County Championship 2021

Sky are using their own camera's for the Surrey v Middlesex game, & not the steamed coverage used in the previous 2 matches. But it is London, will they drag their stuff up north for next weeks roses clash in Manchester ?

Performance of the (very damp) day, goes to Kent's Darren Stevens, at 45 years young & still going strong. In recent years his nagging medium paced bowling has taken centre stage, as he has dropped down the batting order. But in the last year or so he's put in some special performances with the bat, & today was another. Kent's batting has been woeful this season. After a solid 60 run opening stand, Stevo arrived at the crease with his side in trouble at 80-5, which quickly became 92-7 & not much better at 128-8. He then almost singlehandedly carried his side to within sight of 300 when hw was the 9th wicket to fall. In the 166 run partnership he scored 160 of the with 6 extras & just 1 single from Miguel Cummins, who was last out for 7 off 61 balls. Stevens contributed 96.38% which is a record for a 100 stand in first class cricket. His 190 came off 149 balls with 15 four & 15 sixes, which puts him in joint 2nd spot for the most maximums in Championship cricket, one short of equaling Andrew Symonds in 1995 against the same team Glamorgan.

(19-05-2021 12:58 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  Round 7

May 19-22
Group 2
Hampshire v Leicestershire - Ageas Bowl
Leicestershire won the toss & elected to field
Hampshire 233 & forfeit
Leicestershire 84 & 26-1
Match drawn

May 20-23
Group 1
Nottinghamshire v Worcestershire - Trent Bridge
Worcestershire won the toss & elected to field
Nottinghamshire 400-5 dec
Worcestershire 80 & 150
Nottinhamshire beat Worcestershire by an innings & 170 runs

Essex v Warwickshire - Chelmsford
Warwickshire won the toss & elected tp bat
Warwickshire 166 & 66-1
Essex 217
Match drawn

Derbyshire v Durham - Derby
Durham won the toss & elected to field
Derbyshire 258
Durham 208
Match Drawn

Group 2
Surrey v Middlesex - Lords
Middlesex won the toss & elected to field
Surrey 190 & 259-2 dec
Middlesex 160 & 250-6
Match Drawn

Gloucestershire v Somerset - Bristol
Gloucestershire won the toss & elected to field
Somerset 300-8 dec
Gloucestershire 27-6
Match drawn

Group 3
Northamptonshire v Lancashire - Northampton
Northamptonshire won the toss & elected to field
Lancashire 88-1
Match drawn

Kent v Glamorgan - Canterbury
Glamorgan won the toss & elected to field
Kent 307 & 60-1 dec
Glamorgan 64-3 dec & 23-1
match drawm

Round 7
Centuries
D Stevens 190
B Duckett 177 no
T Abell 132 no
N Gubbins 124
R Burns 104 no

5 Wickets
L Fletcher 7-37
B Aichison 6-28
P Siddle 6-38
C Rushworth 6-49
K Roach 5-86

Only one positive result in this weeks matches. With rain severely affecting play. Nottinghamshire went almost 3 years without a Championship victory, had 3 on the bounce. They are now leading Group 1 after their latest win over Worcestershire. Standout performances came from Ben Duckett with 177 no & Luke Fletcher with match figures of 10-57.

Round 8
May 27-30

Group 1
Durham v Essex - Chester-le-Street
Warwickshire v Nottinghamshire - Edgbaston
Worcestershire v Derbyshire - New Road

Group 2
Surrey v Gloucestershire - Oval
Leicestershire v Middlesex - Grace Road

Group 3
Lancashire v Yorkshire - Old Trafford - Sky Sports Cricket
Sussex v Northamptonshire - Hove

(26-05-2021 13:00 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  Round 8
May 27-30

Group 1
Durham v Essex - Chester-le-Street
Durham won the toss & elected to field
Essex 182 & 301
Duham 99 & 189
Essex beat Durham by 195 runs

Warwickshire v Nottinghamshire - Edgbaston
Nottinghamshire won the toss & elected to field
Warwickshire 341 & 264
Nottinghamshire 297 & 138
Warwickshire beat Nottinghamshire by 170 runs

Worcestershire v Derbyshire - New Road
Worcestershire won the toss & elected to bat
Worcestershire 421
Derbyshire 270 & 128
Worcestershire beat Derbyshire by an innings & 23 runs


Group 2
Surrey v Gloucestershire - Oval
Surrey won the toss & elected to bat
Surrey 473
Gloucestershire 158 & 268
Surrey beat Gloucestershire by an innings & 47 runs

Leicestershire v Middlesex - Grace Road
Middlesex won the toss & elected to bat
Middlesex 295 & 218
Leicestershire 136 & 378-5
Leicestershire beat Middlesex by 5 wickets

Group 3
Lancashire v Yorkshire - Old Trafford - Sky Sports Cricket
Yorkshire won the toss & elected to bat
Yorkshire 159 & 271
Lancashire 509-9
Lancashire beat Yorkshire by an innings & 79 runs

Sussex v Northamptonshire - Hove
Sussex won the toss & elected to bat
Sussex 175 & 298
Northamptonshire 256 & 218-3
Northamptonshire beat Sussex by 7 wickets

Round 8
Centuries
M Harris 185
H Amla 173
J Bohannon 127 no
C Ackermann 126 no
K Jennings 114
T Haines 103

5 Wickets
D Moriarty 6-60
C Wright 6-48
D Pennington 5-32
B Sanderson 5-45
S Mahmood 5-47
B Raine 5-64
S Kerrigan 5-70
D Paterson 5-90

As I expected, Lancashire secured their first victory in Championship cricket for 10 years & the first at Old Trafford for 21 years. Yorkshire battled hard, & were less that 7 overs away from drawing the match. As has been the case all yea, & for the last 3 or 4 years, first innings batting. Once I saw the team sheets, the writing was on the wall, most teams would struggle without Root, Ballance, Malan & Bairstow. Yorkshire fielded only 4 front-line batsmen, then allrounders, a 20 year old with 2 first class matches & a 19 year old keeper in his 2nd game, with Bess too high at six.
The bright spot for me was Saqib Mahmood, looking closer to the finished article that England are looking for, with only 21 first class games behind him, at 24, & hopefully injury-free, the best is yet to come. Warwickshire must be gutted that he's he's not turning out for his home county.

Round 9
June 3 - 6
Group 1
Worcestershire v Durham - New Rd
Durham won the toss & elected to field
Worcestershire 131
Durham 140-4

Essex V Nottinghamshire - Chelmsford
Nottinghamshire won the toss & elected to bat
Nottinghamshire 248-6
Derbyshire V Warwickshire - Derby
Derbyshire won the toss & elected to bowl
Warwickshire 272-9

Group 2
Somerset v Hampshire - Taunton
Hampshire won the toss & elected to field
Somerset 360

Leicestershire v Gloucestershire
Leicestershire won the toss & elected to bat
Leicestershire 357-5

Group 3
Yorkshire v Sussex - Headingley
Yorkshire won the toss & elected to field
Sussex 267-5

Kent v Northamptonshire - Canterbury
Northamptonshire won the toss & elected to bat
Northamptonshire 362-5

Glamorgan v Lancashire - Cardiff
Glamorgan won the toss & elected to field
Lancashire 173
Glamorgan 150-9