Key occasions
Mohammad Abbas has the brand new ball, he bowls an over with and then pulls on his jumper as he retreats to area on the rope. Man is made from ice. Bell and Mitchell have batted beautifully, 73 in fast time within the hteat.
Let’s potter around the grounds
Surrey at the moment are eight down, for 122, however Abbott and Worrall can add massive heavy runs so this isn’t throughout. The deficit 179 so the observe on nonetheless potential.
Warwickshire declare – 571 for 9
A really nice scorecard for Warwicks followers within the massive canine Midlands shoot out: Davies 93, Hain 100, Mousley 87, Burgess 77 not out, Hasan 54. Three wickets for the toiling Ball and 4 for 30-over Harrison. Notts 6-0 after 5 overs.
“Wake up!!” writes Brian Withington. Thank you Brian.
“Since you asked, how about keeping your eyes open long enough to report that Somerset are now looming untroubled and look set fair to bat all day and next?”
Oh sure, let me test. From humble beginnings, Dickson and Kohler-Cadmore truly are doing reasonably properly – placing on 56 for the fourth wicket. Somerset 66-3.
Fletcha Middleton is not going to be stamping June 11 and 12 into his scrap e-book. Another drops by his fingers at slip. Barker activates his heel and trudges again to his mark. Abbott comes over to whisper fast-bowler restore work.
At Chesterfield, Derbyshire are 36 for 4. For selection, the primary 4 wickets learn: Coad, Fisher, Fisher, Coad. Whereas within the first innings, it was Fisher, Coad, Fisher, Coad.
At Southport, Daryl Mitchell reaches fifty off 64 balls, and Bell pulls six into the outside practise nets.
Sleepy afternoon cricket, Barker in, bowling into the mud. The warmth drifts and hangs and presses. I have to should not shut my eyes. Send me sparky emails. Lancs 289-5, the lead 147.
Somerset’s reply began badly earlier than lunch, shedding two wickets in Jamie Porter’s first over . They misplaced one other in Jamie Porter’s third over. Tom Kohler-Cadmore has crashed three fours in his 18 not out, Somerset 42-3.
Two Abbas snorters go the bat of Bell, a lot enthusiastic encouragement from the slips. Bell breaks the spell, sending him off his legs for 4. Lancashire 279-5, as a seagull flies overhead. This morning I noticed a evil-eyed one swallow an infinite rasher of bacon.
Derbyshire now 5 for 3; extra remarkably, Surrey 60-7, Will Jacks becoming a member of his sizzling and bothered teammates again within the pavilion, bowled for six by Agar.
At Chesterfield, Coad and Fisher are persevering with the place they left off yesterday morning. Derbyshire deep within the doldrums, 4 for 2 of their second innings, 238 behind. Yorkshire’s lengthy wait is almost over. The damaged spire droops a bit of extra sadly.
An electronic mail waves in from Ainsdale. Hello Daren!
“It’s baking hot in Southport again today after Saturday’s 31C.
Far too hot for working from home!”
From a bit of stroll across the floor, I concur. Lots of blissful punters although, younger males larking about with a moon ball, a protracted queue on the ice cream van and loads of pints being gingerly carried throughout the parched outfield. Spectators arching their our bodies in direction of any shade they will discover, whereas Mohammad Abbas spent ten minutes of his lunchtime bowling in full solar.
Lunchtime scores
DIVISION ONE
Chelmsford: Essex 462-9dec v Somerset 10-2
Canterbury: Kent 301 v Surrey 60-6
Southport: Lancashire 260-5 v Hampshire 142 all out
Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire v Warwickshire 524-7
Division Two
Chesterfield: Derbyshire 111 and 0-0 v Yorkshire 353
Chester-le-Street: Durham 119-4 v Glamorgan 390
Bristol: Gloucestershire 206-6 v Leicestershire
Hove: Sussex 348 v Worcestershire 94-1
Love this from Arsheep Singh on why he joined Kent (this nice franchise!?!). We want, as all the time, to thank Rahul Dravid.
Lunch scores to observe:
Liam Dawson has gone to hospital for stitches
He break up open his higher lip after that slip catch ricochetted into his face from Middleton’s hand.
Thought I ought to test in on Surrey, to seek out them in want of a chilly flannel and salty snacks: 47-6, with solely Rory Burns making double figures. Three for Quinn, one for Arshdeep Singh, in addition to the couple for Agar. Obvs Kent recovered from 41 for 5 so maybe Surrey simply need to show they will go one higher. Yes, that’s what it’s. The restoration begins right here.
100 for Dawid Malan!
fairly a while in the past truly, he’s since been out to Mark Watt (4-83) for 106.
