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DIVISION ONE<\/p>\n
Chelmsford: Essex 273 v Hampshire<\/a> 235 and 127-5<\/p>\n Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan<\/a> 229 v Somerset 354 and 156-9<\/p>\n Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire<\/a> 415 v Surrey 306-6<\/p>\n Hove: Sussex 430 v Leicestershire<\/a> 328 and 38-3<\/p>\n Edgbaston: Warwickshire<\/a> 147 and 392-5 v Yorkshire 152<\/p>\n DIVISION TWO<\/p>\n The County Ground: Derbyshire 604-7dec v Northamptonshire<\/a> 173-6<\/p>\n Bristol: Gloucestershire<\/a> 325 and 39-2 v Kent 327<\/p>\n Old Trafford: Lancashire<\/a> 201 and 84 v Middlesex 169 and 57-2 Middx need 60 to win<\/p>\n New Road: Worcestershire<\/a> 308 and 33-0 v Durham 268<\/p>\n Lancashires Sir James Anderson. Photograph: George Franks\/ProSports\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a008.39 EDT<\/p>\n Wicket and lunch at OT \u2013 Stanley with the breakthrough, Holden caught behind. Middx 57-2 need 60. Geddes batting like a dream. Lunchtime scores to follow.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cHello Tanya !\u201d Hello Tim Sanders. \u201cA piercing cry and a glimpse of curved wings, just north of Barden by the River Wharfe. The cool weather means the insects are closer to the ground, with fewer convection currents to carry them high. So the highly evolved and efficient swifts are staying low down too !\u201d<\/p>\n Summer joy. Photograph: mirceax\/Getty Images\/iStockphotoShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a008.30 EDT<\/p>\n Now Anderson has to chase and retrieve a glorious driven four from Holden from the concrete steps behind a boundary board. He picks it up with some disgust. Fifty up<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Mitch Stanley isn\u2019t going to like that very much, Geddes ping pongs him into the stands for six. Middx 45-1, need 72.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a008.03 EDT<\/p>\n A breakthrough at OT, where Middlesex<\/a> were sailing smoothly. Balderson replaces Jimmy Anderson and immediately strikes, Robson, a fabulous diving catch by Tom Bailey. Middx 36-1.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>An unbeaten hundred for John Simpson<\/p>\n Leicestershire look in trouble at Hove, a wicket each for Ollie Robinson and Fynn Hudson-Prentice in their second innings. Sussex added another 50 odd this morning, Simpson stranded on 114.<\/p>\n And the game has turned on its head at Edgbaston, where after first-innings scores of 147 and 152, Warwicks are wallowing in the warm waters of 391-4. Sam Hain 88 not out, Ed Barnard 60 not out. Just one wicket for weary Yorkshire<\/a> this morning.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>A hundred for Dan Lawrence<\/p>\n Dan Lawrence\u2019s third hundred of the season, and young Adam Thomas (46) are frustrating Notts in the big beasts clash. Surrey<\/a> 305-4, trail by 110.<\/p>\n At Sophia Gardens, Lewis Gregory (41) and Tom Abell (42) have dragged Somerset\u2019s lead up to 258 over Glamorgan<\/a>, after Timm van der Gugten whistled out Overton and Pretorius. Actually van der Gugten has just picked up Gregory too.<\/p>\n Tight at Chelmsford, where Hampshire<\/a> are 118-4, Gubbins a vital 67 not out.<\/p>\n Dan Lawrence of Surrey celebrates a century. Photograph: Steve Poole\/ProSports\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a008.30 EDT<\/p>\n Six from Jimmy\u2019s first over. Better see what else is going on around the grounds.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n There\u2019s an energetic Lancashire<\/a> huddle. Jimmy Anderson gallops onto the Old Trafford turf as the roller is pushed off the other way. He\u2019s already taken off his cap, his jumper follows, and he examines the soil by the stumps.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Middlesex need 117 to win!<\/p>\n Middlesex last won a Championship game here in 1996. Sharma has the ball for his second over of the day. Green advances , has a wild swing and misses. Has a pull at the second, but it dribbles harmlessly away. Gallops at the third, but can only get the ball back to Sharma, and is finally caught off the fourth by Toby Roland Jones in the deep. Wow, that was really something! Four for four in ten balls for Sharma who finishes with career best figures of four for 17.<\/p>\n Magnificent bowling by Middlesex this morning.<\/p>\n Middlesex Naavya Sharma celebrates two in two. Photograph: George Franks\/ProSports\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a008.31 EDT<\/p>\n Runs are like gold here at OT, Green (had forgotten he was still in) goes down the track to Morgan, but it\u2019s a no ball and they stay put. Green eyes the boundary.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Triple wicket over for Sharma!