365 Sporting Days

2 teams from each Division sat out this round, Kent and Lancashire from Division 1 and Sussex and Glamorgan from Division 2. Day 1, when I’m starting out on this, saw a full day’s play up and down the country, in spite of weather predictions amongst fans. It remains to be seen if that stays that way over the full round. In writing up Day 1 I can see that Headingley didn’t get a full days play. Starting Day 2 as I watch the rain put in Chelmsford in Essex, so we’ll see what tomorrow brings! Coming back after writing up Day 2 it seems the abad weather arrived earlier across the country.

Division 1

Durham v Essex – Seat Unique Riverside, Durham. Scott Borthwick won the toss for Durham and elected to bat. Match Drawn

Durham 358 All Out & 131 for 2, Essex 488 All Out

Another year of cricket another year of writing about Durham century makers Durham were 11 for 2 in the 6th i=over then 84 for 3, before new signing Colin Ackermann and Ollie Robinson put on 137 for the 4th wicket, Robinson scored 90 from 86 balls, an entertaining innings I should imagine as he hit 15 Fours, Ackermann joined the Durham Century Club with §112 from 231 balls, a different kind of innings. Durham made 358 in 92.5 overs. 4 of the Essex bowlers shared the wickets.

There was no play on Day 3.

Sam Cook opened the batting with Dean Elgar, captain for the match while Tom Westley stayed at home with a baby due. The pair faced 2 overs and the day finished with Essex on 5 with their wickets intact. Durham bowled the full 96 overs on Day 2, leaving me regretting not going to the game! Night Watchman Cook and Elgar put on 64 for the 1st wicket. That brought opener Feroze Khushi in; Elgar was out for 46, bringing last year’s opener Nick Browne in for his first appearance this season, the pair put on 166 for the 3rd wicket; with the exciting Khushi (Yes, I am a fan) scoring §107 from 165 balls, he hit 16 Fours but played a calmer innings than we’ve seen so far this year. At the end of the day Browne was on 94* from 219 balls and Jordan Cox 19*, Essex finished the day on 314 for 3. Essex batted on with better weather on Day 4. Browne was run out on 184 from 321 balls. On loan Keeper Harry Brrok was also run out but on 20. Essex scored 488 in 133 overs. Cakkum Parkinson took 5 for 131 in his 31 overs.

Durham faced 39.2 overs before the gamw was declared a Draw, they lost 2 wickets and scored 131 runs.

Surrey v Hampshire – The Oval – Rory Burns won the toss and put Hampshire in to bat. Surrey won by an innings and 11 runs.

Hampshire 151 All Out, Surrey 359 All Out

This was a somewhat strange day at the Oval, Hampshire were bowled out in 44.4 overs for just 151. Nick Gubbins top scored with 45. all 4 bowlers used took wickets. All but 1 of Hants wickets were to catches.

At the end of Day 1 Surrey were 123 for 5 having faced 48.2 overs. Burns remains not out 39 and Ryan Patel in at 6 scored 41. All 5 of the Surrey batters were bowled! Only 1 of the Hants batters befell that fate. (Thanks to Darren Gill for that tip!). Having been 44 for 4 then 119 for 5 Surrey most definitely pulled their innings back. Burns and Jordan Clark out on98 for the 8th wicket, with Burns making 113 from 256 balls. Clark finished the innings on 106* from 1022 balls as he ran out of partners. Surrey scored their 359 in 109.4 overs. Kyle Abbot took 4 for a heavy toll of 104 in his 30 overs.

Hampshire faced 15 overs and lost 2 wickets on Day 2, scoring 31 runs. I was watching progress all day and this is one ground that got some play on Day 3. Just 32 overs but Hants lots another 3 wickets and finished the day on 116 for 5 still trailling by 92 runs. It took Surrey another 30 overts to get the job done, Hants were bowled out in 77.2 overs Keeper Ben Brown had the best score of 45. Dan Worrall took 5 for 47.

Warwickshire v Nottinghamshire – Edgbaston, Birmingham. Haseeb Hameed won the toss and elected to bat. Match Drawn.

