Heavy rain, largely centred on the East and West Midlands, has caused the entire third day’s play to be washed out in six County Championship games. No play was possible at Edgbaston, Worcester, Derby, Hove, Northampton and Chelmsford. The Northamptonshire-Kent game was the first of three Division Two games lost. After continuous, heavy rain at
Three County Championship matches lost their first day’s play in entirety – thanks to poor weather in the Midlands. Warwickshire’s meeting with Division One title rivals Nottinghamshire at Edgbaston was the major casualty. Two of the four Division Two games were also called off – first at Derby, where Middlesex were the visitors, then also
Rothesay County Championship, Division Two, The OurCoop County Ground, Derby (day two) Durham 283: Clark 64, Lees 63, Stokes 53; Aitchison 5-70 Derbyshire 127-6: Jewell 28, Montgomery 28; Stokes 2-14 Derbyshire (3pts) trail Durham (3pts) by 156 runs with four first innings wickets remaining Match scorecard The Ben Stokes show rolled into Derby on a
