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Another Kookaburra round, the last and only round of the County Championship in the school holidays. The next set of 3 rounds starts on September 8th. There were 3 Centuries in the first innings in Chelmsford, how many more will I find? I’m starting my write up at the end of Day 2. In spite of the ball, we had 1 positive result on Day 3! The weather would have a part to play on Day 4, it certainly rained hard in Chelmsford for most of the afternoon! I wrote up what I could on the afternoon of Day 4, watching from afar Worcestershire toying with getting a win and losing and Gloucestershire aiming for another batting point. The point was achieved the win/loss a Draw!

Division 1

Durham v Surrey – Banks Home Riverside, Chester-le-Street. Alex Lees won the toss for Durham and elected to bat. Surrey won by 5 Wickets.

Durham 153 All Out & 344 All Out, Surrey 322 All Out & 176 for 5

No high scoring stuff going on in the first 2 innings at Chester-le-Street! Durham were bowled out in 55.1 overs. Colin Ackermann top scored with 51 from 104 balls. Dan Worrall took 4 for 31.

Surrey lost early wickets and were 27 for 3 in the 13th over. Ryan Patel (58 from 72 balls) and Dan Lawrence put on 83 for the 4th wicket. Lawrence (88 from 116 balls) shared a partnership of 85 with Jordan Clark, Clarks’s was the last wicket to fall, he scored 82 from 76 balls. Ben Raine took 5 for 72 in his 20.1 overs. Surrey batted for 68.1 overs.

Durham faced 67 overs on Day 2. Emilio Gay scored 99 from 108 balls he and Colin Ackermann put on 77 for the 3rd wicket. Durham were 222 for 5 at the end of the day, a lead of 53. Durham faced a total of 113.4 overs in their 2nd innings and scored 344. Sai Kishore took 5 for 72 in his 41.4 overs.

Surrey batted for 38.2 overs on Day 3 to reach the required total, they lost 5 wickets as they went. Sam Curran (40 from 40 balls) and Dan Lawrence (32* from 32 balls) put on 73 for the 4th of those wickets.

Essex v Warwickshire – Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford. Alex Davies won the toss for Warwickshire and put Essex in to bat. Match Drawn.

Essex 602 for 6, Warwickshire

The Essex openers put on 68 for the 1st wicket before Dean Elgar went for a bit of a crazy shot! His fellow opener Paul Walter (86 from 160 balls) and captain Tom Westley put on 132 for the 2nd wicket. Westley then shared a partnership of 81 with Jordan Cox. Charlie Allison joined his captain after the 4th wicket fell and the 2 put on 91 for the 5th, Westley scored 148 from 278 balls. I arrived after lunch to see Allison and Michael Pepper both reach their Centuries. Allison scored 133 from 202 balls and Pepper 107* from 117 balls. The pair put on 195 for the 6th wicket. Essex declared when that wicket fell on 602 for 6.

Warwickshire faced 41 overs on day 2 and were 140 for 2 at the end of the day. One of those wickets, Alex Davies, was a great stumping by Pepper. A special day for him on the day he received his Essex cap. Dan Mousley (75 from 88 balls) and Ethan Bamber put on 68 for the 3rd wicket. Beau Webster (32 from 75 balls) and Bamber then shared 80 for the 5th wicket. Bamber’s was the 6th wicket to fall, he scored 107 from 207 balls. Ed Barnard, who seems to like too bat against Essex, put on 86 for the 8th wicket with Vansh Jane (41 from 75 balls). Barnard finished the day on 90* from 102 balls. Matt Critchley took 5 for 156 in his 37 overs, 2 of those were on Day 2. Warwickshire were 465 for 9 at the end of Day 3 having batted a total of 127.4 overs. Warwickshire added 20 on Day 4. Ed Barnard was 108* from 123 balls at the end of the innings. Critchley ended up with 5 for 171 in his 40 overs.

Essex faced 31 overs on day 4 and they made 96 for 1. Tom Westley scored 51 from 103 balls. The rain came and the match was eventually declared a draw.

