Warwickshire v Essex, Sussex v Yorks and more: county cricket – live!

As he continues to recovery from surgery on his hand.

Sam Robson, the limpet, 84 not out, but only four wickets left to support him with the lead 36.

Great recovery by the Yorkies! Patterson 4-26. Lead 71. Four noughts in that once-promising Sussex innings – though I wouldn’t dismiss that lead out of hand.

What a great tale!

Here is a clip – hope the scoreboard is visible.

All happening since lunch ! A brilliant ball from Jamie Porter gets Vihari out in the second over after lunch for 32. Warwicks 83-3. Sussex sliding into a soggy squelch of vanilla ice cream, 216-9, and they’ve lost three for 0. Sussex 216-9, lead 66.

Group One

Riverside: Durham 388-6 v Derbyshire

Edgbaston: Warwickshire 75-2 v Essex 295 all out

New Road: Worcestershire 389-9 v Nottinghamshire

Group Two

Rose Bowl: Hampshire 376-5 v Gloucestershire

Grace Road: Leicestershire 233 all out v Somerset 157-4

Lord’s: Middlesex 176-5 v Surrey 154 all out

Group Three

Canterbury: Kent v Lancashire 350-7

The County Ground: Northamptonshire 17-2 v Glamorgan 407 all out

Hove: Sussex 212-8 v Yorkshire 150 all out

Simon Harmer, short sleeved jumper, No.11 on the back, twirling, twirling, against Sam Hain, who thinks about smashing him to the boundary but checks the shot.He pulls a long-sleeved jumper back on after his over , possibly not as warm as it looks out there. Porter bowling, every sinew straining, the last over before lunch – suspect his England chance whisked by like a dandelion clock in the wind. Warwicks 75-2; Hain 17; Vihari 25. A good morning’s work.

Glamorgan’s long, lingering, innings comes to an end for 407; Chris Cooke last man out for 136 . Northants have already lost Vasconcelos, well caught by Joe Root. Just went to re-read last night’s round-up to check where the small boundary was and found that the paragraph on Glamorgan and Northants didn’t make the cut! Apologies all ye Northants/Glammy fans.

This is what should have been in the paper/online “Glamorgan, inspired by a second century of the season by Chris Cooke, made hay at The County Ground, helped by a tiny square boundary and a greased-up outfield. Cooke’s unbeaten 102, was helped by half centuries from the gloriously in-form Kiran Carlson and David Lloyd, who on-drove with panache.”

More carnage in South African cricket, fifty for Tom Abell, a wicket for Derbyshire

‘and a note from Brian Withington, “Don’t know why but the tweet from Gary Naylor about the friendly Warwickshire electronic scoreboard immediately recalled this nostalgia from another Gary N. Enjoy.”

When I wasn’t looking, Sussex decided to collapse. Now 179-6, losing 3 for 11. Two to tearaway quick Duanne Olivier, but the danger man Haines was bowled by Dom Bess for 86. The lead? A fragile 30.

Huge congratulations to David Bedingham – who has now made the first 200 of his first-class career, in only his eighth Championship match. Durham 355-5, eggs over easy and on they go! Eckersley lbw to Aitchison for 34 Derbyshire’s only success today.

Will Rhodes chops on in Siddle’s second over, for 26. Warwicks 35-2, on a pitch only a third of the way across the width of the ground. A slow-scoring, hard-work, kind of day.

Great point by Gary Naylor – stupidly, I didn’t even realise it was electronic.

In the first half hour: a batting point for Hampshire, Alsop 130 not out, nightwatchman Mason Crane caught behind for 4. Slow runs for Durham (330-4), and Essex take a wicket, Yates plays forward, misses, bowled by Sam Cook for four. Warwicks 16-1.

Alzarri Joseph makes his first fifty for Worcestershire, before falling to Chapell for 61., Barnard 46 not out, partnership of 114 for the eighth wicket. Worcs 330-8. Abell and Leach doing excellent work at Grace Road, Somerset 76-3.

Sam Robson and Robbie White, both past fifty, take their stand to 113 against Surrey – just 25 behind. Luke Wood, on the brink of fifty, and Danny Lamb, eeek Lancs towards 300 (295-7); Glamorgan are 352-8 v Northants , but Cooke remains, 122 not out.

And it is turning at Sussex but no wickets yet for Bess. Scores are level. Haines 83 not out, Clark 25 not out.

The beautifully clear scoreboard at Edgbaston reads 11-0. I’ll wager it is the easiest to read in country – at least to this 48 year old with dodgy eyesight. Clean and not overloaded with information.

Will here, with some Hundred news. They’re sticking with wickets – was that just a talking point they were always going to row back on? I think so.

Flummoxed by the choice of teas in the Edgbaston press room – Melbourne black tea or French Earl Grey anyone? In the end plumped for a bog standard green tea. No further score this morning here, just patient punting back.

