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4 wickets for Jimmy Anderson!
Some previous canines don’t want any new methods…Northants 47 for 5. Anderson has removed Vasconcelos (25), Harrison (4), Zaib (4) and Gross sales (2). 4 slips keen and ready.
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A double century for Andersson, a century for Reece!
Northants grinding Worcestershire into the mud. A highest rating and the primary double century of the season for Martin Andersson. Northants 537 for 5.
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Leus du Plooy and Joe Cracknell make hay
An extended previous slog for Gloucestershire’s bowlers this morning. Du Plooy 151 not out, Cracknell in touching distance of three figures. Middlesex 366 for 5.
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Rain spares Kent at Chester le Avenue
Sam Northeast is holding Kent collectively, 58 not out in his first innings again at his boyhood membership, Kent 126 for six. Two wickets every for Potts and Raine.
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5 for Ben Sanderson and an early wicket for Sir Jimmy
And we’ve obtained CCLive eyes dwell at Wantage Street to observe the grand previous man of English cricket. “Sir Jim acquired a beautiful ovation from the Northants locals (and us Lankies who’ve made the journey) as he strode out to bat even earlier than his identify was introduced,” writes Mark Gretton,. “Warmed the cockles – and on a brisk April morning they want all of the warming they’ll get!”
A nought not out from Jimmy, in Lancashire’s 384 all out. A really useful 39 not out from Tom Bailey too. 5 for 79 from Ben Sanderson, who toiled by means of 28.3 overs. In reply, Northants are 34 for 2, one every for Anderson and Bailey.
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5 wickets for Pennington!
The primary five-fer of the season! Pennington polished off the Somerset tail, simply wanting a 3rd batting level. Somerset 347 all out. Can Overton, who bashed 60 not out with the bat, now do it with the ball too? Notts 0-0
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Fifty for Jake Weatherald
A extremely spectacular debut Championship innings from Jake Weatherald in overcast circumstances and on a fairly juicy pitch. Chilly too. His nut brown arms inform the story of a summer time spent taking part in cricket in very completely different circumstances. Fifty from 65 balls, seven fours. Leicestershire 88 for 2.
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A very good begin for Warwicks
At Edgbaston, Surrey had been lastly dismissed for 328 – a superb restoration from 65 for six. Three wickets for Bamber, two every for Woakes, Thompson, Gilchrist and Barnard.
Warwickshire have gritted their tooth after the frustration and made begin to their innings. Yates and Davies have confronted 50 balls a chunk, one has 13, the opposite 40 – I’ll allow you to guess which is which. Warwicks 66 for 0.
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Up to date at 07.36 EDT
100 for Matt Critchley!
A thirteenth first-class century for Critchley, however he’s misplaced Allison for 80, finally a outcome for the brief stuff from Hants. Essex 259 for 4.
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Fifties for Ben Kellaway and Colin Ingram
From the depths of 28 for 4 final evening, Ben Kellaway and Colin Ingram have rebuilt Glamorgan. Kellaway, one other Lion predicted to have a vivid future, reached his half-century first earlier than being bowled by a beautiful ball from Dom Bess. Glamorgan 137 for 5, Ingram 59 not out.
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Once more apologies that issues are gradual this morning, the wifi retains dropping out and in and the hotspot on my telephone can be being disobedient. Right here, rapidly, earlier than it drops once more, Ollie Robinson has despatched nightwatchman Scriven on his means, earlier than taking himself off. Weatherald and Holland drop anchor.
With an hour gone, let’s trot around the grounds.
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“Salutations Tanya!” Good morning Tim Maitland.
“I’m torn between two burning points.
”Firstly, why does the UK insist on giving storms such ridiculously benign names? Storm Dave is extra doubtless to present individuals the impression that there’s time for a pleasant cup of tea and a few custard lotions moderately than the specified impact of battening down the metaphorical hatches. What’s fallacious with utilizing the names of historic villains? Storm Genghis? Storm Atilla? Storm Thatcher? On the very least give them French names and strike worry into the center of the final inhabitants.
”The second thought is would the England batting line-up be higher with a participant like Ben Foakes in it? I’m not particularly banging the drum for Foakes, only for the England administration to resists the urge to fill their facet with but extra peroxide-tipped, excessive testosterone pyjama cricketers usual in their very own likeness and as a substitute add a participant late within the order able to having a steadying affect – a lot in the way in which that Joe Root calms the highest of the order when he inevitably is available in to bat 20 minutes into the innings – and sometimes purchase time for the final survivor of the specialist batters or Ben Stokes himself to construct their very own innings. Somebody who can do greater than present one other cameo of carnage earlier than handing the initiative again to the bowling facet.
“I solely point out this as two days of yellow storm warnings and a forecast of snow within the Scottish Highlands ought to presumably give us all a surfeit of time to contemplate such issues.”
Sadly, I believe Ben Foakes time has handed – which appears a ridiculous factor to say about such a proficient participant.
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Up to date at 06.50 EDT
One for Lancashire followers
Just a little plug for Paul Edwards, sitting subsequent to me right here at Grace Street and supplying statistical nuggets for the weblog every day. He and Graham Hardcastle have arrange a brand new web site lankylanky.com, which can cowl all features of Lancs cricket, together with in-depth options, profiles, historic items, batting collapses and so forth. It will likely be wide-ranging, males’s, girls’s and incapacity cricket in addition to the leisure recreation.
