3:00 AM ET Northamptonshire230 and 200 (Gleeson 5-50) lead Lancashire 415 (Jennings 97, Vilas 97, Bailey 68, Jones 67, Wood 5-72) by 15 runs “Northamptonshire found me. They gave me the opportunity to play first-class cricket and I owe my career to them. If it hadn’t been for them, I could still be coaching in schools.” Richard Gleeson will never tire of saying what he owes to Northamptonshire. The unfortunate…
May 15, 2019 ECB Reporters Network Leicestershire 257 for 9 (Ackermann 63, Dearden 61, Rayner 4-58) trail Middlesex 349 by 92 runs Ollie Rayner took four wickets in his first appearance of the season to keep Middlesex in control on the second day of their County Championship clash against Leicestershire at Lord’s. The off-spinner removed both Leicestershire’s half-centurions, Harry Dearden and Colin Ackermann, who had threatened to take the game…
May 15, 2019 ECB Reporters Network Somerset 243 for 5 (Hildreth 90, Azhar 60) trail Surrey 380 by 137 runs James Hildreth top-scored with 90 as Division One leaders Somerset fought hard to stay on terms with Surrey on day two of the Specsavers County Championship match at Taunton. Azhar Ali and Steven Davies also weighed in with half-centuries and shared in stands of 94 and 70 with Hildreth for…
May 15, 2019 Jon Culley at New Road Worcestershire 321 for 6 (Wessels 118, Whitely 62*, Dell 61) lead Durham 273 by 48 runs With an impressive history of success across all formats, Riki Wessels was not short of possible destinations when he left Nottinghamshire at the end of last season. Yet he chose Worcester, much to the excitement of supporters who had seen his destructive qualities at first hand…
May 15, 2019 ECB Reporters Network Yorkshire 210 and 166 for 3 (Ballance 57*, Lyth 44) lead Kent 296 (Robinson 103, Crawley 81) by 80 runs Gary Ballance posted Yorkshire’s first half-century of the game to keep his side in contention against a Kent side buoyed by a second County Championship century of the season by rookie keeper-batsman Ollie Robinson. Having conceded a first innings deficit of 86 runs, Yorkshire…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Glamorgan 250 and 359 for 1 (Selman 148*, Labuschagne 128*, Hemphrey 58) lead Gloucestershire 463 (Higgins 103) by 146 runs Nick Selman, with a career best 148 not out, and Marnus Labuschagne (128 not out) racked up big centuries in a second-wicket stand of 226, as Glamorgan made great strides towards rescuing their Specsavers County Championship Division Two match against Gloucestershire at Spytty Park…
May 15, 2019 ECB Reporters Network Warwickshire 184 for 7 (Sibley 95, Abbott 4-43) trail Hampshire 354 (Alsop 150, Patel 6-94) by 170 runs A searing post-tea burst from Kyle Abbott put Hampshire in command against Warwickshire on the second day of their County Championship clash at Edgbaston. After Hampshire were lifted to a solid 354 by Tom Alsop’s classy, career-best 150 off 317 balls, including 23 fours, the home…
12:55 PM ET So now it’s Mark Wood‘s turn to try and impress. He’s watched from the sidelines as all the other seamers contending for that World Cup squad have, to greater or lesser extents, taken their chance. He’s seen Jofra Archer cement his place at The Oval, David Willey deliver three nerveless death overs in Southampton, Tom Curran claim five wickets (and score an unbeaten 47) in his two…
Sir Alastair Cook in action © Getty Images Essex 241 (Browne 67, Fletcher 5-50) and 105 for 2 (Westley 49, Cook 40*) beat Nottinghamshire 187 (Clarke 48, Porter 4-75) and 158 (Duckett 37, Harmer 6-60) by 8 wickets Few things enhance the County Championship more than distinguished former England greats choosing to stay in the game. Graham Gooch was 41 when he played his last England Test in the 1994-5…
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