Day two of nine matches in the County Championship
Centurion Clarke becomes first to reach 1,000 runs as Notts rally at Bears
Century for Elgar as Essex overhaul Surrey total
Div One: Essex v Surrey, Glamorgan v Hants, Sussex v Somerset, Warwickshire v Notts, Yorks v Leics
Notts, Somerset & Bears separated by five points at top of table
Century for Bedingham as D2 leaders Durham overhaul Glos
Kent collapse in promotion showdown at Northants
Div Two: Derbys v Middlesex, Durham v Gloucs, Northants v Kent, Worcs v Lancs
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Stokes b Kishore 45 (Durham 194-4 v Glos 137)
That is a decent delivery on a pitch not seeming conducive to turn as they have had more rain in the North East than most this week.
Trying to flick it to leg, it straightens and Ben Stokes is furious as he has to trot off.
94 runs he put on with David Bedingham.
Graham Clark at six, the embarrassment of riches for a Div 2 side continues to show.
Warks v Notts 48-2
Michael Booth into the attack for Warwickshire as OHD takes a breather.
A decent opening over is spoiled as Joe Clarke rocks back and drives his fourth boundary to move to 20.
Ed Barnard has replaced Ethan Bamber to refresh the Bears attack which had begin to leak a few after that super start.
His second over costs a couple of singles.
Durham 190-3 v Glos 137
The easiest bet of the year might have been David Bedingham to be Division 2's top scorer.
He brings up fifth century this Championship campaign in his final home appearance of the season before heading home to South Africa for their season.
The three different pairs of gloves he wore in the 90s not unsettling him.
He ties with Alex Lees for number of first-class centuries scored for Durham.
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Sadly must be the poorest Gloucestershire side in a long time
Brian, Gloucestershire
It's definitely a testing season for the Glosters, who look nailed on for the wooden spoon in Division Two.
Sussex 147-2 v Somerset 202
Great honesty from Josh Thomas as he makes brilliant ground to sprint after one towards the boundary, but flicks three times at the ball as he slides.
The final flick his legs are on the rope and he very honestly signals four as that is one of those so far from the umpires that they just have to go off the honesty of the fielders.
Durham 185-3 v Glos 137
Three test cricketers bowling or batting now at CLS as Indian spinner Sai Kishore just gets one ball at David Bedingham on 99 after Ben Stokes takes two, three dots and one off his first five balls.
A dot, Bedingham strikes me as a man who won't be nervous, he has been here plenty of times before.
Mitch Killeen changes ends.
Essex 52-1 v Surrey 183
Image source, ShutterstockDean Elgar and Tom Westley are looking in good touch as they take Essex past fifty.
South African Elgar has just gone past 19,000 career first-class runs in moving to 23 not out.
19,004 runs at an average of just under 42... decent player!
Northeast lbw b Sanderson 11 (Northants v Kent 188-4)
The Northamptonshire fightback continues!
Kent lose a fourth wicket of the morning as Ben Sanderson gets one to jag back in a touch and find the front pad of Sam Northeast whose short stay is done.
The visitors have subsided from 162-0 to 188-4. Are they wasting their excellent start?
Chris Benjamin joins Daniel Bell-Drummond.
Sussex 142-2 v Somerset 202
Lewis Gregory has no luck with his latest efforts to get the ball changed.
Josh Shaw, picked for a rare red ball appearance ahead of JT Langridge who was sent on loan to Shaw's former side Gloucestershire, now bowling with Craig Overton.
Warks v Notts 37-2
Joe Clarke rocks back and drives for four to the short boundary in front of the Hollies Stand as Olly Hannon-Dalby drops short.
Short and wide this time and Clarke effortlessly cuts for another four. Such a stylish batter when he's in the groove.
Ben Martindale then waits and guides the final ball past fourth slip for a third boundary of an expensive over.
Durham 182-3 v Glos 137
The old joke from Callum Parkinson either giving David Bedingham two left-handed gloves or the wrong pair, it is hard to tell, but a longer delay than needed for a new pair of gloves for the South African does not put him off his batting.
Great fielding on the boundary saves two.
Then he changes his gloves again!
Northants v Kent 186-3
Daniel Bell-Drummond off the mark with a stylish drive for four as Liam Guthrie again drops short and wide.
A real mixed bag from the Australian after picking up two wickets in the previous over.
Sussex 128-2 v Somerset 202
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Image source, Adrian HarmsA good morning so far for Sussex with Tom Clark and Charlie Tear taking their partnership beyond 50 and looking largely untroubled.
