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Saturday’s round-up
With a sleek of his velvet cloak and a minimize down to 3rd guy, Rehan Ahmed reached his 2d hundred of the summer season towards Lancashire. It was once every other massively stress-free innings, filled with rapier wrist and flamboyant defence. He and Lewis Hill, who hit his personal entertaining century – his first for 2 years – placed on 256 for the 3rd wicket, after coming in combination in tough prerequisites on Thursday night time at 24 for 2. A partnership of 76 between Ian Holland and Ben Cox added additional inflammation to every other day of toil for Lancashire’s bowlers, With rain skirmishing, Leicestershire accumulated most batting bonus issues, to head with the utmost bowling issues already within the bag. They had been in spite of everything all out with a lead of 251.
Cloud duvet and a pleasant dose of in a single day rain at New Road set the scene for Chris Woakes to run in for the primary time this season, after recuperating from a knee harm. A glancing England selector on his method house from Trent Bridge would have observed a bowler in complete go with the flow and high-quality fettle, selecting up 3 for 34, whilst Chris Rushworth, additionally in his first fit of the season, grabbed 4 for 37. Warwickshire carried a at hand lead of 46 into their 2d innings towards Worcestershire, Alex Davies was once bowled affordably via Jacob Duffy, however Rob Yates and Tom Latham noticed them thru to stumps.
Calvin Harrison, who has proved an impressed mortgage signing for Northants, from Notts, cracked a career-best 63 sooner than winkling out Ollie Price and Miles Hammond. Saif Zaib had reached a career-best 159 sooner than being stuck at slip, and the tail, marshalled via Harrison and Lewis McManus, took Northants to 469. Gloucestershire are nonetheless 164 runs in need of the persist with on.
Sussex are pickling Hampshire at Southampton, first construction a at hand first-innings lead because of a 3rd century of the season from John Simpson and 74 from Hudson-Prentice, then damn thru their 2d innings.
Micky Arthur’s glad slump, Caleb Jewell, hit 232 and along side Wayne Madsen (100) carried Derbyshire to 587 for 5 declared – their best possible ranking towards Kent. Matt Parkinson additionally become a record-breaker, his 46 overs, 1-204 are actually the pricy bowling figures towards Derbyshire in historical past. But Kent’s bowlers didn’t in finding operating in on the County Ground a lot more straightforward, Ben Compton compiled an unbeaten 105.
Eighteen wickets fell on a chaotic day on the Riverside, leaving Somerset to chase 265 for victory. Mitch Kileen snaffled 5 for 36 on Championship debut when Somerset had been bowled out for 172 within the morning. Matt Henry and Migael Pretorius then rattled thru Durham for 159, Alex Lees the highest scorer with 35. Careful batting from Lewis Gregory and Tom Lammonby gave Somerset hope of a win on Sunday.
Nottinghamshire are on best at Headingley, after Mohammad Abbas grabbed six for 45 to push aside Yorkshire for 159. Glamorgan enforced the follow-on towards Middlesex, because of Andy Gorvin’s 4 wickets, however night time rain gave the batters some respite. And Essex’s Paul Walter and Dean Elgar put Surrey underneath drive at The Oval, with a dominating opening partnership of 188.
Scores at the doorways
Division One
Chester-le-Street: Durham 277 and 159 v Somerset 172 and 71-1
Southampton: Hampshire 154 and 114-6 v Sussex 297
The Oval: Surrey 279 v Essex 217 and 195-2
New Road: Worcestershire 181 v Warwickshire 227 and 53-1
Headingley: Yorkshire 159 v Nottinghamshire 228 and 227-3
Division Two
Derby: Derbyshire 587-5dec v Kent 210-3
Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan 383 v Middlesex 155
Grace Road: Leicestershire 457 v Lancashire 206
County Ground: Northamptonshire 469 v Gloucestershire 156-4
