County Championship 2021

(21-04-2021 20:49 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  April 22-25

Group 1
Durham 475 & 175-2
Derbyshire 267 & 280-5
Match Drawn

Worcestershire 436
Nottinghamshire 276 & f/o 236-0 dec
Match drawn


Essex 295 & 244
Warwickshire 284 & 256-3
Warwickshire beat Essex by 7 wickets

Group 2
Hampshire 470
Gloucestershire 320 & 197-9
Match drawn

Middlesex 268 & 18-0
Surrey 154 & 130
Middlesex beat Surrey by 10 wickets

Leicestershire 233 & 199
Somerset 318 & 118-1
Somerset beat Leicestershire by by 9 wickets

Group 3
Kent 169 & 351
Lancashire 525
Lancashire beat Kent by an innings & 5 runs


Northamptonshire 364 & 357-3
Glamorgan 407 & 311-5 dec
Northamptonshire beat Glamorgan by 7 wickets

Yorkshire 150 & 305
Sussex 221 & 186
Yorkshire beat Sussex by 48 runs

Round 3 - Centuries & 5 wickets

Bedingham 257
Allsop 149
Vasconcelos 185
C Cooke 136
Keogh 126
Lamb 126
Yates 120
L Wood 119
Libby 117
Hameed 114 & 111 no
Slater 114 no
Holland 114
Bell-Drummond 114

M Parkinson 7-126
Bess 6-53
Rushworth 6-58
C Overton 5-25
Conners 5-83
Carson 5-85

Individual highlight of the 3rd round of matches has to be the return to form of Haseeb Hameed, with centuries in each innings. He spent almost 14 hours at the crease, as he helped secure a draw against Worcestershire. It's worth pointing out that he's still only 25, & still has time to resume what looked to be a promising International career, before it all went wrong.
A player less familiar is Durham's David Bedingham who appeared last year as a Kolpak, & showed enough promise for Durham to sign his as an overseas. Already there are concerns from South Africa, who are losing good young players, & questioning what can be done to stop the drain on talent. Already he has shown an appetite for batting long with a mammoth 257 to add to his 180 not out.

In the main, some fascinating matches , with Northampton chasing down 355 in 79 overs against Glamorgan, & with overs to spare. Vasconcelos (185 no) & Keogh (126) adding 239 for the 3rd wicket. It was Northants 3rd highest successful 4th innings run chase.

I gave a big build-up to the battle between Hampshire & Gloucestershire, with both sides trying to make it 3 wins from 3. The game didn't disappoint, with a match saving 10th wicket stand after being made to follow-on. Josh Shaw & Dominic Goodman, came together with 22 overs remaining,& a slender 11 run lead. They soaked up 106 balls in a 36 run partnership to carry their side to safety.

A worthy mention for Warwickshire, who inflicted a first defeat for Essex in 22 matches.

I might a well give a mention to Yorkshire's fightback victory over Sussex, after electing to bat & managing just 150.

April 29 - May 2

Group 1
Derby v Notts - Derby
Worc v Essex - New Rd
Durham v Warks - Chester- le-Street

Group 2
Glous v Leic - Bristol
Som v Midd - Taunton
Surrey v Hants - Oval

Group 3
Lanc v Sussex - Old Trafford
Glamorgan v Kent - Sophia Gardens Cardiff
Yorkshire - Northamptonshire - Headingley

Bit early to decide the match of the week, with some still in progress, but it will be hard to top the 1 run win for Yorkshire against Northamptonshire. I was jumping around & shouting about half an hour ago as Yorkshire skipper Steven Patterson took the edge of Wayne Parnell's bat & it carried through to keeper Tattersall, who took an easy catch.
Not an easy pitch to bat on, as much of the game was played in overcast conditions, with the bowlers on top throughout. Another great advert for our game.

Great result. I was watching it on BBC Sport frantically refreshing the screen every few seconds.

(28-04-2021 12:43 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  April 29 - May 2

Group 1
Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire - Derby
Derbyshire won the toss & elected to field
Nottinghamshire 256 & 318
Derbyshire 105 & 159
Nottinghamshire beat Derbyshire by 310 runs

Worcestershire v Essex - New Rd
Essex won the toss & elected to bat
Essex 561-8 dec
Worcestershire 364 & f/o 129-2
Match Drawn

Durham v Warks - Chester- le-Street
Durham won the toss & elected to field
Warwickshire 87 & 177
Durham 391-9 dec
Durham beat Warwickshire by an innings & 127 runs


Group 2
Gloucestershire v Leicestershire - Bristol
Gloucestershire won the toss & elected to field
Leicestershire 421 & 201-9 dec
Gloucestershire 275 & 348-6
Gloucestershire beat Leicestershire by 4 wickets

Somerset v Middlesex - Taunton
Somerset won the toss & elected to field
Middlesex 357 & 117
Somerset 268 & 209-6
Somerset beat Middlesex by 4 wickets

Surrey v Hampshire - Oval
Surrey won the toss & elected to field
Hampshire 92 & 179
Surrey 560-7 dec
Surrey beat Hampshire by an innings & 289 runs

Group 3
Lancashire v Sussex - Old Trafford
Sussex won the toss & elected to bat
Sussex 328 & 154
Lancashire 230 & 255-5
Lancashire beat Sussex by 5 wickets


Glamorgan v Kent - Sophia Gardens Cardiff
Glamorgan won the toss & elected to field
Kent 138 & 74
Glamorgan 197 & 19-0
Glamorgan beat Kent by 10 wickets

Yorkshire v Northamptonshire - Headingley
Northampton won the toss & elected to field
Yorkshire 206 & 247
Northamptonshire 234 & 218
Yorkshire beat Northamptonshire by 1 run

Round 4

Centuries
Amla 215 retired hurt
Pope 131
Lees 129
W Young 124
L Hill 121
I Cockbain 117
A Cook 115
Westley 113
Slater 107
S Evans 102


5 Wickets
K Roach 8-40
C Wright 7-53
J Clark 6-21
Raine 5-9
Fletcher 5-28
Hogan 5-28
C Overton 5-34
Carse 5-49
Stevens 5-53
R Higgins 5-62
Parnell 5-64 & 5-79
Finn 5-77
D Worrall 5-79

I'm assuming this is in light of the IPL postponement, that Sky will be covering the Middlesex v Gloucestershire match from Lords starting this Thursday 6 May through to Sunday 9 May. I believe that it will be using the camera feeds that have supplied the streaming of the matches so far this year. I guess that we may get some of the regular Sky commentary team, rather that the local BBC radio which can be a bit mixed, in terms of quality.