Tear was given a life on 24 when Craig Overton dropped a routine chance at second slip, Gregory being the unlucky bowler, but that apart the Somerset bowlers haven't managed to extract the same movement that the Sussex seamers achieved yesterday.
Tom Helm is first change for Middlesex and he strikes with his fourth delivery.
Helm gets one to swing away from Harry Came (10) who flashes a big drive but can only edge behind for Joe Cracknell to take a flying catch low to his right. 24-1 in the 11th over.
Lancashire are 12-1 in the 10th at Worcester.
Warks v Notts 24-2
Olly Hannon-Dalby runs one past the outside edge of Ben Martindale's bat. But the opener survives and picks up a couple more singles to go to 20.
Sensible so far from the 23-year-old who made his red-ball debut for Notts batting at seven in the win over Surrey last time out.
Glamorgan 112-7 v Hants 162
It might be one of those days in Cardiff.
Less than 10 minutes after the delayed start of day two, they're off again for rain.
Durham 166-3 v GLos 137
Gloucestershire are desperate for something to change, even just 40 minutes into Day Two.
The ball fits through the handcuff like rings though and they must continue with it.
This may happen regularly though as Ben Stokes and Dave Bedingham keep pummelling leather into the harder materials outside the grass surface.
Sussex 121-2 v Somerset 202
Miggy Pretorius draws a play and miss and a few leaves from Charlie Tear in a rare, but deserved maiden.
Lewis Gregory was expensive last over, complete with four off the bat, four leg byes and a no ball.
So, as the selfless skipper he is, rightly takes himself off to be replaced by Craig Overton who nearly gets the breakthrough first ball, Tom Clark chopping off the inside edge millimetres past off stump.
Muyeye c Chahal b Guthrie 8 (Northants v Kent 182-3)
Tawanda Muyeye is not messing about and collects back-to-back boundaries off his first two balls.
But then he's gone!
Liam Guthrie drops one short and Muyeye falls into the trap, pulling straight to Yuzi Chahal.
Kent have now lost three wickets for 20 runs after that brilliant start.
Daniel Bell-Drummond is in.
Worcestershire have the breakthrough at New Road.
Matty Hurst's return to the Lancashire side was a rather uncomfortable one as he departs for two from 23 deliveries, flashing an outside edge trying to drive Tom Taylor straight to Dan Lategan at point.
7-1 after seven overs.
Josh Bohannon has joined Keaton Jennings in the middle.
Harry Came and Caleb Jewell are into double figures at Derby where the hosts are 24-0 in the 10th over.
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Martindale,leg before wicket, bowled Mousley Martindale, leg before wicket, bowled Mousley | 55 | 82 | 58 | 7 | 0 | 130 | 67.07 |
Hameed,caught Yates, bowled Hannon-Dalby Hameed, caught Yates, bowled Hannon-Dalby | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.00 |
McCann,bowled Bamber McCann, bowled Bamber | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.00 |
batting,Clarke,not out batting, Clarke, not out | 146 | 212 | 148 | 24 | 0 | 328 | 68.87 |
Haynes,caught Yates, bowled Bamber Haynes, caught Yates, bowled Bamber | 10 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 90.91 |
Verreynne,leg before wicket, bowled Barnard Verreynne, leg before wicket, bowled Barnard | 10 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 66.67 |
James,caught Davies, bowled Booth James, caught Davies, bowled Booth | 32 | 77 | 64 | 6 | 0 | 94 | 41.56 |
Patterson-White,caught Mousley, bowled Thompson Patterson-White, caught Mousley, bowled Thompson | 9 | 36 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 25.00 |
batting,Sheat,not out batting, Sheat, not out | 27 | 40 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 67.50 |
Extras, no balls 2, wides 0, byes 4, leg byes 4, total 10 Extras, no balls 2, wides 0, byes 4, leg byes 4, total 10 | |||||||
Total,299 for 7 82.0 overs Total,299 for 7 82.0 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bamber | 20.0 | 6 | 63 | 2 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3.15 |
Hannon-Dalby | 16.0 | 3 | 64 | 1 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4.00 |
Barnard | 18.0 | 3 | 53 | 1 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2.94 |
Booth | 15.0 | 5 | 46 | 1 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3.06 |
Thompson, bowling | 12.0 | 0 | 59 | 1 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.91 |
Mousley | 1.0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
16 for 1 (3.5 overs) | Hameed |
17 for 2 (6.6 overs) | McCann |
105 for 3 (29.2 overs) | Martindale |
122 for 4 (34.2 overs) | Haynes |
148 for 5 (40.2 overs) | Verreynne |
221 for 6 (63.4 overs) | James |
256 for 7 (72.4 overs) | Patterson-White |