Nottinghamshire v Somerset. Trent Bridge, Nottingham. Haseeb Hameed won the toss for Nottinghamshire and put Somerset in to bat. Match Drawn.

Somerset 438 All Out & 200 for 5, Nottinghamshire 544 All Out

Somerset were 25 for 3 in the 13th over. Then along came a mighty partnership James Rew and Tom Abell put on 313 for the 3rd wicket! Abell scored 156 from 254 balls, Rew went on to score 156 from 254 balls. That partnership was the bulk of the Somerset innings. They faced 132.3 overs and were bowled out for 438.

Nottinghamshire faced 55 overs on Day 2 and were 189 for 2. Haseeb Hameed went into Day 3 on 103* from 179 balls. Hameed went on to score 208 from 388 balls, before he was run out by Tom Lammonby, what a disappointing way to end an innings like that! Hameed had a couple of decent partnerships as you’d expect with that score! 101 for the 2nd wicket with Freddie McCann (48 from 83 balls. 118 for the 3rd with Joe Clarke (42 from 107 balls). 133 with Jack Haynes (70 from 127 balls). Hammer’s wa stern 5th wicket to fall. Lyndon James (72 from 94 balls) put on 88 with Liam Patterson-White who will start Day 4 on 47. Notts batted for a total of 151 overs by the end of Day 3 and were 511 for 6. Notts added 33 on day 4. Somerset used 8 bowlers!

Somerset faced 66 overs on day 4 and made 200 for 5. Tom Abell scored 51 from 116 balls.

Worcestershire v Hampshire – Visit Worcestershire New Road, Worcester. Brett D’Oliveira won the toss and put Hampshire in to bat. Match Drawn.

Hampshire 293 All Out & 313 for 7 dec, Worcestershire 249 All Out & 303 for 8

A rain affected 1st day meant only 141.3 overs were bowled across the first 2 days. The Hampshire openers Joe Weatherley (62 from 130 balls) and Fletcha Middleton (79 from 101 balls) put on 144 for the 1st wicket. Tom Prest in at 6 scored 54 from 86 balls. Somerset batted for 87.3 overs and made 293. Tom Taylor took 5 for 55 in his 21.3 overs.

Worcestershire faced 54 overs on day 2 and were 187 for 2. Jake Libby (70* ) and Adam Hose (82) had put on 126 at the end of day 2. Hose didn’t add to his 82 from 125 balls but Libby went to 100* from 235 balls, carrying his bat as wickets fell around him. The pair scored 182 of the 249 Worcestershire scored in their 91.1 overs. Sonny Baker took 5 for 72 in his 20.1 overs.

Hampshire batted for 42 overs on Day 3 and were 139 for 2, a lead of 183. Nick Gubbins will start Day 4 on 55*. Gubbins went on to score 84 from 137 balls he and Tilak Varma (38 from 75 balls) put on 76 for the 3rd wicket. Hampshire batted for a total of 80 overs and declared on 313 for 7.

Worcestershire lost opener Gareth Roderick to a run out on the 4th ball and were 4 for 1. His fellow opener Jake Libby and Kashi Ali (65 from 79 balls) put on 134 for the 2nd wicket. Libby’s was the 5th wicket to fall, he’d made 106 from 122 balls. A century in both innings made this a memorable match for Jake Libby! Worcestershire scored 303 in 52.5 overs in a valiant effort to chase the win, they lost 8 wickets as they went, I presume the final hour and overs intervened as the draw was declared. Sonny Baker added another 3 wickets to his tally.

Yorkshire v Sussex – North Marine Road, Scarborough. Dom Bess won the toss for Yorkshire and put Sussex in to bat. Yorkshire won by an innings and 128 runs.

Sussex 222 All Out & 195 All Out, Yorkshire 545 for 9 dec

Sussex lost wickets steadily, with the biggest partnership coming for the final wicket. Danny Lamb who’d come in at 8 (47) and Gurinder Sandhu (28*) put on 72. Sussex were bowled out in 99.5 overs.

