Somerset v Essex, Yorkshire v Glamorgan and more: County cricket day two – live | County Championship
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Key events
There is time for Evison to have another swing for four before Parkey slipped to the waiting fourth wicket, Tom Hartley. Williams’ 200th first-class wicket. Kent all out 261. Evison 71 not out.
Nice applause for Matt Parkinson as he reaches the Old Trafford crease with Gilchrist’s goal. Four slips are expected. Bailey gropes the ground.
Just got back from a tour of the land, it’s bloody freezing. Spectators in thick coats, gloves and hats. Delightfully stoic.
Jennings, Bruce, Bell, Hartley return to the chips as Evison takes a single with Lanks one short of first batting point. It’s a gamble… but one Parky survives.
A close read on sports and disordered eating:
Lunch results
DIVISION ONE
Old Trafford: Lancashire v Kent 239-8
Taunton: Somerset 128 vs Essex 156 and 95-4
SECOND DIVISION
Derby: Derbyshire 246 v Sussex 70-1
Lord’s: Middlesex v Leicestershire 108-4
Headingley: Yorkshire Vs Glamorgan 194-6
Nine off his first over, a wicket from his second. Nathan Lyon makes a breakthrough at Old Trafford, Wes Agar confused and defeated. Lyon’s 3-48 are now his best figures in the Championship. Bowling with sunglasses despite the darkness. Kent 233-8.
They play at Old Trafford, not much to report. Wicket for Lewis Gregory at Taunton, Brown for 23. Essex’s lead creeps to 111.
Glamorgan now six down at Headingley, another wicket for Moriarty and Bess – 182 for six; while at Lord’s Rehan Ahmed joins Peter Handscomb at the crease, Leics 86-4.
Vic’s view
From Taunton Vic sends a morsel to CCLive!:
“The pitch is greener than the Notts game! We had heavy rain here on Wednesday and Thursday, which means it was also wetter. It still moves around a bit, but they usually get easier to bat. Good job, don’t spin or we’d be on the way to a points deduction.’
The speck in Sussex’s eyeBlair Tickner, bowled out at Derby for 47, but not before adding 68 with Jack Morley.
Sakib Mahmoud warm up with Lancs. He bowled well in the seconds, in spells of four or five overs and eased his way back. I take it all out for him, we spoke to him before the season and he seemed so upset about his injuries but desperate to play with a red ball again.
“It’s pretty overwhelming to think that two years of my career just flew by. I don’t want to have a third year like that,” he said.
“I still watch Test cricket more than I watch white-ball cricket, I still focus on it. As soon as I get a red ball in my hand, I really love the things that come with it: trying to practice shots, the craft of bowling, things I’m proud of.
“Even the short experience I had in Test cricket, I didn’t want to give it up. I might feel like I’ve ticked the box by playing Test cricket, but I feel I have more to give in this format.”
Three loopholes to the Lord at once, What can Kimber and Handscomb do? Two wickets for Bamber, one for Higgins.
Another one bites the dust at Taunton, this time leading scorer of the innings Tom Westley. Brown and Cook enter the men. Essex lead by 66.
Kick-off is at 12.30 at Old Trafford.lunch at 13.10 – 80 overs left for the day.
Only two of them actually in the 20 wickets that fell at Taunton yesterday.
An underrated part of the championship is the old-fashioned cart stump.
Internationals need heavy electronics in them, removing one of the great aesthetics of the game.
— Henry Moran (@henrymoeranBBC) May 4, 2024
He made the mistake of looking away Taunton: Essex now 21-2, Elgar and Cook to Davy and Coverton.
Patel and Harris rattle off away at Lord’s, meanwhile, Ryan Higgins named player of the month.
🏆 | RYAN HIGGINS WINS PCA PLAYER OF THE MONTH
Congratulations to our very own Ryan Higgins who received the award @PCAPlayer of the month award for April 🥳The all-rounder scored 448 runs at an average of 112.00 and took nine wickets!
