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A 100 business astatine Sophia Gardens! Much whooping from nan crowd/dressing room. Dickson and Hadley stock a mitt shake. Somerset look a small resigned now. The target beneath fifty. Time to bet pinch immoderate much Leach?
Elsewhere,
Kent are 3 down, Northeast for four, to Will Williams, who seems to beryllium having rather a fruitful summertime for Gloucestershire. They request different 173. Muyeye still location connected a boundary-heavy 44.
A 3rd wicket for Shoaib Bashir astatine The County Ground, Northants are clawing on, but person only 4 wickets left. McSweeney 47 not out. They still way Derby by a immense 201.
Rain astatine Hove, pinch Sussex 16-1 chasing different 115 to hit Leicester.
And Notts 263-3 astatine Trent Bridge, centurion Duckett has mislaid partner Clarke for 59, lbw to Dan Worrall.
At nan Gardens, slow and pinch awesome care, and a spot of luck, Glamorgan are successful show of a win. They request 64, pinch Sean Dickson (58) and Ryan Hadley (22), nan overnight batters, still successful situ.
100 for Ben Duckett
After a drawstring of bully scores, a hundred astatine last. Joe Clarke, who is successful formidable form, is 59 not out. Notts 242-3.
Dan Lawrence, who made a 100 yesterday, has already whirled done 14 overs successful this innings. No Ben Foakes to move his limb complete though, aft he injured himself successful a akin lucifer business against Essex.
"Very disappointing"
Yorkshire coach Anthony McGrath.
“I’ve not really sewage overmuch much to opportunity different than it’s very disappointing.
“With nan bat and ball, peculiarly pinch nan shot successful that 2nd innings, we were comprehensively beaten.
“Credit to Warwickshire, they fought backmost by clip and past again. They showed america really to vessel connected that pitch. They ne'er missed their lengths, and location was capable successful that transportation throughout.”
Lunchtime scores
DIVISION ONE
Chelmsford: Essex 273 and 178-4 BEAT Hampshire 235 and 214 by six wickets
Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan 229 and 202-5 v Somerset 354 and 157 Glamorgan request 81 to win
Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire 415 and 219-2 v Surrey 449
Hove: Sussex 430 and 8-1 v Leicestershire 328 and 227 Sussex request 118 to win
Edgbaston: Warwickshire 147 and 553-6 BEAT Yorkshire 152 and 171 by 377 runs
DIVISION TWO
The County Ground: Derbyshire 604-7dec v Northamptonshire 228 and 140-5
Bristol: Gloucestershire 325 and 262 v Kent 327 and 64-2 Kent request 197 to win
Old Trafford: Middlesex 169 and 117-4 BEAT Lancashire 201 and 84 by six wickets
New Road: Durham 268 and 143-1 BEAT Worcestershire 308 and 102 by 9 wickets
Warwickshire BEAT Yorkshire by 377 runs
Ali Martin
Another erstwhile Yorkshire cricketer seals it for Warwickshire astatine Edgbaston, pinch Jordan Thompson replacing OHD astatine nan City End and seeing his first shot tickled down by Jack White. Yorkshire 171 each retired and defeated by 377 runs successful nan end. Plenty to ponder for nan visitors, while nan Bears spell apical of nan array aft bagging 19 points. They whitethorn not extremity nan time location but a promising commencement to nan play each nan same.
Edgbaston: Warwickshire 147 and 553-6 BEAT Yorkshire 152 and 171 by 377 runs
Warwickshire 19 points, Yorkshire 3 points
Aha, 1 pre-lunch offering of Jack Leach astatine Sophia Gardens.
Over astatine Derby, Northants person mislaid 3 wickets this morning, 1 each for Bashir, Aitchison and Chappell. A agelong day of defence up to debar an innings defeat. Nathan McSweeney 33 not out.
Lewis Gregory gets a ticking disconnected from nan umpires for misdemeanours unknown.
