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Northants have lost three for four but they only need 41 more. Even in a world of crazy contagion, that should be doable.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n I think my chances of doing my over by over shift on Saturday have swirled down the sink. Pakistan 0-1 off the first ball of the innings.<\/p>\n And there goes the fourth wicket at Trent Bridge! Jack Lehmann plants his feet, eyes on the short wide prize, but can only edge through to the keeper. Hants 11-4.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Olly Stone sends Hampshire No. 3 Toby Albert on his way, as Hameed at cover dives like a slip cradle and collects just a sneeze from the ground. Hampshire<\/a> 11-3.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n That Hampshire<\/a> target has turned and is sprinting into the distance, both openers out. One each to Stone (Organ pulling to mid-on) and Pennington (Gubbins nibbling behind). Hampshire 11 for two.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Middlesex need 424 to win<\/p>\n Durham batted on till the bitter end, Higgins 4-72. Hollman and Robson have negated the first four overs.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Go for a quick walk around OT where the weather is wet and bleak. All the covers are being pulled on and nailed down.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Tea-time -ish scores<\/p>\n Division One<\/p>\n Sophia Gardens: Warwickshire<\/a> 391 BEAT Glamorgan 69 and 65 by 257 runs<\/p>\n Grace Road: Leicestershire<\/a> 157 and 116-7 v Somerset 363 and 316-5dec Leics need 405 to win<\/p>\n Trent Bridge: Notts 377 and 104 v Hampshire<\/a> 304 and 8-1<\/p>\n Hove: Sussex 393 v Surrey<\/a> 173-5<\/p>\n Headingley: Yorkshire<\/a> 390 v Essex 171 and 113<\/p>\n Division Two<\/p>\n Derby: Derbyshire<\/a> 300 and 301-6 v Kent 219<\/p>\n Chester le Street: Durham 252 and 374 v Middlesex<\/a> 203<\/p>\n Old Trafford: Lancashire 134 and 120-6 v Gloucestershire<\/a> 212 and 169 Lancs need 128 to win<\/p>\n New Road: Worcestershire 200 and 182 v Northamptonshire<\/a> 289 and 32-0<\/p>\n Ari Karvelas of Sussex celebrates with John Simpson, Charlie Tear and Tom Haines after dismissing Surrey\u2019s Ben Foakes. Photograph: Mike Hewitt\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a011.03 EDT<\/p>\n Rain and tea at OT. Scores to follow.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n A sixth wicket at OT, Walkden undone by Kishore, gets a thin edge to Bracey. But Flintoff marches on, back foot punch off Kishore racing to the boundary.<\/p>\n Oooof! At Trent Bridge, Olly Stone\u2019s first ball explodes at Felix Organ as Hampshire<\/a> start their chase.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Yorkshire BEAT Essex by an innings and 106 runs<\/p>\n Following-on, Essex were ushered out for 113 in 40 overs. Six wickets for Yadav, who finishes with a career-best first-class match figures of 10 for 120, and Yorkshire<\/a> are almost safe.<\/p>\n Headingley: Yorkshire<\/a> 390 BEAT Essex 171 and 113 by 106 runs<\/p>\n Yorkshire 22 points, Essex<\/a> 2 points<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Fifty for Rocky Flintoff!<\/p>\n With a nudge to the fine leg boundary! A first fifty in first-class cricket, eight fours and an arcing six. Applause from the Lancashire<\/a> dressing room. Game on?<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Hampshire need 178 to win<\/p>\n Lumsden collects his fifth. He is given the ball and Notts usher him ahead to lead the side off. Notts all out 104, Lumsden 5-36. But can Hampshire<\/a> really make 178? We\u2019ll find out after tea.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Fifty for Ben Foakes<\/p>\n To follow fifty from Ryan Patel. Surrey, quietly, 161-4, 232 behind Sussex<\/a>.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n A fourth wicket for Lumsden, crackingly collected through a tumultuous swirl by Gubbins. Clarke gone for 37. Notts 97-9.