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

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An excellent, and sad, publication connected West Indies cricket by Taha successful this week’s Spin.

Daniel Harris pinch each nan doings from an overcast Old Trafford.

Tuesday's round-up

The sandy-stoned gorgeousness of Cheltenham college, nan achromatic hospitality tents afloat of bonhomie and brew – it wasn’t agelong agone that nan world’s longest-running cricket show was a patient homage to nan region game.

But times person changed, and Gloucestershire mislaid £80,000 astatine past year’s festival, and a akin magnitude nan twelvemonth before. The early looks uncertain, but nan 2,400 who came done nan gross saw an intriguing time connected a butterscotch outfield, that mostly dodged nan menacing dishwasher clouds that swung successful from nan northbound west.

Lancashire’s Matty Hurst reached his 100 to a enthusiastic information of applause, aft holding nan innings together against nan off-spin of Todd Murphy, nan zippy Zaman Akhter (four for 64) and Ajeet Singh Dale, who, show rumour has it, is disconnected to Old Trafford astatine nan extremity of nan season.

Kane Williamson enjoyed his red-ball debut for Middlesex, pinch an unbeaten 88 against Northamptonshire, a cameo companion to Max Holden’s 137 – his 3rd 100 of nan summer.

An eyebrow raising 22 wickets fell astatine Taunton, and successful a Kookaburra information arsenic well. Craig Overton hustled Durham retired for 145, pinch six for 23; earlier George Drissell returned nan favour for Durham, pinch 5 for 59. Tom Lammonby helped Somerset to 250, giving Durham conscionable clip to suffer 2 wickets successful nan 3 overs earlier stumps.

Spectators astatine Sophia Gardens watched an epic Kent illness – six wickets for 7 runs against Glamorgan, while astatine Scarborough, Yorkshire’s apical 4 kept apical of nan array Surrey astatine bay, contempt nan unavailability of their caller signing Imam-Ul-Haq, pinch visa issues. There were 3 wickets for Dan Worrall.

Rehan Ahmed danced to his 3rd consecutive century, from 118 balls, arsenic Leicestershire bloomed from a sub-optimal nought for 2 aft 8 balls against Derbyshire. Lewis Hill was unbeaten connected 132 astatine stumps, while Peter Handscomb perched connected 99.

Essex had 1 of their amended days of 2025, ushering Sussex retired for 204, nan clockwork Jamie Porter (four for 40) and Sam Cook reunited. Ethan Brookes’ 80 against his aged nine kept Worcestershire successful nan hunt against Warwickshire at Edgbaston. Freddie McCann and Jack Haynes pocketed half hundreds of years for Nottinghamshire connected an emerald transportation against Hampshire at Southampton.

Scores connected nan doors

DIVISION ONE

Southampton: Hampshire v Nottinghamshire 241-5

Taunton: Somerset 250 v Durham 145 and 5-2

Hove: Sussex 204 v Essex 152-4

Edgbaston: Warwickshire v Worcestershire 262-8

Scarborough: Yorkshire 282-4 v Surrey

DIVISION TWO

Derby: Derbyshire v Leicestershire 357-3

Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan 125-4 v Kent 155

Cheltenham: Gloucestershire v Lancashire 290-6

Merchant Taylors’ School: Middlesex 319-1 v Northamptonshire

Preamble

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