County cricket: Yorkshire v Essex, Northamptonshire v Surrey – live | County Championship

Two in two for Siraj as Someset lose three for nowt: 46 for 5.

Up within the heady heights of Division One: Somerset are 46 for 3 and Tom Kohler-Cadmore can’t arrive rapidly sufficient. Yorkshire are going to submit the bottom rating of the day – at the moment 132 for 9, Allison (2-15) and Snater (3-39) throwing their weight round too.

Surrey have damaged by way of at Wantage Road – Kemar Roach eradicating Young and Procter, Worral grabbing Cobb. Gay nonetheless there although – 83 off 99. Northants 131-3.

Two hundred for Glamorgan! An invaluable 32 from 19 from Patel.

Patel having a success and giggle at Lord’s.

Plink-plonk, Glamorgan are eight down, as Cooke is bowled for 52. Sniffing up in direction of 200 although (169-8). Raining nonetheless at Grace Road, however what hey Sussex – 152 for seven, a partnership of 46 by Coles and Carson in opposition to Worcestershire.

As England have gained six Tests in seven this summer season, may that imply that final winter: Joe Root was captaining a sequence too far, England have been battered by Covid, Australia have been a a lot better facet, the ECB have been over-committing their gamers, the County Championship could possibly be improved, or a mixtures of the entire above ? In which case, the peg for the High Performance Review could not have been so pressing in spite of everything (although England do play an excessive amount of cricket, the fixture listing is in a multitude, there’s a short-ball competitors too many, franchise cricket does threaten bi-lateral cricket and so forth and so forth)

Asia Cup ultimate

Northants enjoying a distinct sport to everybody else – 77 with out loss, 56 to Emilio Gay. Meanwhile Yorkshire are chewing their socks at 87 for six; Glamorgan 144 for six and Sussex 126 for seven.

Oh that is very unhappy. Swann, who was simply 39, was the pinnacle coach of Northants’ Emerging Player Pathway.

Raining at Northampton, raining at Edgbaston, raining at Grace Road. But scorching, apparently, at Lord’s.

Quite the restoration by Sussex: the heights of 110 for seven from 23 for 5. A half century for Fynn Hudson-Prentice and two not out for Jack Carson on his return. Leach now a profligate 4 for 32.

Face Sam Cook at Headingley or Tim Murtagh and Toby Roland-Jones at Lord’s? Yorkshire lose George Hill after lunch –Cook’s third (for 22). Yorks 72 for 5.

At Lord’s, Glamorgan at the moment are six down, Murtagh choosing up his third by giving Simpson (who may make the CC staff of the 12 months really) his fourth catch. Kiran Carlson gone for 36, after a stand of 59 with Chris Cooke.

Time for a chew to eat and to rapidly return some library books – again shortly!

Lunchtime scores

In Division Two: Leicestershire have slipped, however solely simply, from 74-0 to 97 for 2 in opposition to Durham. Sol Budinger – who google tells me has joined Leicester on mortgage forward of a two 12 months contract – 63 not out. Well performed!

Such a disgrace the Test sequence screamed previous at such double-pace. According to the longer term excursions programme,South Africa gained’t play a Test in opposition to England, residence and away, till 2027 on the earliest. (If I’ve learn that incorrect, please inform me)

It can also be raining at Northampton, Northants 70 for one, they usually’ve taken lunch at Edgbaston with Somerset 17 for one.

How a few CC staff of the 12 months? Off the again of an envelope, and permitting for 2 abroad gamers: Emilio Gay, Keaton Jennings, Ben Compton, Harry Brook, Will Jacks, Ben Foakes, Jordan Clark, Sam Cook, Hassan Ali, Keith Barker, Matt Parkinson.

England have gained by the way in which – don’t know the way they’re going to promote five-day Tests to golf equipment at this charge.

Gay and Young off to a cracking begin at The County Ground in opposition to Surrey – 68 with out loss, with Gay simply two wanting his half century. Rain, although, is skirting about.

One, two, three, 4, 5 batters again within the pavilion at Hove. Leach three for 16, one every for Gibbon and Pennington. Anyone on the ball at Hove? I perceive that it is a rebuilding season – with all kinds swirling behind the scenes – do you suppose progress is being made? Sussex 28 for 5.

A few catches for Rossington because the Yorkies lose each their openers for 22. A rude-awakening for Finlay Bean, who performed so nicely within the Roses sport on debut, out for a duck. Kohler-Cadmore and George Hill rebuild. Yorks 38-2.

And the rain has began at Edgbaston, Somerset 17-1.

Imam ul Haq falls to Mohammad Siraj for 5, pretty to see India bowling to Pakistan however undecided it would heat the cockles of Somerset’s coronary heart. Out comes the weary Tom Abell at 12-1.

Bit of a flash that Imam:

Division Two desk

In Division Two – Glamorgan (who’ve already misplaced two wickets within the first 20 minutes) and Middlesex are battling out for the possibility to hitch Nottinghamshire within the promotion elevator. Glamorgan, who journey to Lord’s, are seven factors forward of Middlesex.

Leicestershire and Durham are divided solely by Sussex of their place on the foot of the desk. Durham, who journey to Grace Road, denied Derby within the final spherical; Leicestershire are determined for a primary win of the season. And at Hove, Sussex are already three down in opposition to Worcestershire – Joe Leach on the rampage.

Division One desk

So, briefly, whereas Hampshire relaxation this spherical, Surrey look to claw again their eight level deficit and retake their place on the prime of the desk. They have a sport in hand. Tom Curran has been recalled into the Surrey squad for the primary time post-Covid, Northant’s Lewis McManus is out for the remainder of the season after an operation for a damaged finger. Northants are protected barring some type of mathematical state of affairs which isn’t going to occur.

Essex, who snatched victory over Kent simply earlier than the rain got here at Canterbury final week, journey to Headingley. Yorkshire additionally look fairly protected from relegation – although there may but be an ECB factors deduction/relegation order.

And it’s gloves off at Edgbaston the place third from backside Somerset meet second from backside and final 12 months’s Champions Warwickshire. Somerset’s wobbly batting is pegged up by Iman ul Haq; Warwickshire’s 999 introduced India’s Mohammad Siraj (final seen in opposition to Zimbabwe three weeks in the past ) and Jayant Yadav.

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