County Championship 2021

(03-06-2021 19:11 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  Round 9
June 3 - 6
Group 1
Worcestershire v Durham - New Rd
Durham won the toss & elected to field
Worcestershire 131 & 336
Durham 381 & 89-0
Durham beat Worcestershire by 10 wickets

Essex V Nottinghamshire - Chelmsford
Nottinghamshire won the toss & elected to bat
Nottinghamshire 293 & 44-2
Essex 210
match drawn

Derbyshire V Warwickshire - Derby
Derbyshire won the toss & elected to bowl
Warwickshire 274 & 155
Derbyshire 121 & 117
Warwickshire beat Derbyshire by 191 runs

Group 2
Somerset v Hampshire - Taunton
Hampshire won the toss & elected to field
Somerset 360 &409-7 dec
Hampshire 311 & 88-2
match drawn

Leicestershire v Gloucestershire
Leicestershire won the toss & elected to bat
Leicestershire 451
Gloucestershire 158 & 200
Leicestershire beat Gloucestershire by an innings & 93 runs

Group 3
Yorkshire v Sussex - Headingley
Yorkshire won the toss & elected to field
Sussex 313 & 215
Yorkshire 558
Yorkshire beat Sussex by an innings & 30 runs

Kent v Northamptonshire - Canterbury
Northamptonshire won the toss & elected to bat
Northamptonshire 392 & 184-8 dec
Kent 330-5 dec
match drawn

Glamorgan v Lancashire - Cardiff
Glamorgan won the toss & elected to field
Lancashire 173 & 164
Glamorgan 150 & 188-4
Glamorgan beat Lancashire by 6 wickets

Round 9
Centuries
D Malan 199
M Harris 148
B Brown 127
J Libby 126
D Bedingham 121
O Robinson 120 (Kent)
L Gregory 107
E Gay 101
G Bartlett 100

5 Wickets
K Barker 6-72
C Miles 5-30
M Cohen 5-43
c Parkinson 5-45 & 5-63
B Hutton 5-65
D Stevens 5-73
J Davey 5-78
J Atkins 5-98

Round 9
July 7 -10

Group 1
Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire - Trent Bridge

Warwickshire v Durham - Edgbaston

Group 2
Hampshire v Surrey - Ageas Bowl

Somerset v Leicestershire - Taunton

Gloucestershire v Middlesex - Cheltenham (5-11)

Group 3
Lancashire v Kent - OldTrafford

Northamptonshire v Yorkshire - Northampton

Sussex v glamorgan - Hove

(04-07-2021 09:42 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  Round 10
July 7 -10

Group 1
Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire - Trent Bridge
Derbyshire won the toss & elected to bat
Derbyshire 149 & 122
Nottinghamshire 307
Nottinghamshire beat Derbyshire by an innings & 36 runs

Warwickshire v Durham - Edgbaston
Durham won the toss & elected to field
Warwickshire 237
Durham 253-7
match drawn

Group 2
Hampshire v Surrey - Ageas Bowl
Surrey won the toss & elected to field
Hampshire 488
Surrey 72 & f/o 122-8
Match drawn

Somerset v Leicestershire - Taunton
Leicestershire won the toss & elected to field
Somerset 461-9 dec
Leicestershire 475-7
Match drawn

Gloucestershire v Middlesex - Cheltenham (5-11)
Middlesex won the toss & elected to field
Gloucestershire 248 & 272
Middlesex 101 & 255
Gloucestershire beat Middlesex by 164 runs

Group 3
Lancashire v Kent - OldTrafford
Kent won the toss & elected to bat
Kent 74 & 149-8
Lancashire 259-9 dec
Match Drawn

Northamptonshire v Yorkshire - Northampton
Yorkshire won the toss & elected to bat
Yorkshire 158 & 217
Northamptonshire 170 & 152
Yorkshire beat Northamptonshire by 53 runs

Sussex v Glamorgan - Hove
Sussex won the toss & elected to bat
Sussex 226 & 263-6 dec
Glamorgan 215 & 154-5
Match drawn

