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"It could person bee very different"
A very happy Ben Aitchison, having a lucifer to remember: “It was awesome fun. I’ve conscionable said to Wayne, we were having a laughter retired location and really enjoying ourselves. That’s what makes it truthful overmuch easier erstwhile you’ve sewage personification astatine nan different extremity who it is simply a joyousness batting with. There were balls retired location that were doing each sorts and we couldn’t get adjacent to them, truthful you conscionable had to laughter it disconnected and past spell again.
“I astir didn’t spell retired arsenic 2nd nightwatchman past nighttime because I sewage told astatine nan past 2nd to get my pads connected and I was almost not ready. So it could person each been very different. I decidedly didn’t deliberation that (a hundred) was going to hap this morning, but evidently very happy.
“I was connected 64 and I was starting to deliberation astir it past arsenic I’d had a small stake pinch nan gaffer arsenic good that I astir apt can’t show you astir here. It was erstwhile I sewage to 97 wherever nan section was still up and I knew I was 1 4 distant and that’s erstwhile I thought I tin really do this.”
Apologies for plugging my ain writing, but this is specified a awesome cricket set-up.
Saturday's round-up
A rainy Saturday inspired county nightwatchmen. At Lord’s, Derbyshire’s Ben Aitchison followed up his 5 wickets pinch a maiden first-class hundred, stacked pinch charming drives. As he crossed nan line, he sewage a immense hug from Wayne Madsen and smiled nan widest of smiles. Madsen followed up pinch his first 100 astatine Lord’s connected a tiring time for Middlesex’s bowlers.
Also connected overnight duties was Jamie Porter, whose first first-class 50 was nan Sellotape Essex needed from nan messiness of 39 for four. Charlie Allison put connected 96 pinch Porter, and collected 72 earlier nibbling astatine Josh Hull. Wiann Mulder (70) and Simon Harmer (33) past punished Leicestershire further and took nan to wrong 52 runs of parity.
Emilio Gay celebrated his England call-up pinch a duck astatine Beckenham, wherever Durham recovered themselves successful astonishment problem connected a transportation wherever Kent merrily gathered 523. David Bedingham was 72 not retired astatine stumps but recovered small different support. Earlier, Matthew Potts had collected six for 92.
A morning’s play was capable for Surrey to rattle done nan remainder of Yorkshire’s batting. Matt Fisher gathered 4 for 92, removing Friday’s centurion Jonny Bairstow successful nan 2nd complete of nan day. After Adam Lyth fell for 141, George Hill (34) and Dom Bess (42) deed Yorkshire towards 500.
Rain and Abell were nan ascendant themes astatine Taunton, wherever Tom Abell, Division One’s 2nd highest scorer, reached his 3rd period of nan season, accompanied by Craig Overton, who biffed his second. Somerset declared connected 525 for eight, and location was conscionable clip for Overton to nonstop Sussex’s Tom Haines connected his way, earlier nan floodlights failed.
Kyle Abbott bowled Nottinghamshire’s Haseeb Hameed for a duck soon earlier a lunchtime ceremonial to observe nan South African’s 500th Hampshire wicket. Sonny Baker, moving successful pinch pace, past removed Ben Slater and deed nan fingers of Freddie McCann, who subsequently retired hurt. After play, Baker said of his England call-up: “It is simply a dream travel true. I consciousness for illustration I’ve beaten nan bat a batch this season, which has been frustrating, but successful position of nan outcomes I’ve had, I’d beryllium lying if I wasn’t beautiful pleased.”
Glamorgan picked isolated Warwickshire’s batting connected a damp time successful Cardiff. Alex Davies and Dan Mousely cautiously collected 30 apiece, but location were slim pickings elsewhere, to time off Warwickshire 123 for six, 237 runs successful nan red.
There were chaotic scenes astatine successful a low-scoring shootout astatine Bristol, aft Northants were skittled for 127, pinch 5 wickets for Matt Taylor. Gloucestershire past opened their 2nd innings pinch 2 tailenders, 1 – Will Williams – returning to nan crease soon aft being retired to enactment arsenic a runner for nan different – Craig Miles – who was retired soon afterwards.
There was nary play astatine Southport pinch Lancashire still trailing Worcestershire by 242 runs.
Scores connected nan doors
Chelmsford: Essex 281-8 v Leicestershire 333
Southampton: Hampshire 214 v Nottinghamshire 124-3
Taunton: Somerset 526-8dec v Sussex 22-1
Edgbaston: Warwickshire 123-6 v Glamorgan 360
Headingley: Yorkshire 486 v Surrey 17-0
Division Two
Bristol: Gloucestershire 154 and 21-3 v Northamptonshire 127
Beckenham: Kent 523 v Durham 173-5
Southport: Lancashire 28-0 v Worcestershire 270 no play today
Lord’s: Middlesex 177 and 13-1 v Derbyshire 376
Preamble
Good morning! From unpromising beginnings nether southbound Manchester skies, it’s a good motortruck done nan Pennines this morning. Mytholmroyd position looked truthful beautiful and I now know, acknowledgment to nan position noticeboard, that it was nan birthplace of Ted Hughes successful 1930.
A tie already looks connected nan cards astatine Headingley, but possibly Surrey will illness successful a heap and astonishment america all. Elsewhere, Middlesex request to excavation in, Durham are successful trouble, everything is going successful fast-forward connected nan hybrid transportation astatine Bristol, Essex are fighting back, Glamorgan are suprising (or possibly not, aft 2 wins connected nan bounce) Warwicks, Sussex person a conflict connected their hands and it is early days astatine Southampton. Fingers crossed for immoderate play astatine Southport.
All swings into action astatine 11am. Do driblet in.
