lamb and 43 in 15 with Chris Woakes.
But while Sibley survived, Bell (37, 52 balls) fell lbw to Neil Wagner then, in the afternoon session, Lamb (32, 64) edged the first ball of a Samuel Cook spell to the wicketkeeper and Chris Woakes (22, 52) was pinned lbw on the back foot by Simon Harmer.
Essex then struck three times just before tea as Harmer then won the fifth leg-before verdict of the innings when Alex Mellor inexplicably left a straight one, Porter returned to add the sixth, ousting Keith Barker for a duck, and Harmer trapped Jeetan Patel with the last ball of the session.
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TEA: Surrey 259/3 (64 ov, won the toss) v Yorkshire
BT Foakes 2* (11) KC Sangakkara 10* (14) -
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WICKET: Glamorgan 205/8 (61.4 ov, won the toss) v Northants
M de Lange b Kerrigan 4 (9) Partnership: 6 (2.2 ov)
SC Kerrigan 12.4-3-28-2 AG Salter 57* (114) -
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Derbyshire 227-3 v Sussex
Derbyshire continued to dominate on the first day at Hove as they reached 227 for 3 at tea against promotion-chasing Sussex.
Sussex bowled better than they had done in the morning session, when Luis Reece (51) and Ben Slater (48) put on 101 for the first wicket in 23 overs before departing in successive overs to left-armer George Garton.
Their more disciplined approach was rewarded in the 44th over when Wayne Madsen (25) padded up to David Wiese’s inswinger and was leg before with the total on 145.
But Billy Godleman and Alex Hughes put on an undefeated 82 for the fourth wicket with Godleman passing 7,000 first-class runs when he reached 42. He was struck a painful blow on the arm by a short ball from Stuart Whittingham but survived to reach 48 at tea with Hughes playing attractively, particularly through the off side, for his unbeaten 38.
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TEA: Warwickshire 187/8 (64 ov) v Essex
JS Patel 1* (2) DP Sibley 70* (174) -
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Leics 220-5 v WorcsLeicestershire skipper Mark Cosgrove completed 1,000 Specsavers County Championship runs for the summer as his side fought back against promotion-chasing Worcestershire at New Road.Cosgrove became the third player in Division Two to reach four figures in 2017 after Worcestershire opener Daryl Mitchell and veteran Durham all-rounder Paul Collingwood.His efforts enabled Leicestershire to recover from 25-3 and he went onto make 74 before being fifth out at 172.The 33-year-old was given excellent support by Aadil Ali - in only his second Championship appearance of the season - during a stand of 104 in 30 overs for the fourth wicket.Then Neil Dexter hit a run a ball half century and by tea had moved onto 59 not out as Leicestershire reached 220-5 from 65 overs.It was intially a different story after Leicestershire opted to bat on a new pitch.Josh Tongue made the first breakthrough as on loan Hampshire opener Michael Carberry (5) nicked through to keeper Ben Cox.Ned Eckersley (12) became Joe Leach's 59th victim of the season with Daryl Mitchell holding onto the chance at second slip.Ed Barnard broke through in his first over as Colin Ackerman (4) had his stumps flattened. But Cosgrove and Ali counter-attacked to good effect before the latter on 40 was trapped lbw on the back foot by Leach.Cosgrove went past the 1,000 run mark but after making 74 from 123 balls with eight fours, he skied a Barnard delivery to Joe Clarke at square leg. - ECB Reporters Network
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WICKET: Warwickshire 187/8 (64 ov) v Essex
JS Patel lbw b Harmer 1 (2) Partnership: 3 (1.3 ov)
SR Harmer 21-2-46-3 DP Sibley 70* (174) -
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Gloucs 186-2 v KentGloucestershire overseas signing Cameron Bancroft raised a maiden Specsavers County Championship hundred against Kent at Bristol in his final appearance before returning to Australia.Invited to bat first on a green-tinged wicket, the home side had advanced to 186-2 by tea on the first day.Averaging just 26.50 in red ball cricket this summer, Western Australia batsman Bancroft finally came good, attaining three figures from 197 balls in an assured innings that already includes 12 fours and a six.He shared in a progressive partnership of 141 with Chris Dent, the pair staging Gloucestershire's highest opening wicket stand of the season against a Kent attack that lacked a cutting edge.In-form left-hander Dent raised 50 from 131 balls and appeared to be on course for his third Championship century of the summer when he inexplicably attempted to sweep Joe Denly and was pinned lbw for 59.Gareth Roderick came and went quickly, chipping Mitchell Claydon to mid-wicket for ten, but Bancroft was still there at the interval, unbeaten on 103, with James Bracey 6 not out. - ECB Reporters Network
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TEA: Derbyshire 227/3 (64 ov, lost the toss) v Sussex
AL Hughes 38* (70) BA Godleman 48* (105) -
TEA: Somerset 229/5 (64 ov) v Lancashire
PD Trego 2* (6) SM Davies 78* (108) -
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TEAM 200: Glamorgan 202/7 (59.3 ov, won the toss) v Northants
AG Salter 55* (109) M de Lange 3* (1) -
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WICKET: Warwickshire 184/7 (62.3 ov) v Essex
KHD Barker lbw b Porter 0 (3) Partnership: 3 (0.5 ov)
JA Porter 16.3-6-51-3 DP Sibley 68* (167) -
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WICKET: Surrey 255/3 (61.2 ov, won the toss) v Yorkshire
R Patel c †Hodd b Sidebottom 27 (66) Partnership: 22 (4.4 ov)
RJ Sidebottom 11.2-2-46-1 KC Sangakkara 8* (9) -
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WICKET: Glamorgan 199/7 (59.2 ov, won the toss) v Northants
CAJ Meschede st †Murphy b Kerrigan 49 (70) Partnership: 97 (26.3 ov)
SC Kerrigan 11.2-3-24-1 AG Salter 55* (109) -
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TEA: Leicestershire 220/5 (65 ov, won the toss) v Worcs
LJ Hill 9* (34) NJ Dexter 59* (62) -
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WICKET: Somerset 224/5 (62.2 ov) v Lancashire
TB Abell c Livingstone b Parkinson 46 (103) Partnership: 119 (32.0 ov)
MW Parkinson 5.2-0-28-1 SM Davies 76* (104) -
Salary caps are always easy to get around. You sign a player (lets call him Tim Linley, because the idea amuses me), you pay him 50k. At the same time, you offer Mrs. Linley a 150k a year job in the marketing department, not under the playing cap. Not related in any way, of course...
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TEA: Gloucestershire 186/2 (65 ov) v Kent
JR Bracey 6* (14) CT Bancroft 103* (202) -
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WICKET: Warwickshire 181/6 (61.4 ov) v Essex
AJ Mellor lbw b Harmer 10 (27) Partnership: 28 (7.4 ov)
SR Harmer 19.4-2-45-2 DP Sibley 65* (165) -
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Call me cynical but watching the World XI play in Pakistan and the love in around it, I'm not convinced. Anywhere where enormous amounts of resources and manpower that would be better spent elsewhere in a failing state have to be poured in just to make players feel safe enough to play cricket may not be ready to host said cricket. Just a thought.
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