County Championship Round 2 Discussion Thread

[Shelsey93]

Tomorrow sees the second group of Championship games getting underway, including some tasty looking encounters in Division One:

These are the matches to be played:

Division 1

Durham v Nottinghamshire @ Riverside - Commentary link http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/17676685 (BBC Newcastle)

Notts 161 (Taylor 32, Onions 4-42) and 335 (Lumb 131, Hales 57, Claydon 4-84) Durham 129 (Stokes 33, Phillips 4-33) and 253 (Mustard 80, Claydon 55, Adams 4-68)

Nottinghamshire won by 114 runs

Lancashire v Sussex @ Liverpool - Commentary link http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/17676692 (BBC Sussex)

Lancs 124 (Croft 50, Anyon 5-36) and 176 (Prince 58, Magoffin 7-34) Sussex 300 (Yardy 110, Joyce 64, Procter 3-48) and 4-0 (Joyce 4*)

Sussex won by 10 wickets

Middlesex v Surrey @ Lord's - Match discussion thread https://www.606v2.com/t27576-middlesex-v-surrey-match-thread Commentary link http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01fnp58 (BBC 5LSX/ BBC London)

Middx 256 (Malan 88, Dernbach 3-48) and 106 (Robson 43, Lewis 5-41) Surrey 222 (Davies 62, Dexter 3-23) and 137 (Hamilton-Brown 63, Roland-Jones 4-25)

Middlesex won by 3 runs

Warwickshire v Somerset @ Edgbaston - Commentary link http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/17676694 (BBC Coventry & Warwickshire/ BBC WM)

Somerset 147 (Philander 38, Wright 4-47) and 354 (Compton 133, Buttler 93, Wright 3-71) Warks 243 (Barker 46, Dibble 3-42) and 262-8 (Porterfield 84, Trego 4-37)

Warwickshire won by 2 wickets

Division 2

Glamorgan v Derbyshire @ Swalec Stadium

Derbys 130 (Whiteley 28, Wagg 6-44) and 197 (Wainwright 51*, Henriques 4-54) Glam 95 (Henriques 16, Clare 5-17) and 102 (Rees 41, Clare 6-40)

Derbyshire won by 130 runs

Hampshire v Gloucestershire @ Rose Bowl

Gloucs 314 (Dent 114, Cockbain 64, Balcombe 8-71) and 174 (Cockbain 47, Balcombe 3-48) Hants 199 (Katich 74, W. Gidman 5-48) and 256 (Bates 87, W. Gidman 4-66)

Gloucestershire won by 33 runs

Northamptonshire v Kent @ Wantage Road

Northants 132 (Wakely 33, Coles 3-32) and 116 (Sales 42, Coles 6-51) Kent 368 (Powell 128*, Jones 53, Brooks 5-98)

Kent won by an innings and 120 runs

[JDizzle]

Durham-Notts looks like the pick of the round. Durham starting there campaign in decent form after skittling the MCCU for 18, but Notts are coming of the back of a good win against Worcs but their batting still looked frail and Onions et al. could take advantage.

Somerset have a tough trip to Warks aswell, which will really be a test of their 4 day credentials. Hopefully some of their big names in the batting line up will step up and get some big runs, whilst it will be interesting to see if Dockrell can continue his form from the first game and if Vernon can continue his wonderful form. A Woakes-less Warks should be a side that we should aim to beat if we want to compete for this title.

[Carrotdude]

Lancashire, Middlesex, Derbyshire, Gloucestershire and Northants all batting first.

[Carrotdude]

Early wickets again. Somerset 4/1, Derbyshire 13/1, Gloucs 10/1.

[Carrotdude]

Somerset, Gloucestershire and Derbyshire all 2 down. And Lancashire.

[jimbohammers]

Somerset 14/3

[Carrotdude]

Notts/Durham finally underway with Notts batting first.

[Carrotdude]

Update:

Notts 27/2 v Durham

Lancs 48/4 v Sussex

Middlesex 86/2 v Surrey

Somerset 53/5 v Warwickshire

Derbyshire 88/5 vGlamorgan

Gloucestershire 83/3 v Hampshire

Northants 56/4 v Kent

[hampo17]

Early season form seems to be absent of most batsmen this year.

[guildfordbat]

Early season form seems to be absent of most batsmen this year.

As does sanity of the fixture planners.

[Duty281]

What the fudge is happening to Somerset? 88/7!

[Carrotdude]

97/8...

[JDizzle]

Notts 46-4.
Lancs 88-6.
Somerset up to 111-8...

[hodge]

[Fists of Fury]

Somerset being outclassed by a far superior side. Simple.

[JDizzle]

Just let's wait and see Philander go to work. Warks will end up following on!

[hodge]

we never do well against Warwickshire if we play them early in the season.

Dibble playing

[hodge]

Dibble playing

I eat my words thus far

[Corporalhumblebucket]

Overall, the batsmen fared very poorly today. Only one side reached 200, and the best performance, remarkably, from Gloucs at 195 - 4.

[guildfordbat]

Overall, the batsmen fared very poorly today. Only one side reached 200, and the best performance, remarkably, from Gloucs at 195 - 4.

Corporal - very true. Mind you, Gloucs still have Windies like capability to blow it!

[Shelsey93]

Close of play scores updated in the opening post. A truly dreadful day for the batsmen - no 100s, hardly any 50s, one total over 200.

[jimbohammers]

Balcombe takes a five-fer

[Shelsey93]

More wickets to start the day. Durham now 86-7 and Glamorgan 70-8.

Glamorgan now 377 for 28 this season.

[Duty281]

Sussex are 179/4 in reply to Lancashire' 124 all out which is being led by Yardy on 88*.