Opener Adam Lyth and James Wharton put on 168 for the 3rd wicket. Lyth scored 115 form 233 balls. Wharton’s was the 4th wicket to fall he made 85 from 130 balls. Yorkshire faced 90 overs on Day 2 and were 292 for 4. a lead of 70. Matthew Revis in at 6 shared a partnership of 140 for the 7th wicket with George Hill (75 from 93 balls). Revis was 152* from 188 balls at the end of the innings. Yorkshire batted for a total of 140 overs and scored 545 for 9.

Facing such a big deficit must have been daunting and Sussex fell to 20 for 3 in the first 6 overs! Opener Daniel Hughes (56*) and Danial Ibrahim (50*) had put on 95 by the end of Day 3 and Sussex finished the day on 115 for 3. Sussex faced a total of 96.4 overs and were bowled out for 195. Hughes was out for 57 and Ibrahim 51. Finn Hudson-Prentice scored 52 from 156 balls. Matt Milnes took 5 for 31 in his 16.4 overs.

Division 2

Gloucestershire v Middlesex – College Ground, Cheltenham. Leus du Plooy won the toss for Middlesex and elected to bat. Match Drawn.

Middlesex 445 All Out, Gloucestershire 404 for 9

Those who went to Cheltenham had a treat on Day 1, Josh de Caires (58 from 94 balls) and Kane Williamson put on 63 for the 3rd wicket. Williamson then shared a partnership of 151 with Leus du Plooy (57 from 86 balls). Williamson went on to score 153 from 183 balls. Ben Geddes (44) and Luke Hollman (60 from 95 balls) put on 88 for the 8th wicket. Middlesex faced 108.5 overs and scored 445.

Gloucestershire faced 21 overs on day 2 and were 54 for 1 at the end of the day. There was no play at Cheltenham on Day 3. Day 4 Brough some cricket! Ollie Price (34) and Joe Phillips put on 90 for the 3rd wicket. Phillips and Miles Hammond added 66 for the 4th wicket. Phillips scored 136 from 182 balls. Hammond’s was the 8th wicket to fall, he scored 71 from 81 balls. Gloucestershire got to their 4th batting point by the end of the day.

Kent v Leicestershire – The Spitfire Ground, Canterbury. Grant Stewart won the toss for Kent and put Leicestershire in to bat. Match Drawn.

Leicestershire 471 All Out, Kent 445 for 8

Opener Rishi Patel (85 from 133) and Rehan Ahmed put on 164 for the 2nd wicket. Ahmed’s was the 5th wicket to fall, he went on to score another century, 119 from 156 balls. Tom Scriven (99 from 147 balls), and Josh Hull 35*) put on 108 for the last wicket. Callum Parkinson took 7 for 137 in his 23 overs.

Kent faced 69 overs on day 2 and were 203 for 3. Ben Compton will start day 3 on 101* from 204 balls. There were only 9.5 overs bowled on Day 3. Compton moved to 111*. Compton went on to a total of 221 from 380 balls. Leicestershire used 10 bowlers! With Keeper Peter Handscomb being the only odd man out! Rehan Ahmed took 3 for 134. Kent batted for a total of 152 overs.

Lancashire v Glamorgan – Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester. Sam Northeast won the toss for Glamorgan and elected to bat. Glamorgan won by 154 Runs.

Glamorgan 261 All Out & 348 for 7, Lancashire 137 All Out & 318 All Out

The Glamorgan openers put on 76 for the 1st wicket. Asa Tribe scored 61 from 113 balls. Kiran Carlson and Colin Ingram (33) put on 86 for the 4th wicket. Carlson went on to score 77 from 129 balls. Glamorgan faced 97.2 overs and scored 261. Chris Green took 6 for 82 in his 34 overs.

Lancashire were bowled out in 52.3 overs as Mason Crane took 6 for 19 in his 10.3 overs.

Glamorgan faced 25 overs on day 2 and were 95 for 2, a lead of 219. Sam Northeast and Kiran Carlson put on 215 for the 3rd wicket. Carlson scored 108 from 138 balls. Northeast went on to score 132 from 215 balls. Glamorgan batted on for another 51 overs and declared on 348 for 7.

