County cricket: Sussex v Surrey, Durham v Yorkshire and extra on day three – stay | County Championship
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Key occasions
And 150s for Luke Procter and Emilio Homosexual
Procter departs instantly, caught at gully. He’s steered Northants to a 47-run lead.
Emilo Homosexual too, bowled George Hill for 152, as Durham undergo a mini-wobble, dropping three for twenty-four. A memorable first century for Durham.
A century for Haseeb Hameed
Congratulations to CCLive!’s favorite son for a sixteenth f-c century and a tenth for Notts. I don’t know the way it occurred however he’s now 28.
In Division One:
At Edgbaston, HH is nearing three figures, although Warwickshire have chipped away on the different finish, Lyndon James a second wicket for Barnard for 42. Notts 256-6, a lead of 163.
Half centuries for run-gobbler Dom Sibley ,and Ollie Pope at Hove, Surrey 158-1.
Hampshire have misplaced three wicket this morning, all of them to the stunning arm of Tom Lammonby. Hants 280-7: Gubbins out for 82, Dawson for 72.
Essex are 9 down at Chelmsford, the lead over Worcestershire: 280. Two morning wickets for Tom Taylor, Shane Snater nonetheless htere on 34. The late center order doing a great job right here for Essex.
And at last, to Chester le Avenue, the place Durham have zipped previous Yorkshire, simply 4 wickets down. Lees was lastly out for 172 and Emilio Homosexual is undefeated on 149.
One other! A wicket for John Turner at OT, Holland caught mis-pulling by Mahmood. Lancs have now removed each the in a single day batters in fast succession.
100 and out for Rehan Ahmed!
Rehan Ahmed reaches his second first-class century, with a single from a drive, crisp and pleasureable as a slice of buttered toast. A stunning century to observe, 14 fours,measured defence. Big applause by the Leicestershire balcony as he removes his helmet and raises his bat.
Then he’s out, propping ahead to Hartley and giving a catch to mad mid off.
Ahmed’s solely different f-c century got here in September 2022, 122 in opposition to Derbyshire, batting at No. 5. On the premise of watching him right here at OT, there must be many extra.
With an hour gone, a visit across the different Division Two grounds:
A century for Luke Procter, 128 not out, and a nippy 43 from Rob Keogh has put Northants in a dominant place in at Derby, simply 11 runs behind, seven wickets in hand.
Ben Compton is constant to carry Kent collectively, now 166 not out. Kent 354-8, 118 behind Gloucestershire.
And at Lord’s, the Middlesex lead is a hefty 217.
Division Two desk (as of April 14)
1 Leicestershire 39
2 Kent 38
3 Derbyshire 36
4 Lancashire 23
5 Northants 18
6 Gloucestershire 18
7 Glamorgan 15
8 Middlesex 14
Three overs for Mahmood this morning at OT, Anderson Philip has changed him: liquid run-up to the wicket, palms shoved in pockets for the trudge again. Rehan Ahmed has regarded in tremendous fettle, taking part in with attribute inventive ease but additionally endurance. He and Holland have placed on 46 runs within the first ten overs.
A primary missive: and a really pleased Easter to you Tim Maitland:
“Salutations Tanya!
“I’m struggling to focus on the cricket in the mean time. It doesn’t assist that my beloved Western Bulldogs (Lengthy story quick: some disreputable caddies on the LPGA determined I wanted an AFL crew and I didn’t have the sense to disregard them) are taking part in St. Kilda proper now.
“But it surely’s not simply that.
“I’m discovering it exhausting to get a way of who’s in kind, particularly with the bat. Possibly it’s as a result of we have been distracted by Tom Banton’s 371, which he’s adopted with scores of 6, 0 and 5. How lengthy a lead does a triple centurion get earlier than his chain is yanked?
“If Surrey’s Dom Sibley provides considerably to his 40 in a single day, does he maintain the crown after a 66 at Essex after which 100 not out and 1055 in opposition to Hampshire? By the way he made 3 in his one sport for Khulna Tigers in Chittagong, which is formally referred to as Chattogram, which might be an amazing identify for a social media platform wouldn’t it?
“Or is it Tom Haines? His 174 in opposition to Surrey on this spherical of matches is, climate allowing, probably match profitable and his second innings 141 arrange the victory in opposition to Somerset final week.
“As for bowlers… have you ever bought something? [Ed – My immediate thought is Fergus O’Neill?]
“The Bulldogs, by the way, have residing legend Marcus Bontempelli aka The Bont again for the primary time this season, however as I communicate our 6 ft 10 in younger superstar-to-be ruckman Sam Darcy has simply hobbled off with an injured knee, which might be a catastrophe for the Doggies.”
Division One Desk (as of April 14)
A most sudden hue:
1 Warwicks (35)
2 Sussex (35)
3 Notts (35)
4 Hampshire (30)
5 Essex (28)
6 Yorkshire (27)
7 Surrey (23)
8 Somerset (19)
9 Worcestershire (12)
10 Durham (11)
Climate watch
A delay solely a Hove. Elsewhere the Met Workplace is stuffed with spring-time optimism:
Rain throughout western Scotland and Northern Eire easing, and rain in southeast England fragmenting into scattered showers. Dry elsewhere with variable cloud and sunny spells, most extended for elements of Wales and northwest England. Largely mild winds.
