365 Sporting Days – New!

With the T20 Blast done and dusted it was time to fit in a couple of County Championship games. The weather at the start of the week suggested there would be some rain about across the country. I was watching Day 3 of the match between England and India U19’s on Day 1 and at the theatre on Day 2, so I’m starting this on the afternoon of Day 3. The Kookaburra ball was being used, will I find massive scores across the board (I kept track of Essex over the 3 days of course). Well, one match was over in less than 2 days, so not in Taunton! I’ll start with that one! Results were a very mixed bag, with the most amazing result happening at Edgbaston! Rehan Ahmed and Tom Hartley have to be the players of the round! There were only 2 Drawn matches in this round!

Division 1

Somerset v Durham – The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton. Lewis Gregory won the toss for Somerset and put Durham in to bat. Somerset won by 5 wickets

Durham 145 All Out & 190 All Out, Somerset 250 All Out & 89 for 5.

Durham were bowled out in a fairly shocking 30.1 overs! They made just 145, Ben Raine in at 7 scored 42 of those runs. Craig Overton took 6 for 23 in his 10 overs.

Somerset batted for a heady 49.3 overs and made 250. Tom Lammonby top scored with 89 from 109 balls, was he batting on a different wicket! George Drissell took 5 for 59 in his 13.3 overs. Somerset scored 250.

The innings faced was growing and Durham managed 58.2 overs second time round. Emilio Gay, opening, top scored with 42. Jack Leach took 6 for 63 in his 25 overs.

Somerset required just 19.2 overs to get the game won, they still lost 5 wickets! Callum Parkinson took 4 for 39 in 10 overs.

Hampshire v Nottinghamshire Utilita Bowl, Southampton. Ben Brown won the toss for Hampshire and put Nottinghamshire in to bat. Match Drawn.

Nottinghamshire 578 for 8 dec & 108 fro 1, Hampshire 454 All Out

Nottinghamshire lost both openers early on ,Haseeb Hameed was out in the 4th over and Ben Slater in the 13th, they were 31 for 2. Freddie McCann and Joe Clarke then put on 74 for the 3rd wicket. McCann made 79 from 123 balls and his was the 4th wicket to fall. Jack Haynes and Keeper Kyle Verreynne put on 84 for the 5th. Haynes then shared 106 runs with Lyndon James for the 6th wicket, Haynes scored 103 from 141 balls. James then put on 66 with Liam Patterson White, and 144 with Brett Hutton, who scored 71 from 87 balls. James was 203* from 236 balls. The bowlers for Notts really did enjoy their time with the bat! 3 of the Hants bowlers conceded over 100 runs. Notts batted for 132.3 overs.

In reply the Hants openers put on 94 for the 1st wicket, Joe Weatherly scored 52 from 111 balls and Fletcha Middleton 52 from 133 balls. Wickets 2 to 5 fell at a steady pace before Tilak Varma and Felix Organ shared a partnership of 126. Tilak made 112 from 256 balls. Organ batted on with the lower order and was 122* from 352 balls at the end of the innings. Hampshire batted for 178.3 overs This was very much a Kookaburra style game in the CC.

Notts batted for 34 overs making 108 fro 1, with 50 from 81 fro Haseeb Hameed and 52 from 103 for Freddie McCann, before the inevitable draw was declared!

Sussex v Essex – The 1st Central County Ground, Hove. Tom Westley won the toss for Essex and put Sussex in to bat. Essex won by an innings and 39 runs.

Essex had their opening bowling pair available for the first time for months as Sam Cook and Jamie Porter too the new ball. Sussex were bowled out in 52.45 overs. James Coles top scored with 52 from 70 balls. Jamie Porter took 4 for 30.

Essex put on 63 for the 1st wicket, then fell to 151 for 4. Jordan Cox and Matt Critchley then put on 196 for the 5th wicket. Cox scored 132 from 173 balls. Critchley then shared a partnership of 85 with Michael Pepper. Critchley scored 123 from 175 balls. Simon Harmer added a useful 53 from 73 balls as Essex were bowled out for 504 in 118 overs.

2 Sussex batted fared much better in the 2nd innings with Tom Alsop (72 from 150 balls) and James Coles sharing a 3rd wicket partnership of 141. Coles batted on and his was the 9th wicket to fall, he scored 108 from 214 balls. Matt Critchley took 4 for 41.

Warwickshire v Worcestershire – Edgbaston, Birmingham. Brett D’Oliveira won the toss for Worcestershire and elected to bat. Warwickshire won by 5 Wickets.

Worcestershire 333 All Out & 243 All Out , Warwickshire 184 All Out & 396 for 5

Worcestershire lost wickets steadily after being 50 for 3. The captain D’Oliveira and Ethan Brookes put on 66 for the 5th wicket. D’Oliveira scored 57 from 148 balls. Brookes’ was the 9th wicket to fall, he scored his maiden FC Century, with 140 from 169 balls. They were bowled out in 108.1 overs for 333.

Warwickshire were bowled out in just 58.5 overs. Beau Webster top scored with 68 from 100 balls. Khurram Shahzad took 6 for 42 in his 16 overs.

