Roundup: Patterson-White brings Leicestershire back down to Earth
The Leicestershire jalopy juddered to a wheel-spinning defeat at Grace Road after they followed their highest score of the season with being bowled out for 99.
The defeat, by an innings and nine runs, was their fifth of the season. Nottinghamshire’s Liam Patterson-White (the left-arm spinner with the most Championship wickets) took four for 15. Tom Moores, 81 not out, had guided Notts to a lead of 108 until he was hit under the chin and forced to retire. Leicestershire’s second innings never got going, and when Hasan Azad was caught for 34 the rest folded quickly.
There were twin centuries from Brett D’Oliveira and Ed Barnard for Worcestershire at Durham’s Riverside. Barnard, who has been linked with a move to Warwickshire at the end of the season, reached his 50 with a straight drive, and was undefeated on 116 at stumps.
Shan Masood came within a pinch of 1,000 runs for the season, as he once more swept on his batting cloak, and led Derbyshire to victory as they chased down 219 at Chesterfield. Middlesex, who had suffered a second‑innings collapse of seven wickets for 101, could only rue their chances as they dropped Masood twice before finally dismissing him for 98.
Somerset defied the odds after building a second-innings lead of 117 against Surrey at Taunton thanks to Lewis Goldsworthy and Lewis Gregory.
It was all go at Canterbury, as Jordan Cox and Jack Leaning made centuries, Tom Price took a hat‑trick and Jacob Duffy put Kent in the driving seat with four for eight before stumps. Gloucestershire, in their second innings, are 37 for five and still 89 runs behind.
Alex Davies made a hundred against Lancashire, his former club, as Warwickshire set them 329 to win while Sussex lost early wickets at Sophia Gardens after Glamorgan’s tail wagged alongside Eddie Byrom’s career-best 178. Three late wickets for Keith Barker put Hampshire in a good position against Yorkshire.
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Thanks for sticking around for the CC joy while all hell was breaking loose at Trent Bridge. Congratulations to YJB, Jordan Cox, Jack Leaning, Ed Barnard, Basil D[Oliveira, Liam Patterson-White, Shan Masood, Al Davies, Tom Price, Eddie Byrom and Jason Duffy (and anyone else who has slipped through the net). Have a lovely evening and see you tomorrow!
Close of play scores
The Rose Bowl: Hampshire 410 v Yorkshire 428 and 101-5
Canterbury: Kent 564 v Gloucestershire 438 and 37-5
Taunton: Somerset 180 and 319-8 v Surrey 382-9
Edgbaston: Warwickshire 292 and 327-9dec v Lancashire 291 and 5-0
Division Two
Chesterfield: Derbyshire 229 and 222-4 v Middlesex 251 and 196. Derbyshire win by six wickets
The Riverside: Durham 642-7dec v Worcestershire 431-6
Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan 494 v Sussex 376 and 89-3
Grace Road: Leicestershire 440 and 99 v Nottinghamshire 548-9. Notts win by an innings and nine runs
Time for me to write up for the paper, though I fear Tom Price’s hat-trick could be overshadowed. Please feel free to update BTL.
A hundred for Al Davies against Lancashire!
With impressive fortitude, Davies goes to his hundred off 181 balls, givingWarwickshire a good chance with a lead of 240, three wickets in hand, and a day a bit to play with. (Unless Lancashire have signed up Jonny Bairstow for a cameo appearance.)
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A hat-trick for Tom Price!
Balls five and six of one over, and the first of his next. Goodbye Cox (158), Linde (0) and Stewart (0). Kent 514-7., a lead of 76, with one day to go. Not a bad match for the Price brothers, after Oli’s fifty yesterday.
Just in case anyone missed Jonny on the rampage:
How Jonny Bairstow scored the 2nd fastest ever England Test hundred (77b): ..1.2...1...4....22.....141231.14.2...1.4211.111.441.1616..6..6.6..44.4.21..3
— Nick Hoult (@NHoultCricket) June 14, 2022
150 for Jordan Clark!
and take Kent pass 500. It is his highest score since his iconic 238 against Sussex in the 2020 Bob - before being dropped for a breach of Covid protocols.
Another wicket at Edgbaston, another wicket for Williams, but Davies is still there on 94. Don’t leave him stranded Warwicks! 200-7
YJB!
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Tea-timeish scores
The Rose Bowl: Hampshire 410 v Yorkshire 428 and 22-0
Canterbury: Kent 468-4 v Gloucestershire 438
Taunton: Somerset 180 and 209-5 v Surrey 382-9
Edgbaston: Warwickshire 292 and 194-6 v Lancashire 286
Division Two
Chesterfield: Derbyshire 229 and 89-2 v Middlesex 251 and 196
The Riverside: Durham 642-7dec v Worcestershire 346-5
Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan 494 v Sussex 376 all out
Grace Road: Leicestershire 440 and 66-4 v Nottinghamshire 548-9
Warwickshire v Lancs continues to sway with the wind - Burgess nicks Bailey behind for 46. Al Davies holding things together with 91 not out off 162 balls. It seems it was written. Warwicks 190-6, a lead of 197 over Lancs.