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Leicestershire lose a fifth; Essex an eighth.<\/p>\n Here at OT where the rain is surely coming, Rocky Flintoff has 35, his highest first-class score. Kishore, magnificent hair bubbling above his headband, wheels in. Lancs have reduced the target to 154.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Hugs for Lumsden, as he tempts Stone with a rapid taster, he flashes and edges behind. A third wicket, Notts 88-8.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Worcs all out 182, Northants need 94 to win<\/p>\n Worcs lose their last four wickets for 20, Chahal four for 46. Northants can nip up the charts here.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Belatedly put on the live stream, Notts 76-7, . There\u2019s a lashing wind adding to Notts\u2019 woes. Seventeen (17!) year old Manny Lumsden, rapid, bounces Olly Stone. A maiden, two for 25.<\/p>\n A spectator keeping score at Trent Bridge. Photograph: Bradley Collyer\/PAShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.38 EDT<\/p>\n Glorious keeping by Bracey. Shetty, for the second ball in a row, takes a huge stride forward to negate the spin of Kishore. Back boot out by an eyelash as he whips off the bails. Lancs 68-5.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.18 EDT<\/p>\n Somerset are continuing to chip, hammer, chisel their way through Leicestershire<\/a> \u2013 now 46-4, Shaikh barely looked up after being hit mid pad by Overton.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Who switched the drinks at Trent Bridge? Champs Notts are 54 for six. Only Joe Clarke in double figures. Three for Jack, two for teenage Lumsden, one for Currie. The lead is 127.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n With the Manchester skies darkening, Harris plants his front foot and drives, edging to Hammond at third slip for catch number three of the innings. Lancs 55-4.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n In the Div 2 promotion spots, Northants have the upper hand. Chahal removes D\u2019Olly (64) and Waite (5), with Worcestershire\u2019s lead only 76, three wickets left. Meanwhile Derbyshire\u2019s lead is 320, with REece and Guest digging in.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Young Gumbs is the latest victim of Coverton\u2019s intent, leaving one that waves merrily on the way to detonating his stumps. Leicestershire<\/a> 26-3.<\/p>\n And that\u2019s a fifth four for young Flintoff as Lancs race to 49-3.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Yadav (3-8) a masterstroke<\/a> signing by Yorkshire, for whom safety is in touching distance.<\/p>\n It is raining at CLS, where Durham\u2019s lead is 384. McKinney finally out for 184. If Durham<\/a> win this round they can secure promotion with two games to spare<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Yadav is making mincemeat (a month early) of Essex<\/a> \u2013 28 for five.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Lunchtime scores<\/p>\n Division One<\/p>\n Sophia Gardens: Warwickshire<\/a> 391 BEAT Glamorgan 69 and 65 by 257 runs<\/p>\n Grace Road: Leicestershire<\/a> 157 and 10-2 v Somerset 363 and 316-5dec Leics need 513 to win<\/p>\n Trent Bridge: Notts 377 and 18-2 v Hampshire<\/a> 304<\/p>\n Hove: Sussex 393 v Surrey<\/a> 80-3<\/p>\n Headingley: Yorkshire<\/a> 390 v Essex 171 and 14-4<\/p>\n Division Two<\/p>\n Derby: Derbyshire<\/a> 300 and 200-5 v Kent 219<\/p>\n Chester le Street: Durham 252 and 322-5 v Middlesex<\/a> 203<\/p>\n Old Trafford: Lancashire 134 and 25-3 v Gloucestershire<\/a> 212 and 169 Lancs need 223 to win<\/p>\n New Road: Worcestershire 200 and 136-6 v Northamptonshire<\/a> 289<\/p>\n A view from the stands at Trent Bridge during day three. Photograph: Bradley Collyer\/PAShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a008.55 EDT<\/p>\n Oh dear. KJ, nods his head in appreciation, tucks bat under arm and unvelcros his glove. Hutton celebrates at third slip. Lancs lunch on 25-3.