The Worcestershire openers put on 80 for the 1st wicket, Gareth Roderick scored 50 from 130 balls of that 80. Ethan Brookes added another 897 from 137 balls to his personal tally. But Worcestershire were bowled out in 86.4 overs for 243.

Warwickshire’s 2nd innings was somewhat better than the 1st! In chasing 396 they were 12 for 2 as both openers were out early. Dan Mousley and Zain Malik then put on 114 for the 3rd wicket. Mousley scored 69 from 107 balls. Malik then shared 160 runs with Beau Webster. Malik made 142 from 222 balls and Webster saw the innings out with Keeper Kai Smith. Webster scored exactly 100 from 166 balls.

Yorkshire v Surrey – North Marine Road, Scarborough. Jonny Bairstow won the toss for Yorkshire and elected to bat. Match Drawn.

Yorkshire 517 for 6 dec

7 of the 8 batters in the Yorkshire innings scored 45 and over. So. an innings of partnerships. The opening pair put on 107 for the 1st wicket. Finlay Bean’s was the 2nd wicket to fall with Yorkshire on 108, 2 balls after Adam Lyth, Bean scored 57 from 106 balls. James Wharton and will Luxton put on 149 for the 3rd wicket. Luxton made 71 from 118 balls and Wharton 78 from 166 balls. Matthew Revis in at 6 top scored with 110* from 134 balls. He and Bairstow put on 88 for the 5th wicket. Bairstow scored 72 fro 90 balls. Yorkshire batted for 130 overs and scored 517 for 6.

It was highly unlikely that Yorkshire were going to bowl Surrey out twice. Dom Sibley (52 from 91 balls) and Rory Burns (78 from 136 balls) put on 134 for the 1st wicket. Dan Lawrence (92 from 142 balls) and Keeper Josh Blake (72 from 112 balls) put on 115 for the 4th wicket. In common with the England v India match Blake was stumped by a substitute keeper. Surrey batted for 120 overs and made 537. Another Kookaburra style game!

Yorkshire batted for 56.3 overs and made 120 for the loss of 5 wickets before the Draw was declared.

Young Surrey bowler Ralph Albert took 6 for 53 in 16 overs for England u19’s v India u19’s on Tuesday and 4 for 76 in their 2nd innings!

Division 2

Derbyshire v Leicestershire – The Central Co-op County Ground, Derby. Peter Handscomb won the toss for Leicestershire and elected to bat. Leicestershire won by 189 Runs.

Leicestershire 398 All Out & 236 for 9 dec, Derbyshire 189 All Out & 256 All Out

Leicestershire were 0 for 2 after 1.2 overs. That brought Rehan Ahmed in at 3 and Lewis HIll in at 4. They put on 167 for the 3rd wicket. Ahmed scored 115 from 139 balls. Hill was joined by his captain Handscomb and the pair added 191 for the 4th wicket. Handscomb made 101 from 171 balls. Hill’s was the 6th wicket to fall, he’d scored 151 from 310 balls. The other 6 batters added just 15 runs. Leicestershire were bowled out om 117.1 over for 398. Luis Reece took 6 for 56 in his 25 overs.

Derbyshire were 2 for 1 after 5 balls, Caleb Jewell in at 3 and opener Harry Came put on 112 for the 2nd wicket. Came scored 56 from 122 balls and Came went on to score 54 from 107 balls. Derbyshire were bowled out for 189 in 71.1 overs. Rehan Ahmed’s match was made even more memorable as hr took 6 for 51 in his 20 overs.

The Leicestershire openers will want to forget this match, they fell for 1 and 9 leaving their team on 22 for 2 in the 6th over. There were no big partnerships in this innings, but Ian Holland top scored with 90 from 99 balls as Leicestershire made 236 for 9 in 42.3 overs.

In spite of a decent partnership mid way through the Derbyshire innings between Zak Chappell (50 from 84 balls) and Alex Thomson (55 from 130 balls; Derbyshire were bowled out in 116 .3 overs for 256, falling well short. Rehan Ahmed who had, to say the least, a memorable game took 7 for 93 in his 40 overs!

Glamorgan v Kent – Sophia Gardens Cardiff. Kiran Carlson won the toss for Glamorgan and put Kent in to bat. Glamorgan won by 5 Wickets.

Kent 155 All Out & 360 All Out, Glamorgan 327 All Out & 189 for 5

Kent were bowled out in 53.2 overs for 155. Joe Denly retired hurt after facing 30 balls. Daniel Bell-Drummond top scored with 42.

Glamorgan fell to 78 for 4 in the 26th over. Colin Ingram and Ben Kellaway then put on 172 for the 5th wicket. Ingram scored 87 from 142 balls and Kellaway 90 from 174 balls. Glamorgan made 327 in 100.5 overs. Wes Agar and Matt Parkinson both took 4 wickets.

Kent had a much better 2nd innings, their openers made 62 for the 1st wicket. The 2nd wicket partnership was 68. Joey Evison (49 from 92 balls) and Keeper Harry Finch (63 from 77 balls) put on 68 for the 6th wicket. Kent made 360 in the 114.3 overs they faced.

