Key occasions
On the (muggy) stroll to the bottom I noticed a seagull, a solitary swift, wild roses and the British Gas museum. It rained right here within the evening however the groundstaff’s efforts imply that we’re beginning on time with Lancashire desiring early wickets.
Head to Grace Road on your home made sugar repair (I like to recommend the cherry cake):
Weather watch
Cloudy, with hit or miss scattered showers.
Friday’s round-up
High spring hangs over this ultimate May around of Championship cricket, the global summer season pulling eyeballs away, the loss of rain leaving parched pitches.
A just right crowd accumulated at the apple-green benches sitting across the Grace Road boundary. They noticed Lancashire get off to a steaming get started due to Keaton Jennings and Luke Wells, however then fold in acquainted model to affected person Leicestershire bowling. Logan van Beek got rid of the 2 openers all sides of lunch, completing with 3 for 38, whilst Josh Hull discovered some satan within the dust. Leicestershire misplaced two night wickets, however Rehan Ahmed and Lewis Hill noticed the day trip. After his come-back recreation towards Gloucestershire final week, Lancashire are with out Jimmy Anderson – the membership stated that they have been “managing his return to competitive cricket.”
Durham received the toss at Chester le Street and selected to bat on a pitch that shuffled its asymmetric leap that by no means moderately let the batters settle. Ollie Robinson best scored with 52, whilst Matt Henry spearheaded Somerset’s assault, completing with 4 wickets.
Hampshire have been pancaked for 154 at Southampton, Henry Crocombe taking 4 wickets in 11 balls in his first recreation of the season. John Turner then countered with 3 wickets in 9 balls to go away Sussex with paintings to do. A Sam Cook-less Essex have been despatched packing in two classes by way of a Surrey facet together with Sam Curran, who had zipped down from Trent Bridge the place he have been looking at brother Ben play for Zimbabwe on Thursday – Curran ended up being Cook’s first Test wicket. Michael Pepper held the Essex innings along side 75, however Surrey perch greedily, 94 for 3 at stumps.
Saif Zaib’s captivating 141, his perfect top quality ranking, rescued Northants from 57 for 4 towards Gloucestershire; whilst Caleb Jewell’s unbeaten 152, his first Derbyshire century, gave the Kent bowlers little time to leisure.
Marnus Labuschagne used to be contained by way of Middlesex, stuck for 23, however Glamorgan’s Sam Northeast and Kiran Carlson rebuilt in a boundary-laden partnership of 228. Toby Roland-Jones completed with 4 wickets. A quizzical Headingley pitch examined Nottinghamshire, however Ben Slater and Joe Clarke made half-centuries. Tom Latham’s 59 and Sam Hain’s first half-century of the summer season have been balanced by way of 4 extra wickets for Tom Taylor as Warwickshire have been bowled out for 227.
Scores at the doorways
Division One
Chester-le-Street: Durham 277 v Somerset 63-3
Southampton: Hampshire 154 v Sussex 110-5
The Oval: Surrey 94-3 v Essex 217
New Road: Worcestershire 53-0 v Warwickshire 227
Headingley: Yorkshire 10-2 v Nottinghamshire 228
Division Two
Derby: Derbyshire 352-2 v Kent
Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan 334-7 v Middlesex
Grace Road: Leicestershire 59-2 v Lancashire 206
County Ground: Northamptonshire 327-6 v Gloucestershire
Preamble
Hello from an overcast Leicester. A hectic day of cricket the day past, nearly all of video games sprinting into their 2nd innings. We’ll keep watch over court cases from the Grace Road boundary, whilst England polish off the sport at Trent Bridge. Do sign up for us, with a cup of espresso and a abdominal scratch.