Surrey v Hampshire, Warwickshire v Kent, and extra: county cricket – live | County Championship

Ali Martin

Greetings from Edgbaston, the place Kent have received the toss and Sam Billings has opted to have a crack at Warwickshire’s high order. It means Chris Woakes, his first first-class match in over a 12 months, sees his duel with Zak Crawley deferred, Matt Quinn and Michael Hogan as an alternative probing away to Alex Davies (118 v Somerset final week) and Rob Yates. Won’t shock you to listen to the solar is shining in leafy south Birmingham, the gold leaf on the aspect of the Dukes ball twinkling because it whizzes down.

With half an hour of the day gone, let’s stroll spherical the bottom:

Hampshire in early hassle at The Oval, Felix Organ and Nick Gubbins again for a chilly bathe – each to a revved up Kemar Roach. Oh expensive, and that’s a drop by Jamie Smith (substituting for Ben Foakes) behind the stumps with Middleton on 0. Hants 17-2.

Jamie Porter gathering an early-morning wicket in Luke Wells, Lancs 8 for one.

The Middlesex openers’ early season type continues to resemble a dropped trifle. Robson caught for 4, Stoneman caught for 3, each to Sanderson. Middx 10-2.

Snow White and Rose Red batting for Notts at Trent Bridge, Hameed not out 0 off 22 balls, Duckett not out 20 off 26. Notts 22-0. And easy crusing for Yates and Davies at Edgbaston – Warwicks 19-0.

IN: Anderson (Lancs); Woakes (Warwicks), Zak Crawley (Kent), Ollie Pope (Surrey), Stuart Broad (Notts), Ben Duckett (Notts), Jack Leach (Somerset).

OUT: Ben Foakes (Surrey, achy again), Brydon Carse (Durham, instructed to take a seat out by England), Saqib Mahmood (nonetheless not match match).

Worcs 22

Leicestershire 22

Sussex 21

Glamorgan 12

Gloucestershire 8

Yorkshire 7

Durham 6

Derbyshire 5

Glamorgan and Sussex relaxation for spherical two.

Essex 20

Kent 19

Hants 19

Surrey 12

Warwicks 11

Lancs 9

Somerset 9

Middx 3

Northants 3

Notts 3

Just studying the rain report from Bristol. Yorkshire might wish to activate their heels and retire to mattress. “More rain is forecast for tomorrow, so prospects for a prompt start on day two look bleak.”

Reports from Trent Bridge, for Overton v Hameed, is that the pitch is lurid inexperienced.

No play right now at Bristol, delayed begin at Durham and Grace Road. All superb and dandy in Division One.

Great information for Lancs, whose assault seemed a bit – dare I say toothless? – towards Surrey. Essex’s take a look at is postponed as Keaton Jennings has received the toss and elected to pad up, and preserve Jimmy in cottonwool for one more day .

More warmth lamps in operation on the outfield – however with an similar end result to Taunton final week. Rotten information for spectators and not the brilliant new daybreak Yorkshire had been hoping for after final week’s defeat by Leicestershire.

DIVISION ONE

Chelmsford: Essex v Lancashire

The County Ground: Northants v Middlesex

Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire v Somerset

The Oval: Surrey v Hampshire

Edgbaston: Warwickshire v Kent

DIVISION TWO

Chester-le-Street: Durham v Worcestershire

Bristol: Gloucestershire v Yorkshire – NO PLAY TODAY, WET OUTFIELD

Grace Road: Leicestershire v Derbyshire – INSPECTION AT 11AM

Good morning! It’s an exquisite day within the south east, and an ideal time to be at The Oval for the 2022 Champions Surrey v the neighbourly pretenders Hampshire. Unfortunately, I’m at present stranded in Woking due to the sign outage at Waterloo, however imagining the Hampshire trio thundering by way of their paces within the nets.

The spotlight of a busy first spherical was Leicestershire’s last-gasp win over Yorkshire – ending a run of of 19 months with out victory and their first win at Headingley since 1910. Ali tracked down Rishi Patel, who scaffolded the win along with his maiden first-class century.

Matches, tosses to observe shortly.