Well done Somerset - sniffing at parity and only five down. Steven Davies has just been out lbw to Will Jacks for 29. Goldsworthy not out 45. Abell run out for 45. Somerset 192-5, 10 behind.
The whole thing will implode eventually. It’s just whether that or total planetary collapse comes first.
@tjaldred It's getting worse. https://t.co/9CrPSQRlsS
— Romeo Romeo Tango Ψιτιζεν οφ Νοςηερε (@RomeoCCLive) June 14, 2022
I’m not going to be able to get my head around Ed Barnard moving away from Worcestershire. Anyway, he’s making more runs (71), with D’Oliveira (65), 129 for the sixth wicket.
Refreshment for Yorkshire of the cold sweat of relief kind - they finally dismiss Hampshire after some very fruity throwing of the bat by the tail. The first five wickets added 229; the second five, 142, with James Fuller cracking Dom Bess for two sixes in successive balls in a 10th wicket partnership of 74 with Kyle Abbott. Hampshire trail on first innings by 22.
And Eddie Byrom walks off at Sophia Gardens, a career-best 176 under his belt. Glamorgan 427-7. I think that is five career-bests this round: Raine, Coughlin, Byrom, Ravindra, Ingram and Byrom. Anyone I’ve missed?
Hundreds for Leaning and Cox!
Feels like Kent have been involved in lots of high-scoring draws this season...but a glance at the stats show four draws and two thrashings - both at Canterbury. Anyway, this match looks draw bound: Gloucs 438 all out; Kent 417-3. At this precise moment, both Leaning and Cox are 111 not out.
Middlesex have reverted to type. 170 for five becomes 196 all out in the whisk of a mouse’s tail. No Afridi to help out TRJ and Murtagh as Derbyshire start on their quest for 219.
In need of some blunt advice? Apply here:
Take a look in the mirror Umar!! https://t.co/VvZKio0WpP
— Mickey Arthur (@Mickeyarthurcr1) June 14, 2022
New Zealanders are having a fantastic Championship round. A third wicket for Williams, Warwicks 95-5.
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@tjaldred If you think a furry visitor in the bread bin is bad, wait until one of the little bastards manages to make a home in your cooker insulation!
— Angela Gilham (@AngelaGilham) June 14, 2022
Well Will Williams, two wickets in the first over after lunch as Lancashire slice through the Warwickshire middle order. Davies still there, on 54. Warwicks 89-4.
“Is your apricot jame one of those jams with sherry in it?” asks Romeo. No, but it sounds delicious. Also, you’re quite right, it was Sam Northeast out first ball, not Sam Billings!
Am feeling rather queasy about that apricot jam now, since finding a small furry visitor busying himself in the bread bin at lunchtime.
Lunch time scores
The Rose Bowl: Hampshire 309-6v Yorkshire 428 all out
Canterbury: Kent 337-3 v Gloucestershire 438
Taunton: Somerset 180 and 93-2 v Surrey 382-9
Edgbaston: Warwickshire 292 and 83-2 v Lancashire 286
Division Two
Chesterfield: Derbyshire 229 v Middlesex 251 and 189-7
The Riverside: Durham 642-7dec v Worcestershire 236-5
Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan 361-5 v Sussex 376 all out
Grace Road: Leicestershire 440 v Nottinghamshire 512-8
Shame on those of you who thought Al Davies would tee off cheaply. He’s still there at Edgbaston, where it is a second innings race to the tape. Currently 43 not out, one six, six fours, in Warwicks 70-2. A wicket each for Bailey and Balderson. Sibley and Yates gone cheaply again.
Let’s go round the grounds. Division Two first, because I remember with happiness the days they went back to front with the school register.
Shan Masood has just perplexed Middlesex with a diving run-out of Simpson for six. Middx 170-6, a lead over Derbyshire of 192. Simpson is steaming.
Haynes (67) and D’Oliviera have put on 57 at The Riverside where Ben Raine has 3 for 40. Worcs 207-4 trail Durham by a mammoth 435.
Henry Crocombe has sniffed up two in two balls at Sophia Gardens. He dismissed Colin Ingram for 178, ending the partnership of 297 with Byrom (still there 145 not out), and Sam Northeast for a golden duck. Glamorgan 334-3, 42 behind.
And Notts have overtaken Leicestershire at Grace Road, a lead of 48, 488-8. Moores 47 not out. Mulder 3-89.
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I bite into my toast and apricot jam (the undeniable queen of jams) just as Middlesex lose their nightwatchman, Ethan Bamber, with a frisky punt to point off Anuj Dal. Middx 157-5, a lead of 179.
Tom Lammonby? What did you do? Gus Atkinson runs in for the first ball of his spell and Lammonby fancies his luck, but can only top-edge. Somerset 37-2.