I’m. not sure if my maths were right for Glamorgan’s overs faced on Day 2, Lancashire batted for 51 overs on Day 3. They lost Phil Salt in the 2nd over and were 5 for 1. Keaton Jennings (33) and Luke Wells put on 72 for the 2nd wicket. Wells then shared 82 with Josh Bohannon (29 from 30 balls) for the 3rd wicket. Wells went on to score 102 from 117 balls. Lancashire were 226 for 5 at the end of Day 3, trailing by 246. Marcus Harris in at 5 scored 61 from 103 balls. Lancashire were bowled out in 74.5 overs for 318.

Northamptonshire v Derbyshire – County Ground, Northampton. Wayne Madsen won the toss for Derbyshire and elected to bat. Match Drawn.

Derbyshire 377 All Out & 185 for 5, Northamptonshire 550 for 9

Derbyshire lost wickets steadily and were 89 for 5. Aneurin Donald (37) and Martin Andersson put on 102 for the 6th wicket. Andersson then shared a partnership of 61 with Zak Chappell (32). Andersson’s was the 8th wicket to fall, he scored 105 from 148 balls. Derbyshire faced 104.2 overs and were out for 377. Yuzvendra Chahal took 6 for 118 in his 33.2 over.

Northamptonshire faced 86 overs and were 265 for 5 at the end of day 2. James Sales (35) and Opener and Captain Luke Proctor put on 74 for the 3rd wicket. Proctor scored 71 from 137 balls. George Bartlett (66 from 147 balls) and Justin Broad put on 127 for the 6th over. Broad then shared a partnership of 208 with Rob Keogh. Broad scored 171 from 273 balls. Keogh batted on with the 2 tailenders and helped add another 61. Keogh finished the innings on 125* from 202 balls.

Derbyshire faced 24 overs on Day 3 and were 52 for 4, trailing by 121. Opener Luis Reece (61 from 152 balls) and Keeper Brooke Guest (60 from 130 balls), put on 131 before the draw was declared.

Century Makers and 5 Wicket Takers

• Tom Westley – Essex – 148 from 278 Balls
• Charlie Allison – Essex – 133 from 202 Balls
• Michael Pepper – Essex – 107* from 117 Balls
• Ethan Bamber – Warwickshire – 107 from 207 Balls
• Ed Barnard – Warwickshire – 108* from 123 Balls
• Tom Abell – Somerset 156 from 254 Balls
• James Rew – Somerset – 156 from 254 Balls
• Haseeb Hameed – Nottinghamshire 208 from 388 Balls
• Adam Lyth – Yorkshire – 115 from 233 Balls
• Jake Libby – Worcestershire – 100 from 235 Balls
• Jake Libby – Worcestershire 106 from 122 Balls
• Matthew Revis – Yorkshire – 152* from 188 Balls
• Kane Williamson – Middlesex – 153 from 183 Balls
• Rehan Ahmed – Leicestershire – 119 from 156 Balls
• Martin Andersson – Derbyshire – 105 from 148 Balls
• Kiran Carlson – Glamorgan – 108 from 138 Balls
• Sam Northeast – Glamorgan = 132 from 215 Balls
• Luke Wells – Lancashire – 102 from 117 Balls
• Justin Broad – Northamptonshire – 171 from 273 Balls
• Rob Keogh – Northamptonshire – 125* from 202 Balls

• Dan Worrall – Surrey – 5 for 72 in 20.1 Overs
• Sai Kishore – Surrey – 5 for 72 in 41.4 Overs
• Matt Critchley – Essex – 5 for 171 in 40 Overs
• Tom Taylor – Worcestershire – 5 for 55 in 21.3 Overs
• Sonny Baker – Hampshire – 5 for 71 in 20.1 Overs
• Matt Milnes – Yorkshire – 5 for 31 in 16.4 Overs
• Callum Parkinson – Kent – 7 for 137 from 34 Overs
• Mason Crane – Glamorgan – 6 for 19 in 10.3 Overs
• Chris Green – Lancashire – 6 for 62 in 34 Overs
• Mason Crane – Glamorgan – 6 for 19 in 10.3 Overs
• Yuzvendra Chahal – Northamptonshire – 6 for 118 in 33.2 Overs