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Lancs fail to make that the last over before lunch and must face Langridge once more.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Will Williams on the score sheet again after Singh, with jaunty angled bat pushed forward and Hammond pounces at third slip. Lancs 19-2. The big guns come together.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Craig Overton nips out a Fox before lunch, Rishi Patel slumping away after ushering a catch to third slip. Leicestershire 10-1<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n After the triumph of last year, it\u2019s not been a vintage season for HH, here he gets an outside edge to Eddie Jack for five. Notts 13 for one.<\/p>\n A ball-bullet at OT, an inswinging yorker from the wildly impressive Langridge removes Hurst\u2019s leg stump and nearly serrates his toes too. Singh gets an immediate life after trying something fancy and getting dropped at slip. Lancs nine for one.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.24 EDT<\/p>\n Somerset declare, Leicestershire need 523 to win<\/p>\n Nicholls bombasts to his century (four sixes, nine fours) and Somerset<\/a> finally pull the plug. Good luck, noble Foxes.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n No hat-trick for Will Williams.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Here comes Keaton Jennings swinging his bat. Over at Hove, a match sitting in the corner of the season, which feels weird, but there you go, Surrey<\/a> have slipped to 47 for three.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Hampshire are all out at last, trailing by 73, a pretty sparkling effort from 165 for six, thanks largely to an unbeaten 133 from Jake Lehmann. Three wickets each to Stone, Pennington and Sheat. Notts go again.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.27 EDT<\/p>\n Take-no-chances Somerset must be waiting for the Nicholls hundred, just 11 away. James Rew tonked a couple of sixes on his way to 21. The lead over Leicestershire<\/a> 508.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Lancs need 248 to win<\/p>\n A super catch by Harry Singh, scooping off the turf at slip to give Stanley his third wicket. Glos 169 all out, Taylor unbeaten on 31. Out comes the brush and the roller and Will Williams on a hat-trick to warm up in the middle.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.16 EDT<\/p>\n Josh Bohannon is doing sprints on the sidelines, which feels all wrong. Glos still hanging around \u2013 the lead 241.<\/p>\n Just looking at the final run-up to the end of the season for the big three:<\/p>\n Warwicks play Essex (Chelmsford) and Leicestershire<\/a> (Edgbaston).<\/p>\n Somerset play Yorkshire<\/a> (Headingley) and Surrey (Taunton).<\/p>\n Notts play Sussex<\/a> (Hove) and Yorkshire (Trent Bridge)<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n And Stanley gets his reward, Dhariwal snapped up at a wide slip by Jimmy \u2013 his 66 the highest score of the match and the partnership of 70 the highest double act. Glos 156 for nine lead by 234.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.16 EDT<\/p>\n Dog stops play<\/p>\n A dog has stopped play at Grace Road. Somerset<\/a> have powered to a lead of 463, a six-powered 67 not out from Henry Nicholls leads the way. I don\u2019t want to be too forward, but I think they\u2019ve got enough.<\/p>\n A dog interrupts play during the match between Leicestershire and Somerset. Photograph: John Mallett\/ProSports\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.17 EDT<\/p>\n A fascinating read from Jonny Liew on Sooryavanshi:<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a006.24 EDT<\/p>\n Fifty for George Bell<\/p>\n Lancashire\u2019s off-on-off wicketkeeper \u2013 sent to Essex on loan \u2013 collects 50, he and Akhter frustrating Yorkshire with an unbroken eighth-wicket partnership of 60. Essex 157 for seven, still 233 behind.