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A lovely picture on the top of this (lovely) piece from OT yesterday.
Thursday's round up
James Coles’ unbeaten 99 is likely to be in vain at Hove, where Sussex are still 55 behind Essex, with three second-innings wickets left.
Tom Hartley, fresh from a career-best 130 for Lancashire, rattled through Gloucestershire at Cheltenham to finish with six for 116 – figures bettered only on his remarkable Test debut at Hyderabad. Ben Charlesworth’s dismissal for a charming 160, stumped dawdling down the pitch to Hartley, started a collapse of seven for 85.
Ethan Brookes’ six hitting salvo boosted Worcestershire for the second time in the match against Warwickshire at Edgbaston, while at Scarborough, Surrey’s Dom Sibley – in action against Yorkshire – became the first man to 1,000 Championship runs this summer, pipping Saif Zaib by 15 minutes.
Northants were forced to follow-on against Middlesex at Merchant Taylors’ school, despite Zaib’s 82, which made him the first batter at the club to make 1,000 runs since Ben Duckett in 2016. Ryan Higgins grabbed four first-innings wickets, two in the second, to leave Northants looking to the skies for salvation.
Rehan Ahmed once again reigned at the County Ground, though not before Leicestershire’s Luis Reece collected career-best match figures of 11 for 120 . Ahmed then took all four wickets to fall in Derbyshire’s second innings.
Kent made a much better stab of their second innings against Glamorgan, thanks to Harry Finch and Grant Stewart; while Tilak Varma’s century kept Hampshire on the scoresheet against Nottinghamshire. Josh Tongue, who replaced Brett Hutton at the start of the day, went wicketless.
Scores on the doors
Southampton: Hampshire 367-6 v Nottinghamshire 578-8dec
Taunton: Somerset 250 and 89-5 BEAT Durham 145 and 190 By FIVE WICKETS
Hove: Sussex 204 and 245-7 v Essex 504
Edgbaston: Warwickshire 184 and 55-2 v Worcestershire 333 and 243
Scarborough: Yorkshire 517-6dec v Surrey 338-4
DIVISION TWO
Derby: Derbyshire 189 and 98-4 v Leicestershire 398 and 236-9dec
Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan 327 and 25-2 v Kent 155 and 360
Cheltenham: Gloucestershire 381 and 98-0 v Lancashire 557
Merchant Taylors’ School: Middlesex 625-8 dec v Northamptonshire 261 and 64-3
Preamble
Good morning! The sun is out in Manchester, which bodes well for the Test, though the Met office warns of cloud and patchy rain that may float down from Scotland during the day. Eight games remain in the Championship and only two – at Southampton and Scarborough - seem certain to be draws. Lots to look forward to, play starts at 11am.
