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A hundred for Thomas Rew!<\/p>\n
Well played Rew the younger! A back to the wall second century in successive matches, after 68 and 127 against Notts last week. The rumour always was that James was good and Tom was even better. Either way, they\u2019re both outrageously talented. Somerset<\/a> 291-6 lead Warwicks by 169.<\/p>\n Photograph: Harry Trump\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a>Notts BEAT Essex by an innings and 52 runs<\/p>\n Notts pull out the choke and restart their winning ways. A career-best nine for 109 for Liam Patterson White on a custom-made turning pitch.<\/p>\n Chelmsford: Nottinghamshire<\/a> 457 BEAT Essex 184 and 221 by an innings and 52 runs<\/p>\n Essex 2 points, Notts 22 points<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Callum Parkinson does a 25 yard dash across the grass after James Sales goes back on his stumps , gets stuck, and loses his off stump. Durham<\/a> tighten their grip \u2013 Northants six down , lead by 209.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Leicestershire\u2019s stand-in captain Ben Green on 19 year old Alex Green who took five wickets against Yorkshire.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s a young bowler with a great amount of pace. With that pace comes possibly at times a bit of a higher run rate but he fulfilled the role that he needed to in this game absolutely splendidly, he got vital wickets at vital times and while I don\u2019t think anyone in the changing room doubted for a moment that he could get wickets at this level, it will be pleasing for him personally to have those first few under the belt.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re one of the smaller squads on the county circuit but we\u2019ve got an incredibly talented group of players and it is really pleasing that guys have been able to step in and fulfill roles, especially with the amount of guys that we\u2019ve been missing and the amount of difficulty we\u2019ve had with injury this year. Now, it\u2019s about taking the momentum from this result.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n And, behind our backs, 18 year old Thomas Rew is heading towards his second Championship century in just his fourth CC match. He\u2019s currently 86 not out in Somerset\u2019s seventh-wicket fight-back with Craig Overton (62). Somerset<\/a> 262-6 lead Warwicks by 140.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Another Northants wicket in the hat, this time Saif Zaib, caught behind off Ben Raine, who has bowled superbly all day. Northants 147-5.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Hampshire BEAT Sussex by 118 runs!<\/p>\n Bottom of the table Hants turn the tables as Sussex<\/a> lose seven for 26 in their second innings to match nine for 69 in their first. Four wickets for Eddie Jack, three each for Abbott and Organ.<\/p>\n Hove: Hampshire<\/a> 191 and 220 BEAT Sussex 159 and 134 by 188 runs.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Potts rages, waves both arms in imploration, after angling one in and clipping the back pad of Nathan McSweeney. The umpire raises the finger and that\u2019s three wickets for Potts today, six in the match. Northants 140-4 lead by a precarious 184.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Nick Friend and I played England Women Top Trumps at tea. Nick won thanks to a killer Rachael Heyhoe Flint card\/superior strategy, depending on who you want to believe. It was fun, didn\u2019t take too long and they\u2019re available here<\/a> for a tenner.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a011.42 EDT<\/p>\n Tea time-ish scores<\/p>\n Chelmsford: Essex 184 and 181-8 v Nottinghamshire<\/a> 457<\/p>\n Sophia Garden: Glamorgan 358 v Surrey 105 and 282-6<\/p>\n Grace Road: Leicestershire<\/a> 453 BEAT Yorkshire 185 and 229 BY an innings and 39 runs.<\/p>\n Taunton: Somerset 208 and 212-6 v Warwickshire<\/a> 330<\/p>\n Hove: Sussex 159 and 126-8 v Hampshire<\/a> 191 and 220<\/p>\n DIVISION TWO<\/p>\n Chesterfield: Derbyshire<\/a> 364 and 25-1 BEAT Lancashire 161 and 226 by nine wickets<\/p>\n Chester-le-Street: Durham<\/a> 405 v Northants 450 and 131-3<\/p>\n Canterbury: Kent 416 and 72-2 v Middlesex<\/a> 443<\/p>\n New Road: Worcestershire 388 v Gloucestershire<\/a> 289 and 0-0<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Leicestershire BEAT Yorkshire by an innings and 39 runs!