All is now effectively at OT, the gamers are out, the solar too.
Heavy curler issues
An Easter delay at Previous Trafford, the place the heavy curler has damaged down and is caught within the center.
Tall Paul on his shock promotion up the order for Essex:
“A number of years in the past once I wasn’t taking part in first crew I opened rather a lot for the twos, Then I did just a few video games with Cooky throughout Covid time, so it’s not utterly unfamiliar for me. It has been a very nice problem as a result of it one thing new, one thing to organize for. I feel I’ve handled it effectively thus far, although it’s nonetheless early within the season. It’s about turning up on daily basis and giving it your greatest shot.”
Sciver-Brunt is Edwards’ first selection for England captaincy.
She’s an impressive cricketer and and the most effective candidate. My foremost fear is that if she truly needs to do it.
Saturday’s spherical up
A match wanting Saqib Mahmood, with a tentative mullet, bowled in his first Championship sport for Lancashire since Might 2024. In he steamed from the Statham Finish at Previous Trafford, up in opposition to Leicestershire’s tyro opening partnership of Sol Budinger and Rehan Ahmed.
Budinger was dropped between first and second slip on a duck, and Leicestershire then made hay, fizzing previous 100 in 19.4 overs. Ahmed, a pocket rocket with wrists of metal and a excessive‑trend put up‑shot pose, punched thrillingly via the covers, flashed additional‑cowl drives, whipped with elan.
Tom Hartley precipitated bother in his six overs from the James Anderson Finish in the direction of the shut and, after Budinger fell to Mahmood, Ahmed performed out the final 20 minutes with an extravagant, and tight, defence.
Earlier Tom Scriven had collected a career-best 5 for 46, as Lancashire misplaced their final 4 wickets for 21 runs. Marcus Harris, as soon as of Grace Street, made his fourth half-century in his fifth innings since arriving in Manchester.
100 for Ben Compton, scored at fairly the lick, stored Kent within the sport at Canterbury, after Gloucestershire strode previous 450, a 27-ball 51 by Marchant de Lange making certain a fifth batting level. James Bracey was left unbeaten on 151, Nathan Gilchrist placing in his Easter egg profession greatest figures of seven for 100. Zak Crawley collar up, was then caught for one.
A doable rival for his England opening spot, Tom Haines, brightened the twinkle in Rob Key’s eye with a second hundred in consecutive matches, 174 in seven‑and-a-half hours in opposition to a Surrey seam assault of Dan Worrell, Jordan Clark, Gus Atkinson and Matt Fisher, who devoted their day to slowing down the Sussex scoring fee. Ben Foakes conceded only one bye on a pitch with, at instances, unreliable bounce. Surrey reached 90-1 at stumps.
Seam bowling to stay within the scrap ebook from Fergus O’Neill (5 for 19) and Brett Hutton (5 for 38) left Warwickshire in serious trouble at 93 all out. Nottinghamshire, going out to bat simply because the solar got here out, then stretched to 204 for 5, led by a cast-iron 75 not out from captain Haseeb Hameed
After three geese in 4 innings, Emilio Homosexual got here good at Chester le Avenue with 105, he and Alex Lees (148) pounding Yorkshire into the north-east mud with an unbeaten second-wicket partnership of 242. It was Homosexual’s first century for Durham.
A second century of the season for Max Holden, tempo dictated by lunch, helped Middlesex right into a promising place at Lord’s. There have been three wickets for Timm van der Gugten, and Glamorgan’s fielders stayed perky on a making an attempt day.
Paul Walter, settling properly into the opening slot left vacant by Dean Elgar, hauled Essex out of a gap with 104, and, along with a profession greatest 49 not out from Noah Thain, gave Essex a lead of 210. Sri Lanka’s Kasun Rajitha picked up 4 Worcestershire wickets on debut.
At Southampton, fifties from Nick Gubbins and Liam Dawson gave Hampshire a 10-run lead, after Somerset had been bowled out for 184. Migael Pretorius was the one thorn in Hampshire’s facet, making 47 from a 48 run last-wicket partnership for Somerset.
It was a great day for Northamptonshire in Derby, Ricky Vasconcelos (82) and Luke Procter (97 not out) decreasing the deficit to lower than 100.
Scores on the doorways
DIVISION ONE
Chester le Avenue: Durham 264-1 v Yorkshire 307
Chelmsford: Essex 179 and 233-6 v Worcestershire 202
Southampton: Hampshire 194-3 v Somerset 184
Hove: Sussex 435 v Surrey 90-1
Edgbaston: Warwickshire 93 v Nottinghamshire 204-5
DIVISION TWO
The County Floor: Derbyshire 307 v Northamptonshire 236-3
Canterbury: Kent 318-7 v Gloucestershire 472
Previous Trafford: Lancashire 263 v Leicestershire 120-1
Lord’s: Middlesex 353-4 v Glamorgan 199
Preamble
Good morning! And a really pleased Easter to all those that rejoice, buns, bunnies, church and chocolate. For many who don’t, or who need slightly additional on the facet, let me current the County Championship – day three, spherical three. Play begins at 11am, we’ll be right here all day.
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