County Championship 2021

Bloody crap weather

So far, only 2 matches have seen any play.

Edit - 3 out of the 6 matches saw some play.

Good choice by Sky to cover Glamorgan v Yorkshire. The west does tend to have more rain than anywhere else. After an inspection at 14.30. it's called off for the day. Tomorrow's better, but the weekend less so.

A strange sequence of Yorkshire batsmen getting out in the nervous nineties. Last week, Gary Ballance was out on 96 after being run out. Ex-Yorkshire opener Alex Lees made 99 for Durham, & today joe Root matched that with 99 against Glamorgan.

Chris Rushworth has today become Durham's leading first-class wicket taker, passing Graham Onions. He has 528 dismissals.

(13-05-2021 13:05 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  May 13-16

Group 1
Essex v Derbyshire - Chelmsford
Derbyshire won the toss & elected to Field
Essex412-3 dec
Derbyshire 146 & f/o 251
Essex beat Derbyshire by an innings & 15 runs

Durham v Worcestershire - Chester-le- Street
Worcestershire won the toss & elected to field
Durham 246 & 389-5 dec
Worcestershire 213 & 164
Durham beat Worcestershire by 258 runs

Group 2
Middlesex v Hampshire - Lords
Hampshire won the toss & elected to field
Middlesex 172 & 101
Hampshire 208 & 66-3
Hampshire beat Middlesex by 7 wickets

Somerset v Surrey- Taunton
Somerset won the toss & elected to field
Surrey 206-4
Match Drawn

Group 3
Glamorgan v Yorkshire - Cardiff
Yorkshire won the toss & elected to field
Glamorgan 149 & 164-4
Yorkshire 230
Match Drawn

Sussex v Kent - Hove
Sussex won the toss & elected to field
Kent 145 & 387-4 dec
Sussex
Match Drawn

Round 6
Centuries
D Lawrence 152 no
J Leaning 127 no
T Westley 106
W Young 103
J Burnham 102 no


5 wickets
S Harmer 9-80
K Abbott 6-44 & 5-41
M Nesser 5-39
J Tongue 5-39
C Rushworth 5-56

(16-05-2021 19:07 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  

(13-05-2021 13:05 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  May 13-16
Sussex v Kent - Hove
Sussex won the toss & elected to field
Kent 145 & 387-4 dec
Sussex 256
Match Drawn

Edit - Sussex score has been added.

Round 7

May 19-22
Group 2
Hampshire v Leicestershire - Ageas Bowl
Leicestershire won the toss & elected to field

May 20-22
Group 1
Nottinghamshire v Worcestershire - Trent Bridge
Essex v Warwickshire - Chelmsford
Derbyshire v Durham - Derby

Group 2
Surrey v Middlesex - Lords
Gloucestershire v Somerset - Bristol

Group 3
Northamptonshire v Lancashire - Northampton
Kent v Glamorgan - Canterbury

A bad day for the Brown-hatters, the Surrey Strutters had a quite spectacular collapse. After being put in on a green looking pitch, overcast conditions, Middlesex skipper Peter Handscomb looked like he got it wrong with Burns & Stoneman advancing to 135 before they lost 6 wickets for 7 runs with a mixture of indifferent umpiring good bowling & circumspect batting.
A slight concern is that 3 of Surrey's finest will line-up for England in the Tests. Burns has been solid all year without a big score, similar to the majority of his International career. England discard Stoneman looked must more fluent. Both Pope & Foakes recorded ducks, Pope needs to get his Test average of around 30, closer to his First-Class record which is 50+. It will be interesting to see how Foakes fairs with the bat, he will be playing his first Test in England, but will more than likely be just filling in before Buttler returns against India.