3 days ago
Key events
After England’s stonking triumph past nighttime successful nan tourney opener, location are 4 much World Cup games today. West Indies v New Zealand, Australia v South Africa, India v Afghanistan and Scotland v Ireland. Tim de Lisle is watching things unfurl astatine Old Trafford.
I was excessively hasty. It has stopped raining and I’ve conscionable glimpsed nan sun arsenic nan train approaches Kirkham and Wesham. Like immoderate self-respecting child, nan small boy other has already eaten nan barbecued beef hoola hoops and 1 digit twirl from his lunchtime picnic.
Scores connected nan doors
Division One
Grace Road: Leicestershire v Essex 342-5
Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire v Somerset 295-7
Hove: Sussex 136-2 v Glamorgan 155
Scarborough: Yorkshire 386-6 v Warwickshire
Division Two
Chester-le-Street: Durham 302-7 v Derbyshire
Blackpool: Lancashire 17-2 v Kent 178
Northampton: Northamptonshire 380-7 v Gloucestershire
New Road: Worcestershire v Middlesex 291-8
Friday's information up
Jordan Cox, caller from warming nan chair for six weeks successful nan IPL, and buoyed by an England call-up, clunked, thumped and chunked an unbeaten 184 against Leicestershire astatine Grace Road. Essex’s Cox, who reached his period disconnected conscionable 73 balls, sewage location pinch a monstrous six correct retired of nan ground. Matt Critchley was bowled conscionable earlier stumps for 97, nightwatch Jamie Porter pursuing soon afterwards.
Meanwhile Liam Livingstone, playing successful his first Championship crippled for Lancashire since 2021, collected 5 wickets for 20 runs successful 46 balls astatine Blackpool pinch a heady operation of limb and off-spin arsenic Kent slipped down nan stairs and landed pinch a thump. They collapsed from 111 for 2 to 178 each retired aft being asked to bat connected a damp pitch. Lancashire’s Joe Moores, conscionable 17, took a drawback and a neat stumping connected his first-class debut.
Glamorgan had an unhappy first time astatine Hove, whistled retired for 155, pinch 4 wickets for Sussex’s Indian left-arm seamer Jaydev Unadkat nether dense skies – each 10 batters retired caught. Ollie Robinson, Gus Atkinson and a accelerated Jofra Archer were each spotted bowling successful nan nets nether nan adjacent oculus of England fast-bowling supremo Troy Cooley.
Jordan Hermann, successful bully touch aft a period against nan Lions for South Africa A, was nan linchpin of Somerset’s innings pinch 106 astatine Trent Bridge. But he was nan unwitting origin of James Rew’s dismissal, a stinging consecutive thrust deflected by Dillon Pennington’s fingertip into nan stumps erstwhile Rew was backing up. But it was a bully time for 1 personnel of nan Rew family, younger relative Thomas, 18, who cantered to 68 successful conscionable his 2nd Championship appearance. Notts fought backmost pinch nan caller ball.
Derbyshire’s man of nan infinitesimal Ben Aitchison grabbed 4 wickets against Durham astatine Chester-le-Street, wherever England selector Marcus North was besides spotted. Shoaib Bashir, released by England, bowled 11 overs.
Will Luxton galloped to a maiden Championship period for Yorkshire against Warwickshire astatine Scarborough; Northamptonshire’s Saif Zaib refound his touch pinch a beautiful 142 against Gloucestershire, helped by Nathan McSweeney (117), and Worcestershire restricted Middlesex to 291 for 8 astatine New Road.
Preamble
Good greeting from a Northern train heading to Blackpool north. The further westbound I go, nan wetter it gets, soggy elderflower and scowling pylons staring done nan train window. Still, dream springs eternal. Play mightiness commencement astatine 11am astatine Stanley Park and astir nan country, do subordinate us.