Notts 400 All Out & 75 for 1, Warwicks 361 All Out

Hameed himself was out for 2 after facing 19 balls, but his opening partner Ben Duckett And Ben Slater put on 146 for the 2nd wicket. Slater scored 65 from 108 balls, Duckett saw the next 2 batter depart promptly before he and Jack Haynes put on 151 for the 5th wicket. Haynes scored 74 from 120 balls and Duckett finished the day on 197* from 230 balls, he hit 24 Fours. Notts finished the day on 367 for 8 from 89.5 overs. Warwicks used 8 bowlers and Oliver Hannon-Dalby took 4 for 58 in his 19 overs. Happily (unless you’re a Warwicks fan) Duckett got to his double century, he scored 218 from 264 balls, that included 25 Fours. Notts made their 400 in 100.1 overs. Hannon-Dalby took the extra wicket and finished with 5 for 78 from 24.1 overs.

Warwickshire faced 24 overs on Day 2 and lost 3 wickets for 71 runs. Another test ground and another match that saw some play on Day 3. 25 overs were bowled at Edgbaston and Warwicks finished the day on 175 for 5. Dillon Pennington finished the day with 3 for 40 in 18 overs. Warwicks went on to score 361 in 105.3 overs, Ed Barnard scored 69 from 142 balls, Jacob Bethell made 93 from 163 balls. 5 of the 6 bowlers shared the wickets.

NOtts faced 22 overs before the game was declared a Draw. They lost a wicket and scored 75

Worcestershire v Somerset – Chester Road North, Kidderminster.Brett D’Oliveira won the toss and put Somerset in to bat. Match Drawn.

Somerset 309 for 9 dec & 190 for 4, Worcestershire 451 for 9

No century makers in the Somerset innings, but Keeper Tom Banton scored 92 from 140 balls before he was run out. Somerset scored their 309 in just 89 overs. 4 of the 6 bowlers used took the wickets including 3 for Jason Holder.

Worcs batted for 5 overs and were 14 for no wicket at the end of Day 1. There were just 19 overs bowled on Day 2, Opener Jake Libby was on 56* from 96 balls and Keeper Gareth Roderick 28*, Worcs were 107 for 1. Roderick went on to score 122 from 220 balls. For some reason I missed this match on Day 2 so can’t be sure when those things happened. Brett D’Oliveira made 66 from 116 balls. Worcs batted for 115 overs and scored 451 for 9 dec.

Somerset batted for 3 overs on Day 3, lost 1 wicket and scored 5 runs. They go into day 4 137 behind. Somerset batted for 72 overs on Day 4 and reached 190 for 4Tom Lammionby was 81* from 171 balls and Andy Umeed 60 scored from 127 balls, the pair put on 117 for the 4th wicket.

Division 2

Gloucestershire v Middlesex – Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol. Graeme van Buuren won the toss for Gloucs and put Middlesex in to bat. Match Drawn.

Middlesex 203 All Out & 449 for 7 dec, Gloucs 322 All Out

Middlesex were bowled out in 59.5 overs Josh de Caires wa sthe top scorer with 37. Marchant de Lange took 6 for 49 from his 16 overs.

Gloucs faced 29.4 overs and lost 3 wickets for 82 riuns by the end of Day 1. Just over 50 overs were bowled on Day 2, Middlesex took 6 wickets and Miles Hammond top scored with 81 from 111 balls and he and Graeme van Buuren put on 118 for the 5th wicket. van Buuren made 75 from 103 balls. Gloucs finished the day on 271 for 6. The rain seemed to miss the South West a full day happened in Bristol. Gloucs innings was 98 overs and they scored 322.

Middlesex faced 60 overs and Max Holden finished the day on 105* from 157 balls, Ryan Higgins on 102* from 120 balls. They’d put on 189 together to continue on Day 4. Holden was out on 111 from 164 balls and Higgins went on to score 155 from 174 Balls, he and Stephen Eskinazi put on 72 for the 3rd wicket, Eskinazi scored 65 from 96 balls as Middlsex went on to score 449 for 7 in 96 overs.

