Key occasions
Ali Martin
Keith Barker has his pink socks on right now, suggesting he means enterprise, however 45 minutes into play at Edgbaston they usually’ve gone off for rain with no wickets having fallen because the delayed restart. In that point Warwickshire have progress to 157 for 2 from 52 overs, with the ball zipping about however Rob Yates trying nearly as good as he did yesterday to maneuver to 90 not out. Sam Hain is on seven on the different finish, the one Bears batter previous 1,000 runs this season. And as I write this, brilliant sunshine has damaged out. Groundstaff are trying over yonder, nonetheless, and will wait a bit longer. There’s some extra coming I fancy.
Surrey will face one over earlier than lunch.
Ahhh, Balderson caught heading skywards in desperation, with simply Parkinson left on the different finish. Just three in need of what would have been a maiden century. Lancashire 512 all out. Five for Moriarty in his first Championship run-out of the yr.He really has a contact of the Andrew Scott’s across the face.
Glammy going for the batting factors – assortment within the palms of Andrew Salter and Chris Cooke. 314 for 5.
150 for Matthew Mongomery!
Runs, run, runs in opposition to a Durham bowling assault that appears drained. Notts 369-3 and laying down the man ropes to bat all day.
Fifty for Zac Crawley
Nine, presumably superb, fours. Is this going to carry a last-minute NatWest Final-esque nudge to the selectors? Kent 105-0
Oooh, might Yorkshire but make this fascinating on the backside of Division One? Eight down for simply 166, 24 quick. But it’s nonetheless raining at Edgbaston – WArwickshire unable to tug out their joker. Zafar Gohar 4-40.
Jonathan Liew at his sensible greatest:
Stevo day
A bit sluggish off the mark right here – thanks for the nudge BTL – however it is a contact of sophistication by Kent, who’re celebrating Darren Stevens in all his glory right now at Canterbury.
Stevens, who wasn’t obtainable for choice after selecting up a groin damage within the Royal London Cup victory at Trent Bridge, is on the floor right now with household and pals and will probably be given a particular presentation at lunchtime. There can also be a particular celebratory e-book within the Kent Cricket store for Stevo followers to inscribe with their favorite reminiscences of a 17-year profession on the membership.
Tickets are decreased to £10 for adults, with youngsters and members free. If you end up with a spare hour or two in your palms at Canterbury – do pop down.
Ali is on his method to Edgbaston, the place the climate has relented and Rob Yates is on the seek for run redemption – at present 77 not out. Events across the grounds not trying sensible for Warwickshire – with Yorkshire solely 49 runs away from parity at Headingley – although Zafar Gohar has grabbed each Kohler-Cadmore -for but extra fairly however insubstantial runs – and Duke for 4. Yorks 141-5. Kent 46-0 chasing Somerset’s 202.
A magnificence from Moriarty – will get Hartley behind his legs. Lancs 467-7. Three for Moriarty and a career-best for Balderson, 81 not out.
Raising a glass to the BBC cricket staff:
At Canterbury, Somerset are all out. Kent are batting – a take a look at for the nerves. Zac Crawley, whose highest rating for Kent this yr is 84 and averages 24 – is being outscored by Tawanda Muyeye – who averages 20. Godspeed – a century every would do wonders to iron out a rotten season with the bat.
A century for Shubman Gill!
This lad can play:
It seems my earlier stat was improper – Jennings is the third Lancashire batter to be out for 199 after Wharton and Atherton. Damn you Jamie Overton and your lbw bullets.
No000000000!
So Frank Watson is the one different participant in Championship historical past to have scored two doubles and a triple in a single season. But did he have such pretty brown eyes as Jennings?
Weather watch
Play delayed at Wantage Road until 10.45; and at Edgbaston until 11.15.
With Keaton Jennings within the 191s, some stats, courtesy of Ken . No Lancastrian has ever been out within the 190s so I’m completely secure to publish this stat:
If Jennings reaches 200 he’ll grow to be solely the second Lancastrian to attain three double centuries in a single season: 238 v Yorkshire at Headingley and 318 v Somerset at Southport.
