Each week The Cricketer picks a team of the round from the LV= Insurance County Championship
The Cricketer selects a standout XI from the sixth round of the LV= Insurance County Championship, and a number of honourable mentions.
Keaton Jennings (Lancashire)
A career-best first-class knock for the former England opener, who set a new record for the highest score by a Lancashire player against Yorkshire in a Championship match with a first-innings 238.
As the runs flowed over the first two days at Headingley, and the records dropped one by one, Jennings road his luck (he was dropped four times by the hosts' profligate fielders) and laid the foundations for a charge to victory, which eventually fell short.
His 408-ball stand lasted nine hours and included 32 fours and partnerships with Steven Croft and Dane Vilas worth 237 and 177.
Jake Libby (Worcestershire)
A first three-figure score for nearly nine full months for the belligerent Pears opener, who after a dodgy start to the season helped his side save the game against Derbyshire on day four.
Worcestershire were 197 behind with 16 overs and a fourth day to survive to secure a draw. Libby dropped anchor, finishing 17* at the close and soaking up 306 balls (four fewer than partners Ed Pollock, Azhar Ali and Jack Haynes combined) to hold off Derbyshire before both sides shook hands.
Bringing up three figures with a single from his 185th delivery, he still had work to do, scoring just another five off the next 121 balls to secure the stalemate. It was the perfect rearguard.
Sam Robson (Middlesex)
Alongside the afternoon rain that ensured just 21.2 overs were possible on day four at Lord's, another fourth-innings century for Robson helped Middlesex claim a draw with Nottinghamshire.
Out in single figures for the second consecutive match, Robson returned with a critical 101 not out made either side of the close on day three.
The Division Two leaders looked to be on the brink after being reduced to 32 for 3 on the third evening, but Robson brought up his half-century before the session was out and then went to a 28th first-class hundred after successive fours, with just 10 balls of the match to spare. After inspiring a dramatic run-chase in round five, once again his timing couldn't have been better.
Jake Libby (Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)
Tom Abell (Somerset)
Somerset's batting line-up has belatedly kicked into gear and thanks to their skipper's second century in three innings - he has 415 in his last four after starting the season with 1, 4, 11 and 12 - they roared to an emphatic victory over Gloucestershire.
He put on stands worth 85 with James Hildreth, 69 alongside Steven Davies and 151 in tandem with Lewis Gregory to lay the platform for that innings win at Bristol.
Abell then backed his bowlers, helped by a handsome lead after both sides had batted twice, inserting Gloucestershire again to claim victory inside three completed days.
Sam Hain (Warwickshire)
Three figures for the first time since August 30 for the List A specialist, whose knock was one of the few memorable moments of a dull Edgbaston draw.
Depleted attacks and a flat surface saw 10 wickets fall across the four days (indeed none tumbled on day four) and five centuries hit across two first innings.
Hain came away with an impressive double ton (he is the youngest to score a double for Warwickshire, set back in 2014) during an innings lasting more than 10 hours as he ground down the Northamptonshire attack.
Steven Mullaney (Nottinghamshire)
A curious innings in the context of the match and the eventual outcome, as Mullaney decided against asking Middlesex to follow-on - a decision that played a part in their failure to secure victory.
But take nothing away from the execution of the skipper's knock, a century from 58 balls including half a dozen fours and eight sixes. The last of those maximums off Ethan Bamber (who finished 9-0-57-0) brought up three figures.
Ultimately, however, with 60 overs taken out of the game and rain incoming on day four the task of saving the game for Middlesex, set an unlikely 516 to win, was made all the easier.
Harry Swindells (Stu Forster/Getty Images)
Harry Swindells (Leicestershire)
Ben Foakes' 91 and three dismissals notwithstanding, the most important wicketkeeping contribution of the round arguably came on day four at Grace Road.
Leicestershire were still 67 behind with five second-innings wickets and three-and-a-half sessions to bat to save the game against Sussex when Swindells came to the crease.
But the 23-year-old came up with his first fifty of the campaign at the best possible time, holding firm to frustrate Sussex. An eighth-wicket stand of 111 with Callum Parkinson in 46 overs turned their deficit into a lead - a morale-boosting result amid a tough start to the season.
Ben Raine (Durham)
In a week of just two winners from eight games, it is hard to ignore the bowling attacks that got them over the line.
Raine matched teammate Potts stride for stride in the first innings, ending with identical figures of 20-2-61-4 as with the help of Chris Rushworth (2 for 87) the top six was taken out inside 38 overs.
He returned towards the end of day two to see off a tail that had wagged viciously, dismissing Michael Neser (62), Billy Root (88) - after they'd put on 113 - and Michael Hogan (6) to limit Glamorgan's first-innings lead to 54.
Sam Conners (Derbyshire)
Connors' second first-class five-for inspired Worcestershire's collapse from 287 for 3 to 368 all out, taking four second morning scalps.
A streak of three wickets in seven balls blew the game open as Ed Barnard, Ben Cox and Josh Baker were all dismissed.
An exuberant 23-year-old just 22 matches into his senior red-ball career, he went wicketless for 88 in the second innings as Derbyshire desperately chased victory - an indication he is yet to establish the consistency that is required in first-class cricket.
Sam Connors (David Rogers/Getty Images)
Matthew Potts (Durham)
During a season when, for the most part, bowlers have run in tireless with little reward, Potts has been a consistent thorn in the side of opponents across Division Two.
With 35 in six matches, the Durham quick has 11 wickets more than anyone in the County Championship (Hassan Ali has 24).
His second-innings 7 for 40 was his fourth five-for of the season, which have come in his last seven innings. He picked up Andrew Salter, Andy Gorvin and Kiran Carlson in both innings to claim match figures of 11 for 101 - the best return in the second tier this season.
Jack Leach (Somerset)
The best match bowling figures by a spinner of the season so far by England's No.1, leading an attack that temporarily lost Craig Overton on day three.
The left-armer had runs behind him but nevertheless bowled with accuracy and potency in equal measure. He went for just 49 in 25.4 overs while collecting five wickets in Gloucestershire's first innings, and picking up three of the top four.
He did for James Bracey and the on-loan Jacob Bethell in both innings to help secure Somerset's biggest-ever win over their local rivals and match figures of 8 for 90
Honourable mentions: Ricardo Vasconcelos, Will Young, Luke Proctor, Matthew Lamb, Joe Root, Shan Masood, Anuj Dal, Archie Lenham, Ben Foakes, Toby Roland-Jones, Matt Parkinson, Michael Neser, Michael Hogan
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