Play 01:11 ‘We want to win the series on English soil’ – Hazlewood Durham, 2013. Ryan Harris, newish ball in hand, fizzes it down towards the top of Joe Root’s off stump. It takes a little wobble through the air, hits one side of the seam, and darts perfectly away to beat a flummoxed Root and hit the outside of the off stump. It’s a cracker, but almost completely accidental,…
3:00 AM ET Paul Edwards at Taunton Yorkshire 70 for 3 trail Somerset 199 (Abell 66, Maharaj 5-54) by 129 runs It is all too easy for folk in the West Country to fall in love with Somerset cricket and all too tempting at times to think their heroes have spurned such devotion. It is not so, of course; the players share that love, but as Yorkshire’s bowlers took six…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Surrey 143 for 7 (Pope 68, Barker 3-28) trail Hampshire 149 (Clarke 5-21) by six runs Ollie Pope pushed his case to be a part of England’s winter Test plans with a sublime half-century on a day when fast bowlers excelled at the Ageas Bowl. Batsman Pope, who played two Tests last summer, backed up his 221 not out in his last Specsavers County…
3:00 AM ET Sussex 73 for 0 (Salt 53*, Wells 6*) trail Gloucestershire 200 (Bracey 61) by 127 runs Studies in Texas have revealed that it took a meteorite hitting Earth at a force ten billion times the power of the Hiroshima bomb to wipe out the dinosaurs. Bowlers at flat-track Bristol must often feel they need something equivalent to remove 20 batsmen, and one theory for Gloucestershire’s surge to…
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3:00 AM ET Sussex 73 for 0 (Salt 53*, Wells 6*) trail Gloucestershire 200 (Bracey 61) by 127 runs Studies in Texas have revealed that it took a meteorite hitting Earth at a force ten billion times the power of the Hiroshima bomb to wipe out the dinosaurs. Bowlers at flat-track Bristol must often feel they need something equivalent to remove 20 batsmen, and one theory for Gloucestershire’s surge to…
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3:00 AM ET Jon Culley at Edgbaston Warwickshire 269 for 3 (Hain 77*, Lamb 69*, Sibley 51) v Essex With Somerset under pressure at Taunton, Essex have an opportunity here to take a decisive step towards regaining the County Championship title they surrendered to Surrey last season. Seeking a seventh straight win, they would have had expectations of a productive day when opting to forego the toss and bowl, yet…
Michael Hogan claimed a four-wicket haul © Getty Images Glamorgan 44 for 2 trail Worcestershire 205 (Hogan 4-53) by 161 runs Michael Hogan and fit-again Timm van der Gugten established a position of strength with the ball for promotion-chasing Glamorgan on the opening day of the Specsavers County Championship match with Worcestershire at Blackfinch New Road. Hogan remains a potent threat at the age of 38 and his return of…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Middlesex 87 for 7 (Raine 3-12) trail Durham 147 (Handscomb 54, Finn 4-41) by 60 runs Ben Raine and Steven Finn led the clatter of wickets as bowlers ran amok on the first day of the Specsavers County Championship clash between Middlesex and Durham at Lord’s. Former England Test star Finn bowled with real pace and aggression to bundle the visitors out for 147,…