Key occasions
Weather watch
Starting on time at Derby, Headingley, The Oval and New Road, New Road and that’s your set!
There could also be interruptions. The Met place of business says: Sunshine and showers lately, heavy within the north in all probability with hail and thunder from time to time. Cloud thickening from the west throughout the day with a spell of extended heavy rain arriving into the west right through the afternoon. Breezy.
Two ends of the rainbow from Grace Road remaining evening:
Keaton Jennings: “We were short with the bat, short with the ball and that’s why ultimately you end up with a three-day loss. They are a side who have their tail up and they kept us under pressure but we have to do better as a batting unit. Only one score over fifty in the whole game is not enough.
Lewis Hill: “Having five seamers gives us a chance to rotate and the way they bowl as a pack, they are relentless, bowling for each other, sticking to their plans. They do not give the batters any kind of let-up and they have been like it all season for us.
”This season’s facet must be the most productive I’ve performed in right through my time on the membership, on performances and the standard of avid gamers. Five wins places us in a just right place, clearly, and 4 in a row all within 3 days is simply loopy, however going ahead we need to take it recreation by way of recreation, now not get forward of ourselves and simply see the place it takes us.”
Sunday’s round-up
Lancashire thrashed by way of Leicestershire whilst Kuhnemann bowls Glamorgan to victory over Middlesex
Josh Hull hurtled again to catch Tom Hartley off his personal bowling and Leicestershire romped to their 5th victory of the season, all in 3 days, floating but additional forward on the most sensible of Division Two. Keaton Jennings batted till in a while after tea for a valiant 112 for Lancashire, however from there Rehan Ahmed and Hull wrapped issues up. There wasn’t even time for Leicestershire to take to take the brand new ball.
Matt Kuhnemann, at Sophia Gardens for one recreation best previous to the World Test Championship ultimate, filleted thru Middlesex to complete with career-best figures of six for 53, ushering Glamorgan to their 3rd win a row. A barnstorming 57 from Toby Roland-Jones ensured Glamorgan must bat once more – however best simply.
Tom Lammonby eased Somerset to an uncharacteristically calm victory over Durham at Chester-le- Street. His unbeaten 104, and 73 from Tom Abell, smoothed Taunton brows on a pitch the place 31 wickets had fallen over the primary two days.
Jack Carson accumulated 5 for 26 – his excellent figures of the summer season – as Sussex romped to victory over Hampshire at Southampton.
There was once pleasure for Essex’s Charlie Allison who crunched 140 – a maiden firstclass hundred – on the Oval. Allison, whose earlier best possible ranking was once 28, batted fantastically and, along with fellow 20-year-old Noah Thain, painted an attractive image for Essex’s long term, as Surrey had been set 418 for victory.
Ben Compton did his excellent to carry the fortress in opposition to Derbyshire, 156 within the first innings adopted by way of 49 in the second one as Kent had been compelled to follow-on. Yorkshire, set 463 to win, had been beguiled by way of Nottinghamshire’s Liam Patterson-White who grabbed 3 for 25. Cameron Green scored a wonderful 118 as Gloucestershire made a courageous declaration in opposition to Northamptonshire.
Scores at the doorways
Division One
Chester-le-Street: Somerset 172 and 174-3 BEAT Durham 277 and 159 by way of seven wickets.
Southampton: Sussex 297 and 23-1 BEAT Hampshire 154 and 165 by way of 9 wickets.
The Oval: Surrey 279 and 32-0 v Essex 217 and 479 Surrey want 386 to win
New Road: Worcestershire 181 and 57-2 v Warwickshire 227 and 280 Worcs want 270 to win
Headingley: Yorkshire 159 and 176-5 v Nottinghamshire 228 and 393-8dec Yorks want 287 to win
Division Two
Derby: Derbyshire 587-5dec v Kent 326 and 157-3
Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan 383 and 8-0 BEAT Middlesex 155 and 235 by way of ten wickets
Grace Road: Leicestershire 457 BEAT Lancashire 206 and 248 by way of an innings and 3 runs.
County Ground: Northamptonshire 469 and 158-4 v Gloucestershire 379-8dec
Preamble
Hello! It’s a wonderful Manchester morning, the whole thing 3 times extra alive after the rain, and we roll into this remaining day of the spring block of suits. Do sign up for us, play begins at 11am.