County Championship Round 11 Discussion Thread

[Shelsey93]

After the month long T20 break the Championship is back this week with seven matches spread over eight days.

Notts (107 pts from 8 games), Warwicks (106 from 7) and Middlesex (95 from 8) are currently the Division One frontrunners, with Lancashire (64 from 9), Surrey (56 from 8), Worcestershire (42 from 7) and Durham (36 from 8) at the wrong end of the table.

Derbyshire (121 from 9) have a comfortable looking lead at the top of Division Two, with Kent and Yorkshire (both 89 from 8) the nearest challengers. Glamorgan (40 from 9) are the only winless team in the division.

The matches to be played this week are:

Division One

Worcestershire v Durham @ New Road (10th July-13th July) - Commentary link http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/18768614 (BBC Hereford and Worcester)

Durham 243 (Stoneman 38, Richardson 4-52) and 67-0 (Stoneman 41) Worcs 205 (Hughes 87, Borthwick 4-37)

Match drawn

Middlesex v Nottinghamshire @ Uxbridge (11th July - 14th July) - Commentary link http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/18768620 (BBC London)

Middx 98 (Strauss 50, Adams 6-32) and 239-2 (Strauss 127*, Rogers 59, Carter 1-36) Notts 329 (Voges 105, Read 71, Lumb 50, Murtagh 4-87, Roland-Jones 4-102)

Match drawn

Surrey v Lancashire @ Guildford (11th July - 14th July) - Commentary link http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/18768623 (BBC London)

Lancs 485-7 dec (Croft 154*, Horton 110, Meaker 3-138) Surrey 430-5 (Pietersen 234*, de Bruyn 94, Shahzad 2-96)

Warwickshire v Sussex @ Edgbaston (12th July - 15th July) - Commentary link http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/bbc_radio_five_live_sports_extra (BBC 5LSX)

Warwicks 175-3 (Bell 57, Panesar 2-51)

Division Two

Gloucestershire v Essex @ Cheltenham (11th July - 14th July)

Gloucs 284-4 (Cowan 103, Marshall 72*, Housego 60*, Topley 3-70)

Match drawn

Hampshire v Yorkshire @ Rose Bowl (11th July - 14th July)

Yorks 350-9 dec (Root 222*, Tomlinson 4-80) Hants 39-0 (Adams 20*)

Northamptonshire v Glamorgan @ Wantage Road (14th July - 17th July)

No play on Day 1 due to rain


Scores up to date to Saturday morning

[Guest]

i expect a relatively stragihtforward win for essex!

we did that against them in the first game of the season!

[liverbnz]

I suspect rain will ruin most of the cc games this week.

It's due to rain until Saturday night in Southampton so little chance of much cricket at the Rose Bowl. No Mitchell Starc, Andrew Gale, or Ryan Sidebottom for Yorkshire so it may not be a bad thing.

[Shelsey93]

Middx in all sorts of trouble at 45-5, playing at the usually flat Uxbridge. At least the England captain - 24* - is still at the crease!

[Guest]

Essex playing Gloucs (come on essex!)

Gloucs 3-0, obviously rain has affected this game so far.

[JDizzle]

Middx in all sorts of trouble at 45-5, playing at the usually flat Uxbridge. At least the England captain - 24* - is still at the crease!

All out for 98! Strauss 50, Berg 32 and then 6 ducks!

[GSC]

Middlesex destroyed. Notts pushing for the title.

How Andre Adams hasnt played more internationals is beyond me

[JDizzle]

Yeah, it's weird. Averages 23 in first class cricket and yet has only played one Test match... And he averaged 17.5 in that, weird.

[Guest]

Gloucs 147-2 against essex

The aussie Ed Cowan who always scores runs is 51*

[ChrisfromStroud]

Middx 97-5 ---> 98 all out

[guildfordbat]

Middx 97-5 ---> 98 all out

The announcement of that caused the biggest cheer of the day at Guildford!

[jimbohammers]

Sunny down here in the south, should finally get some play at the Rose Bowl

[jimbohammers]

Yorkshire 28-3. Bairstow goes for a golden duck

[Guest]

Gloucs 147-2 against essex

The aussie Ed Cowan who always scores runs is 51*

Gloucs 284-4

Cowan made 103.

Harbajhan singh playing his first game for us, is wicketless after 13 overs! (there's a shock)

Young Reece Topley the pick of the bowlers with 3-70 from 27 overs.

[guildfordbat]

Sunny down here in the south, should finally get some play at the Rose Bowl

Jimbo - glad you still call the ground the Rose Bowl.

[Corporalhumblebucket]

Sunny down here in the south, should finally get some play at the Rose Bowl

Up to a point - with play abandoned after 26 overs

[ChrisfromStroud]

Gloucs 147-2 against essex

The aussie Ed Cowan who always scores runs is 51*

Gloucs 284-4

Gloucs 284-4

[ChrisfromStroud]

"The Rose Bowl"?
It hasn't been called that for ageas!

[Corporalhumblebucket]

"The Rose Bowl"?
It hasn't been called that for ageas!

I'm all in favour of resisting these frequent name changes

[Corporalhumblebucket]

Gloucs 284-4

Hope Gregors is taking careful note....

[Shelsey93]

"The Rose Bowl"?
It hasn't been called that for ageas!

Annoyingly there is a trend from those who wish to avoid the sponsors name to call it West End - the term by which the ground was referred when being built, and before it was christened the Rose Bowl. This simply adds to the confusion. I see no reason to shift from the name Rose Bowl.

[jimbohammers]

Jimbo - glad you still call the ground the Rose Bowl.

[jimbohammers]

Dimis bowling figures:

7 overs, 2 maidens 10 runs, 2 wickets

[Fists of Fury]

KP in fine fettle for Surrey today. As I type he is 69 from 58 balls, with left arm spinner Simon Kerrigan coming in for some serious tap.

England's batsmen all seem to be in decent nick, actually, with Bell scoring a 50 yesterday and Strauss currently unbeaten on 100 for Middlesex.

Which no doubt means that England will find themselves 70-6 at The Oval against the Saffers next week.

[jimbohammers]

Fists

[Fists of Fury]

Update: KP 92* (85 balls), De Bruyn 92* (147 balls).

218/2 from 47 overs.

[liverbnz]

Joe Root 222no from Yorkshire's 350/9dec. Hats off young man!

[Corporalhumblebucket]

Joe Root 222no from Yorkshire's 350/9dec. Hats off young man!

Only surpassed by KPs 234* from 190 balls (30 x 4s , 8 x 6s)

[Shelsey93]

Joe Root 222no from Yorkshire's 350/9dec. Hats off young man!

Really starting to make the scores to back-up the praise he's receiving now. Could well have the stats behind him to step in for Strauss when he eventually departs.

[jimbohammers]

Well played Joe Root, kept the innings together, if we got him early i reckong Yorkshire would of been bowled out for about 160/170

[Shelsey93]

Root was the only man past 50 Must have been a great innings.

The game at Uxbridge has become pretty interesting, though with the weather that's been around it will almost certainly end up a draw.

Middx now have a lead of 8 with 8 second innings wickets in hand. If they play all day tomorrow they could have enough on the board to put Notts under pressure, having been bowled out for 98 first time round.

All the matches that finish tomorrow are likely to be weather-ruined draws

[Corporalhumblebucket]

Cricket giving up the uneven struggle against the unrelenting damp. Three matches already abandoned play for the day. Others delayed.

[Shelsey93]

Gloucestershire v Essex and Middlesex v Notts have been drawn. Northants v Glamorgan will have no play on Day 1 because of the rain.

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