Rothesay County Championship, Division One, Headingley (day one) Yorkshire 241-6: Lyth 62, Revis 61, Luxton 50; Critchley 2-39, Snater 2-53 Essex: Yet to bat Essex (2 pts), Yorkshire (0 pts) Match scorecard Matt Critchley and Shane Snater inspired a superb afternoon Essex fightback with the ball to stymie strong Yorkshire progress during a weather-interrupted opening
It seemed either reckless or bold first thing that Notts should unveil an emerald green pitch against an attack led by Abbott, one of the most successful overseas seamers ever to grace the circuit. Within eight overs, put in, they were 20-3. Abbott removed Haseeb and Freddie McCann before Ben Slater skied a pull off
Kent rested leading wicket-taker Matt Milnes but Mahmud had Derbyshire reeling after the first two balls of an overcast morning. With the floodlights on, conditions looked good for bowling and Mahmud showed the qualities that brought him figures of 6-55 in Bangladesh’s famous Test win over Australia in Darwin last month. His first delivery lifted
Rothesay County Championship, Division Two, Emirates Old Trafford (day one) Gloucestershire 164-6: Ahmed 33*; Balderson 3-35, Anderson 2-33 Lancashire: Yet to bat Bonus points: Lancashire 2pts, Gloucestershire 0pts Match scorecard Three wickets from George Balderson gave Lancashire a slight edge after a rain-hit day of their match with Gloucestershire. Balderson took 3-35 to move one
Rothesay County Championship, Division Two, Banks Homes Riverside (day one) Durham 252: Raine 58*, Lees 48; Morgan 4-78, Sharma 3- 38, Higgins 3-63 Middlesex 70-2: Robson 26; Carse 2-18 Middlesex (3 pts), Durham (1 pt) Match scorecard Ben Raine led a Durham fightback with the bat after Seb Morgan’s four wickets had put Middlesex in
Still in the bottom two in the table despite an upturn in form, Leicestershire need fortune to favour them after learning before play began that they had been charged with breaching ECB regulations over what was deemed a sub-standard pitch prepared for last month’s win over Glamorgan at Grace Road. They face losing all of
