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That said, do remember England knocking off 378 against India here in 76.4 overs four years ago. The Bears need a Bairstow\u2026<\/p>\n
Share<\/a>Warwickshire need 368 to beat Glamorgan \u200bEquation set at Edgbaston, where Warwickshire<\/a> have a target of 368 in circa 75 overs ahead of them, Glamorgan the aim of taking 10 wickets. Pitching is playing OK on the whole \u2013 seen the odd one keep low \u2013 and there is a short boundary to one side. But I don\u2019t think the Bears will be going for it to be honest.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.28 EDT<\/p>\n A concussion check for Matt Fisher after being hit by Matthew Revis (who I was told by those in the know at Headingley is an imposing unit) before Fisher darts at Revis and delivers Joe Root a friendly package at first slip. Surrey<\/a> nine down.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n A quick skit around Division Two<\/p>\n Ben Stokes is 28 not out (one four) in Durham\u2019s 226-6 and unless they collapse spectacularly this one is heading for handshakes.<\/p>\n Louis Kimber, who knows something about a run chase, is 22 not out, Nathan McSweeney 46 not out, at Bristol \u2013 Northants, six down, need 70 to beat Gloucs.<\/p>\n Jimmy Anderson has five wicketless overs and Worcestershire<\/a> are moving along nicely at Southport, 46-0.<\/p>\n And Derby, 11-0, need, pleasingly, 111 to beat Middx at Lord\u2019s.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.21 EDT<\/p>\n Real life updates from Headingley, thank you Guy Hornsby<\/p>\n \u201cMorning Tanya, from a surprisingly sunny Headingley. I\u2019ve taken a tactical day off work today to try and get to another ground, so sitting in the pavilion end with blue sky and Jhye Richardson steaming in to Bairstow, Root and Brook is a beautiful sight to behold, at least from a cricket point of view.<\/p>\n \u201cGiven I\u2019m a Surrey lifer and a Lancs member (having moved to the other side of the Pennines in 2019) it\u2019s not so great. In fact, given I\u2019m in the tiny middle of that venn diagram, I\u2019ll probably keep my counsel amongst a lively few hundred Yorkshire<\/a> faithful!<\/p>\n \u201cIsn\u2019t cricket fantastic, though.\u201d<\/p>\n Love it! I\u2019m sorry I couldn\u2019t be there today. I think many of us have mixed allegiances, I know I do. Abbott and Fisher still holding on, Surrey<\/a> 118-8.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Derbyshire need 122 to beat Middlesex<\/p>\n All rushing to a close now at Lord\u2019s, after TRJ goes for another big swing and is caught behind. Harry Duke, 43 not out, now has only Naavya Sharma for company, and he doesn\u2019t last long, four balls, before becoming a third wicket for Matthew Potts. Vintage Roland-Jones needed now for Middlesex<\/a> to have a sniff.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>A hundred for Colin Ingram<\/p>\n A fine century for Colin Ingram at Edgbaston, brought up with a tickle off his pads for one but containing 13 fours and one six along the way. Trying to work out Glamorgan\u2019s intentions here, they\u2019re 327 ahead with 86 overs of the day remaining.<\/p>\n Brian Halford, club doyen, reckons they should declare now and set up a game in the spirit of MKJ\u2019s approach to captaincy.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a006.47 EDT<\/p>\n Surrey staring down a deep hole, as the excellent Jack White plucks away Jordan Clark\u2019s off stump. Surrey 101-8.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Play at Southport and Bristol<\/p>\n Lancs have declared, eleven ahead, so Worcestershire<\/a> now get Jimmy Anderson on song under friendly seaside skies.<\/p>\n And Northants start their chase, needing another 105 to beat Derby. Advantage Gloucs, no?<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Presumably this is the last time this season (?) Tongue-O\u2019Neill- Stone will be spearheading Nottinghamshire\u2019s attack, so Hampshire can count themselves unlucky. Currently 96-5 with a lead of just 81, so will need pluck and weather to get out of this one, even with Sonny Baker and Kyle Abbott on song.<\/p>\n Share<\/a> Glamorgan, through Colin Ingram on 89, are tightening their grip on this match. But Ethan Bamber is doing his best to loosen it, completing his five-wicket to make it eight in the match plus that handy 46 with the bat.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Somerset enforce the follow on – Sussex trail by 273<\/p>\n Two quick wickets for Gregory and Sussex\u2019s first innings is all over. One last heave for those aching bodies. Overton and co just need to glance at the score from Headingley for inspiration.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Things occurring at fast forward again in Leeds. Shortly after Dom Bess drops yesterday\u2019s anchor Dom Sibley, Sibley nibbles at Jhye Richardson (who felled him yesterday) to that man Harry Brook at slip. Richardson just hitting his straps in his final Championship game for Yorkshire<\/a>.Surrey 90 for six \u2013 no, seven as the other overnight batsman Blake is lbw to White.