[Carrotdude]

Balcombe takes a five-fer

Balcombe finished with 8-71

[Carrotdude]

Meanwhile Somerest are 'doing a Surrey' as Warwickshire have a 40* partnership for the 10th wicket.

[jimbohammers]

Carrot

[Carrotdude]

Lancashire look set to get a bit of a hammering from Sussex, currently 127 behind with only 6 wickets left.

[guildfordbat]

Lancashire look set to get a bit of a hammering from Sussex, currently 127 behind with only 6 wickets left.

Let me get that right, Carrot.

The County champions are being stuffed by Sussex who were knocked over last week by .... hmmm, maybe we're doing ok after all . So far ....

[hodge]

Compton in a bit of good form for Somerset a 99 in first innings and now just passed 50

[ChrisfromStroud]

Re the "weak-looking Gloucestershire outfit" mentioned here last week scoring 180 and 146.

Before you condemn us totally, perhaps you may like to consider the following all out (or "for 10 declared" as the BBC recently called it) scores so far this season:
Gla 95, Lei 110, Not 118, Gla 124, Lan 124, Dur 129, Der 130, Wor 130, Nor 132, Nor 134, Som 147, Not 161, Mid 175, Gla 183, Sus 196.

Pah!! Maybe not so weak after all. (Though we did lose by an innings and some.....)

[Corporalhumblebucket]

Chris - I will happily eat my words. Gloucs doing very well against Hants....

[Shelsey93]

Re the "weak-looking Gloucestershire outfit" mentioned here last week scoring 180 and 146.

Before you condemn us totally, perhaps you may like to consider the following all out (or "for 10 declared" as the BBC recently called it) scores so far this season:
Gla 95, Lei 110, Not 118, Gla 124, Lan 124, Dur 129, Der 130, Wor 130, Nor 132, Nor 134, Som 147, Not 161, Mid 175, Gla 183, Sus 196.

Pah!! Maybe not so weak after all. (Though we did lose by an innings and some.....)

I feel you are very reliant on unproven players. Your key man, Will Gidman, would struggle to get into many First Division sides and you haven't strengthened from last year. I don't think you'll finish dead bottom but can't revoke my 'weak-looking' comment.

[Shelsey93]

Scores updated in the opening post

Notts and Sussex well on top in their games, Warks ahead against Somerset but reasonably close. Still honours even at Lord's.

Glamorgan and Northants look headed for defeat in Division Two, whilst Gloucs are in a strong position in a (relative to this week's games) high-scoring match at the Rose Bowl.

[guildfordbat]

With only 1 wicket left, Glam about to fall to Derbys.

Unless Wales is bathed in sunshine, it seems mighty odd that Glam persist in playing their experienced slowies Croft and Cosker.

[Corporalhumblebucket]

Glam lost their last 10 wickets for 43

And in four completed innings they have yet score more than 183....

[Liam]

Glam lost their last 10 wickets for 43

And in four completed innings they have yet score more than 183....

Couldn't believe the score. I left them 80 odd-2, thinking they had a decent chance, especially after the openers had given them a good platofrm. I next see the score at 93-9, I had to check twice because I thought they got the score from the 1st innings when bowled out for 95, then realised that was not the case. My word what a dreadful batting display. Its overcast here in Cardiff so i'm assuming that the bowl was moving about a bit. Still no excuse for that batting display.

I bet Marcus North cannot wait to join the team. Although my feeling this year is Glammy are prioritising the 20/20, keeping Simon Jones away from county games for example. Makes sense, keep best players fresh and try and get to finals day which is, you guessed it, Cardiff this year. More money for the county but they haven't got the side to get to finals day anyway. Good idea but Its not going to happen. These youngsters need to start producing with the bat otherwise it could be a fight out with Glos for bottom spot, although Glos' young batsmen haven't done too bad this year.

[guildfordbat]

Martyr - sorry to add to your gloom but with so many CC games crammed into April and May, Glam are going to be well adrift at the bottom if they don't get their act together soon.

[Corporalhumblebucket]

This round of matches has been littered with spectacular batting collapses, Let's hope there isn't another one from Surrey....

[Shelsey93]

A really dramatic days cricket today, with wins for Sussex, Derbyshire and Kent and Notts just one wicket away. Particularly impressive performances from Jon Clare, Steve Maggofin and Mat Coles though I can't help but feel that some of the batting must be very poor for so many wickets to go down.

Close of play scores in the opening post.

[JDizzle]

Somerset Warks is coming down to a dramatic finish. If my maths is right, Warks need 259 to win and are currently 216-8 at lunch after a collapse today!

[Gregers]

Very impressed with Sussex, really didnt think we would beat Lancs!

[JDizzle]

Average from Somerset. Warks need 2 to win with 2 wickets left still. Patel, from 10, has got 42 off 35. Distinctly average from us.

[Corporalhumblebucket]

Somerset will be somewhat gutted - but not as gutted as Surrey....

[Shelsey93]

Three exciting finishes today - As well as Middx-Surrey, we've had Jeetan Patel getting Warks over the line with some big-hitting against Somerset and Gloucs bowling out Hampshire with 14 balls to spare.

My weekly round-up will be up tomorrow or Tuesday, and the close of play scores are updated in the opening post

[Fists of Fury]

Here's a brief summary of mine on the Warks v Somerset match.

http://andy-bloxham.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/warwickshire-v-somerset-edgbaston-day_15.html

A bit of a thriller in the end, though Warks didn't half make hard work of it after manoeuvring themselves in to a strong position. Somerset will be disappointed that they let Warks off the hook after that middle order collapse, but Patel's innings was quite superb.

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