Key occasions
A fifth wicket for Kasey Aldridge as Jamie Overton loses his stumps. Surrey all out 428, a giant fats lead of 143. I concern for Somerset on this 20 minute window.
100 for Nathan Fernandes!
Simply 19, on first-class debut, got here by the Middlesex age-group system, learning Enterprise and Administration at Royal Holloway Uni, signed a rookie contract in November 2022. A dream debut! ( and a pitch he’ll wish to take with him).
Essex chipping away at Kent: two for Porter, two for Snater. Denly gone for 16, Compton nonetheless there, 122 not out.
Jenning (139)s and Bell (33) crusing alongside on the Rose Bowl, Lancs 310-4, path Hants by simply 57.
Worcestershire have misplaced a few wickets this morning however in sight of 300, Nathan Smith, contemporary from three wickets within the first innings, 49 not out.
And Lees batting on in direction of 150 at Edgbaston, Durham 279-4, nonetheless path by a three-piece suite.
Craig misses leg stump by a sneeze; Jamie pings him down the bottom for 4.
And, in information I had missed, Scott Boland’s Durham debut obtained worse yesterday with a calf niggle
100 for Keaton Jennings!
A primary of the season for Jennings, and one other captain’s hundred in a spherical the place skipperes have flourished (see additionally DBD, Alex Davies, Shan Masood).
Surrey have bustled previous 400, helped by an enormous six by Jamie Overton; whereas Durham have misplaced Ollie Robinson for 60, Lees nonetheless there on 120. Durham 254-6.
And one other morning wicket at The Oval, moments after a close to run-out mix-up Metal caught chopping, a fourth wicket for Aldridge.
A dally across the Division Two grounds:
Lyth and Bean making a brisk begin at Bristol, now 88-0, a lead of 151; whereas Ingram and Crane dig in at Sophia Gardens, Glamorgan 99-4, a lead of 138, and Simpson and Lamb do the identical at Grace Street, Sussex, 321-6, now in sniffing distance of Leicestershire’s 338.
And on the crisp shirt entrance at Wantage Street, Fernades and Holden eye up 100 and 50 respectively as Middlesex cruise to 151-1.
A disappointingly swift finish to Overton v Overton, changed by the tall, slender, Shoaib Bashir.
It’s is snorting bouncer which Jamie geese. Craig smiles – not their first rodeo.
100 for Alex Lees!
His thirteenth for Durham on this enjoyable within the solar meet at Edgbaston.
And at Surrey we’re about to get Overton C to Overton J.
And the primary wicket of the day to Jamie Porter who traps DBD for 135 Kent 252-2. And, to the strains of an melodious early morning church service, a wicket at The Oval. Jordan Clark is snaffled down the legside by James Rew off Kasey Aldridge. Surrey 365-7.
Ten thousand first-class runs for Alex Lees, who seems to be like he may win the race to 3 figures with Keaton Jennings this morning…
The 5 minute bell at The Oval, and a final little bit of divot urgent. Adam Collins tells me that Shoaib Bashir bowled properly yesterday, each side of the wicket and with management and verve.
Some early throat clearing at The Oval with a handful of Sunday supporters taking their seats. Soccer for Surrey and fielding practise for Somerset as a groundsman mows a follow pitch. It’s sunny, gentle, there are tunes and so they look as in the event that they’re having enjoyable.
Yesterday’s century for James Gross sales was greater than a maiden first-class hundred:
Taha’s Saturday round-up
Taha Hashim
Not content material with the 490 they struck on Friday, Warwickshire opted to proceed their dismantling of Durham’s assault at Edgbaston, declaring two runs wanting 700. The Bears captain Alex Davies was unable to transform his double hundred right into a triple, however his predecessor Will Rhodes went to an unbeaten 178 as each member of Warwickshire’s high three celebrated a three-figure rating within the county’s second-highest first-class whole. There was much less fortune for his or her No 4, Ed Barnard, bowled for one by a superb, ripping supply from Callum Parkinson. Final 12 months’s Division Two champions completed the day trailing by 520, however with the comfort of an Alex Lees century incoming within the morning.