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>RIP England captain MJK Smith \u200bGood morning from Edgbaston, where the players and match officials lined up before play to pay their respects to Warwickshire<\/a> great MJK Smith, who sadly passed away yesterday at the age of 92. Smith captained England in 25 of his 50 Tests between 1958 and 1972, and scored just shy of 40,000 first-class runs.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a006.29 EDT<\/p>\n A promising start, cricketers marching out everywhere except Bristol and Southport.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n A fascinating round this, things to keep an eye on everywhere, if the weather is kind. An innings defeat for Surrey? Sussex? Glamorgan<\/a> giving one of the favourites a bloody nose? A tight to and fro at Southampton. And in Div 2, victory for Derby, surely, an opportunity for Kent, a tight chase at Bristol and batting practise at Southport.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Delayed starts at Bristol and Southport<\/p>\n And maybe more.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Weather watch<\/p>\n Hmm. The Met office are not overly optimistic.<\/p>\n Sunshine and showers across much of the country, some heavy with hail and thunder. A drier and brighter interlude is possible across some western areas, ahead of thickening cloud and outbreaks of rain arriving here by late afternoon.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Sonny Baker: “You don’t have to rev him up”<\/p>\n High praise from Hampshire<\/a> bowling coach Shane Burger for the irrepressible Sonny Baker after his five wickets on Sunday :<\/p>\n \u201cHe has been good all season and got his just rewards by landing the ball in good areas and cleaning up the tail. With Sonny, you don\u2019t have to rev him up too much. It is brilliant to have someone like that. I can\u2019t speak highly enough of him and the energy he brings. But the skillset and high work rate is really infectious and you can see it going through the bowling attack.<\/p>\n \u201cHe brings a point of difference to the attack. He has shown in the last year or so that his skill level has gone up. He can swing it when required, he can nip it, he can go through the gears and bowl at a high pace.<\/p>\n \u201cHe deserves the England call-up and we look forward to seeing him in England colours.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n A note for your diary. Although the next full round doesn\u2019t start until June 15, we will be covering Surrey\u2019s one-off match against Hampshire<\/a> June 8-11, so do drop by for cricket-coffee-chat.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Scores on the doors<\/p>\n Chelmsford: Essex 293 and 104-3 BEAT Leicestershire<\/a> 333 and 60 by seven wickets<\/p>\n Southampton: Hampshire 214 and 82-4 v Nottinghamshire<\/a> 229<\/p>\n Taunton: Somerset<\/a> 526-8dec v Sussex 236-8<\/p>\n Edgbaston: Warwickshire<\/a> 252 v Glamorgan 360 and 192-5<\/p>\n Headingley: Yorkshire<\/a> 486 v Surrey 204 and 83-5<\/p>\n Division Two<\/p>\n Bristol: Gloucestershire 154 and 221 v Northamptonshire<\/a> 127 and 144-5 Northants need 105 to win<\/p>\n Beckenham: Kent 523 v Durham<\/a> 173-5<\/p>\n Southport: Lancashire 281-8 v Worcestershire<\/a> 270<\/p>\n Lord\u2019s: Middlesex 177 and 278-8 v Derbyshire<\/a> 376<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a005.51 EDT<\/p>\n Sunday’s round-up<\/p>\n Under knotted Leeds skies and hi-fi floodlights, Yorkshire\u2019s Harry Brook threw on his bowling cloak and destroyed Surrey\u2019s top order, already under intense pressure after following on.<\/p>\n Bouncing in from the Howard Stand end, and sending down rapid nip-abouters, Brook first dismissed first Ryan Patel \u2013 slapping to cover, then bowled his England teammate Jamie Smith, before Adam Thomas happy-slappied one to point. There would have been a fourth if Jonny Bairstow hadn\u2019t let Josh Blake slip through his gloves. In 15 minutes, Brook (three for 11) had doubled his first-class wicket tally at Headingley.<\/p>\n In between, Rory Burns fenced a snorter from White behind and Dan Lawrence played Matthew Revis into his boots only to watch the ball bounce into leg stump. When the rain came, Dom Sibley was the great survivor on 33, despite being knocked to the dirt by Jhye Richardson. Surrey<\/a>, filleted by George Hill in their first innings, need 200 to make Yorkshire bat again.<\/p>\n Essex won the first game of the round, after a scattergun of wickets at Chelmsford. On a pitch made spicy by overnight rain, Leicestershire were rumbled by Sam Cook (four for 19) and Shane Snater (four for 12), all out for 60, eight of them extras. Essex had a few scares on the way to a victory target of 101, but Matt Critchley and Charlie Allison took them home.<\/p>\n At Lord\u2019s, Derbyshire\u2019s victory against Middlesex was postponed by Leus du Plooy\u2019s 95; Sonny Baker\u2019s five wickets against Nottinghamshire kept Hampshire in the game; Paul Coughlin\u2019s rapid 50 for Lancashire against Worcestershire enlivened events at Southport; Sussex\u2019s Daniel Hughes\u2019 hundred against Somerset was the highlight of an on-off day at Taunton; and Ethan Bamber\u2019s 46 and three for nought in 17 balls gave Warwickshire hope after the Glamorgan teenager Tom Norton grabbed another four wickets.<\/p>\n Water leaking under the covers at Beckenham meant Ben Stokes having a long net was the best the spectators got.<\/p>\nAli Martin<\/p>\nAli Martin<\/p>\nAli Martin<\/p>\n