THE FULL STORY ⬇️ | #OneMiddlesex
— Middlesex Cricket (@Middlesex_CCC) May 4, 2024
At Old Trafford, the Lancashire players kick a ball around, a fielder clears the pitch and they do a midday inspection.
Jamie Porter sums up yesterday at Taunton: “The pitch is too slow to be dangerous in any way, but obviously there wasn’t a lot of time to prepare it and there was a lot of movement on the seams all day.
“I thought our batsmen did well to score over 150 in the conditions and I was confident that if the bowlers hit the right areas we would get our rewards.
“My plan was just to concentrate on line and length and let the pitch do the rest. I don’t see it playing much differently as the game progresses.
“It’s been a great start to the season for me. The ball is coming out well and it can continue like that.”
Old Trafford kick-off delayed.while Middlesex won the draw at Lord’s and will play.
Snippet courtesy of Leeds by Graham Hardcastle. Yesterday was the first time since 2013 that Yorkshire have fielded two players in the same Championship game at Headingley – Bess and Moriarty. Adil Rashid and Azeem Rafiq have been the pair since 2013, playing in a draw in August against Warwickshire that season, scoring once between them.
Poise under pressure – Ali talks to Chris Jordan about Caribbean crosswinds, reflex slip catches and more:
Weather clock
ordinary: “most northern areas will have a cloudy day with drizzle, locally heavy and possibly thundery. NW Scotland, central and southern England along with S Wales will be brighter with warm sunny spells, although some heavy rain, especially in SE England.”(Thank you Met Office)
The recap on Friday
Around the country, players wore black armbands in memory of young Worcestershire all-rounder Josh Baker, whose death was announced on Thursday.
His parents, Paul and Lisa, paid tribute to their son: “We are both devastated. He achieved so many of his dreams before he turned 21. Take every opportunity to hug your parents and children. We have taken great comfort from the many messages received so far – please keep sharing and posting your memories.’
At New Road, where Baker had come through the ranks, the club opened a book of remembrance. His former Worcestershire coach Shaftab Khalid recalled, “not only a very talented cricketer but also an amazing and wonderful human being. He was such a sweet, humble and kind person. He was a Worcestershire lad, so playing for his county and then the England Under-19 team was a dream come true.
There was a minute’s silence in memory of Baker in Derby, among other reasons. Ollie Robinson then grabbed two wickets Sussex won the toss and chose to play under dirty skies. Derbyshire were 189 for eight when the rain came, with 50 for Lewis Rees and a dizzying 44 for Aneurin Donald. At Old Trafford, Kent fought back after being reduced to 129 for six from Lancashire in the limelight, with a third fifty of the season for Joey Evison and a tough boundary of 41 for Zac Crowley, who bowled George Balderson (three for 62) for three consecutive fours.
In the battle of the brothers at wet Headingley, GlamorganBilly Root hit 51 vs Yorkshire, but not before older brother Joe had accidentally dropped it; and it was dismissals at Taunton where 20 wickets fell on an emerald pitch, all to Seamers. Somerset bowling Essex out for 156 after winning the toss, with only Tom Westley surpassing 25, Michael Pretorius finishing with four for 26. Sam Cooke and Jamie Porter soon got their revenge, tearing Somerset apart for 128, with five wickets apiece. There was time for Essex to face one, with five runs to spare, before stumps.
The game was tied without a ball being scored Middlesex and Leicestershire to the Lord.
Door scores
DIVISION ONE
Old Trafford: Lancashire v Kent 203-7
Taunton: Somerset 128 vs Essex 156 and 6-0
SECOND DIVISION
Derby: Derbyshire 189-8 vs Sussex
Lord’s: Middlesex v Leicestershire no game on day one
Headingley: Yorkshire Vs Glamorgan 109-4
Preamble
Good morning! Put your feet up, drink some coffee, it’s a holiday weekend! Five games to go – from Taunton, where 20 wickets have already fallen, to Lord’s, where they have yet to bowl.
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