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.17 EDT<\/p>\n A wave to the Guardian\u2019s Will Unwin who rang the five-minute bell today at Old Trafford, asked by a unwary steward who didn\u2019t know the red rose fury within. Dhariwal and Taylor have now stretched the lead to 215, which feels enough already although conditions are looking easier.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.18 EDT<\/p>\n A couple of wickets this morning \u2013 Kent\u2019s Mahmud in the action again, removing the adhesive Montgomery for 46 (Derby at 111 for two lead by an already hefty 192); and Dillon Pennington giving Eddie Jack an unwelcome 22nd birthday present, lbw for three. Hampshire<\/a>, 278 for eight, trail impatient Notts by 99.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.19 EDT<\/p>\n Knight-Stokes Cup<\/p>\n Today four schools will fight it out in the inaugral Knight-Stokes Cup finals at Lord\u2019s, the welcome (if long-overdue) competition open to all state secondaries<\/p>\n 11am: Boys\u2019 Final: Altrincham Grammar School (Cheshire) v John Hampden Grammar School (Bucks)<\/p>\n 3pm: Girls\u2019 Final: Penistone Grammar School (Yorkshire) v Chelmsford County High School (Essex)<\/p>\n The winners will have their names etched on to a new honours board in the Pavilion\u2019s Writing Room. To enter a school for next year see here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.19 EDT<\/p>\n In the vast expanse of OT, people are scattered like lost buttons as JA runs in from the JA end. And now George Balderson resumes from the George Balderson end.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Glamorgan’s Dawson: ‘An unacceptable performance’<\/p>\n A cheesed off Glamorgan<\/a> coach Richard Dawson after they were bowled out for 69 and 65:<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve said to the boys that was an unacceptable performance, in front of our home fans.<\/p>\n \u201cI thought yesterday was the bottom of the hole, and the frustration is repeating the mistakes not only from the first innings but from the last few games. If you want to learn, you\u2019ve got to be honest with yourself, look in the mirror and work out what you need to do, then work forward rather than burying your head in the sand.<\/p>\n \u201cSometimes you\u2019ve got to find a way through a tough period, Warwickshire<\/a> were disciplined, their seam attack were on the money and they\u2019ve got a top-class spinner.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve got to be honest, front up and go again because we\u2019ve got another massive challenge next week [against Surrey]. We\u2019re not burying our heads in the sand, we can\u2019t kid ourselves where we\u2019re at.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a005.12 EDT<\/p>\n \u201cTop o\u2019 the mornin\u2019 to you, Tanya,\u201d hello there Tim Maitland.<\/p>\n \u201cMy mind has been, not distracted exactly, but scrambled – yes scrambled is the word – by the sight of Rahul Chahar running between umpire and stumps to bowl leggies right hand over the wicket for Surrey<\/a> at Hove.<\/p>\n \u201cWhy it\u2019s taken me so long to even notice is not the point, although perhaps it\u2019s because the 27 year old\u2019s last T20i involvement and his only ODI were both in 2021, thus proving that it\u2019s not just England who chew up and spit out spin bowlers long before they\u2019ve reached maturity.<\/p>\n \u201cChahar still looks like his torso is heading towards gully as he somehow manages to propel the pill towards the stumps. Now I\u2019ll admit that I\u2019m probably more adverse to contortions than most having endured a sacrum that will twist out of position at the mere mention of Chubby Checker (key learning, don\u2019t try to train full time with professional footballers after you;ve turned 40), but that delivery isn\u2019t just \u201cquirky\u201d, as the Sussex<\/a> commentary team described it. It is in direct contradiction to all of the Laws of Nature!