Specsavers Championship, Tuesday, September 19, 2017
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WICKET: Lancashire 22/1 (8 ov, trail by 211 - 1st inns) v Middlesex
H Hameed lbw b Roland-Jones 3 (20) Partnership: 22 (8.0 ov)
TS Roland-Jones 4-1-14-1 AL Davies 19* (28) -
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WICKET: Hampshire 254 all out (67.5 ov) v Essex
GJ Bailey c Westley b Wagner 89 (130) Partnership: 0 (0.5 ov)
N Wagner 12.5-1-37-1 FH Edwards 0* (0) -
WICKET: Sussex 275/5 (70 ov, lost the toss) v Durham
PD Salt lbw b Jennings 11 (13) Partnership: 24 (4.1 ov)
KK Jennings 5-0-22-3 LJ Wright 18* (19) -
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WICKET: Hampshire 254/9 (67 ov) v Essex
KJ Abbott c Chopra b Porter 7 (17) Partnership: 11 (3.4 ov)
JA Porter 17-3-53-4 GJ Bailey 89* (125) -
Hants 243-8 v Lancs
George Bailey scored his 44th career half century but Simon Harmer’s trio of wickets of wickets meant champions Essex took charge of the afternoon session against Hampshire.
Hampshire captain Bailey timed the ball brilliantly throughout his 79-ball fifty, before reaching an unbeaten 85 at tea.
The Australian followed in the footsteps of James Vince – who had collected a quick-fire half century in the morning session.
But Vince departed soon after lunch when he feathered a back foot drive behind off Sam Cook.
Spinner Harmer added his 64th and 65th scalp as Sean Ervine was well caught at first slip by Varun Chopra and Ian Holland chopped on.
Harmer’s wicket taking partner Jamie Porter notched his third scalp of the innings, and 67th of the campaign, as Liam Dawson was bowled following a stodgy eight.
The hosts ended the session on 243 for eight - as Gareth Berg edged Harmer behind to the last ball before tea.
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Somerset 206-7 v SurreyAn explosive afternoon spell of 5 for 32 in ten overs by Rikki Clarke sent Somerset sliding to 206 for 7 by tea in their crucial Specsavers County Championship Division One match against Surrey at the Kia Oval.Marcus Trescothick’s 65 from 84 balls, in an opening stand of 96 with Ed Byrom (42), had earlier given Somerset the perfect start after they had won a toss and opted to take first use of what initially seemed to be a good batting surface.But the rot set in for Somerset when 36-year-old all-rounder Clarke was given the ball immediately after lunch and, in the space of 34 balls, took five wickets for 17 runs. Only Steven Davies, on 51 not out at the interval, survived the carnage to lead a late order hunt for as many valuable batting bonus points as possible for relegation-haunted Somerset.Clarke began Somerset’s dramatic collapse to 138 for 6 by having George Bartlett well held at first slip by Kumar Sangakkara for 4, and he then pinned had James Hildreth leg-before for 1 and bowled Tom Abell for a fourth-ball duck in his next over. Byrom followed, fending weakly to gully, and Peter Trego lost both his off and middle stumps when bowled for 2 through an airy drive.Davies, however, batting fluently against his former county, was joined by Craig Overton in a determined seventh wicket stand of 53 which ended just before tea when Overton, on 24, tried to whip a ball from left-arm seamer Sam Curran through mid-wicket and was bowled.Trescothick, 41 and in his 374th first-class match, was leg-before to Surrey captain and off spinner Gareth Batty on the stroke of lunch after including 11 fours in a 62-ball fifty and 13 boundaries overall in a dominant display that made a mockery of what came almost immediately after his departure.Left-hander Trescothick was particularly severe on teenager Curran, 22 years his junior, with a resounding square drive and pull-hook for boundaries early on being followed later by two more fours, when Curran changed ends, to take him to his half-century in the 19th over.Only 13 points separated Somerset and third-placed Surrey at the start of this penultimate round of championship games, with three other counties also in the relegation zone.
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WICKET: Warwickshire 219 all out (70.1 ov, won the toss) v Yorkshire
RN Sidebottom b Fisher 0 (7) Partnership: 2 (1.3 ov)
MD Fisher 15.1-3-54-5 WB Rankin 21* (65) -
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WICKET: Warwickshire 217/9 (68.4 ov, won the toss) v Yorkshire
JS Patel lbw b Fisher 100 (112) Partnership: 66 (18.4 ov)
MD Fisher 14.4-3-54-4 WB Rankin 21* (63) -
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INDIVIDUAL 100: JS Patel 100* (111)
Warwickshire 217/8 (68.3 ov, won the toss) v Yorkshire
