County Championship Games

As it is an important week in the County Championship, he is a thread for it.

Fixtures:

Derbyshire v Durham
Middlesex v Nottinghamshire
Somerset v Surrey
Sussex v Yorkshire

Div Two:

Kent v Essex
Lancashire v Leicestershire
Worcestershire v Hampshire

Derbyshire v Durham --- Derbyshire are 95-1 -- Borrington 30*


Middlesex v Nottinghamshire --- Nottinghamshire are 73-1 -- Mullaney 40*


Somerset v Surrey --- Surrey are 61-4 -- Burns made 21 -- De Bruyn is 16*


Sussex v Yorkshire --- Sussex are 117-5 -- Nash made 30 -- Prior is 10*


Div Two:

Kent v Essex --- Essex are 59-2 -- Gambhir is 23*


Lancashire v Leicestershire --- Lancashire are 92-0 -- Horton 43*


Worcestershire v Hampshire --- Hampshire are 105-2 -- Vince 45*

Rain curtailed play in most of the matches.  Sussex made a reasonable recovery against Yorks.  Surrey on a precarious 195 - 8 in the vital match against Somerset at the foot of Div 1 - but even that represents some sort of recovery.

Jimbo - thanks for the thread. Not been arouind much today - otherwise would have commented more and earlier.

From a Surrey perspective, concerning that relegation rivals Derbys and Notts both started well in their respective matches before the rains came.

Not much to report from Lord's today. Mullaney played nicely, Murtagh was his usual self and they went off for bad light at half four... that's about it.

I did speak to Steven Mullaney though. Here is the interview: http://deepextracover.blog.com/2013/09/11/utility-man-mullaney-enjoying-new-role/

NB: Thanks for the thread Jimbob

Morning guys.

Delayed start in the game between Lancashire and Leicestershire, everyone else is underway.

Surrey all out for 195, but Somerset are 8-2 in response.

Sussex eventually bowled out for 292 against Yorkshire

Scores at Lunch on Day 2:

Derbyshire v Durham -- Derbyshire 172-2
Middlesex v Nottinghamshire -- Notts 267-4
Somerset v Surrey -- Surrey all out for 195. Somerset 108-4 in reply
Sussex v Yorkshire -- Sussex all out for 292. Yorkshire 71-1

Div Two:

Kent v Essex -- Essex 246-8
Lancashire v Leicestershire -- Lancashire 147-1
Worcestershire v Hampshire -- Hants 277-6

Good day's cricket at Lord's today. Notts showed plenty of intent, unexpectedly sending the big-hitting Andre Adams up to 7. But on a pitch which Chris Rogers described as "easy-paced" Middlesex are none down overnight and could yet overhaul Notts' total.

Day 3:

Derbyshire v Durham -- 298 all out. -- Durham 147-2
Middlesex v Nottinghamshire -- Notts 430-7 dec -- Middlesex 96-0 (delayed)
Somerset v Surrey -- Somerset 260 all out -- Surrey 195 and 26-2
Sussex v Yorkshire -- Sussex 292 all out -- Yorkshire 246-4 (delayed)

Div Two:

Kent v Essex -- Kent 107 and 8-0 -- Essex 276 (delayed)
Lancashire v Leicestershire -- Lancashire 453-7 dec -- Leicestershire 10-1
Worcestershire v Hampshire -- Worcestershire 101-2 -- Hants 428 (delayed)

Has been pretty persistent drizzle all day here at Lord's... abandonment soon I'd think

A pair for Hashim Amla as well, eh. Surrey could have done without that!