Key occasions
Compton’s 31 off 103 balls glueing Kent collectively in the meanwhile. Billings the most recent to go for 14, a second for Murtagh. Kent 71-5.
Just caught up with the Sri Lanka scorecard. Not a foul effort by the highest 4: 205, 115, 245 and 100 not out. 704-3 in 151 overs. Oi, over right here, Stokesy!.
Mousley and Barnard have added 26 for the fifth wicket at Edgbaston, not an unfamiliar scoreline for Ed Barnard to stroll out to throughout his New Road years.
Great begin from Surrey @tjaldred. I do know Jamie Overton is a very large loss however Jordan Clark and Tom Lawes have actually plugged a substantial gap. Lawes is deceptively fast and whippy and Clark has a definite whiff of Chris Woakes in his motion. We have a very stable assault.
— Guy Hornsby (@GuyHornsby) April 27, 2023
And the recent new is, it’s nonetheless raining at Bristol.
Lovely piece by Jim Wallace.
Interesting lunch-time chat between Kevin Howells Neil Snowball, ECB managing director for county cricket, speaking about gamers going freelance, amongst different issues.
A morning for bowlers it appears, other than at Grace Road the place the revitalised Foxes sniffed the air and danced away. Time for me to seize some lunch, again quickly.
Lunchtime scores
Division One
Lord’s: Middlesex v Kent 66-4
Edgbaston: Warwicks 63-4 v Surrey
Division Two
Chester-le-Street: Durham 99-3 v Derbyshire
Bristol: Gloucestershire v Sussex 47-1
Grace Road: Leicestershire 123-2 v Glamorgan
Durham slipping off the categorical rails onto the gradual stopper. Now 98-3, although Jones continues to be there on 27.
A chunk of luck for Warwicks, and so they want it, as Ryan Patel can’t maintain on to a flying probability off Mosely on 16.
Ali Martin
Surrey are dominating proceedings fantastically right here, two prolonged and productive spells from their opening bowlers adopted up by a sustained examination from Jordan Clark and Tom Lawes. Sam Hain and Dan Mousley seemed to be driving it out however with out the scoreboard progressing a lot, one other wicket has fallen, Lawes pinned Hain lbw by the wiry Lawes going full and straight. Warwickshire are 47 for 4 as lunch approaches.
Kent have slumped to 50-4, fallen to an assault of the two-syllable bowlers. Two for BAmber, one every for Higgins and Murtagh. Billings, and the not out 29 off 78 balls Compton, attempting to make it via until lunch.
An electronic mail! Hello Tim Maitland
“Am I the only one surprised that the ECB didn’t get the glitches and oversights fixed on their live scorecard page for the new season?
”I do know they’ve a very sunny outlook about something they contact, however isn’t it faintly ridiculous that they don’t have any method of noting that rain, sleet, snow, unhealthy gentle or skin-shrivelling warmth has stopped play or making overly optimistic estimates about when play may resume?
”Unless it’s a difficulty with my browser, additionally they appear to have some accomplished video games get caught one scoring shot or wicket taken wanting the denouement.”
Er, this isn’t my speciality as I have a tendency to make use of BBC. Anyone else have this issues?
Alex Lees has fallen, after one other bells and whistles innings, this time 45 in quick-time. Durham 69-1.
After two wickets fell for 9 runs to TVDG, Hill and Ackermann are rebuilding at Grace Road. Leicestershire: 85-2
And it’s raining at Bristol, the place Sussex are 47 for one.
A take a look at sports activities betting, which is absolutely entwined round cricket’s essential organs. The ICC just lately voted to permit nationwide groups to do sponsorship offers with betting firms, though the ECB has mentioned they won’t.
Some harm information: Brett D’Oliveira’s X-ray got here again all clear after being whacked readily available by Marchant de Lange. Prescribed ice and painnkillers and needs to be match for Worcestershire’s subsequent sport.
I can’t discover information on Keaton Jennings and his hamstring – anybody learn something?
Ali Martin
We have two new batters on the crease at Edgbaston in what’s proving a suboptimal begin for Warwickshire. Will Rhodes fell to a beautiful catch from Ollie Pope at second slip, the ball dipping after the sting was discovered by Worrall. And then Alex Davies barely squandered a promising begin, the opener already midway to the pavilion when his top-edged pull shot off Kemar Roach was safely pouched by Ben Foakes. The in-form Sam Hain and the normally aggressive Dan Mousley are the lads now battling away beneath lights at 23 for 3 amid some glorious probage from Surrey’s new ball specialists.
