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A couple of bowling changes at CLS, but not exactly respite, as Potts and Carse are replaced by Aldridge and Stokes. Though well played Miles Hammond who sends Stokes spilling away for a couple of fours in his first over. Glos 33-2.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n I\u2019m enjoying the different shapes of the Yorkshire<\/a> cordon \u2013 the barrel chested YJB, the neat and tiny Adam Lyth, the lean lampost-like George Hill and man of the people Dom Bess. Gumbs, in a baggy (nylon) jumper lets a ball from Cliff pass harmlessly by. Leics 29-0.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Patel ushers White off his hip for four with a satisfying crunch. He\u2019s only got four more games left for Leicesteshire, before moving to Southampton for 2027. Leicestershire<\/a> 27-0<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Wicket 52 for Matthew Potts. Ollie Price plays what looks pretty immaculate defensively, but the ball has jagged and up goes the finger, caught Robinson 3. Glos 7-2.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Three slips lick their lips at Chester le Street. Carse and Potts are menacing in swing bowling heaven. Carse is marching back to his mark with purpose.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>An early lunch at Derby and Chelmsford<\/p>\n The waiting game.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Carse with the breakthrough<\/p>\n Alas poor Gloucestershire<\/a>. Joe Phillips drives and third slip Ackermann gobbles it up. 0-1.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.06 EDT<\/p>\n Incidental Scarborough flotsam and jetsam: YJB was chatting to his little boy when I came in, who was holding tightly onto a blue ball. And the England Lions Strength and Conditioning man was spotted yesterday in the pavillion. Just under an hour late, YJB leads the players out. I\u2019m hoping for another fifty from young Sheridon Gumbs.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Some entertaining heave and ho from the Durham<\/a> tailenders. Carse has gone after bashing a couple of fours and a six, but Potts has read the same cue card. But now he\u2019s out too. Durham 384, lead Glos by 247, which will probably be plenty.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Noon start at Scarborough<\/p>\n Lunch at 1.10. Everyone out in the middle practising and the groundstaff are sanding (? )the outfield.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a006.59 EDT<\/p>\n Weather watch<\/p>\n Remaining cloudy this afternoon. England and Wales will have with spells of rain and showers, heavy at times. Elsewhere, it will be drier with a few showers or patches of rain. Windy in the far south.<\/p>\n Could we stay cautiously optimistic? Anyway, they\u2019re underway at Durham, who lead Gloucestershire<\/a> by 197, with two wickets in hand. I\u2019ve just got to disappear for 20 mins, back shortly.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n An optimistic Mitch Killen yesterday, who joined Gloucestershire<\/a> on Wednesday on loan.<\/p>\n \u201cI think the boys bowled pretty well, I think we stuck at it pretty well. Maybe leaked a few too many runs, a few four balls and stuff. I think as a unit we stuck at it pretty well to keep them down, it\u2019s quite a good side we\u2019re playing against and they\u2019re quite aggressive, so to keep the run rate at a decent pace is good.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019ve always got to look to win the game, so I think for us, it\u2019s just a case of batting time.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Unfortunately for Gloucestershire<\/a>, the sun is blazing in the north east.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Some reading while you wait.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Rain<\/p>\n Hmm, there are an awful lot of delays around, everywhere in fact except Chester le Street \u2013 though that might be to come.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Inspection at 11.30 at Scarborough<\/p>\n The wet patches on the wicket need a closer look.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Roundup: Yorkshire fireworks light up Scarborough<\/p>\n Despite a morning washout, play broke out at Scarborough and Yorkshire\u2019s tail wagged entertainingly against Leicestershire. George Hill bashed a merry 62, while Dom Bess and Ben Cliff added fireworks to please a crowd dressed in pink and purple to support the local Saint Catherine\u2019s hospice.<\/p>\n John Simpson\u2019s unbeaten 64 was crucial in giving Sussex a small first- innings lead at Hove as Craig Overton (four for 66) and Lewis Gregory (three for 55) fought back with the ball. Somerset\u2019s Tom Lammonby then made batting look easy with a breezy 74 not out.<\/p>\n A couple of days after announcing his retirement at the end of the season, Dean Elgar jigsawed a crucial century for Essex. The South African struck around for nearly four hours, backed up by a silky 43 from Charlie Allison. Rahul Chahar grabbed six wickets but Surrey then slumped to 51-4, still 45 behind.<\/p>\n There was a century of a different hue for Durham\u2019s David Bedingham, hit off 99 balls and full of punchy gorgeousness. It was his fifth ton of the Championship season. Ben Stokes biffed 45 before Sai Kishore floated one between bat and pad as Durham built a lead of 194 over Gloucestershire.<\/p>\n There was no first hundred of the year for Zak Crawley, removed by Ben Sanderson for 89, as Kent had a staircase-and-trapdoor kind of day in the Division Two eye-baller. They lost eight for 94 against excellent Northants bowling, then added 89 for the last two wickets thanks to Daniel Bell-Drummond\u2019s captain\u2019s knock of 70.<\/p>\n Nottinghamshire endured a terrible start to the day at Edgbaston against Warwickshire. Haseeb Hameed and Freddie McCann were both dismissed for ducks, but the in-form Joe Clarke knitted a support blanket with a stylish hundred, ending the day unbeaten on 146 as he passed the 1,000-run mark for the season.<\/p>\n Lancashire were invited to bat at New Road on a dish-dirty morning, and though Keaton Jennings opened with a studied 55, he had to watch the middle order cascade away. Ben Walkden and Tom Bailey added late-order fibre, with four wickets for Worcestershire\u2019s Beyers Swanepoel.<\/p>\n Glamorgan tootled to 149-9, just 13 behind Hampshire at Sophia Gardens as the game heads to a one-innings shootout, while there was time for Middlesex\u2019s Ryan Higgins to take two wickets at Derbyshire.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Scores on the doors<\/p>\n Division One<\/p>\n Chelmsford: Essex<\/a> 279 v Surrey 183 and 51-4<\/p>\n Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan 149-9 v Hampshire<\/a> 162<\/p>\n Hove: Sussex 250 v Somerset<\/a> 202 and 167-2<\/p>\n Edgbaston: Warwickshire v Nottinghamshire<\/a> 299-7<\/p>\n Scarborough: Yorkshire 263 v Leicestershire<\/a> 12-0<\/p>\n Division Two<\/p>\n Derby: Derbyshire<\/a> 79-3 v Middlesex<\/p>\n Chester-le-Street: Durham 331-8 v Gloucestershire<\/a> 137<\/p>\n Northampton: Northamptonshire<\/a> 74-0 v Kent 345<\/p>\n New Road: Worcestershire<\/a> 12-1 v Lancashire 180<\/p>\n