Surrey V Warwickshire, Somerset V Yorkshire And More: County Cricket – Live

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Tuesday's round-up

A information of intimately matched first-innings games bubbled intriguingly astir nan country. At nan Oval, Surrey oiled their sinews and started to propulsion distant from Warwickshire, aft Rory Burns (idiosyncratically), Dom Sibley (steadily) and Ollie Pope (busily) each collected a half century. Earlier, Warwickshire had inched to a two-run first-innings lead, but conscionable short of a batting point, acknowledgment to 50 from Ed Barnard and immoderate lusty blows from Nathan Gilchrist. There were 3 wickets for nan accelerated Gus Atkinson and 4 for Tom Lawes.

Nottinghamshire, who started nan information conscionable 9 points down Surrey, enactment connected their tail aft Josh Tongue ruined Worcestershire’s afternoon. Tongue’s intimidating spell of 9 overs, 3 for 24, took retired Worcestershire’s apical three, and Lyndon James removed Nos 4 and 5 to time off them 93 for 5 and pinch a lead of conscionable 68. It was galling for Worcestershire aft Tom Taylor’s 4 wickets had earlier kept Notts successful check.

At Taunton, wherever day rainfall swept done erstwhile more, Tom Abell carried Somerset’s innings pinch a distinguished five-hour 130 connected a transportation that looks apt to turn. He was yet retired to an off-balance slog-sweep to mid-wicket disconnected his erstwhile teammate and now Yorkshire spinner Dom Bess. Abell and Lewis Goldsworthy (65) had kept nan fires burning aft James Rew was caught successful nan first complete of nan day.

A five-and-a-half hr period from Dean Elgar and a smash-and-grab 97 from Matt Critchley took Essex to tickling region of Durham successful nan relegation conflict astatine Cheltenham.

Shan Masood enjoyed his first Championship innings for Leicestershire, his 4th county, moving to a chanceless 80 not retired against Gloucestershire astatine Grace Road. He put connected 152 pinch Lewis Hill (88), overmuch to nan delight of nan watching fans, including a tubby, and hungry, aureate retriever.

Middlesex’s Leus du Plooy deed a 100 against his aged region Derbyshire successful a tight crippled astatine Lord’s; while Lancashire crept to wrong 9 runs of Kent’s first innings, acknowledgment mostly to 64 from Tom Hartley. There were 4 wickets for Matt Parkinson and an inspired Matt Quinn. Saif Zaib, Division Two’s starring scorer, deed yet different half period for Northamptonshire, this clip against Glamorgan, while Sussex continued their mediocre tally of form, bowled retired for 122 by Hampshire.

Scores connected nan doors

DIVISION ONE

Chelmsford: Essex 312-3 v Durham 333

Taunton: Somerset 391-6 v Yorkshire

The Oval: Surrey 246 and 181-1 v Warwickshire 248

Hove: Sussex 122 and 37-1 Hampshire 226 and 173

New Road: Worcestershire 182 and 93-5 v Nottinghamshire 207

DIVISION TWO

Canterbury: Kent 293 and 96-0 v Lancashire 284

Grace Road: Leicestershire 270-4 v Gloucestershire 482

Lord’s: Middlesex 298v Derbyshire 283 and 17-0

Northampton: Northants 309-5 v Glamorgan 467

Preamble

Good morning from a damp Leicester. The rainfall plops down connected nan hoodied students and nan put-out squirrels feeding successful Victoria park. It looks for illustration an on-off time astir nan grounds, but do subordinate america to watch nan covers and chew complete miscellany.