Revis nonetheless there, Yorks 353-8.
Colin Graves newest
The ECB have responded to Colin Graves interview on Sky this morning, the place he described a few of what went on as Yorkshire as” banter.”
“We are disappointed to see the comments made by Colin Graves on the historical racist issues at Yorkshire County Cricket Club,” learn an announcement.
We mustn’t ever once more hear of accounts like Azeem Rafiq’s, the place racist slurs are used as a part of normalised on a regular basis language.
These occasions, together with many points skilled by Azeem and others throughout their time at Yorkshire have been upheld greater than as soon as, together with throughout proceedings overseen by the Cricket Discipline Committee.
We vehemently disagree that that is ‘just banter’ and imagine that any debate in that regard ought to cease instantly. Racism isn’t banter.
Yorkshire is of giant significance to cricket in England and Wales with a deep historical past and a capability to encourage and join all cricket followers. They are at the moment working laborious to resolve their monetary and cultural challenges and the membership, and its new administration, have our full help.’’
Yorkshire accepted 4 fees associated to allegations of racism and bullying made by Azeem Rafiq in February.
Graves was chairman of the membership between 20212 and 2015 and stated that, “When I was chairman of the club, when some of these allegations were made, I can tell you now, nothing was brought up within the club.”
“There have been odd occasions where words have been said that people may regret afterwards.
“I don’t think it was done on a racist, savage basis. I know people don’t like the word banter, but I think there could have been a lot of banter in there about it.
“When you play cricket and you’re part of cricket teams and you’re in cricket dressing rooms, that’s what happened in the past.
“But the world has changed; society has changed. It’s not acceptable. I understand that, I accept it, full stop.”
Last week Graves withdrew from the operating to change into new Yorkshire chairman.
It’s all been taking place at Trafalgar Road whereas I wrote up that Test squad: Salt out for 103, caught at slip, although although he wasn’t too blissful about it, then Daryl Mitchell has are available and biffed 20, 18 of them off 4 balls, one six hovering over the press tent (I ducked, I’m a coward) and thudding into one thing behind.
England ladies announce their Test squad
Heather Knight (captain, Western Storm)
Tammy Beaumont (The Blaze)
Lauren Bell (Southern Vipers)
Alice Capsey (South East Stars)
Kate Cross (Thunder)
Alice Davidson-Richards (South East Stars)
Sophia Dunkley (South East Stars)
Sophie Ecclestone (Thunder)
Lauren Filer (Western Storm)
Danielle Gibson (Western Storm)
Amy Jones (Central Sparks)
Emma Lamb (Thunder)
Nat Sciver-Brunt (vice-captain, The Blaze)
Issy Wong (Central Sparks)
Danielle Wyatt (Southern Brave)
Issy Wong returns to worldwide duties after being not noted of the T20 World Cup squad, Kate Cross has recovered sufficient from her parasite sickness to be out there, and England have picked two uncapped gamers: all-rounder Danielle Gibson and seamer Lauren Filer.
The Test, at Trent Bridge, begins on June 22 and will run for 5 days for the primary time in ladies’s cricket. It is price 4 factors within the multi-format Ashes.
A primary Lancashire hundred for Phil Salt!
A standing ovation for Salt, as he chivvies the ball all the way down to the effective leg boundary. It’s his first century for Lancashire in any cricket – and (thanks Paul Edwards) his fifth Championship century in all – he had two in 2018, two in 2019, each for Sussex. An excellent innings. He has a hug from Dane Vilas because the bottoms settle again within the heat fold-up chairs.
Oh and that’s nasty – the ball flies off Vilas’s bat, is deflected off Fletcha Middleton’s hand at third slip straight into second slip Liam Dawson’s face.
A change of bowling right here at Southport, with Bohannon and Salt fortunate to outlive some difficult stuff from Barker and Abbas. Not had issues fairly their manner. Barker changed by Kyle Abbott – and the bowling change brings a wicket! Bohannon superbly pouched at third slip by Dawson, for 39. Lancs 189-2.
With forty minutes gone, the social gathering poppers are already out in Division Two:
Dawid Malan is 92 not out as Yorkshire construct what threatens to be a bells and whistles lead over Derbyshire – already 194. Revis has contributed a helpful 17 not out at No. 7.
Durham have already misplaced a wicket at The Riverside, however its solely their nightwatchman Stanley McAlindon.
It’s not raining at Bristol, however Gloucestershire have misplaced two wickets, Chris Wright grabbing each James Bracey and Graeme van Buuren.