Ali Martin
A 3rd wicket of nan morning for Olly Hannon-Dalby takes him to a seventh wicket successful nan lucifer against his erstwhile county. Nice spot of bowling from Halifax’s finest, mounting up Ben Cliff for an inswinger that sent limb stump for a tumble. Warwickshire now wrong rubbing region of a immense victory.
The upwind seems to beryllium fine for now astatine Sophia Gardens, where, softly, softly, Glamorgan are creeping up connected Somerset. Sean Dickson drives Craig Overton for 4 to trim nan target to nether a hundred. And nan adjacent ball, a fat half volley is driven for another. Glamorgan 191-5.
Rain astatine Bristol
With Kent 64-2, needing different 197 disconnected 72 overs.
Leicestershire are 9 down and successful heavy trouble, contempt Ben Cox’s champion efforts. His 46 shot 32 sits amongst six azygous figures scores. Leicestershire 215 for nine, lead by conscionable 113. Though rainfall whitethorn yet person a word.
Hadley and Dickson proceed to stitchery runs slow astatine Cardiff, Glamorgan now request conscionable 111 pinch 5 wickets still successful hand. Still nary overs from Jack Leach.
Another 3 fours by Muyeye disconnected nan adjacent over, including a lipsmacking consecutive drive. Kent 56 for 2.
Muyeye tucking into Taylor successful Bristol – 3 fours and an elaborate time off to decorativeness nan over. That’ll lighten Kent spirits – Kent 43-1, request different 218 to hit Gloucestershire.
Was chatting to group astatine OT yesterday, asking if location were immoderate batters from nan 2nd XI knocking connected nan doorway of nan first squad and nan reply was nary - not really. Harry Singh and George Bell, but neither person looked wholly convincing yet erstwhile they’ve had their chance. Rocky Flintoff hasn’t been successful nan runs. Young Joe Moores looks nan existent woody but he’s besides a wicketkeeper truthful that would beryllium a large call.
Ali Martin
It’s a spot Logan van Bleak for Yorkshire here, arsenic their Dutch all-rounder repeats nan earlier Matt Revis dismissal to springiness Rob Yates his sixth drawback of nan lucifer astatine 2nd slip. Two wickets beryllium betwixt Warwickshire and their 2nd triumph of nan season.
Fifty for Ben Duckett
Ben Duckett must beryllium beautiful pleased pinch his returns aft turning down nan IPL to rediscover his red-ball form: 25, 1, 62, 93, 77, 42 and now 59 not out. Notts 155-2, lead Surrey by 121 successful a crippled that has had thing for illustration nan jeopardy of nan penultimate lucifer of nan play past year.
Ali Martin
This has been a very bully commencement to nan day by Warwickshire, pinch some OHD and Ethan Bamber probing distant and being rewarded pinch a wicket apiece. George Hill is nan latest to fall, Bamber getting a smidgeon of other bounce to nonstop a elemental drawback to Sam Hain astatine first slip. Yorkshire 7 down now pinch Logan van Beek joining Dom Bess retired successful nan middle.
Yikes, Crawley crouches and, caput bobbing, opts for a immense booming thrust and loses his mediate stump to Will Williams. He turns smartly connected his bottommost and marches away. Kent 24-2. And now no-one knows wherever nan shot is.
Nothing overmuch happening for a spot astatine Cardiff truthful swapping complete to nan Bristol stream, wherever Kent are already 23 for one. Dawkins nan wicket, Bell nan wickettaker.
Ali Martin
OMG it’s OHD pinch nan breakthrough astatine chilly Edgbaston – reward for his meticulous commencement from nan City End arsenic Matt Revis yet pushes retired to 1 and sends a drawback to 2nd slip. Yorkshire 122 for six, pinch 2 of my County XI players now astatine nan crease successful nan style of George Hill and Dom Bess.
Leicestershire are disintegrating this greeting – arsenic now Hudson-Prentice removes Ben Green’s disconnected stump. Three wickets person gone for 10 runs.