Essex, who additionally put up 400 on day one, settled for 530 earlier than their declaration in opposition to Kent, Matt Critchley top-scoring with 151 not out at Chelmsford. However the hosts missed their headline seamer Sam Cook dinner, out as a result of a thigh niggle, as Daniel Bell-Drummond celebrated his second hundred of the week and Ben Compton his first of the season. Jaydn Denly took his maiden first-class wicket for the guests and will properly bat alongside his uncle, Joe, on Sunday.
Loads of England’s Take a look at setup had been in motion on the Oval, however two names from the previous stepped up. Dom Sibley and Rory Burns placed on 167 for Surrey’s first wicket in opposition to Somerset, with the previous hitting his twentieth first-class ton. Out of the present crop, Ben Foakes went to a half-century however Ollie Pope fell cheaply, whereas Shoaib Bashir spun the ball with management to dismiss Burns and go at two an over.
Emilio Homosexual went all the best way to 261 for Northamptonshire in opposition to Middlesex earlier than being run out trying a determined second at Wantage Street. Middlesex have endured a troublesome opening to the season within the subject, having taken simply 9 wickets for the lack of 1,172 runs. A second-innings shootout is in improvement at Sophia Gardens, with Glamorgan 74 for 4 after buying a first-innings lead of 39 in opposition to Derbyshire. The visiting off-spinner Alex Thomson has 10 wickets within the match, a primary in his skilled profession.
Fynn Hudson-Prentice’s five-fer for Sussex in opposition to Leicestershire at Grace Street was adopted by a second consecutive hundred for the opener Tom Haines, whereas Cheteshwar Pujara showcased his well-known persistence in compiling 38 off 148 deliveries. Cameron Bancroft was equally old-school on the high of the order for Gloucestershire in opposition to Yorkshire at Bristol, taking 160 balls to succeed in his half-century. He couldn’t, nevertheless, cease his aspect from conceding a first-innings deficit of 63. Keaton Jennings was one other opener within the runs, remaining unbeaten on 85 for Lancashire in opposition to Hampshire on the Rose Bowl.
Calvin Harrison had a superb day throughout all three sides for Nottinghamshire in opposition to Worcestershire at Trent Bridge. To start with, his 52 with the bat in a seventh-wicket 146-run stand with Lyndon James, who fell for 96. Then a beautiful low catch at third slip to dismiss Jake Libby. After which, for The Status, three wickets together with his leg-spin to place his aspect on high.
Scores on the doorways
DIVISION ONE
Chelmsford: Essex 530-7d v Kent 245-1
The Rose Bowl: Hampshire 367 v Lancashire 233-4
Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire 399 v Worcestershire 220-6
The Oval: Surrey 358-6 v Somerset 285
Edgbaston: Warwickshire 698-3d v Durham 178-3
DIVISION TWO
Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan 237 & 74-4 v Derbyshire 198
Bristol: Gloucestershire 263 v Yorkshire 326 & 57-0
Grace Street: Leicestershire 338 v Sussex 282-6
Northampton: Northamptonshire 552-6d v Middlesex 128-1
Preamble
Good morning! And welcome to the second Sunday of the season, the solar out, the lilac heady and the Kookaburra ball run ragged.
There have been 5 scores above 500 already this spherical, with energy so as to add – although it seems to be as if the sport at Sophia Gardens will observe a extra typical early season bunfight – albeit with spin the shocking weapon reasonably than seam. Mason Crane pocketed 4 wickets on his Glamorgan debut and there was a career-best ten for Derbyshire offspinner Alex Thomson, not, I think about, what he was anticipating when he obtained off the coach on Thursday.
Elsewhere runs, runs, runs, from Dom Sibley to Emilio Homosexual by way of Tom Haines. All is perky right here at The Oval, and a giant thanks to Taha for operating CCLive! yesterday so I may eat mum’s hot-cross buns and be perplexed by my dad’s annual egg hunt.