18.02.2025

County cricket: Lancashire v Surrey, Somerset v Yorkshire and more

Further inspection at five at Lord’s. This seems a little fruitless…

TEA-TIME ROUND-UP

Division one

Worcestershire v Nottinghamshire: Play abandonded for the day.

Somerset v Yorkshire: Farce! Yorkshire 31 for 2 (Brook 22 not out, Ballance 0 not out.) Somerset 216 all out (Renshaw 112; Brooks 5-57)

Lancashire v Surrey: Fractured. Lancashire 206 for 6 (Croft 47 not out, Chanderpaul 65, Dernbach 3-35)

Hampshire v Essex: Damp. Hampshire 154 for 2 (Adams 57 not out, Amla 8 not out; Siddle 1-14, Harmer 1-21). Rain stopped play

Division two

Sussex v Gloucestershire: Steady: Gloucestershire 104 for 4 (J Taylor 6 not out, van Buuren 0 not out; Robinson 3-30) Sussex 145 all out (Philip Salt 63; Higgins 5-21).

Northants v Durham: Play abandoned for the day

Middlesex v Glamorgan: No play yet today, inspection at 4pm

Leicestershire v Derbyshire: Play abandoned for the day

A sudden collapse at Canterbury where Pakistan are 155 for 9. Imam ul-Haq the only man to pass 2o.

And so it came to pass, just as Lancashire collect their first batting point of the season, Chanderpaul holes out for 65. Lancashire 206 for 6 and they take tea.

Further inspection at 4pm at Lord’s.

Some nostalgia from Paul Speller. We didn’t have that one, but I was a big fan of Kings and Queens of England Books 1 and 2.

Paul Speller
(@Norbertsdad)

Did anyone else grow up with this gem?
Loved it and now got a copy for my lad. @tjaldred @guardian_sport #propercricketbook

April 28, 2018

We were just pondering the concentration required to field from 11am-6pm, even early on in the season, even on a short-sleeved jumper kind of day. It is such a peculiar test of endurance.

Yorkshire 19 for 1; Lyth run-out for 0. Play has been suspended at the Ageas Bowl, Essex: 154 for 2. Gloucestershire 91 for 3; Robinson 2-20.

And 50 for Chanderpaul! His 143rd in first-class cricket.

And play has been abandoned at New Road too.

And Somerset are all out for 216, collapsing from 145 for one. Century-before-lunch Renshaw the standout man, with seven other single figure scores. Brooks 5-57.

Cricket has got a bit sleepy here at OT. Chanderpaul being elegantly inelegant in the afternoon somnolence.

Another wicket at Old Trafford. Lancashire now 130 for five. Villas pushes forward at Curran and Borthwick takes a tremendous catch diving to his right at second slip. These Surrey boys are very quick and lithe, permanently prancing on the tips of their toes ready to dive or run or leap.

At Canterbury, Inzy’s nephew Imam ul-Haq has made an unbeaten fifty.

From Vic:

“This has been an extraordinarily frenetic day..now Renshaw has gone after a form footed waft at Brooks so it’s 174-5. Can’t quibble too much since he finished with 112 from 99 balls. No longer sure who’s winning this game..

By the way Jack Leach is not playing ths game since he’s ill. Dom Bess is the Somerset spinner, which is handy. At this time of year – its still April and we are in the the third round of matches – it’s sometimes tricky to play one spinner let alone two. And Bess neds as much exposure as possible for everybody’s sake. In the ideal world Leach and Bess should play in he same side in mid-summer sunshine.

Wickets still falling. Gregory lbw to Brooks aiming to square leg rather than mid-on 179-6. And another one. Davies caught behind off Coad. Despite everything Yorkshire in ascendancy. 145-1 has become 181-7.”

Pitch inspection at 3pm at New Road. Bring wellies.

Sorry I don’t think that Vince link works, but if you go onto the ECB website then videos, then wickets, you can see every one that has fallen today. Dernbach bowling very well here at OT.

At Lord’s a further inspection at 3pm. And Gloucestershire have lost a wicket in reply to Sussex’s 145 all out. Dent b Robinson 14.

See here Vince’s demise – hope it works. Poor kid.

And Somerset have lost another: 182-8. A five-fer for Brooks 5-56.

And Lancashire lose a wicket: Livingstone misreads some late swing, lbw Dernbach 48; Lancs 111 for four.

Somerset now sliding slowly towards the abyss – 179 for 6, Jack Brooks 4-55. Oh, and Vince is out, for 47. Caught behind, the Essex twitter feed describes it as “flirts outside off-stump.”

Renshaw is OUT! caught Hodd b Brooks 112. What an innings! 99 balls, 16 x 4, 4 x6. A hundred before lunch in April. One for the ages. Somerset 171 for 5.