^^ i saw the morning session on days 3 & 4 at Taunton the pitch was to good to get a result, nice pace and contestant bounce you could leave the ball all day knowing it would always bounce over the stumps,
we really need some dry weather to get out pitch turning if we are to win anything this year,

^^ Back to the Taunton wickets of old, next to the Oval it was the best batting track in the country, but really hard to force a result.
Leicestershire's keeper made with 171 not out, In in the first innings, Somerset fell from a comfortable 143-0, (Devon Conway having a rare failure making only 88) to 224-7, before 8,9 & 10 all made 70's. Leicestershire don't possess the best bowling attack, but it's still a fair indication of a flat wicket.

Round 10
Centuries
C de Grandhomme 174 no
H Swindells 171 no
H Brook 113
R Yates 102
S Eskinazi 102
B Brown 100 no

5 Wickets
J Anderson 7-19
D Bess 7-43
L Fletcher 5-28
S Kerrigan 5-39
M Taylor 5-41
D Worrall 5-54
C Miles 5-62
F Hudson-Prentice 5-68

Performance of the week has to go to Jimmy Anderson as he reached 1000 first-class wickets, when Heino Kuhn edged a trademark outswinger through to the keeper, on his way to his best innings bowling performance for Lancashire (7-19). His figures where 7-5-3-5 at the point of reaching the milestone. It was his 51st 5 wicket haul. Anderson became the 216th player to reach 1000 first-class wickets, the last bowler was Andy Caddick in 2005

Notable mentions for Dom Bess, with 7-43.

Hashim Amla almost beat his own record for the lowest scoring rate in first class cricket since 2008 (min 200 balls), when he made 37 not out from 278 ball in 381 minutes, with a 13.30 strike-rate. His innings secured a draw for Surrey against Hampshire. His record was against India in Dehli, when the scored 25 from 244, with a 10.24 strike rate.
Amla look 63 balls to score his 2nd run on day 4, after getting off the mark on his 4th ball the previous day. he had 3 streaks of 35 dot balls or more.
His stand with Ryan Patel was the 4th slowest (min 25 overs) in 1st class cricket since 2010, they faced 173 balls for 24 runs ( slowest - Peter Neville & Steve O'Keefe - 4runs 178 ball)
Surrey's 1.16 run rate is the 2nd lowest of 100 plus overs since 2000. lowest .99 South Africa against India 2015.

Keith Barker had an economy rate of 0.40, during his figures of 22-17-9-3, which is the lowest since 2000 (min 20 overs) Amla scored 7 runs from the 84 balls he faced Barker, with the rest of the Surrey line-up scoring 2runs from 48 balls.

Round 11
July 11 - 14 (Day 1)
Group 1
Derbyshire v Essex - Derby
Derbyshire won the toss & elected to bat
Derbyshire 146 (57.1 overs)
Essex 86-3 (38 overs)

Durham v Nottinghamshire - Chester-le-St
Durham won the toss & elected to field
Nottinghamshire 312-9 (96 overs)

Worcestershire v Warwickshire - New Rd
Warwickshire won the toss & elected to bat
Warwickshire 245-4 (77.4 overs)

Group 2
Gloucestershire v Hampshire - Cheltenham
Gloucestershire won the toss & elected to bat
Gloucestershire 214-6 (66 overs)

Middlesex v Leicestershire - Northwood
Middlesex won the toss & elected to bat
Middlesex 280-3 (93 overs)

Surrey v Somerset - The Oval
Somerset won the toss & elected to bat
Somerset 280-6 (98 overs)

Group 3
Yorkshire v Lancashire - Headingley
Yorkshire won the toss & elected to field
Lancashire 273-2 (96 overs)

Glamorgan v Northamptonshire - Cardiff
Northamptonshire won the toss & elected to bat
Northamptonshire 128-4 (44.5 overs)

Kent v Sussex - Canterrbury
Kent won the toss & elected to field
Sussex 181 (57.5 overs)
Kent 69-5 (22 overs)