Surrey V Sussex, Somerset V Yorkshire, And More: County Cricket, Day Two – Live

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Surrey stepped up information astatine nan Oval pursuing nan weapon onslaught astatine Golders Green arsenic off-field decisions took nan headlines connected time 1 of information 5 of nan County Championship.

In a statement, nan nine said: “Surrey are successful connection pinch nan Met constabulary and will set our ain information measures successful statement pinch nan accrued threat level. We want to guarantee that each staff, spectators and players consciousness safe and secure.”

On nan pitch, which past week was a gentle duvet, Sussex were reduced to 92 for seven, acknowledgment mostly to Jordan Clark (five for 68). But nan tail wagged, and wagged immoderate more, arsenic Fynn Hudson-Prentice thrashed 53 earlier Jack Carson and Ollie Robinson deed boundary-laden hundreds.

Robinson, nan visiting captain, reached 3 figures pinch a swipe for six and past declared. Surrey, who were without Gus Atkinson, rested by England, walked disconnected successful awesome frustration. Jamie Smith kept wicket aft Ben Foakes was ruled retired of nan match, having injured himself bowling during nan last day against Essex.

The Kent captain, Daniel Bell-Drummond, collected a Rolls-Royce of a period astatine Canterbury, aft Derbyshire chose to field. Zak Crawley stroked a boundary-filled 44. Kent, who dishonesty bottommost of Division Two, had earlier this week taken nan different determination to move comments disconnected nan club’s societal media accounts arsenic a “duty of care”.

It was a gripping time astatine Taunton, wherever an enthusiastic crowd were treated to 45 minutes of Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root pistoning Somerset’s attack. But aft luncheon Lewis Gregory zipped retired Root, and Craig Overton, who had dropped Bairstow astatine slip, induced an wrong edge. Suddenly, Yorkshire mislaid 7 for 38 and were each retired for 162. Then Josh Thomas, 21, made a bravura first Championship century, taking Somerset into nan lead pinch a six.

Ben Stokes, recovering from a surgery cheekbone, was spotted successful nan Durham nets astatine Lord’s. Over connected nan main square, Sam Robson (87) and Ryan Higgins (57) guided Middlesex towards 300. At nan County Ground, Gareth Roderick deed 164 not retired – Worcestershire’s first period of nan play – to put unit connected Northamptonshire.

A observant maiden Championship period for Saca graduate Zain ul Hassan, and 158 for Kiran Carlson, near Glamorgan successful a ascendant position against Hampshire astatine Southampton. At Grace Road, Nottinghamshire flourished aft being put successful by Leicestershire – Ben Slater’s 178 backed up by Ben Duckett’s 3rd successive half century.

Scores connected nan doors

Division One

Southampton: Hampshire v Glamorgan 353-1

Leicester: Leicestershire v Nottinghamshire 405-4

Taunton: Somerset 201-3 v Yorkshire 162

The Oval: Surrey 19-0 v Sussex 358-9dec

Division Two

Canterbury: Kent 352 v Derbyshire 24-0

Lord’s: Middlesex 272-6 v Durham

Northampton: Northants 40-0 v Worcestershire 306

Preamble

Hello! A merry May Saturday each round, whitethorn you beryllium arsenic productive arsenic nan bluish tit presently busying successful nan climbing roseate astatine nan backmost of my garden. Seven games underway, 2 peculiarly intriguing ones astatine The Oval and Taunton.

We’ll beryllium present chewing things complete there, and everyplace else, from 11am – propulsion up a stool and subordinate us.