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Lovely to spot Richard Rae successful nan commentary container – he’s specified a pro. Gutted that he won’t beryllium doing immoderate much CC aft nan adjacent crippled due to a money-saving determination by BBC Leicester. In different news, Nottinghamshire Brett Hutton has been formally replaced by James Hayes
Green bid astatine Grace Road, though not for agelong pinch Olly Stone owed to decorativeness his complete shortly.
None of nan England women are playing this weekend, alternatively they’re team-building astatine an service camp. I’m people dubious contempt England winning nan Ashes aft their travel to Bavaria which Graeme Swann, successful his autobiography, The Breaks Are Off, described arsenic “easily nan worst 4 days of my life”.
Saturday's round-up
Nottinghamshire’s Olly Stone, whose vulnerable assemblage has surgery pinch heartbreaking regularity, blew distant Leicestershire successful their East Midlands derby. His bowling, fierce and pinch chopstick-sharp accuracy, torpedoed stumps and tortured batters. Figures of five-for-41 were his champion for Notts, a first five-wicket haul since 2019. Earlier, Ben Green had vanished pinch 7 for 112 arsenic Notts’ innings ended connected 490.
At Taunton, Somerset’s innings subsided overmuch arsenic Yorkshire’s had. Jack White collected 4 for 41 arsenic Somerset mislaid their past 7 wickets for conscionable 73. The in-form Tom Abell reached 50 and Will Smeed, easing his measurement into red-ball cricket, was near unbeaten connected a observant 36. Thomas Rew, relative of James, was retired for a duck connected Championship debut, earlier rainfall wiped retired overmuch of nan time aft lunch.
With an England opener slot perchance up for grabs, Durham’s Emilio Gay didn’t fluff his lines, 75 not retired astatine rather nan lick astatine Lord’s. Ben McKinney, besides mentioned successful dispatches, delivered a much sedate 46. Earlier, Ryan Higgins collected his first period for astir 2 years, and Zafar Gohar added 56 arsenic Middlesex passed 400. Ben Raine was nan prime of nan Durham bowlers pinch 5 for 58.
But if Brendon McCullum decides to alteration tack, he request glimpse only complete to nan Oval, wherever nan stolid and dependable Dom Sibley vanished unbeaten connected 116 for Surrey, his 2nd 100 successful successive games. Rory Burns and Ryan Patel collected much accelerated half-centuries, and Sussex’s Henry Crocombe, who deed Burns connected nan manus earlier dismissing him, zipped done an awesome spell.
Luis Reece played an innings to retrieve astatine Canterbury, thrashing 5 sixes to get Derbyshire person to Kent’s first innings people of 352 than looked likely. He and Shoaib Bashir (12) added 56 for nan past wicket arsenic nan visitors reached 304, overmuch to Kent’s frustration. Rain stopped play, but not earlier Rory Haydon had spoilt Zak Crawley’s afternoon, trapping him lbw for 15.
Ricardo Vasconcelos’ 2nd period of nan play was an entertaining one, hauling Northamptonshire successful beforehand of Worcestershire astatine New Road. Saif Zaib, whose outstanding shape past twelvemonth won him respective awards, danced to a speedy 75.
At Southampton, location was a first Championship double period for Kiran Carlson, and a career-best 143 for Zain ul Hassan, earlier Glamorgan declared and nan rainfall rolled successful to stall Hampshire’s reply.
Scores connected nan doors
Division One
Southampton: Hampshire 58-0 v Glamorgan 536-7dec
Leicester: Leicestershire 220-8 v Nottinghamshire 490
Taunton: Somerset 274 v Yorkshire 162 and 13-0
The Oval: Surrey 292-2 v Sussex 358-9dec
Division Two
Canterbury: Kent 352 and 38-2 v Derbyshire 304
Lord’s: Middlesex 430 v Durham 135-1
Northampton: Northants 366-5 v Worcestershire 306
Preamble
Good morning! A cooler, damper one, fleece complete suncream. Seven games rotation into time three, will rainfall bring herb to batting paradises? Play starts astatine 11am, bring a croissant – it is Sunday aft all.