He can also be the main run scorer within the 2022 Championship with 1,224 runs in ten matches.
The solely Lancashire batter to have scored three double ‘tons’ in the identical season is Frank Watson 94 years in the past and that season Watson performed in 32 matches/44 innings.
Watson’s double centuries that yr have been:-223 v Northamptonshire (OT)
May 1928; 300* v Surrey (OT) June 1928 and 236 Lancashire v Sussex (Hove)
Aug 1928.
I’m shamelessly stealing this from the BBC weblog – who’ve finished the maths so I don’t must. Thank you BBC.
This is the state of play within the promotion/relegation battle:
Division One: If Kent and Yorkshire draw, that may guarantee they keep up after they grabbed three bonus factors yesterday. 2021 Champions Warwicks must hope that doesn’t occur, and thrash Hampshire.
Division Two: Leaders Notts want solely seven factors to make sure promotion, Middlesex have the higher hand over Glamorgan, with a nine-point lead going into this spherical.
Scores on the doorways
DIVISION ONE
Canterbury: Kent v Somerset 195-9
Old Trafford: Lancashire 414-5 v Surrey
Wantage Road: Northants v Essex 220-8
Edgbaston: Warwicks 138-2 v Hampshire
Headingley: Yorkshire 80-3 v Gloucestershire 190
DIVISION TWO
Derby: Derbyshire 57-0 v Leicestershire 249
Trent Bridge: Notts 276-2 v Durham
Hove: Sussex v Glamorgan 221-3
New Road: Worcs 167-8 v Middlesex
Monday’s round-up
Autumn shook out her scarf over the primary day of the ultimate spherical of County Championship fixtures, rain and unhealthy gentle chasing the gamers. Warwickshire must win and hope the opposite outcomes fall of their favour to keep away from turning into the primary champions since Middlesex in 2016‑17 to go straight down the subsequent yr. Dom Sibley and Rob Yates each made half‑centuries in opposition to a Hampshire assault shorn of Kyle Abbott as Warwickshire ended the primary day on 138-2.
Nathan Gilchrist boosted Kent’s probabilities of survival with 5 wickets in opposition to Somerset, and will probably be on a hat-trick this morning after pricking the guests’ revival. Lewis Goldsworthy, 93 not out, watched in dismay from the opposite finish as Somerset fell to 195-9. Yorkshire, the opposite relegation candidates, have been pepped up in opposition to Gloucestershire by the return of Matt Fisher, who grabbed 4 for 45 in his first sport since April.
Lancashire’s Keaton Jennings reeled off one more century, this time in opposition to the county champions Surrey, at a deceptively sun-dappled Old Trafford. It was his fifth hundred of a cheerful summer time. There have been two wickets for Surrey’s Dan Moriarty, in his first sport of the season. Tom Westley’s 55 propped up a faltering Essex in opposition to Northamptonshire, whereas Derbyshire’s Sam Conners grabbed 5 wickets in opposition to Leicestershire.
Nottinghamshire, Division Two leaders and seeming certainties for promotion till they slipped up final week, had a very good day in opposition to Durham. There have been centuries for Haseeb Hameed, the fourth of his season, and Matthew Montgomery.
Middlesex, chasing Notts’ coat-tails, decreased Worcestershire to 167 for eight, whereas third-placed Glamorgan, in with a sniff of promotion, made essentially the most of a rain-shortened day in opposition to Sussex, racing alongside at greater than 5 an over. India’s Shubman Gill completed unbeaten on 91.
Preamble
Hello!! An exquisite autumn morning in Manchester – maintain on tight, as of late will quickly slip away. Only three days left of the 2022 Championship season as nicely – with issues nonetheless very a lot up within the air. Weather elbowed into day one – however most video games are nicely on their means. Lancashire compiling a ridiculous 414 because of Keaton Jennings; all of the Division Two challengers on high – Middlesex, Glamorgan and Notts – whereas Kent and Warwicks additionally bang their drums. Only Yorkshire, of the relegation candidates, look in any trouble – although they need to be capable to see off Gloucestershire’s assault at Headingley. Play begins at 10.30am.
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