And we’ve discovered the recipient of the white-bear-ed cap: Tim Bresnan, on the back of last week’s heroics. Cap Number: 547. The man handing over the prize … a be-jeaned Ian Bell.

For those BTL who were keen for more Northants info, some quotes from Wayne Parnell, who took 2-66 on his county debut, after his quarantine period had to be extended by NHS track and trace.

“It has been the nature of the season so far that wickets have been pretty decent. We bowled well in patches but all in all a pretty decent day.

“It was nice to bat on if you got stuck in but there was always one ball that could get you out. We need to keep grinding away.

“I am still hungry to play and I wanted to come into a new environment and offer things on and off the field – those are the two massive things for me to return to England.

“It felt weird bowling again [last first-class match was in 2019]. I bowled in a second eleven game a few weeks ago but it was all about getting back into the match intensity again.

“Bowling in the nets is different to bowling in the game but a couple of good overs and I’m hoping to wake up tomorrow and feel young and fresh again.”

Gareth Berg with 3-52 caused the most problems.

We’ve been chatting in the press box about the merits of this Essex side v 1970s/80s one. Interesting how many of this current multi-Championship winning side would make it into the the early 80s one. Discuss!

Just watched one of the Warwickshire players be given his county cap – not sure who yet. Have learnt that the bear on a capped player’s hat is white, whereas the uncapped player get a yellow bear.

Middlesex bowled out Surrey for 154 just before tea on a perfect Lord’s day. Only Mark Stoneman with 44 touched on respectability as Tim Murtagh (4-28) and Toby Roland-Jones (3-41) skittled through Surrey’s lineup. Falling to 16 for three in reply as Reece Topley took three wickets in nine balls, Sam Robson and Robbie White carefully combed respectability to leave them 40 behind at stumps.

George Garton took three wickets in 21 balls, including Joe Root for five, as Yorkshire were scuttled out for 150 at Sussex. Yorkshire collapsed after making it to 60 without loss when Garton took the first three wickets. Ollie Robinson, wicketless in his first spell, finished with two for 17. In reply, Sussex finished at 118 for three, with Tom Haines 71 not out.

Somerset bowled Leicestershire out for 233 but were struggling themselves at 53 for three at stumps. Marcus Harris made 19 on his Championship debut as Leicestershire never really found their feet, apart from Lewis Hill who hit his fourth consecutive Championship fifty. There were three wickets for Craig Overton, two for Jack Leach andone for Tom Lammonby.

Four wickets for Warwickshire’s Olly Stone and four for Oliver Hannon-Dalby ensured Essex were bowled out for 295. There were pugnacious runs from Ryan Ten Doeschate and half-centuries from Paul Walter and Nick Browne. Jimmy Anderson, supposed to be making his first appearance for Lancashire this season, had to drop out with a tight calf. In a game of mixed fortunes in Kent, Lancashire finished 260 for seven.

Jake Libby hit 117 against Nottinghamshire. He and Daryl Mitchell put on 140 for the first wicket before Worcestershire lost seven for 76. An unbroken partnership of 89 between Ed Barnard and Alzarri Joseph strained Nottinghamshire’s self-belief.

David Bedingham led a Durham recovery against Derbyshire after wobbling into the early morning at seven for two. His 170 not out was helped by 75 from Jack Burnham.

Ian Holland and Tom Alsop both made hundreds as Hampshire put on 228 for the second wicket against Gloucestershire. Holland was pinned lbw for 114, while Alsop was unbeaten on 127.

Group One

Riverside: Durham 307-4 v Derbyshire

Edgbaston: Warwickshire 7-0 v Essex 295 all out

New Road: Worcestershire 305-7 v Nottinghamshire

Group Two

Rose Bowl: Hampshire 292-3 v Gloucestershire

Grace Road: Leicestershire 233 all out v Somerset 53-3

Lord’s: Middlesex 114-3 v Surrey 154 all out

Group Three

Canterbury: Kent v Lancashire 260-7

The County Ground: Northamptonshire v Glamorgan 324-7

Hove: Sussex 118-3 v Yorkshire 150 all out

Good morning from Edgbaston! The sky is palest blue, the skyscrapers(ish) of Birmingham stretch out ahead, to the right, the pitched roofs of everyday life. Someone is having a bowl – from the height of the press box , I can’t tell who – and fresh lines are being painted on the creases of the pitch. Essex were bowled out for just less than 300 here yesterday – with half centuries for Nick Browne, Paul Walter Ryan ten Doeschate, plus Alastair Cook’s six – but no-one could stick around for too long. Let’s see how Warwickshire – emboldened by their run-chase over Notts last week – fare this morning. The two Olivers – Stone and Hannon-Dalby – finished with four wickets each.

Round the grounds, it was the least-fancied who had the better days – Glamorgan, Worcestershire and Durham dripping with runs. New super-charged Hampshire had another good day, while Surrey and Yorkshire were bowled out for a song. Somerset are in their usual complicated situation, against Leicestershire ,and Lancashire are competently placed against Kent.