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County cricket final day: Middlesex and Kent battle to avoid drop, and more – live | County Championship

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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Hampshire beat Surrey by 52 runs! Sudharsan tries to sweep, and gives Liam Dawson his 49th wicket of the season. And that is that, the Champions thrashed in their last outing! I’m going to go and watch the presentation of the trophy on out field. Poor Sudharsan, diligently watching from the other end, Roach tries a cover drive and edges to Vince again, prowling at second slip. Surrey 126-9. In the relegation battle, Middlesex need to win and Kent not, for Middlesex to avoid the drop. This was Tom Helm last night: “We are going to have to go at them. We are going to have to set them a score to have a chance to bowl them out and stay in the division. “I can’t put a number on it – that’s a bit above my pay grade. It’s going to be a really exciting day, there’s a huge amount to play for.” A giant strides off the pitch, after …

County cricket: Lancashire v Middlesex, Kent v Nottinghamshire and more – live | County Championship

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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature While you digest the news from Edgbaston, I’m going to hand over briefly now to Ralf Syrett, here for the afternoon on work experience. He’s going to India next week as part of the Street Child Cricket World Cup where he’ll be reporting on what cricket can do to improve the lives of street children. A hat-trick at Edgbaston!!! Scrap my previous comments. Northants knew exactly what they were doing. Sanderson gets Rhodes, Hain and Mousley in consecutive balls. Warwicks 19-4. So. Warwickshire lose an early wicket. Just flirting with Northants, the dirty dogs. 19-1 need another 157 And Notts still seven down at Canterbury. Which should inspire Middlesex who are still one down. Lancs fancy second – but not as much as Middlesex fancy staying up. In Div 2: Glamorgan are fighting the good fight – hundreds for Sam Northeast and Ed Byrom. Going through the motions at Bristol (Glos 98-3, the lead 72 over Derbys). And Leicestershire boldly go. …

County cricket: Lancashire v Middlesex, Kent v Nottinghamshire, and more – live | County Championship

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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Can Bamber help Robson to his century? A near-run out survived – Robson needs 23. Middx 181-9. Gloom continues to descend on Grace Road, via Hove. Rishi Patel still on patrol, 40 not out off 107, but he’s fast running out of partners. 90-6. Three wickets to Karvelas, two to Undakat. Hopes. Slip. Away. Updated at 11.31 BST TRJ pulls, and neither the square leg umpire or the fielder on the rope can pick it up in the semi-gloom. Middx tripping along nicely – 170 for 8. In the two other Division One games: Kent have snapped up a fourth batting point – six overs left to pick up 40 more runs for a cup that spilleth over. Finch (47) and Leaning (64) both snapped up by Paterson. Evison and Nijjar tasked with the run gathering. At Edgbaston, four now for the tireless Hannon-Dalby. Northants plod on: 221-6. In the crucial Division Two promotion game, Leicestershire are stuttering their way through Monday …

County cricket: Lancs v Middlesex, Warwickshire v Northants and more – live | County Championship

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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Division Two table 1 Durham (12) 198 2 Worcestershire (12) 154 3 Leicestershire (11) 130 4 Glamorgan (12) 123 5 Sussex (11) 116 6 Derbyshire (11) 85 7 Gloucestershire (12) 84 8 Yorkshire (11) 68 Division One table 1 Surrey (12) 205 2 Essex (12) 187 3 Hampshire (12) 153 4 Lancashire (11) 134 5 Warwickshire (11) 130 6 Somerset (12) 128 7 Nottinghamshire (11) 114 8 Middlesex (11) 87 9 Kent (11) 81 10 Northants (11) 61 Fixtures DIVISION ONE Canterbury: Kent v Nottinghamshire Old Trafford: Lancashire v Middlesex Edgbaston: Warwickshire v Northamptonshire DIVISION TWO Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan v Yorkshire Bristol: Gloucestershire v Derbyshire Hove: Sussex v Leicestershire Preamble Good morning from a sticky Old Trafford, the threat of a thunderstorm hovering behind the arm like a thirsty dog. Welcome to round 14, the end in sight. No games for Division leaders Surrey or Durham this week, but Durham could still clinch Division Two without lifting a finger if Leicestershire …

County cricket: Essex v Kent, Middlesex v Surrey, and more – live | County Championship

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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Just in case your attention drifts to Old Trafford, Geoff is your man: First to a thousand – Alex Lees “I was pretty underwhelming for the first half-a-dozen games of the season, I kept getting 40 and out so the last few games have been pleasing on an individual standpoint but the biggest thing I was happy with today was we were in a little bit of a tricky position after losing two early wickets. “From that view I was particularly happy because we were in a bit of trouble and so to come up trumps with a good innings with Dave (Bedingham) playing exceptionally as well was the most rewarding part of the day. “The main aim is to win games for your team and hopefully contribute some good performances so obviously it’s nice (to become the first to 1,000 runs) but my main aim within the season is trying to get promoted with Durham. Those individual things are sat …

County cricket: Middlesex v Surrey, Essex v Kent and more – live | County Championship

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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Another drop at Chelmsford – Critchley this time lets one through his fingers. Kent 18-0, having a much-needed helping hand. Quite a change in the Div One race, from what seemed early season like a Surrey smash n grab. Essex on a roll, four in a row, and Warwickshire well in the chase with a game in hand. Division One table Surrey (9) 139 Essex (9) 126 Warwickshire (8) 116 Hampshire (9) 113 Somerset (9) 100 Lancashire (8) 90 Nottinghamshire (9) 89 Kent (9) 74 Middlesex (8) 63 Northamptonshire (8) 47 Update from Trent Bridge: pitch inspection at noon. Harmer, who uncharacteristically dropped one (or two?) at Blackpool, lets one slip past . Kent 9-0. Updated at 11.25 BST Rain at Trent Bridge where Nottinghamshire are in desperately seeking victory – no Championship wins since May – but we’re rolling elsewhere, with everyone’s wickets still intact (as I write…) All change please, all change: Some transfer news: Rob Jones will leave Lancashire …

Surrey v Lancashire, Hampshire v Middlesex: county cricket – live | County Championship

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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Kookaburra chat Surrey’s Sean Abbott: “The Kookaburra ball is more consistent when it is brand new but the Dukes tend to swing more through an innings and, today, when that Kookaburra got older, it did feel a bit flat and slow out there.” Leicestershire’s Ed Barnes: ““Ultimately it is a great wicket and the Kookaburra adds to that, but all we can do is pick up the last six wickets as soon as possible and get batting ourselves. You never know about a pitch until both sides have batted but we’ll be confident of getting runs on it as well.” Sussex’s Nathan McAndrew: “They are completely different balls, behave really differently, the normal Dukes swing a lot more and the Kookaburra doesn’t stay as hard. I was surprised how the ball lost its hardness after 16 to 17 overs so luckily we had them three or four down at that point.” Kent’s Wes Agar: “At times with the Kookaburra ball the …