County cricket: Sussex v Surrey, Durham v Yorkshire and extra on day three – reside | County Championship
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Key occasions
Climate watch
A delay solely a Hove. Elsewhere the Met Workplace is stuffed with spring-time optimism:
Rain throughout western Scotland and Northern Eire easing, and rain in southeast England fragmenting into scattered showers. Dry elsewhere with variable cloud and sunny spells, most extended for components of Wales and northwest England. Largely mild winds.
All is now effectively at OT, the gamers are out, the solar too.
Heavy curler issues
An Easter delay at Outdated Trafford, the place the heavy curler has damaged down and is caught within the center.
Tall Paul on his shock promotion up the order for Essex:
“Just a few years in the past once I wasn’t enjoying first staff I opened loads for the twos, Then I did a number of video games with Cooky throughout Covid time, so it’s not utterly unfamiliar for me. It has been a very nice problem as a result of it one thing new, one thing to arrange for. I feel I’ve handled it effectively thus far, although it’s nonetheless early within the season. It’s about turning up on daily basis and giving it your finest shot.”
Sciver-Brunt is Edwards’ first selection for England captaincy.
She’s an excellent cricketer and and one of the best candidate. My important fear is that if she really desires to do it.
Saturday’s spherical up
A match trying Saqib Mahmood, with a tentative mullet, bowled in his first Championship recreation for Lancashire since Might 2024. In he steamed from the Statham Finish at Outdated Trafford, up towards Leicestershire’s tyro opening partnership of Sol Budinger and Rehan Ahmed.
Budinger was dropped between first and second slip on a duck, and Leicestershire then made hay, fizzing previous 100 in 19.4 overs. Ahmed, a pocket rocket with wrists of metal and a excessive‑style submit‑shot pose, punched thrillingly by means of the covers, flashed further‑cowl drives, whipped with elan.
Tom Hartley triggered hassle in his six overs from the James Anderson Finish in the direction of the shut and, after Budinger fell to Mahmood, Ahmed performed out the final 20 minutes with an extravagant, and tight, defence.
Earlier Tom Scriven had collected a career-best 5 for 46, as Lancashire misplaced their final 4 wickets for 21 runs. Marcus Harris, as soon as of Grace Street, made his fourth half-century in his fifth innings since arriving in Manchester.
100 for Ben Compton, scored at fairly the lick, stored Kent within the recreation at Canterbury, after Gloucestershire strode previous 450, a 27-ball 51 by Marchant de Lange making certain a fifth batting level. James Bracey was left unbeaten on 151, Nathan Gilchrist placing in his Easter egg profession finest figures of seven for 100. Zak Crawley collar up, was then caught for one.
A attainable rival for his England opening spot, Tom Haines, brightened the twinkle in Rob Key’s eye with a second hundred in consecutive matches, 174 in seven‑and-a-half hours towards a Surrey seam assault of Dan Worrell, Jordan Clark, Gus Atkinson and Matt Fisher, who devoted their day to slowing down the Sussex scoring fee. Ben Foakes conceded only one bye on a pitch with, at occasions, unreliable bounce. Surrey reached 90-1 at stumps.
Seam bowling to stay within the scrap e book from Fergus O’Neill (5 for 19) and Brett Hutton (5 for 38) left Warwickshire in serious trouble at 93 all out. Nottinghamshire, going out to bat simply because the solar got here out, then stretched to 204 for 5, led by a cast-iron 75 not out from captain Haseeb Hameed
After three geese in 4 innings, Emilio Homosexual got here good at Chester le Avenue with 105, he and Alex Lees (148) pounding Yorkshire into the north-east mud with an unbeaten second-wicket partnership of 242. It was Homosexual’s first century for Durham.
A second century of the season for Max Holden, tempo dictated by lunch, helped Middlesex right into a promising place at Lord’s. There have been three wickets for Timm van der Gugten, and Glamorgan’s fielders stayed perky on a making an attempt day.
Paul Walter, settling properly into the opening slot left vacant by Dean Elgar, hauled Essex out of a gap with 104, and, along with a profession finest 49 not out from Noah Thain, gave Essex a lead of 210. Sri Lanka’s Kasun Rajitha picked up 4 Worcestershire wickets on debut.
At Southampton, fifties from Nick Gubbins and Liam Dawson gave Hampshire a 10-run lead, after Somerset had been bowled out for 184. Migael Pretorius was the one thorn in Hampshire’s facet, making 47 from a 48 run last-wicket partnership for Somerset.
It was a great day for Northamptonshire in Derby, Ricky Vasconcelos (82) and Luke Procter (97 not out) lowering the deficit to lower than 100.
Scores on the doorways
DIVISION ONE
Chester le Avenue: Durham 264-1 v Yorkshire 307
Chelmsford: Essex 179 and 233-6 v Worcestershire 202
Southampton: Hampshire 194-3 v Somerset 184
Hove: Sussex 435 v Surrey 90-1
Edgbaston: Warwickshire 93 v Nottinghamshire 204-5
DIVISION TWO
The County Floor: Derbyshire 307 v Northamptonshire 236-3
Canterbury: Kent 318-7 v Gloucestershire 472
Outdated Trafford: Lancashire 263 v Leicestershire 120-1
Lord’s: Middlesex 353-4 v Glamorgan 199
Preamble
Good morning! And a really completely happy Easter to all those that have a good time, buns, bunnies, church and chocolate. For individuals who don’t, or who need a bit further on the facet, let me current the County Championship – day three, spherical three. Play begins at 11am, we’ll be right here all day.
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