Key occasions
A little bit replace on Fisher from Graham H at Headingley – Fisher didn’t heat up this morning , so presumably will play no half at this time. Seems to be like an damage to the left ankle.
And a wicket! A second for Lyon, Leaning obliges: straight into the arms of Wells at slip. In all probability too little, in all probability too late. Kent 129-3, want 35.
Make that two fifities and two a whole bunch for DBD in 4 matches.
They’re taking an early lunch at Lord’s, 12.30 immediate for a medium glass of Sauvingon and an avocado soften.
Sam Northeast and Colin Ingram each transferring in direction of seemingly inevitable centuries at Headingley towards a Yorkshire facet shorn of Fisher, who tripped whereas attempting to save lots of a boundary yesterday.
And Bell-Drummond passes fifty for the fourth time this season – a cracking begin to his first season as Kent captain.
Twelve overs right here at OT this morning, loads of menace, however not as a lot strain as Lancashire might need hoped – there hasn’t been a maiden but. The hundred up for Kent, who want one other 63.
It’s instantly wanting sticky for Kent. Hartley and Lyon have the bit between their tooth. A minimum of Anderson isn’t pawing the turf within the deep.
No play, by the way, at Lord’s – the place it’s raining and the forecast is depressing.
Sensible! Compton should go this time, he drives, and Lyon, all worldwide reflexes, dives to his proper and collects. Kent 92-2, require 73.
A drop! And it’s the crab-like Compton, dropped by Will Williams, the ball bouncing out of his paws as he hit the bottom.
One other e mail drops – good morning, Jonathan Might!
“An attention-grabbing article by Ali re the PCA’s issues concerning the quantity of home cricket being performed.
”To an extent the issues make sense, provided that, after the championship section, the schedule turns into extremely messy, as a result of ECB’s mom of all disasters in including a fourth format to the season. You typically get the impression that gamers are not sure which format they’re enjoying mid-way by way of.
”Some complaints don’t wash although. Journey occasions in England aren’t a lot of a difficulty (examine US NBA basketball highway journeys!). And the way about travelling round in crew buses, not their vehicles, because it’s safer and extra environment-friendly? Most sports activities groups appear to.
“Above all, 78 days’ cricket for a county (the quantity Ali quotes) doesn’t appear an excessive amount of over six months. That features all of the championship days theoretically getting performed on (which they by no means do) and the one-day cup, which is these days filled with second-team gamers grateful for the possibility to shine. Only a few gamers, if any, play all of the matches.
“Come on guys, it’s an expert sport and a pleasant life too. I’d swap it for an workplace job any day.”
Hartley and Lyon are wheeling away, not fairly into the mud, the marginally much less damp soil. Kent’s goal has shrunk to 84 – make that 80 with that boundary from Compton, who’s barely much less snail-like this morning.
Good morning, Tim Maitland!
“Simply chewing the cud over Joe Root’s 156 towards Glamorgan and the 119 he scored within the final match versus Derbyshire and I can’t assist pondering it may be actually excellent news for England.
”After all these aren’t take a look at calibre assaults, however I’d argue Root was the one one that didn’t have to be influenced by no matter Brendon McCullum needs the “Bazball” philosophy to be known as. He was already scoring at a charge that may get underneath the pores and skin of any take a look at captain and, extra importantly, was doing it in a comparatively threat free method: the nurdling of ones and twos off good balls and the exquisitely timed despatching of the dangerous ones. Relieved of the captaincy and given the freer reign of the Ben Stokes period, I’d argue Root grew to become much less efficient. It wasn’t that his novelty pictures have been getting him out that always, however he gave the impression to be getting out extra typically pushing to attain at the next charge than he wanted to.
”The fantastic thing about yesterday’s innings (foreshadowed by the extra pedestrian one towards Derbyshire), was that whereas scoring at virtually a run a ball – his century got here pleasingly in precisely 100 balls, Root wasn’t urgent to fabricate runs. The inside track appears to have been largely shelved and the reverse sweep has been returned to its function as a shock weapon.
”If that is a part of a plan to get himself again to what made him such a profitable take a look at batsman within the first place, he might be about to take pleasure in an actual Indian summer season as he enters the later levels of his profession.”
Gamers categorical concern concerning the congested home fixture listing:
Sunday’s spherical up
In radiant night daylight at Previous Trafford, Nathan Lyon was inflicting chaos. With the ball spitting and ripping, and 4 males near the bat, squatting on high of their lengthy shadows, Kent’s Daniel Bell-Drummond and Ben Compton dug into their activity of survival, and digging out the 164 Lancashire had set them to win.
Lyon, sun shades characteristically hooked up to his shaved head, appealed vigorously, however neither he nor Tom Hartley may make the breakthrough. Kent, regardless of shedding Zak Crawley to the second over of the innings, lbw for one, want one other 93. Earlier, Matt Parkinson and Wes Agar completed with three wickets every, regardless of some plucky innings from Lancashire’s younger batters, Georges Balderson and Bell and Matty Hurst.
A reverse-swinging masterclass from a zinging Jayden Seales careered by way of Derbyshire’s second innings, sending them flying like Smarties at a kids’s celebration, and to defeat by an innings and 124 runs.
Seales, who was twice on a hat-trick, completed with a career-best 5 for 29, and heat phrases from his head coach at Sussex, Paul Farbrace, who mentioned: “Within the 4 video games he’s performed for us, each single spell he’s run in onerous. He’s by no means cantered in, he’s by no means taken it simple and by no means not wished to bowl.”
Derbyshire’s New Zealand quick bowler Blair Tickner didn’t bat, and introduced that his spouse Sarah is affected by leukaemia and is receiving therapy within the UK. Sussex misplaced some extent attributable to a gradual over charge.
Yorkshire flayed Glamorgan to all corners of Headingley, cantering to most batting factors with baggage of overs to spare. Joe Root cruised to 156, his second hundred in consecutive video games, Finlay Bean an aggressive 173, his highest first-class rating, whereas Harry Brook and Jonny Tattersall contributed funky fifties. Mason Crane, who took a tonking, completed with 5 for 152. Glamorgan misplaced three wickets – together with Kiran Carlson unfortunate to be run out off Root’s shin pad at foolish level – earlier than Sam Northeast and Colin Ingram dug in.
Tons of for Sam Robson and Leus du Plooy helped Middlesex previous 400 at Lord’s, with a few wickets for Leicestershire’s Rehan Ahmed.
Scores on the doorways
DIVISION ONE
Previous Trafford: Lancashire 92 and 332 v Kent 261 and 71-1
Taunton: Somerset 128 and 170-7 BEAT Essex 156 and 138 BY THREE WICKETS
DIVISION TWO
Derby: Derbyshire 246 and 109-9 LOST TO Sussex 479 BY AN INNINGS AND 124 RUNS
Lord’s: Middlesex 407-8 v Leicestershire 306
Headingley: Yorkshire 519-7dec v Glamorgan 221 and 171-3
Preamble
Good financial institution vacation morning! It’s a stupendous day right here in Manchester – the place Kent should garner one other 93 runs for his or her first win at Previous Trafford within the Championship this millenium. Elsewhere, Yorkshire are on the cost and issues look truthful for a merry draw at Lord’s.