<\/p>\n And he gets his third wicket of the over! What a fabulous opener, Tom Bailey fences inelegantly and is gobbled up by Du Plooy at third slip. Lancs 81-9, lead by 113.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Bailey edges! but past fourth slip \u2026 the next ball is fired over Bailey\u2019s head.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Sharma on a hat-trick…<\/p>\n Sharma does some energetic leaping on the spot and with his very first ball of the morning finds real nip and Matty Hurst edges him to third slip, a flat footed Hartley parries the next to keeper Duke. Is there something in the water? Hat-trick ball to Tom Bailey incoming\u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Ok, so bear with me here, we think Stanley\u2019s dismissal is best explained by thinking of the stumps as Newton\u2019s cradle \u2013 illustrating both conservation of momentum and conservation of energy. There may be people BTL more qualified to comment on this than the press box and Wikipedia\u2026.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Kent are all out for a lead for two against Gloucestershire<\/a> and wow that is the strangest dismissal here at OT. Mitch Stanley is out, bowled, but I\u2019m still not quite sure how, but the offshot is that he has lost his leg bail. The ball brushes off stump, which remains upright, but yet the leg bail falls off. Roland Jones is equally non-plussed. Lancs 68-6.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Roland Jones is delighted, Michael Jones is not \u2013 he\u2019s quite far forward but the ball nips back half a ruler\u2019s length. Anyway, he\u2019s out. Lancs 63-5. Stanley is onto partner number five.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cHi Tanya.\u201d Good morning Tim Maitland.<\/p>\n \u201cDoes anyone know anything more about the first County Championship<\/a> debutant to take a hat-trick since 1906? From the fact that Tom Norton was born in Abergavenny, went to the King Henry School in Abergavenny and scored 61 and 41 in a 2nd XI game against Kent last year… in Abergavenny… I have managed to deduce that he has a vague idea which end of a bat is up and that he has some sort of bond with Abergavenny.<\/p>\n \u201cWe can deduce that his skills at least transfer as far as Cardiff (G**gle maps tells from for GBP17.70 you can leave his hometown at 11.01 and be at Sofia Gardens by 12.05 as long as you don\u2019t mind a brisk 22 minute walk) and that, apart from taking 3 for 41 in a One_Day Cup match last August, this is his first involvement with the seniors.<\/p>\n \u201cBeyond that, I now know that Abergavenny means \u201cmouth of the River Gavenny\u201d – a pearl of wisdom transferable to Aberystwyth, Aberavon and Abertillery among many others, but probably of little interest in this digital neck of the woods.\u201d<\/p>\n This is more information than I have gleaned elsewhere. Perhaps our Glamorgan<\/a> correspondents will have more in their files?<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a006.57 EDT<\/p>\n Harry Duke has a great head of blond hair, very Tudor prince bob. Four slips as Harris charges in to Jones.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Jones seems to have decided that attack is the way forward. His toes are twitching to come forward to Higgins.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Somerset find themselves in a massive hole after Tom Norton\u2019s hat-trick yesterday. But Somerset<\/a> coach Steve Kirby was still chipper:<\/p>\n \u201cIt was an incredible spell of bowling from Norton, I\u2019ve been really impressed with him since the first innings. He probably got the rub of the green there with the first dismissal but from there he bowled really well. There were some poor shots but we\u2019ve got a lot to come and a massive opportunity to win this game.\u201d<\/p>\n Tom Abell and Craig Overton have a lot to do \u2013 the current lead just 170.<\/p>\n Magic moments: Tom Norton. Photograph: Kian Abdullah\/Huw Evans\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a006.34 EDT<\/p>\n Early success for Higgins, and it is the big one. Harris pushes forward at one that leaves him, and is caught behind. Lancs 48 for four. Stanley, 3 not out, has now watched three wickets fall at the other end since he came out in a hurry last night as nightwatchman.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Surrey have the tricky task of batting against Tongue and Stone. This was Tongue last night. \u201cI was pleased with the way my wickets came. We thought we\u2019d give the short ball a bit of a crack, and it\u2019s paid off.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s the first time I\u2019ve bowled with Stoney as well, so that\u2019s exciting. He showed his quality against Leicestershire<\/a> last week when he bowled unbelievably and I feel when we\u2019re in tandem we\u2019re a very good attack.