Specsavers Championship, Tuesday, September 26, 2017
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Jon Culley at Warwickshire v Hampshire 13-3Three batting points suddenly looks like a tall order. Ryan Sidebottom (the new one) is bowling superbly and has dismissed both of Hampshire’s left-handed openers. Now Chris Wright has claimed the important wicket of James Vince, leg before to a ball of full length. Perhaps the relegation scrap will have another twist. - Live Update
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WICKET: Kent 23/1 (9.4 ov, lead by 96 - 2nd inns) v Glamorgan
DJ Bell-Drummond lbw b Hogan 13 (32) Partnership: 23 (9.4 ov)
MG Hogan 4.4-1-7-1 SR Dickson 10* (26) -
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WICKET: Durham 12/1 (5.4 ov, trail by 323 - 1st inns) v Worcs
KK Jennings c †Cox b Tongue 9 (22) Partnership: 12 (5.4 ov)
JC Tongue 2.4-1-8-1 CT Steel 2* (12) -
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WICKET: Hampshire 13/3 (6.5 ov, trail by 175 - 1st inns) v Warwickshire
JM Vince lbw b Wright 4 (6) Partnership: 5 (1.1 ov)
CJC Wright 3.5-1-8-1 SM Ervine 2* (8) -
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WICKET: Derbyshire 355/5 (97.3 ov, lost the toss) v Gloucs
GC Wilson c Noema-Barnett b MD Taylor 5 (16) Partnership: 13 (6.3 ov)
MD Taylor 20.3-3-71-3 AL Hughes 129* (246) -
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WICKET: Hampshire 8/2 (5.4 ov, trail by 180 - 1st inns) v Warwickshire
JHK Adams b Sidebottom 3 (12) Partnership: 3 (2.2 ov)
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Essex 227 & 24-2 lead Yorkshire 111 by 140 runsJack Brooks made early inroads into the Essex top-order as Yorkshire attempted to prevent the champions putting the game beyond their reach at Chelmsford.The Yorkshire seamer had two for 16 from his opening six overs as Essex made the worst possible start after securing a 116-run first-innings lead. Varun Chopra and Ravi Bopara fell in the space of two balls in Brooks’s second over, both plumb lbw with only six runs on the board.At tea on the second day, Essex had extended their advantage by 24 runs in 17 overs for the loss of those two wickets with Nick Browne and Dan Lawrence focused on crease occupation on 15 and three respectively.Yorkshire had been dismissed for 111 in 46 overs by mid-afternoon with Jamie Porter, Neil Wagner and Simon Harmer splitting nine wickets equally between themselves. Porter claimed his for 29 runs in 14 overs, Wagner at a personal cost of 21 from nine, and Harmer for 36.Matt Fisher and Steven Patterson held out for nine overs after lunch, adding just eight runs, before three wickets fell in 14 balls. Porter pinned Patterson lbw, Harmer had Jack Brooks flashing outside off-stump to be snapped up behind, and Fisher exposed his stumps to give Porter his third wicket.The last-wicket pair took Yorkshire past three-figures before Harmer had Karl Carver trying to leave one alone, only to glove the ball behind. - ECB Reporters Network
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Sussex 565 v NottsNotts, chasing 12 points to ensure promotion to the first division, are unlikely to win their match against Sussex at Hove.
It’s tea at the County Ground and Sussex have just been bowled out for 565, which represents a decent recovery after being 107 for five on the opening day.
Notts also missed out on a maximum third bowling point. That means they will have to score 400 to pick up maximum batting points and also draw the game to reach their points target.
After Michael Burgess scored his maiden first-class hundred, Chris Jordan made a career-best 147 and finally Jofra Archer thumped 72 off 84 balls, with seven fours and two sixes. The good news for Notts is that the pitch is playing very well.
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Worcestershire 335 v DurhamWorcestershire took a big step towards securing promotion to Division One in the Specsavers County Championship when taking three batting bonus point against Durham at New Road.
Joe Clarke (65), Ravi Ashwin (82) and Ed Barnard, with a career-best 75, completed half-centuries as the Division Two leaders posted a total of 335 after resuming at 90 for 3.
Three more points – which could come from taking nine Durham wickets in 110 overs – would put Joe Leach’s team in the top-flight next summer.
Durham claimed three wickets in the morning session, the most important when Clarke edged Graham Onions to first slip after hitting ten fours.
Ashwin took control in the afternoon, putting on 66 with Ben Cox (30) and 86 with the consistent all-rounder Barnard.
Ashwin’s first championship 50 came from 86 balls and in all the India Test star hit seven fours until he was lbw for a first championship wicket for teenage spinner Liam Trevaskis.
Barnard’s fifth championship half-century of the summer arrived from 59 balls and his response to two wickets by Onions was to hit two sixes off Cameron Steel before he was last out, bowled by Mark Wood.
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Lancashire 222-7 lead Surrey by 21 runsTwo half-century partnerships in the afternoon session helped Lancashire recover from losing five quick wickets before lunch to take the lead of their Specsavers County Championship match against Surrey at Old Trafford.
Lancashire skipper Steven Croft was the key component of both stands and was unbeaten on 87 at tea.
He first put on 56 for the sixth wicket with Ryan McLaren before sharing a 63-run stand with Tom Bailey for the seventh wicket.
In doing so Croft notched his first Championship fifty of the season and his highest score since a century against Warwickshire in June 2016.
Surrey took two wickets in the session as McLaren became the third Lancashire batsman to be trapped lbw by Gareth Batty and Bailey fell to the leg-spin of Scott Borthwick. Lancashire went to tea on 222-7, leading by 21.
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Derbyshire 346-4 v GloucestershireDerbyshire continue to dominate the second day of their Specsavers’ County Championship game against Gloucestershire in Bristol thanks to centurions Wayne Madsen and Alex Hughes.
It was a tough afternoon for Gloucestershire who saw Derbyshire progress from 193 for 2 at lunch to 346 for 4 at tea with Madsen one of only two wickets to fall during the session, for 121.
Earlier, Madsen had been the first of the third wicket pair to reach three figures – off 175 balls with 17 fours. Hughes, who hardly put a foot wrong, followed suit off 204 balls with 15 fours.
Gloucestershire had to wait a long time for the initial breakthrough - Josh Shaw sending back Madsen, caught behind at 307 for 3. Between them, Madsen and Hughes added 233 for the third wicket.
Medium pacer Benny Howell picked up his side’s fourth wicket when he bowled Matt Critchley for 19 at 342 for 4, but regardless of that second wicket, it was another session that belonged to the visitors. - ECB Reporters Network
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George Dobell at Somerset (236 and 87-3) v Middlesex (142)
This match, and Division One status, is slowly drifting away from Middlesex. If the pitch is as bad as they were suggesting yesterday, their bowlers have made poor use of it allowing Somerset to push their lead up towards 200. We have had times when two seamers have bowled in tandem – something of a rarity in this match – and, on this showing, Craig Overton has looked more dangerous than Steven Finn. If Somerset do survive – and they are favourites to do so now – it will constitute a remarkable fightback: they won just one of their first 10 Championship matches this season. But it seems unthinkable that they will be penalised for this surface now and Middlesex are going to face a daunting target. - Live Update