Ah, but something lovely from Vic who has just witnessed a litle bit of history:

“It’s hard not to make this another tale of Smith/Warner/ Bancroft making fools of themselves in Cape Town just under a month ago.

Without that episode we would not be celebrating a century before lunch by Somerset’s latest opener (in fact this would not happened if Eddie Byrom had not dislocated his shoulder in the last game against Worcestershire but that is not such a good line). You may remember that Cameron Bancroft was supposed to be playing for Somerset this season; you will remember his escapades in South Africa after which Somerset agonized and politely declined to continue with his contract.

Enter Renshaw as a late replacement. In his first match he hit a critical century on a very green surface against Worcestershire – this pitch is only quite green – and now this. He’s supposed to be a bit of a blocker but take the Yorkshireman out of Yorkshire and then pitch him against Yorkshire and anything can happen. Here he attacked from the start and kept going. On 94 Jack Brooks bounced him and he hooked it for six even though there were two or three men on the leg side boundary. We’re still trying to work who scored the last century before lunch for Somerset (where Samson?) With just a few minutes to lunch and Somerset’s star batsman, James Hildreth just gone for a duck and Renshaw pummelled two length balls from Coad straight back over the bemused bowler’s head. Renshaw reached his hundred in 86 balls with 14 fours and four sixes.

The blunt truth seems to be that Somerset owe Smith and Warner a big thank you. I doubt whether Bancroft, even without mental turmoil, could have equalled this. Renshaw does not have a one-day contract with Somerset. Perhaps they will revisit that.

Renshaw has overshadowed everyone else and Somerset seem to be far too dependent upon him at the moment. Trescothick was caught in the gully in the second over; Bartlett after a promising little innings was lbw; Hildreth clipped a ball gracefully straight to square leg without scoring and Abell was bowled by the last ball before lunch. Everyone seems keen to be making up for lost time. 166-4.”

County cricket: Lancashire v Surrey, Somerset v Yorkshire and more – live!

Wisden
(@WisdenCricket)

Ridiculous shot from Matt Renshaw ?

Kid can

April 28, 2018

Also, depressingly, this. Now, time for lunch.

Tammy Beaumont
(@Tammy_Beaumont)

HELP.. My car got broken into last night, all my cricket kit gone! Anyone sees any England kit or @SalixBats bats on sale anywhere let me know so we can catch the b******* 1/2

April 28, 2018

Tammy Beaumont
(@Tammy_Beaumont)

2/2 what’s most upsetting is losing my 50th England caps, those can’t be replaced unlike the rest. Also might be struggling for training on Tuesday with no kit! ?

April 28, 2018

LUNCH-TIME ROUND-UP

Division one

Worcestershire v Nottinghamshire: No play yet today, inspection after lunch.

Somerset v Yorkshire: Fireworks! Somerset 166 for 4 (Renshaw 111 not out; Coad 2- 50, Brooks 2-48)

Lancashire v Surrey: Consolidation. Lancashire 94 for 3 (Livingstone 39, Chanderpaul 27, Dernbach 2-28)

Hampshire v Essex: Steady. Hampshire 125 for 1 (Adams 49 not out, Vince 41 not out; Siddle 1 for 14)

Division two

Sussex v Gloucestershire: Subsidence! Sussex 145 all out (Philip Salt 63; Higgins 5-21). Gloucestershire 1 for 0

Northants v Durham: Play abandoned for the day

Middlesex v Glamorgan: No play yet today, inspection at 1.10

Leicestershire v Derbyshire: Play abandoned for the day

And a hundred for Renshaw! Bravo that man. Off just 84 deliveries – 14 x 4, 4 x6.

Somerset Cricket ?
(@SomersetCCC)

1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ for Matt Renshaw!!!!

One of the most remarkable innings you will ever see here at the CACG as he moves to three figures before lunch in just 84 deliveries!!!!#WeAreSOMERSET #SOMvYOR

April 28, 2018

Over at Kent, Pakistan are struggling with exposure to the English spring – 53 for 3 with two wickets to William Gidman. Imam ul-Haq, nephew of, 14 not out.

Elsewhere, breath is being taken. Renshaw has slowed at little at Taunton, now just 11 short of that century. Sussex 130 for 9 and at Old Trafford Livingstone and Chanderpaul have put on a fifty partnership in 96 balls.

And five wickets for Higgins at Hove (5 for 16), with Sussex now 117 for 7.NO! Make that 117 for 8.

Gloucestershire CCC
(@Gloscricket)

HE IS ON ??

Ryan Higgins has claimed his fifth wicket this morning! Sussex now 116/7.

Scorecard ?

April 28, 2018

Soggy update:

Play is abandoned for the day at Grace Road.