<\/p>\n \u201cMeanwhile, did you notice Ishan Kishan, tried and rejected as a red ball player after just two tests in the Caribbean in 2023, ripping up trees in one of the pinnacles of the long form game in India; the Duleep Trophy? Kishan, captaining East Zone, followed up his 270 at a strike rate of 80.83 in their mammoth first innings with another 80 at 81.63 in the second.\u201d<\/p>\n A reminder to tune in at Hove! Thank you.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a004.54 EDT<\/p>\n Warwickshire batter Glamorgan inside two days<\/p>\n Warwickshire threw a bear-shaped gauntlet on the Championship turf by demolishing Glamorgan in less than two days and taking temporary possession of top spot.<\/p>\n After claiming a first-innings lead of 322 through half centuries from Sam Hain and Ed Barnard, Warwickshire\u2019s bowlers spatchcocked Glamorgan<\/a> for 65, including five noughts. Ed Barnard\u2019s five for 13 topped the leaderboard. Glamorgan, who made just 130 runs in the match, fell to their biggest loss since 1936. Warwickshire waved 22 points.<\/p>\n Jake Lehmann\u2019s unbeaten 115 kept relegation-flirters Hampshire in it at Trent Bridge. A seventh-wicket stand of 97 with Scott Currie frustrated Notts who had one eye on events at Sophia Gardens.<\/p>\n A second century partnership of the match between Tom Lammonby and Josh Thomas shimmied fellow pennant-chasers Somerset to a dominant position. They had earlier whipped out Leicestershire for 157. Leicestershire\u2019s top scorer was Nick Kelly, whose 39 was interrupted when a wasp flew inside his shirt.<\/p>\n At the other end of Division One, Yorkshire\u2019s Dom Bess and Kuldeep Yadav bewildered Essex with three wickets each. They had earlier frustrated in an eighth-wicket stand of 83, Bess undefeated on 80. Essex were further hit when Jamie Porter limped off, though Sam Cook later returned from the Test.<\/p>\n Durham\u2019s serene passage back to Division One continued as their big beasts turned on the charm. Brydon Carse whistled through the Middlesex tail to finish with five wickets. Ben McKinney then delighted with his third free-flowing century of the summer.<\/p>\n There were 22 wickets in the frantic basement battle at Old Trafford. After bowling out Gloucestershire for 212, Lancashire were dismissed for 134, something of a triumph from 43 for six, with Will Williams pocketing a career best six for 24 at his former home. George Balderson top scored and then high-kneed through 13 overs on the trot to take four for 23 as Gloucestershire<\/a> wilted to 118 for eight \u2013 but with a crucial lead of 189.<\/p>\n Ben Aitchison passed 50 wickets for the season as Derbyshire dominated against Kent, whose promotion rivals Northamptonshire had a good day against Worcestershire thanks to 110 from Saif Zaib and three evening wickets from Harry Conway.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.27 EDT<\/p>\n Scores<\/p>\n Division One<\/p>\n Sophia Gardens: Warwickshire<\/a> 391 BEAT Glamorgan 69 and 65 by 257 runs<\/p>\n Grace Road: Leicestershire<\/a> 157 v Somerset 363 and 166-3<\/p>\n Trent Bridge: Notts 377 v Hampshire<\/a> 267-7<\/p>\n Hove: Sussex 393 v Surrey<\/a><\/p>\n Headingley: Yorkshire<\/a> 390 v Essex 137-7<\/p>\n Division Two<\/p>\n Derby: Derbyshire<\/a> 300 and 100-1 v Kent 219<\/p>\n Chester le Street: Durham 252 and 204-2 v Middlesex<\/a> 203<\/p>\n Old Trafford: Lancashire 134 v Gloucestershire<\/a> 212 and 118-8<\/p>\n New Road: Worcestershire 200 and 55-3 v Northamptonshire<\/a> 289<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a004.47 EDT<\/p>\n Preamble<\/p>\n Good morning! Only 10 cricketing dawns left till the end of the season, and who knows how many till our AI masters destroy us all. In the meantime, autumn falls and settles. Warwickshire<\/a> have points in the bag, can Somerset and Notts push through? Will Kent rediscover their mojo, will Northants sneak through on the inside? And who will win the Williams v Balderson nibble-nibble contest at Old Trafford. All this and more from 10.30am, do join us.<\/p>\n