<\/p>\n A last wicket stand of 67 between Dan Moriarty (51) and Jack White couldn\u2019t prevent a slam-dunk victory in three days for the Foxes and a third defeat of the summer for Yorkshire<\/a>.<\/p>\n It is Leicestershire\u2019s first win of the year and their first since 2003 in Division One. Five wickets in the match for 19 year old quick Alex Green<\/p>\n Grace Road: Leicestershire<\/a> 453 BEAT Yorkshire 185 and 229 BY an innings and 39 runs.<\/p>\n Leicestershire 23 points, Yorkshire 2 points<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Stokes and Atkinson rejoin Test squad for Trent Bridge<\/p>\n The squad for the third Test at Trent Bridge has landed and Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson have been recalled following the conclusion of an ECB disciplinary hearing.<\/p>\n The ECB found that \u201cStokes and Atkinson were found to have breached specific contractual obligations that require England players to at all times maintain the highest standards of conduct and act in the best interests of England cricket.\u201d<\/p>\n But having been dropped for the second Test, and given a written warn about their conduct, they have been recalled for Trent Bridge, with Stokes reinstated as captain.<\/p>\n The ECB statement continues that, \u201cno blame should be attached to the players for violent conduct at the nightclub.<\/p>\n \u201cStokes was not involved in the altercation and did not witness either incident. The evidence the ECB has seen demonstrates that Atkinson was the victim of unprovoked attacks and did not retaliate on either occasion.\u201d<\/p>\n James Rew and Sonny Baker have been dropped from the XI who played at The Oval.<\/p>\n England Men\u2019s third Test squad:<\/p>\n Ben Stokes (Captain)<\/p>\n Rehan Ahmed<\/p>\n Jofra Archer<\/p>\n Gus Atkinson<\/p>\n Shoaib Bashir<\/p>\n Jacob Bethell<\/p>\n Harry Brook<\/p>\n Jordan Cox<\/p>\n Ben Duckett<\/p>\n Matthew Fisher<\/p>\n Emilio Gay<\/p>\n Ollie Robinson<\/p>\n Joe Root<\/p>\n Jamie Smith<\/p>\n Josh Tongue<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.37 EDT<\/p>\n It is getting squeaky at Hove. Sussex<\/a> are 116-5 and not even half way there \u2013 another 137 needed. Simpson (2) and Price (0) are going to have to dig most of these out of the mire. Three wickets for Eddie Jack.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n For anyone following the fabulous annual refugee \u201ccarpets and chipboard\u201d cricket festival in Caen, here<\/a> are some photos (thank you Chris Drew).<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Stokes likely to return as captain for the next Test<\/p>\n The right hand and the left hand working in discord.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Yorkshire down and nearly out as Ajay Patel has Dom Bess caught by Rishi Patel at first slip.<\/p>\n And a maiden fifty for Gus Miller! Fifty off 56 balls, very nicely played with eight fours.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>” We were outplayed”<\/p>\n Poor Lancashire<\/a> coach Steven Croft, after Lancs were beaten in three days again: \u201cI thought we were outplayed, we under-performed with the bat and ball. Very disappointing. Yes we\u2019ve got some young lads in the side but more of our team needs to be putting their hands up.<\/p>\n \u201cYes we got put in on a pitch that was helpful for the bowlers but I still thought we could have managed a lot better and also got closer to them skill wise which is tough to say. We were down on our batting and bowling skills, it was tricky at times but we need to find a way to work it out and get better.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re under-performing for the group of players we\u2019ve got. We\u2019ve got injuries but I think we are still sending sides out that we expect to do a lot better than they are.\u201d<\/p>\n On Joe Moores\u2019 maiden fifty:\u201cIt\u2019s great to see him go out there and get some runs and I thought he\u2019s kept really well. He\u2019s had a tough job to stand up to the stumps and it\u2019s great to see him have a performance like today.