Key occasions
Sam Cook picked for Zimbabwe Test
Ben Stokes (Durham) – Captain
Gus Atkinson (Surrey)
Shoaib Bashir (Somerset)
Harry Brook (Yorkshire)
Sam Cook (Essex)
Jordan Cox (Essex)
Zak Crawley (Kent)
Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire)
Ollie Pope (Surrey)
Matthew Potts (Durham)
Joe Root (Yorkshire)
Jamie Smith (Surrey)
Josh Tongue (Nottinghamshire)
Root out!
Root fences, uncharacteristically, and this time 2d slip takes the danger. Ed Barnard, who has simply signed a brand new contract with Warwickshire, has now bowled two overs, two maidens, and has the most productive batter within the nation in his pocket.
Root dropped
Alex Davies makes a horlicks of a catch to start with slip at Headingley. Ball in, ball out, like a person stunned by means of a jack in a field. Unfortunately the person on the crease was once Joe Root, on one.
Joe Root is batting at Headingley, one no longer out from 12 balls, after the Bess experiment got here to a untimely shut, stuck in the back of for 16. Wharton didn’t final lengthy, out the similar means in Bamber’s subsequent over.
The umpire all at once takes a prepared pastime in Josh Bohannon’s bat and exams it together with his gauge – it passes – and in a while afterwards KJ edges Singh Dale to Bancroft at slip. Lancs 23-2.
Hoards of 7 and 9 12 months olds are in at Old Trafford nowadays, sword preventing with balloons and, in the event that they regarded up, gazing George Bells kick Ajeet Singh Dale’s 2d supply onto his stumps. Lancs 16-1.
No wickets to record to this point this morning!
Good success to SACA graduate Zen Malik on his top notch debut, he was once picked up by means of Warwickshire after a cracking season with Glamorgan 2d XI final 12 months.
An fascinating learn on Cameron Bancroft, the 3rd of the sandpaper gate Australian trio, whose fledgling occupation by no means reasonably recovered in the similar means as the ones of David Warner and Steve Smith.
One to keep watch over as play begins around the grounds. Craig Overton returns after his again spasm.
Yorkshire are batting, with Lyth and Bess opening – most likely in Rehan Ahmed mode.
ECB and BBC announce prolonged partnership
More of the similar so far as I will be able to see: the Beeb will proceed to turn highlights of England Men’s and Women’s internationals and reside protection of The Hundred in a deal working 2025-2028.
BBC game will display 8 double-headers each and every season, together with the hole fits and the finals of the Hundred throughout TV and that iPlayer. This will see extra reside ladies’s video games screened at the BBC than in the past.
Here is the, er, emerald, pitch noticed BTL at Taunton.
Surrey have signed Australian left-handed Kurtis Patterson as batting duvet for his or her 3 County Championship fits in May.
Patterson has performed two Tests for Australia, with a most sensible ranking of 114 in opposition to Sri Lanka in 2019. Last season, Patterson hit 743 runs in 8 Sheffield Shield fits for New South Wales at a mean of 57.15.n
No Jimmy Anderson, however Brook and Root play
Lancs are nonetheless with out Jimmy, who’s “champing at the bit” however no longer reasonably match-fit. Rocky Flintoff is it sounds as if again to hitting balls and having a look to play some someday cricket in June. Yorkshire are reinforced by means of the go back of Root and Brook, in addition to Australian Jordan Buckingham, who has signed for 5 video games. WArwickshire even have an Australian, Beau Webster.
DIVISION TWO
1 Leicestershire (performed 4) 74
2 Derbyshire (performed 4) 53
3 Kent (performed 3) 52
4 Middlesex (performed 4) 38
5 Gloucestershire (performed 4) 38
6 Lancashire (performed 3) 34
7 Northamptonshire (performed 3) 34
8 Glamorgan (performed 3) 15
DIVISION ONE TABLE
1 Nottinghamshire (performed 4) 70
2 Surrey (performed 4) 60
3 Sussex (performed 4) 52
4 Essex (performed 3) 47
5 Warwickshire (performed 3) 46
6 Durham (performed 4) 45
7 Hampshire (performed 3) 43
8 Yorkshire (performed 3) 40
9 Somerset (performed 4) 33
10 Worcestershire (performed 4) 18
Fixtures
DIVISION ONE
Southampton: Hampshire v Durham
Taunton: Somerset v Essex
Headingley: Yorkshire v Warwickshire
DIVISION TWO
Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan v Derbyshire
Old Trafford: Lancashire v Gloucestershire
Grace Road: Leicestershire v Northamptonshire
Lord’s: Middlesex v Kent
Preamble
Good May morning! With 1 / 4 of the Championship season already long past, the cherry blossom falling however the swifts no longer but right here, patterns are beginning to emerge. But patterns can also be undone. Four groups take a leisure this financial institution vacation weekend: the highest 3 in Division One, Notts, Surrey and Sussex, and the April picket spoonists, Worcestershire. Play begins at 11am, please sign up for us!