Sussex cobbled collectively one other ten runs this morning earlier than shedding their final wicket, and Worcestershire have added 19 with out loss.
No play at Canterbury but, however they’re as a result of chug into motion at 11.45 with Surrey 18-and let’s say below the cosh, as there gained’t be many alternatives to sort that this season.
Critchley run out going for a fourth!
After notching up two centurions yesterday, Essex’s first ten minutes of the working week have introduced them again to earth. First Ben Allison’s stumps are splattered by Craig Overton, exhibiting no indicators of yesterday’s foot harm, then Critchley is run out for 121. Essex 371-6.
Phil Salt begins right this moment as he did yesterday, a thick exterior edge flying by the slips for 4, accelerating by the warmth. Lancashire have the lead.
An interesting interview with Mitchell Starc by Andy Bull – a contemporary cricket lower from a unique material.
Sunday’s round-up
The grass was brittle-dry at Southport, a hot-fire outfield begging for fast runs. And it was Lancashire who made the many of the situations, first bowling Hampshire out for 142, with three wickets every for Will Williams and Tom Bailey, and then letting fly with the bat. Phil Salt, opening the innings for Lancashire for the primary time in red-ball cricket, eyed up the Championship’s greatest assault and superior. He was dropped on 4 within the first over, off the laborious working Keith Barker, and then pounced, combining flambéed assault with, as stumps approached, watchful defence. Lancs completed the day simply three runs behind, with the lack of solely George Balderson, to the approval of greater than 1500 spectators in fold-up chairs and sunhats.
At Canterbury, Jordan Cox turned Kent’s day upside-down with a glowing century, remodeling a depressing 41 for 5 into a good 301 all out. Wes Agar then took two early Surrey wickets to additional twist the story. Sam Billings was not noted of the Kent aspect after “mutual discussions about form.” Alastair Cook, an old school knight in a sudden surfeit, reached his 74th first-class century accompanied by warmth and a welcoming Chelmsford pitch. He was joined within the three-figures membership by Matt Critchley, whose gung-ho hundred wearied the Somerset assault. New Taunton signing Shoaib Bashir, a 19-year-old off-spinner, was put by his paces, fizzing down 29 overs.
Yorkshire, winless within the first tranche of Championship cricket, had day. Perhaps buoyed by their T20 Blast successes, they filleted Derbyshire for 111, Matt Fisher choosing up a career-best 5 for 30, Ben Coad three for 28. By the shut, Yorkshire had been already 161 forward, with 5 wickets in hand. Shan Masood collected his highest rating of the season, Dawid Malan unbeaten on 76. Elsewhere, Sussex fought again towards Worcestershire, rain once more haunted Gloucestershire, and a century from Sam Hain put Warwickshire in a powerful place towards Nottinghamshire. Kiran Carlson conjured up one other bewitching century, his fourth of the season, as Glamorgan had been all out only a sneeze in need of 400 at Durham.
Start of play scores
DIVISION ONE
Chelmsford: Essex 360-4 v Somerset
Canterbury: Kent 301 v Surrey 18-2
Southport: Lancashire 139-1 v Hampshire 142 all out
Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire v Warwickshire 361-5
Division Two
Chesterfield: Derbyshire 111 v Yorkshire 272-5
Chester-le-Street: Durham 4-0 v Glamorgan 390
Bristol: Gloucestershire 108-3 v Leicestershire rain
Hove: Sussex 338-9 v Worcestershire
Preamble
Good morning! It’s sizzling, sizzling, sizzling. I bought up at six and walked round Southport’s King’s gardens. Had forgotten how beautiful they’re – there was even a rabbit hopping delicately concerning the miniature railway. Searched for the ocean bathing lake, gutted to find it was demolished in 1993. If there’s a Southport millionaire on the market with cash on their fingers – that is what it is advisable to put money into.
To the cricket – the place Lancashire, to most individuals’s shock, are massively on prime. Hampshire misinterpret the pitch. “We looked at the stats and it was very hot and the pitch looked quite hard so we thought if we batted very well it would set it up for us spinning them out on the last day,” stated Adrian Birrell.“It didn’t materialise for us with the bat so we are in a bit of a hole and we’re going to have to fight to salvage a draw or a remarkable win.”
Elsewhere, Kent pulled a rabbit out of a hat towards Surrey, Yorkshire had an awesome day, Kiran Carlson (England radar?)- scored his fourth century for Glamorgan, Sussex fought again towards Worcestershire, rain once more haunted Gloucestershire, and a century from Sam Hain put Warwickshire in a powerful place at Trent Bridge.
I’ve slathered on the suncream to stroll to the bottom. Will report quickly from the cool of the tent.
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