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Glenn Chapple is doing laps of The Riverside, strawberry blond hair now silver-grey. There\u2019s a nice scattering of people sitting in front of the pavilion in the shade. Matt Parkinson wheels through over number three, Miller and McSweeney gently rebuilding.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve learnt today that Durham<\/a> are returning to Darlington this year to play in the one-day cup against Essex on August 9.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>100 for Rory Burns!<\/p>\n Much more like it. A first century of the season for Burns in a better effort by Surrey this time around. Surrey 215 for four, trail Glamorgan<\/a> by just 38. Pope, at the other end, 39 not out.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Gus (Augustus Horatio) Miller, 11 not out here in CLS, is (thank you Andrew Radd for this information) the second Augustus to play for Northampton after Richard Augustus Agincourt Beresford who played for Northants 1887-1892. His niece Elisabeth, a neighbour of John Arlott on Alderney, wrote The Wombles.<\/p>\n Cricket connection: The Wombles Photograph: ITV\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.09 EDT<\/p>\n Post lunch wickets in the north east! Two in an over from Matthew Potts A tea-tray juggling catch by McKinney off Potts gets rid of Calvin Harison, after Vasconcelos drove loosely, furious with himself, and snaffled at second slip. Northants 17-2.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Lunchtime scores<\/p>\n Chelmsford: Essex 184 and 81-5 v Nottinghamshire<\/a> 457<\/p>\n Sophia Garden: Glamorgan 358 v Surrey 105 and 177-4<\/p>\n Grace Road: Leicestershire<\/a> 453 v Yorkshire 185 and 121-6<\/p>\n Taunton: Somerset 208 and 104-4 v Warwickshire<\/a> 330<\/p>\n Hove: Sussex 159 and 64-1 v Hampshire<\/a> 191 and 220<\/p>\n DIVISION TWO<\/p>\n Chesterfield: Derbyshire<\/a> 364 and 25-1 BEAT Lancashire 161 and 226 by nine wickets<\/p>\n Chester-le-Street: Durham<\/a> 405 v Northants 450 and 10-0<\/p>\n Canterbury: Kent 416 v Middlesex<\/a> 443<\/p>\n New Road: Worcestershire 290-6 v Gloucestershire<\/a> 289<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Derbyshire need 24 to beat Lancs!<\/p>\n And lost Harry Came third ball but are now half way there.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n hello Mike Daniels!<\/p>\n \u201cThis has been, so far, almost the perfect game for Leicestershire<\/a> and, as seems likely, it turns out to be their first win, then they\u2019ll have thoroughly deserved it<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019ve batted and bowled well and shown they have what it takes to win in Div1. They\u2019ll have to back it up with more when the CC resumes but kudos to them for bouncing back from a poor display last week.\u201d<\/p>\n Bravo indeed. Yorkshire<\/a> lunch six down, still 147 behind. Hill and Bess the men in.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n I should have said happy Father\u2019s day to you all \u2013 hope the dads out there are celebrating in an enjoyable way. If you\u2019re in the north east, I heartily recommend an afternoon at The Riverside, though unfortunately you won\u2019t be able to see Ben Stokes. Still feels a bit weird that the ECB pulled him out. If he\u2019d played the whole match he\u2019d only have played four days to the five four and a bit of the England players.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n No hundred for the other Ollie Robinson after all, caught at deep square, a wicket for Guthrie. Durham<\/a> get their fourth batting point before being all out for 405, just 45 behind Northants. And here comes Gus Miller, the injury replacement for Luke Procter, and Ricardo Vasconcelos for a ten minute pre-lunch bat.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n And Essex are in real trouble now with Dean Elgar and his limpet like qualities gone, lbw Stone for 42. Essex 65-4, trail Notts by 208. Nick Friend of The Cricketer was at Chelmsford for the first two days and tells me that Essex prepared a pitch for Harmer, only for Patterson-White to rip through them on day one. Harmer finished with a five-fer too \u2013 his first in 36 games(three years) for Essex.