There’s a 20 per cent low cost till the top of April, code: LANKY20.
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Up to date at 06.33 EDT
Around the grounds, Somerset have a second batting level (Overton 38 not out); Martin Andersson has knocked up a career-best 150 for Derbyshire; Ben Sanderson has nipped out George Balderson for 21, Lancs 394-8.
Craig Overton has helped hosts Somerset safe one other batting bonus level towards Nottinghamshire. {Photograph}: Harry Trump/Getty ImagesShare
Up to date at 07.38 EDT
Ollie Robinson’s first over brings a caught behind attraction towards Scriven. Robinson is certain of it and most fed up when turned down.
A statistical goblet from yesterday: Yesterday was 8,231 days since Leicestershire final performed first-division cricket. That day was 19 Sept 2003, taking part in Sussex at Hove, the identical match that Sussex received the Championship.
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Sorry everybody, a number of wifi issues this morning. A blowy grey day at Grace Street however issues will begin on time.
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Ali Martin’s report from Birmingham
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Friday’s round-up
The spectre of the Ashes loomed over day one in all a brand new Championship season, each innings, each wicket, a play in a single act despatched straight to the laptop computer of Brendon McCullum.
England Lion Emilio Homosexual received the race to the primary century of the season for Durham, an aesthetic innings, fierce on the free ball, and in tough circumstances at Chester-le-Avenue. When he was lastly out, a fourth catch of the day to Kent’s Zak Crawley, he had pocketed 128 from simply 140 balls.
Crawley’s flip with the bat went about in addition to Jamie Smith’s and Ollie Pope’s over at Edgbaston, two boundaries earlier than falling lbw to Matthew Potts for 9.
At Grace Street Tom Clark embroidered a classy 101, as Sussex gave promoted Leicestershire a bloody nostril within the morning session, racing to 155 for 2 by lunch. Lion Tom Haines made a giddy half-century and James Coles, of mega-deal Hundred fame, a reasonably 28. An England and Wales Cricket Board bowling scout, watching from the wings, then noticed Ollie Robinson take away Rishi Patel within the 4 overs of Leicestershire’s innings doable earlier than stumps
At Taunton, Somerset carried out their ordinary rescue act, this time from 14 for 2 towards the champions. Tom Abell stroked a flawless 108, and he and younger James Rew (64) added 140 for the fourth wicket towards Nottinghamshire. One among Rew’s drives lilted by means of covers like a lullaby. Craig Overton clubbed 32.
Rain worn out a lot of the day at Sophia Gardens however Glamorgan, again in Division One for the primary time since 2005, had a tough begin. They misplaced 4 wickets in six overs towards Yorkshire together with the fancied Asa Tribe, who donated Jonny Bairstow a pillowy catch. Ben Kellaway and Colin Ingram rebuilt to 99 for 4 at stumps.
Historical past was made at Southampton, the place Noah Thain turned the primary full substitute in County Championship historical past beneath the ECB’s new experimental rule change. He changed the Essex captain, Tom Westley, whose finger was fractured by a snorter from Hampshire’s Sonny Baker. Wobbling at 67 for 3, and with Westley retired harm, Matt Critchley (97no) and Charlie Allison (60no) rebuilt calmly. There was a minute’s silence at the beginning of the match in reminiscence of Hampshire and England legend Robin Smith, who died in the course of the winter.
There was additionally a minute’s silence at Lord’s, to recollect long-serving groundsman Mick Hunt. On a stodgy day, Leus du Plooy’s 98 not out helped Middlesex to 279 for 5 towards Gloucestershire.
It was a troublesome day for Worcestershire’s bowlers at Derbyshire, the place Martin Andersson shimmied a speedy unbeaten 134. Worcestershire are with out South African signing Beyers Swanepoel, whose desperation to get to New Street was such that he left for the airport with seven overs of a home one-day remaining to go after which discovered {that a} livid South African had withheld his no-objection certificates. “Beyers would in all probability say he’s made a little bit of an error in hindsight,” mentioned the Worcestershire chief govt, Ashley Giles.
Lancashire had been the one facet who received the toss and batted and may very well be blissful sufficient with their work towards Northamptonshire due to 90 from Josh Bohannon, 87 from Luke Wells and 71 from Michael Jones.
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Scores on the doorways
DIVISION ONE
Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan 99-4 v Yorkshire
Southampton: Hampshire v Essex 219-3
Grace Street: Leicestershire 15-1 v Sussex 361
Taunton: Somerset 292-6 v Nottinghamshire
Edgbaston: Warwickshire v Surrey 328
DIVISION TWO
The County Floor: Derbyshire 391-4 v Worcestershire
Chester le Street: Durham 335 v Kent 50-2
Lord’s: Middlesex 279-5 v Gloucestershire
Wantage Street: Northamptonshire v Lancashire 346-7
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Preamble
Good morning! In Leicester, the sparrows are chirping as the town stretches into Easter Saturday.
At Grace Street, Sussex, giddy from for his or her success on day one, will press additional. I fear a bit of what havoc Ollie Robinson may unleash on Leicestershire’s batting line up. Anyway, all of it begins at 11am – do be part of us for information across the grounds.
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