At Cardiff, Sean Dickson flays Jake Ball done nan covers for four. Glamorgan 158-5.
Kent person started their chase and Crawley and Dawkins person safely knocked disconnected 8 runs.
Calamity, calamity for Leicestershire, arsenic Stevie Eskinazi is tally retired charging down nan pitch. His partner Ben Cox has his backmost turned, diving for his ain crease and past slips, and some batters extremity up nan aforesaid extremity alternatively cross. Leicestershire 162-6, lead Sussex by conscionable 60.
Watching Craig Overton tally successful astatine afloat throttle, and wondering what it is for illustration to beryllium six ft 5 and built for illustration nan Berlin wall, that’s a hellhole of a batch of assemblage to transportation astir . Anyway, a ninth maiden for Overton. Glamorgan 148-5, request different 135.
Kent request 261 to win
Kent now cognize their equation, arsenic Derbyshire adhd different 11 runs this greeting earlier Matt Taylor secures his 4th wicket.
Ollie Robinson pinch an early breakthrough astatine Hove, wherever nan upwind looks alternatively nicer than it is successful Manchester. Jonny Tattersall’s stumps disturbed, retired for 54. Leicestershire half out, pinch nan lead conscionable 52.
Anthony Gibson reports that Tom Abell said it was 50:50 past nighttime successful Cardiff. Feels much tilted to Somerset than that.
Raf is underwhelmed.
11.15 commencement astatine Edgbaston
With 4 overs lost. Things are astir to sprout into action elsewhere.
“Now then, Tanya!” Hell0 location Tim Maitland.
“I’ve started respective different emails to you complete nan past fewer weeks wondering why Yorkshire are struggling. One was astir really nan seamers, pinch nan objection of George Hill, haven’t been supporting nan parsimonious Jack White. Note: White bowled 16 overs astatine 1.75 an complete successful that disastrous 2nd Warwickshire innings.
”Another was rubbing connected Adam Lyth who hasn’t travel adjacent to replicating his shape this clip past year. In his first 10 innings of 2025 he was averaging 61.1, including 185 astatine Chelmsford, but conscionable arsenic importantly, a publication of astatine slightest 20 connected each but 1 occasion, which meant that Yorkshire were ever getting immoderate benignant of instauration to build on.
”Lyth’s had his moments this twelvemonth - a match-saving 97 astatine Glamorgan, a 76 while wickets clattered against Hampshire - but his past fewer innings person been 2 and 4 successful this crippled astatine Warwickshire, 6 against Sussex when, possibly tellingly, nos 2-to-4 scored 105, 101 and 96 and a six-ball duck successful nan 2nd sound against Hants. 226 runs successful 9 innings and an mean of 25.1.
”The batting against Warwickshire though has been worrying, looking for illustration a portion quickly losing confidence. James Wharton, for illustration YJB successful nan first innings, getting bowled attempting a time off hints astatine scrambled brains, and I wonderment whether captaining a struggling broadside explains Bairstow’s seemingly distrait batting. You could person a moan, arsenic if nan people of God’s ain state ever request an invitation to do that, astatine Harry Brook’s dismissal driving, but by his ain standards his caught and bowled astatine nan hands of teammate-turned-tormentor Jordan Thompson wasn’t peculiarly rash. I’ll beryllium amazed if they past nan greeting convention today.”
I cognize this is heretical, but I was wondering if YJB’s eyes mightiness not beryllium arsenic razor crisp arsenic they erstwhile were – though tbf he doesn’t look to person immoderate issues down nan sticks, astatine slightest not that I’ve noticed.
Correction from Edgbaston, no-one is yet warming up truthful nan commencement could beryllium a while away.
Just successful from Ali, that they whitethorn moreover commencement connected clip astatine Edgbaston.
Ali Martin
G’morning from Edgbaston, wherever astir an hr of tropical rainfall now sees nan groundstaff beavering distant connected nan covers, sweeping distant nan excess water. It is brightening up overhead, truthful location whitethorn not beryllium excessively agelong a delay. Yorkshire 98 for five, still 451 runs awkward of their notional target, person it each to do to prevention this match.