And Renshaw now 81 not out at Somerset! 66 of the 81 in boundaries. Bresnan 4 overs 0 for 30…

“My job is to perform, and my mindset is to play to the best of my ability.The rest will look after itself.” Hammed earlier this season on his batting and being coached by his dad. I wonder if looking back he will feel like the fact there was an opening in the England batting line-up just waiting for him to get runs was an added pressure. Have a read here.

Meanwhile Livingstone has just hit Dernbach for three boundaries in a row. Sussex have lost another wicket down at Hove, another for Worrall; at Somerset Renshaw has moved on to 66.

Three wickets for Ryan Higgins down at Hove; now a fourth falls with Finch out for five, this time to Worrall. Sussex 105/4. –

And a super-rapid 53 for Matthew Renshaw at Taunton – Vic should be here soon with some news on that – he got to 50 entirely in boundaries ten fours and 2 sixes!

Somerset Cricket ?
(@SomersetCCC)

What an incredible performance from Matt Renshaw this morning!! 52 not out scored entirely in boundaries, reaching the landmark by planting Bresnan over long-off for 6!!

Somerset 75/1#SOMvYOR

April 28, 2018

Ah, so Lancashire now making a bit of a hash of things, having lost three wickets for 8 runs in 15 balls. First Hameed, then Davies c Dunn b Dernbach for 4 then Jennings perhaps marginally unlucky to be lbw to Sam Curran for 15. Lancs now 26 for 3, with rain forecast after lunch.

A few more wickets round the counties…

At the Ageas Bowl: Weatherley c Browne b Siddle 29 – Vince is in! – and a couple down at Hove, Salt c van Buuren b Higgins for 63 and Wells c Roderick b Higgins 27.

A reckless swipe from Hameed, his first false shot in 23 balls, is followed the very next delivery by an edge behind. Hameed c Elgar b Dernbach 4. Lancashire 15 for 1.

It’s raining again at Lord’s so I’m not sure there will be any play there before lunch. Oh dear, a wicket at Taunton, Trescothick c Brook, b Brooks 4, the weary old feet perhaps not quite ready for the early start. But here is his four to get off the mark.

And we’re on at Old Trafford. Jennings and Hameed to face Dernbach bowling in a short-sleeved jumper – and a little nudge from Jennings gets Lancashire out of bed and onto the little rug that needs a hoover. Hameed very insistently padding down a lump in front of his stumps. He plays out the rest of the over tidily. Paul Edwards next to me, a huge Hameed fan, makes approving noises. I’m feeling a tidy thirty at least for him today.

Yorkshire are bowling at Somerset, waiting for news at Lord’s.

Good morning from Old Trafford and welcome to the second day of this round of matches – or the first if we scribble out yesterday as miserable washout.

Here at Old Trafford the two teams are on the outfield, Surrey to the right, Lancashire to the left, playing football in full tracksuits with woolly hats- don’t get into your heads that this, now, is spring. The puddles at the bottom of the run-ups have dried and play will start at 11 o’clock, with 104 overs due in the day.

Around the counties it is a mixed picture, with play already called off for the day at Northants, but five games are expected to start on time.

Worcestershire v Nottinghamshire: Rain, delayed start expected

Somerset v Yorkshire: Play will start at 11am.

Lancashire v Surrey: Play will start at 11am

Hampshire v Essex: Play will start at 11am

DIVISION 2

Sussex v Gloucestershire: Play will start at 11am

Northants v Durham: Play abandoned for the day

Middlesex v Glamorgan: Damp, waiting on a start time

Leicestershire v Derbyshire: lunch will be taken at 12 with an inspection afterwards

Treats to look forward to – Stuart Broad having a bowl at New Road – if they get on at the ground where Gareth Batty once swam across the dressing-room. Five of Nottinghamshire’s scheduled 12 match days have been washed out so far this season. Also the battle of the young guns here at Old Trafford, Alastair Cook’s return to the crease, a flighty cameo or two from Tom Westley and James Vince and a chance to see Tom Barber bowl for Middlesex.

Middlesex Cricket
(@Middlesex_CCC)

Morning all!

Looking damp at @HomeOfCricket so far, we will keep you up to date with prospects of play ??#TeamMiddlesex

April 28, 2018

Here is the current state of play after a rain-soaked Friday:

DIVISION 1

Worcestershire v Nottinghamshire: No play
Somerset v Yorkshire: No play
Lancashire v Surrey: No play
Hampshire v Essex: Hampshire 41/0. Weatherly 22, Adams 19.

DIVISION 2

Sussex v Gloucestershire: Sussex 86/0. Salt 54, Wells 25
Northants v Durham: no play.
Middlesex v Glamorgan: Middx 64/3 Eskinazi 31, Cartwright 0.
Leicestershire v Derbyshire: no play

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