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Great little knock this by Ollie Robinson, now 66. His last 100 was against Notts last May. Durham<\/a> 383-9.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cHi Tanya.\u201d Hello Tim Maitland!<\/p>\n \u201dDoes English cricket truly understand the storm that\u2019s about to hit them?<\/p>\n \u201dI only ask, because the teenaged Vaibhav Sooryavanshi just hit 94 off 29 balls for India A in the ongoing ODI against Sri Lanka A. <\/p>\n \u201dThat\u2019s a strike rate of 324. Three runs a ball. Ten fours and 8 sixes.<\/p>\n \u201dWe can only hope that the weather in July provides hooping, green seamers that are utterly alien to him. Anything else and whatever mess the current set-up is in come the end of the New Zealand series is going to look like the calm before the storm by the time the T20 and ODI series is over.<\/p>\n \u201dHe\u2019s going to make Harry Brook look pedestrian.<\/p>\n \u201dNone of this should come as new news. He just won five of the 2026 IPL\u2019s individual awards (MVP, Orange Cap for Most Runs, Emerging Player, Most Sixes and Batting Strike Rate) aged 15. But as the ECB seems determined to give the impression that they couldn\u2019t run a bath at the moment, you have to hope they\u2019ve started pre-emptive crisis meetings across every department, starting with the Sports Psychologists to prepare for the battered psyches of the bowlers.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Interesting that Colin Ackermann won\u2019t be able to bowl for Durham<\/a> because he\u2019s not a like for like replacement.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Sussex need 253 to win<\/p>\n Hampshire hitched their way to the highest score of the match thanks to the lower order – 22o . Three wickets each for Unadkat, Carson and Price. Kyle Abbot 23 not out. Now what are Sussex made of?<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Two more early wickets, Yorkshire<\/a>, fallible Yorkshire, losing Sam Whiteman inside edging to a flying Ben Cox, Yorks 57-3 ; and Charlie Bennett wafting to point, a second wicket for O\u2019Neill, Essex 39-3.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Start of play scores<\/p>\n Chelmsford: Essex 184 and 13-2 v Nottinghamshire<\/a> 457<\/p>\n Sophia Garden: Glamorgan 358 v Surrey 105 and 82-2<\/p>\n Grace Road: Leicestershire<\/a> 453 v Yorkshire 185 and 32-2<\/p>\n Taunton: Somerset 208 and 23-1 v Warwickshire<\/a> 330<\/p>\n Hove: Sussex 159 v Hampshire<\/a> 191 and 206-9<\/p>\n DIVISION TWO<\/p>\n Chesterfield: Derbyshire<\/a> 364 v Lancashire 161 and 140-6<\/p>\n Chester-le-Street: Durham<\/a> 302-7 v Northants 450<\/p>\n Canterbury: Kent 416 v Middlesex<\/a> 319-6<\/p>\n New Road: Worcestershire210-5 v Gloucestershire<\/a> 289<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Delayed arrival at CLS, via a cheese scone, to see Ben Raine reverse-scoop the ball into his stumps. Durham<\/a> 332-8 with the new ball imminent. Stokes is still at Chester le Street and warmed up with the team this morning.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Morning everyone and a happy summer solstice to you all. Breaking news at The Oval and here at CLS that Stokes and Atkinson and have been withdrawn from duty and will presumably be meeting up with England after the denouement to the second Test at The Oval. But away from that, there are eight games of cricket to win. Play starts at 11am, do join us.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Stokes withdrawn from Durham game ‘at request of ECB’<\/p>\n Tanya will be with you shortly, but some breaking news to bring you early on: Ben Stokes will not play any further part in Durham\u2019s match against Northamptonshire<\/a>, having been \u201cwithdrawn at the request of the ECB\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cBen Stokes has been withdrawn from the remainder of Durham\u2019s County Championship<\/a> match against Northamptonshire at the request of the ECB,\u201d a statement said. \u201cColin Ackermann will replace Stokes in the Durham 11.\u201d<\/p>\n The BBC are also reporting that Gus Atkinson has been stood down from Surrey\u2019s match at Glamorgan<\/a> \u2013 all of which points to a likely return for both players to the England fold for the third Test against New Zealand.<\/p>\n