Greenest Ground title 2026
If your section cricket nine is taking steps to become greener, making abstraction for nature, do participate nan Cricketer/Ortus Energy Greenest Ground competition. There is simply a £500 prize for nan victor – judges are naturalist Mark Cocker, Russell Seymour from BASIS and writer Roger Morgan-Grenville.
(Pls excuse nan plug arsenic I’ve been progressive pinch this title since nan opening – though I’ve ne'er been a judge. I’m ever blown distant by nan perfectly inspiring activity that clubs person managed to do.)
An Australian prodigy? Excellent.
Sunday's round-up
A memorable three-wicket complete from Naavya Sharma, sailing successful from nan Brian Statham end, whippy action and accelerated arm, knocked nan beans retired of Lancashire, who slumped to a high-drama six-wicket conclusion against their promotion rivals Middlesex aft being sent packing for 84.
Sharma’s first shot of nan greeting was nibbled to gaffe by Matty Hurst, past a flat-footed Tom Hartley parried nan adjacent behind. Tom Bailey survived nan hat-trick shot but endurance was little arsenic he fenced nan last transportation besides to slip. Sharma polished things disconnected successful his adjacent complete to decorativeness pinch champion bowling figures of 4 for 17.
Ryan Higgins besides banked four, including nan bizarre dismissal of Mitch Stanley, who mislaid his limb bail contempt nan shot brushing disconnected stump. Not moreover Jimmy Anderson could take sides 117, and Ben Geddes put his ft down, slamming 3 sixes connected nan measurement to a match-winning 73 not out. It was Middlesex’s first triumph successful a Championship crippled astatine Old Trafford since 1996.
Durham swept to triumph against Worcestershire aft they excessively collapsed for illustration a too-eager heap of bedside books. Worcestershire mislaid 9 for 38 and were each retired successful a session, pinch Ben Stokes picking up a mates of late-order snifters. A flamboyant Ben McKinney and observant Emilio Gay made nan pursuit of 143 look easy.
Essex became nan 3rd squad to wrap up a three-day triumph erstwhile they chased down 177 against Hampshire, acknowledgment mostly to 90 not retired from Matt Critchley. It was 3rd consecutive conclusion for Hampshire.
At Trent Bridge, wherever Surrey and Nottinghamshire person exchanged large run-heavy blows, Gus Atkinson was deed doubly connected nan helmet successful 2 overs by Josh Tongue (4-89), and retired pinch delayed concussion. He will miss Surrey’s adjacent lucifer nether concussion rules. Reece Topley subs in. Dan Lawrence’s 104 was his 3rd period of nan spring.
Scores connected nan doors
DIVISION ONE
Chelmsford: Essex 273 and 178-4 BEAT Hampshire 235 and 214 by six wickets
Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan 229 and 140-5 v Somerset 354 and 157 Glamorgan request 143 to win
Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire 415 and 99-1 v Surrey 449
Hove: Sussex 430 v Leicestershire 328 and 154-4
Edgbaston: Warwickshire 147 and 553-6 v Yorkshire 152 and 98-5
DIVISION TWO
The County Ground: Derbyshire 604-7dec v Northamptonshire 228 and 66-2
Bristol: Gloucestershire 325 and 251-9 v Kent 327
Old Trafford: Middlesex 169 and 117-4 BEAT Lancashire 201 and 84 by six wickets
New Road: Durham 268 and 143-1 BEAT Worcestershire 308 and 102 by 9 wickets
Preamble
Good morning! Welcome to time 4 of this 5th information of Championship games. Three were polished disconnected yesterday pinch victories for Middlesex, Essex and Durham – including 2 mega collapses by Worcestershire and Lancs. More nosy successful shop today, pinch contiguous attraction to Sophia Gardens, wherever Somerset are hungry, and Edgabston, wherever Yorkshire are toast. Play starts astatine 11am, do subordinate us.