In Division Two: Alex Lees and Michael Jones, as is their wont, bazball away in opposition to Derbyshire, 54-0. Five fours already to Lees. Matt Parkinson is at the moment all the way down to bat No.11, one under Matthew Potts.
Sussex have misplaced Tom Haines for 3, to de Lange, who was so stormy final week. Ali Orr, 24 not out, has already cleared the ropes.
And Leicestershire are 49 for one in opposition to Glamorgan, Budinger rushing alongside at slightly below a run a ball till shedding his bails to Timm VDG.
Right, let’s polka around the grounds:
Division One: Warwickshire have shuffled alongside to 19 for one in opposition to Surrey, three maidens to this point between Roach and Worrall. While at Lord’s, Zac Crawley, recent from his highest Championship rating within the final spherical, drove Murtagh with nice majesty via the covers, earlier than having his stumps dismantled. Kent 29 for one.
If you had been dissatisfied to seek out no Championship cricket at Guildford this 12 months, you may pop alongside at present to look at the second XI sport in opposition to Warwicks. But solely advisable whether it is considerably hotter down there than it’s up right here.
SECOND XI: Captain Ben Geddes (91*) and Josh Blake (28*) have began proceedings for Surrey 2nd XI on day three at Guildford 🏏
The Three Feathers are 154/2 (50).
Scorecard 👇
— Surrey Cricket (@surreycricket) April 27, 2023
Really good learn from Gary Naylor as ever. Wise phrases on Crawley, although I’m positively too nesh for the “pink ball ,play till 9pm” suggestion in April.
Ali Martin
Hello from Edgbaston, the place the 2 most up-to-date champions* meet on this slimmed down fourth spherical. It’s a chilly, gray however not less than dry morning in leafy south Brum – v little breeze – and fairly sparse within the stands. Out within the center Kemar Roach is sending down his right-arm stingers from the City End, Dan Worrall his from the opposite, after Surrey received the toss. Warwickshire are unchanged, which implies they’re as soon as once more stuffed to the gills with seamers, the guests welcome again Ben Foakes and relaxation Shaun Abbot. And a wicket! Rob Yates caught fourth slip off Roach sees Warwickshire none for one within the third over.
*Warwickshire’s 2021 pandemic win nonetheless topic to ratification from Stuart Broad.
For Surrey, Ben Foakes in, Sean Abbott rested.
There has been a disturbance within the pressure:
Great little interview right here with Sam Northeast, who returns to Grace Road, theatre for his 410 not out final 12 months. “That day was one of the best days to have in a career.
Right, where were we?The first wicket of the day goes to Kemar Roach as Warwickshire get off to the worst possible start against the Champs. Yates gone for a duck, Warwicks 0-1.
Jofra watch:
Stuart Broad presses play:
DIVISION TWO TABLE
1 DURHAM (played 3) 40
2 WORCESTERSHIRE (played 3) 35
3 LEICESTERSHIRE (played 2) 34
4 SUSSEX (played 2) 28
5 GLAMORGAN (played 2) 21
6 GLOUCESTERSHIRE (played 3) 21
7 YORKSHIRE (played 3) 21
8 DERBYSHIRE (played 2) 14
DIVISION ONE TABLE
1 Hampshire (played 3) 45
2 Essex (played 3) 40
3 Warwickshire (played 2) 35
4 Surrey (played 2) 32
5 Nottinghamshire (played 3) 29
6 Lancashire (played 3) 29
7 Kent (played 3) 28
8 Middlesex (played 3) 26
9 Northamptonshire (played 3) 23
10 Somerset (played 3) 22
Fixtures
Division One
Lord’s: Middlesex v Kent
Edgbaston: Warwicks v Surrey
Division Two
Chester-le-Street: Durham v Derbyshire
Bristol: Gloucestershire v Sussex
Grace Road: Leicestershire v Glamorgan
Preamble
Good morning! We’re up to round four, wild garlic in the woods but still no swifts, at least not here in Manchester. Just five games in cricket’s Hokey-Cokey: two in the first division: the south east derby, Middx v Kent,;and Warwicks and Surrey, third v fourth, who have a chance to leap over Hampshire and Essex to the top of the table spot.
In Div 2, three games – Durham v Derbyshire, where Matt Parkinson will make his debut, dispatched to the Riverside on a two-week loan. “Following conversations between Matt and the Club’s coaching staff, it was agreed that game time in the County Championship would be preferable.”
Then Gloucestershire v Sussex at Bristol, and Leicestershire v Glamorgan at Grace Road. There are bits of drizzle floating about, however the forecast is mostly extra promising than the damp quilt of the final spherical. I’ll be following from my kitchen desk, however Ali is within the sizzling seat at Edgbaston.
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