Glamorgan fell to 40 for 3 before Billy Root and Kiran Carlson put on 68 (bit of a theme going on here!) for the 4th wicket. Carlson saw the innings through, scoring 89 from 115 balls. Matt Parkinson took another 4 wickets.

Gloucestershire v Lancashire – College Ground, Cheltenham. James Anderson won the toss for Lancashire and elected to bat. Lancashire won by 9 wickets.

Lancashire 557 All Out & 111 for 1, Gloucestershire 381 All Out & 285 All Out

Another match with 3 Centuries! Lancashire fell to 209 for 6. Matty Hurst, who’d come in at 5 and Chris Green put on 86 for the 7th wicket. Hurst scored 106 from 167 balls. Green and Tom Hartley then put on 212 for the 9th wicket. Green scored 106 from 167 balls and Hartley went on to score 130 from 153 balls. Zaman Akhter took 4 for 133.

Gloucestershire lost captain Cameron Bancroft in the 5th over and were 20 for 1. Joe Phillips and Ben Charlsworth, who’d opened put on 171 for the 2nd wicket. Phillips scored 64 from 150 balls. Charlsworth’s was the 4th wicket to fall, he scored 160 from 249 balls. Gloucestershire were bowled out in 113.4 overs for 381. Tom Hartley took 6 for 116 in his 34.4 overs.

Gloucestershire followed on and were bowled out in 98 overs for 285. The openers put on 98 for the 1st wicket. Ben Charlsworth went on to score 71 from 122 balls. Joe Phillips batting at 3 scored 56 from 110 balls. Tom Hartley took 5 for 99 in his 28 overs.

Lancashire won their 2nd game in 21 overs for the loss of just 1 wicket. Keaton Jennings scored 57 from 67 balls.

Middlesex v Northamptonshire – Merchant Taylor’s School Ground, Northwood. Lewis McManus won the toss for Northamptonshire and put Middlesex in to bat. Middlesex won by an innings and 107 runs.

Middlesex 635 for 8 dec, Northamptonshire 261 All Out & 257 All Out

Another 3 Centuries in this innings. Sam Robson and Max Holden put on 122 for the 1st wicket. Robson scored 57 from 108 balls. Holden and Kane Williamson shared a partnership of 239 for the 2nd wicket, what a delight that must have been to witness! (unless you’re a Northants fan!). Holden scored 151 from 282 balls. Williamson was out in the next over, he scored 114 from 159 balls. Leus du Plooy then shared a couple of partnerships, 67 with Ryan Higgins and 124 with Keeper Joe Cracknell. Cracknell scored 73 from 98 balls. du Plooy was 105* from 152 when he chose to declare. Middlesex batted for 146 overs.

Northamptonshire were bowled out in 81.3 overs for 261. Saif Zaib top scored with 82 from 159 balls. Ryan Higgins took 4 for 51.

Northamptonshire were bowled out in 90 overs, Rob Keogh top cored with 61 from 192 balls, a valiant effort from a player who rarely fails. They fell short with their 257 by 107 runs.

Century Makers and 5 Wicket Takers

• Jack Haynes – Notts – 103 from 141 Balls
• Lyndon James – Notts – 203 from 236 Balls
• Tilak Varma – Hampshire 112 from 256 Balls
• Felix Organ – Hampshire 122 from 352 Balls
• Jordan Cox – Essex 132 from 173 Balls
• Matt Critchley – Essex – 124 from 175 Balls
• James Coles – Sussex – 108 from 214 Balls
• Ethan Brookes – Worcs – 140 from 169 Balls
• Zain Malik – Warwickshire – 142 from 222 Balls
• Beau Webster – Warwickshire – 100 from 160 Balls
• Matthew Revis – Yorkshire – 110* from 134 Balls
• Rehan Ahmed – Leicestershire – 115 from 139 Balls
• Peter Handscomb – Leicestershire – 101 from 171 Balls
• Lewis Hill – Leicestershire – 151 from 310 Balls
• Matty Hurst – Lancashire – 106 from 167 Balls
• Chris Green – Lancashire – 160 from 199 Balls
• Tom Hartley – Lancashire – 130 from 153 Balls.
• Ben Charlsworth – Gloucestershire – 160 from 249 Balls
• Max Holden – Middlesex – 151 from 282 Balls
• Kane Williamson – Middlesex – 114 from 159 Balls
• Leus du Plooy – Middlesex – 105* from 152 Balls

• Craig Overton – Somerset – 6 for 23 in 10 Overs
• George Drissell – Durham – 5 for 59 in 13.3 Overs
• Jack Leach – Somerset – 6 for 63 in 25 Overs
• Khurram Shahzad – Worcs – 6 for 42 in 16 Overs
• Luis Reece – Derbyshire – 6 for 56 in 25 Overs
• Rehan Ahmed – Leicestershire 6 for 51 in 20 Overs
• Rehan Ahmed – Leicestershire – 7 for 93 in 40 Overs
• Tom Hartley – Lancashire-6 for 116 in 34.4 Overs
• Tom Hartley – Lancashire – 5 for 99 in 28 Overs