Leicestershire v Northamptonshire – Uptonsteel County Ground, Leicester. Lewis Hill won the toss for Leics and out Northants to bat. Match Drawn.

Northants 453 for 7 dec, Leics 452 for 8 dec

Batting all day, so 96 overs, Northants made 337 for 6, Emilio Gay made 88 from 110 balls and Luke Proctor scored 64 from 164 balls. George Bartlett scored 71 from 151 balls. Northants batted for another 14 overs and scored a another 116 runs. Bartlett was not out 126 from 194 balls. Keeper Lewis McManus scored 28* from 15 balls a strike rate of 186.67.

There were only another 23.1 overs bowled on Day 2 and Leics scored 97 runs, losing 2 wickets. There was no play on Day 3. DAy 4 saw a runs fest as Leics went on to score 452 for 8. Louis Kimber scored 65 from 90 balls. Peter Handscomb and Rehan Ahmed put on 167 for the 5th wicket, Ahmed scored 85 from 105 balls and poor Handscomb after a change of partners was run out on 99 from 117 balls. Tom Scriven batting at 9 scored 54 from 94 balls as the game fizzled into a draw.

Yorkshire v Derbyshire – Headingley, Leeds. David Lloyd won the toss and put Yorkshire in to bat. Match Drawn.

Yorkshire 450 for 5 dec & 59 for 1 , Derbyshire 447 All Out

Yorkshire opener Adam Lyth scored 97 from 157 balls, and Sham Masood made 40, not a score I’d usually mention, but he hit 10 Fours in the 25 balls he faced! A strike rate of 160! Yorkshire fans then had and will have on Day 2 the delight of Joe Root and Harry Brook batting. Root finished the day on 65* from 99 balls and Brook 44* from 37 balls. Yorkshire finished Day 1 on 276 for 3 from the 59 overs bowled. Root went on to score 119 from 190 balls, he and Brook put on 201 for the 4th wicket. Brook was 126* from 135 balls. This was a good round for England batters. Yorkshire made their 450 in just 97.2 overs!

Derbyshire lost early wickets and were 23 for 3.Wayne Madsen with 88* from 185 balls and Keeper Brook Guest with 74* from 143 balls pulled things back for the,. Derbys finished the day on 190 for 3. There was no play on Day 3. Madsen went on to score 104 from 226 balls, Guest went on to score 75 from 151 balls. Aneurin Donald batting at 5 scored 97 from 118 balls. he and Zak Chappell put on 109 for the 8th wicket, Chappell made 78 from 61 balls. Derbys made 447 in 114 overs. Matthew Fisher took 4 for 96 in his 27 overs

Yorkshire batted for 21 overs and were 59 for 1 when the match was declared a draw.

Century Makers & 5 Wicket Takers

• Colin Ackermann – Durham – 112 from 231 Balls
• Feroze Khushi – Essex – 107 from 165 Balls
• Nick Browne – Essex – 184 from 321 Balls
• Rory Burns _ Surrey – 113 from 256 Balls
• Ben Duckett – Notts – 218 from 264 Balls
• Gareth Roderick – Worcs – 122 from 220 Balls
• Max Holden – Middx – 111 from 164 Balls
• Ryan Higgins – Middx – 155 from 174 Balls
• George Bartlett – Northants – 126 from 194 Balls
• Joe Root – Yorkshire – 119 from 190 Balls
• Harry Brook – 126* from 135 Balls
• Wayne Madsen – 104 from 226 Balls

• Callum Parkinson – Durham – 5 for 131 from 31 Overs
• Dan Worrall – Surrey – 5 for 47 from 25.2 Overs
• Oliver Hannon-Dalby – Warwicks – 5 for 78 from 24.1 Overs
• Marchant de Lange – Gloucs – 6 for 49 from 16 Overs

A week with just one positive result whcih has taken Surrey to the top of Division 1. It was a good round for the current England Batters, whcih must be pleasing for those involved. Next week sees just 2 games in Division 1 and 3 in Division 2. As an Essex member and fan my hopes will be for decent weather in Taunton!