Surrey 7 for 0 trail Nottinghamshire 446 (Mullaney 113, Patel 85, Wessels 81, Read 63*, Rampaul 5-93) by 439 runsScorecard Play 00:50 Who will win the County Championship? Whatever Surrey expected when they asked Nottinghamshire to bat, it was surely not Arun Harinath running in from the Pavilion End six hours later. By then, though, they had accepted that Plan A had not worked. They might also have realised –…
Barker races out of the blocks but McLaren leads recovery
Hampshire 189 for 8 (McLaren 84*, Barker 5-44) v WarwickshireScorecard Keith Barker made an impressive start to the season © Getty Images No one complained when the players left the field at 5.15pm, two minutes and one ball after the umpires had checked the light for a second time. Rikki Clarke, who had bowled that one ball, seemed the only man keen to play on. By 5.20, the full covers…
No clowning around from Roderick on even opening day
Essex 39 for 1 trail Gloucestershire 262 (Roderick 88*, Marshall 51, Napier 3-57, Porter 3-59) by 223 runsScorecard Play 00:48 What effect will one up from Division Two have? It will be with some relief that the ECB will receive reports before too long that this season Carter’s Steam Fair – the world’s largest vintage travelling fun fair – has this time set up its stalls and marquees on the…
Russell and Hogg rout Daredevils
Kolkata Knight Riders 99 for 1 (Gambhir 38*, Uthappa 35) beat Delhi Dardevils 98 (De Kock 17, Hogg 3-19, Russell 3-24) by nine wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Brad Hogg finished with figures of 4-1-19-3 © BCCI On a greenish Eden Gardens pitch, Kolkata Knight Riders responded the way New Zealand had done at the World Twenty20: horses for courses. Allrounder Shakib Al Hasan, who had featured in each of Knight…
Duckett resumes where he left off last season
Northamptonshire 296 for 2 (Duckett 178*, Wakely 51) v SussexScorecard Ben Duckett dominated the Sussex bowlers to lay a perfect base for Northamptonshire © Getty Images Ben Duckett made a sparkling fifth County Championship century as Northamptonshire dominated the opening day against Sussex at Wantage Road, making 296 for 2 having been asked to bat first. Duckett signed off 2015 with a century at The Oval and picked up where…
Specsavers County Championship – LIVE
The first round of Specsavers County Championship fixtures started today, with three matches in Division One and three in Division Two. Follow all the thrills and spills from the day’s action, where history has already been made, here in our matchday centre. Source: ECB
Bears ride high on Barker five-for
Warwickshire fast bowler Keith Barker sliced through the Hampshire top order with a five wicket haul to give the visitors the upper hand on the opening day of the Specsavers County Championship season at the Ageas Bowl. Barker became the first man to reach the milestone in 2016, he ended the day with figures of 5-44 – before Hampshire reached 189 for eight, thanks mainly to a patient rearguard knock…
Mullaney helps Notts dominate Surrey
Steven Mullaney’s second century of the week put Nottinghamshire in command on the opening day of their Specsavers County Championship Division One match against Surrey at Trent Bridge. The opener, who scored 139 against Cambridge MCCU on Tuesday, continued his impressive start to the new campaign by making 113 on Sunday, taking 114 deliveries with 18 fours included, as the home side made 446 before being bowled out late in…
Jennings century drives Durham
Keaton Jennings‘ sixth first-class century provided the cornerstone of Durham’s 256 after being put in by Somerset at Emirates Riverside on day one of the Specsavers County Championship Division One clash. It took the 23-year-old South African 201 balls to complete his hundred, but its value was underlined when the innings folded rapidly after he was seventh out at 244. With 40 minutes to bat, Somerset struggled to 30 for…
Duckett shines for Northants
Ben Duckett made a sparkling fifth County Championship century as Northamptonshire dominated the opening day against Sussex at Wantage Road, making 296 for two having been asked to bat first. Duckett had signed off 2015 with a century at The Kia Oval and picked up where he left off with a 139-ball century. His 178 not out was a first-class best and allowed Northamptonshire to enjoy a fine opening to…