Of course you do. Following hot in the footsteps of Moeen Ali’s possible return to Warwickshire, Ali Martin has heard rumour of a return to The Oval for Dom Sibley - out of contract at Edgbaston this summer.
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Do you want some gossip?
I sniff things being wrapped up today at Taunton. Still 181 behind, Somerset have lost their first wicket, Benny Green for eight off Daniel Worrall. They’ll always have the Quantocks.
21 year-old Jack Haynes is having a wonderful run of form. Yet another fifty, in Worcestershire’s 154-4
Jack Haynes reaches 50 for the fourth time this season and the second time against @DurhamCricket
— Martin Emmerson (@Martycricket) June 14, 2022
It includes 9x4s in his 75 balls. Each time he has reached 50 this season he has gone on to get 100!#BBCCricket
Lancs are all out as well, as Liam Norwell sends Matt Parkinson on his way. A five-fer for him and a lead of six for Warwickshire.
Although it still slightly cloudy here in Manchester, the sun is shedding all her inhibitions round the counties. But that hasn’t stopped Lewis Gregory, who has picked up two wickets in the first over of the day. Hashim Amla isn’t batting so that’s Surrey done, with a lead of 202.
It’s that time of year - already. News from Lord’s: Middlesex will released leg-spinner Nathan Sowter at the end of the season, when his existing contract comes to an end. Sowter, 29, is currently on loan with Durham until 16th July.
Sowter has made 106 appearances for Middlesex - 13 in First-Class cricket and 93 in the two white-ball formats, taking 127 wickets in all.
Head of Men’s Performance Cricket, Alan Coleman, said:“Sometimes in professional sport you are faced with tough decisions, and letting Nathan leave the Club is certainly one of those times.
“He has been an outstanding servant for Middlesex since making his debut for the Club back in 2015 and has always been a popular member within the dressing room, however as a Club we need to look forwards at the squad we are trying to build.
“Releasing Nathan is not a decision we have made lightly. He is a fine cricketer, and we hope he continues to have a successful playing career in the game. We wish him every success for the future and thank him for all he has achieved for Middlesex Cricket.”
Monday's round-up
A century from Rory Burns encouraged Surrey to put on their dancing shoes at Taunton. Somerset’s attack was blunted with the morning news that Craig Overton had delayed symptoms of concussion, after being hit on the helmet by twin Jamie on Sunday afternoon, and would take no further part in the match. His substitute Marchant de Lange took two wickets, but Surrey batted masterfully, despite missing Hashim Amla, retired sick overnight.
It was even-stevens at Edgbaston, where Lancashire hurried towards Warwickshire’s total, led by 90 from Steven Croft and pocketfuls of support elsewhere. Liam Norwell was the pick of the bowlers, with four for 78. At the Rose Bowl, fifties from Nick Gubbins, Liam Dawson and Ben Brown kept Hampshire in the hunt against Yorkshire, despite a dodgy start.
Glamorgan’s Colin Ingram (145) and Eddie Byrom (105) embroidered an unbeaten 253 at a run-rich Sophia Gardens. Byrom, playing his first Championship game of the season, was initially hesitant; Ingram fluent from the start. Earlier, Sussex’s Oli Carter was the last man out for 185, going for his fifth six of the morning.
A magical spell of five for 14 in seven overs from Toby Roland-Jones transformed Middlesex’s fortunes at Chesterfield. Derbyshire had been scoring easy runs, with 49 from Shan Masood and 62 from Wayne Madsen, when, just after the umpires changed the ball, they suddenly lost seven for 21.
At Canterbury, Daniel Bell-Drummond and Ben Compton were both out in the 80s for Kent against Gloucestershire, as batting continued to be easier than bowling.
Durham soared past 600, as Rachin Ravindra hurried to 217 and Paul Coughlin and Ben Raine made maiden first-class centuries in a jolly partnership of 213. From 0-1 in reply, Worcestershire recovered to 140 for three, still 502 runs behind.
And at Grace Road, a hundred from Nottinghamshire’s Ben Duckett and fifties from Haseeb Hameed and Joe Clarke, entertained the crowds as they closed 67 runs behind Leicestershire’s first innings 440 with five wickets in hand.
Start of play scores
The Rose Bowl: Hampshire 225-4 v Yorkshire 428 all out
Canterbury: Kent 232-3 v Gloucestershire 438
Taunton: Somerset 180 v Surrey 382-7
Edgbaston: Warwickshire 292 v Lancashire 280-9
Division Two
Chesterfield: Derbyshire 229 v Middlesex 251 and 95-3
The Riverside: Durham 642-7dec v Worcestershire 140-3
Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan 258-1 v Sussex 376 all out
Grace Road: Leicestershire 440 v Nottinghamshire 373-5
Preamble
Good morning! While eyes turn to the full house at Trent Bridge, the Championship moves into its third day in this mid-June round. Things have sped ahead at Chesterfield, thanks to Toby Roland-Jones’ inspired afternoon spell, and Somerset are in trouble at Taunton, but otherwise there is all to play for. Events start at 11am - coffee anyone?