<\/p>\n \u201cIt felt like a big wicket at the end because Dom Sibley is a top-class player and batted beautifully. If we get a couple of quick wickets in the morning and put a bit of pressure on them, we\u2019ll see where the day takes.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Toby Roland Jones has the ball in bright sunshine but a cold wind. Steady as he blow, head down as he treks back to his mark. Marcus Harris carefully plays it back.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Woolly hats everywhere at OT, it\u2019s cold.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a006.05 EDT<\/p>\n Hat-trick hero Norton in yesterday’s round-up<\/p>\n Eighteen-year-old Tom Norton charged about Sophia Gardens chased by cock-a-hoop Glamorgan teammates, who clapped his back and rubbed his beard, as he became the youngest County Championship<\/a> debutant to take a hat-trick, ruining Somerset\u2019s innings in the process. Norton first removed James Rew for a duck, in what will count as a failed experiment to push him up the order, before Tom Lammonby pecked behind and Archie Vaughan doddered in front of his stumps.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t think I can put it into words to be honest. It\u2019s the most mental 45 minutes I\u2019ve ever had on a cricket field,\u201d said Norton, the first championship debutant to take a hat-trick since 1906.<\/p>\n \u201cI never thought this would happen. I was happy to get my first wicket yesterday to get me off my mark in first-class cricket but to take a hat-trick on my debut is something I\u2019ll cherish for the rest of my life. It\u2019s a really special feeling, hopefully I\u2019ll have my name in the record books for a long, long time.\u201d<\/p>\n Glamorgan\u2019s Tom Norton celebrates with Sean Dickson after taking the wicket of Archie Vaughan. Photograph: Michael Steele\/Getty Images<\/p>\n Dom Sibley has danced into the shop window this spring via weight of runs, and accumulated another 77 against Nottinghamshire in the top-of-the-table match at Trent Bridge. The formidable opening pair of Olly Stone and Josh Tongue wrestled out three of Surrey\u2019s top order, but Dan Lawrence was unbeaten on 52 at stumps.<\/p>\n Ben Stokes\u2019s first innings this season, at New Road, where he had lit the Bazball touch paper four years ago, lasted only 17 balls before he was caught at second slip for 14. There were no big runs against Worcestershire for Durham\u2019s England hopngefuls Ben McKinney and Emilio Gay.<\/p>\n Derbyshire sashayed to 604 for seven declared, the sixth highest score in their history, thanks to Brooke Guest\u2019s 141 and Martin Andersson\u2019s 106. Weary Northants then folded to 38 for four before adding 60 more by the close.<\/p>\n At Bristol, a tight first-innings scramble was under way as Tawanda Muyeye (90), with help from the richly in-form Chris Benjamin (74 not out) and Ben Dawkins (65), inched Kent towards parity. Zak Crawley made only one before edging on to his stumps, and folding over his bat in disappointment. There were four wickets and a laser-sharp run-out for Gloucestershire\u2019s Will Williams.<\/p>\n Dan Hughes\u2019s first century of the season and an unbeaten 89 from John Simpson batting with the tail put Sussex on the front foot at Hove, despite a flurry of middle-order wickets. The excellent Tom Helm, on loan to Leicestershire from Middlesex, collected three wickets<\/p>\n Essex\u2019s Simon Harmer (80 not out) and Jamie Porter (12) infuriated Hampshire with a last-wicket stand of 81, before James Fuller bowled Porter to complete a five-fer. Sam Cook then whistled out Toby Albert and Tom Prest before Hampshire<\/a> got into the black.<\/p>\n Yorkshire lost six for 15 in a calamitous collapse at Edgbaston. Warwickshire\u2019s Rob Yates, Dan Mousley and Sam Hain then piled on both pain and runs.<\/p>\n Ryan Higgins snatched three second innings wickets in 10 balls to leave Lancashire reeling on a damp day at Old Trafford. Earlier an entertaining innings of 67 from Leus du Plooy had kept Middlesex in the game against James Anderson, whose four wickets included his first caught-and-bowled for Lancashire<\/a> since dismissing Grant Flower at Chelmsford in September 2005.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a005.24 EDT<\/p>\n Scores on the doors<\/p>\n DIVISION ONE<\/p>\n Chelmsford: Essex 273 v Hampshire<\/a> 235 and 58-2<\/p>\n Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan<\/a> 229 v Somerset 354 and 32-6<\/p>\n Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire<\/a> 415 v Surrey 211-4<\/p>\n Hove: Sussex 386-8 v Leicestershire<\/a> 328<\/p>\n Edgbaston: Warwickshire<\/a> 147 and 267-3 v Yorkshire 152<\/p>\n DIVISION TWO<\/p>\n The County Ground: Derbyshire 604-7dec v Northamptonshire<\/a> 98-4<\/p>\n Bristol: Gloucestershire<\/a> 325 v Kent 308-8<\/p>\n Old Trafford: Lancashire<\/a> 201 and 45-3 v Middlesex 169<\/p>\n New Road: Worcestershire<\/a> 308 v Durham 207-6<\/p>\n