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County cricket: Essex put squeeze on Notts, Anderson injured, and more – live!


It’s a beautiful start to the day here in Manchester, singing birds and the strawberries red and tubby in the back garden. I’m off to the dentist first thing, though hope to be back in good time for the start of play. Here’s a quick round-up of what went on yesterday:

A month away from the Ashes, there was a nasty scare for both England and Lancashire when James Anderson limped off the pitch at Sedbergh clutching his right calf just eight balls into his first spell of the day. He aborted his run-up three times before hobbling off with a hand on his right leg and is set to have a scan to assess the full extent of the damage. He may bat in the remainder of Lancashire’s match against Durham, but won’t bowl. It added to England’s worries on the day they learnt that former Australian captain and galactico Steve Waugh will mentor Australia’s Ashes squad during their tour of England.

To rub salt to the wound, Marnus Labuschagne, Glamorgan’s blue riband import, and Australia’s incumbent No.4, became the first to a thousand County Championship runs on the way to an unbeaten 90 against Worcestershire, and his county cap. In the same game at Sophia Gardens, Brett D’Oliveria completed a pinch-yourself couple of days with a century to add to Monday’s seven wicket haul.

On the batting paradise at Canterbury, Warwickshire’s Dom Sibley waved his own Ashes flag with an unbeaten double-century against Kent, his fourth first-class hundred of the year. While at Trent Bridge, Ravi Bopara made a stylish hundred as Essex totted up 519 for seven before Notts’ shell-shocked troops limped to 100 for five, still 205 behind. Second-placed Essex will have an eye on victory tomorrow to keep up the pressure on leaders Somerset, who declared on 358 for five at Taunton. Hampshire, chasing 418, were 12 for 1 at the close.

Surrey and Yorkshire continued their intriguing battle at Scarborough. Adam Lyth made 63 and Sam Curran took three for 75. Yorkshire go into the last day with a lead of 268 with one wicket remaining.

Dane Vilas nurdled a Lancashire recovery from the unpromising position of 0-2, as Chris Rushworth dismissed both Keaton Jennings and Haseeb Hameed for ducks in his first over of the day. Earlier Durham’s tail had collapsed as they lost five wickets for 18 against an Anderson-less Lancashire attack.

At Hove, Northants beat Sussex in three days, after Sussex’s batsmen were again filleted, this time, for 105. Ben Sanderson took four for 18 to give him match figures of 10 for 50. The 393 run defeat was Sussex’s worst in Championship cricket. At the County Ground, Dawid Malan clocked up 177 not out, after Middlesex fought back against Derby.



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