Championship Digest: Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Find out what happened across the LV= Insurance County Championship on day two of the final round of divisional fixtures

cookebamberbrown220901-min

Division One

Lancashire v Hampshire

Liverpool (second day of four): Hampshire 143 & 158-7, Lancashire 141 - Hampshire lead by 160 runs with three second-innings wickets remaining

Scorecard

A chaotic second day at Aigburth saw Hampshire edge ahead of Lancashire in their quest to secure a first County Championship since 1973 as wickets continued to tumble in this low scoring tussle between two of the season’s title contenders. 

The end result after six absorbing sessions was that the visitors are 160 runs ahead with three wickets in hand although nervous eyes continue to be cast on the ongoing action at Edgbaston where both these sides need Warwickshire to slip up against Somerset.

Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire

Nottingham (second day of four): Nottinghamshire 296, Yorkshire 73 & 169-3 - Yorkshire trail by 54 runs with seven second-innings wickets remaining

Scorecard

Yorkshire were bowled out for 73 but then fought back on a day that saw Nottinghamshire’s chances of being crowned LV=Insurance County Champions effectively ended.

Adam Lyth is 74 not out after sharing a stand of 103 with Tom Kohler-Cadmore as the visitors closed on 169 for three following on. They still trail by 54 but will be pleased with their response after being dismissed in just 29.2 overs in the first innings, even though they lost two wickets in the last eight deliveries of the day. 

Yet the key moment from a Nottinghamshire viewpoint came at 10.34 in the morning as 19-year-old all-rounder Joey Evison, who had batted splendidly for his 58, was dismissed lbw to the ninth ball of the opening session.

countyhubbanner

Warwickshire v Somerset

Edgbaston (second day of four): Warwickshire 367, Somerset 239-5 - Somerset trail by 54 runs with five second-innings wickets remaining

Scorecard

Warwickshire are hunting their first LV=Insurance County Championship title since 2012 after bringing the equation into their own hands against Somerset at Edgbaston. 

In reply to the Bears' 367, the visitors closed the second day on 239 for 5 after another compelling day much enjoyed by the excellent crowd in the Birmingham sunshine. 

The morning session was a belter. After the Bears resumed on 283 for 4, Craig Overton sent them into collapse with 5 for 88 before a thrilling cameo from Danny Briggs (53 not out, 31 balls) lifted his side to 350 and the fourth batting point they needed to take control of their destiny. If they take full bowling points and go on to win, they will be champions. 

Warwickshire then faced the hard yards of taking 20 wickets on a good batting pitch. They prised out five but Somerset resisted resolutely, led by Tom Lammonby (59, 88 balls), Azhar Ali (60, 124) and Steven Davies (48 not out, 79). 

Division Two

Surrey v Glamorgan

The Oval (second day of four): Glamorgan 672-6d, Surrey 45-0 - Surrey trail by 627 runs with 10 first-innings wickets remaining

Scorecard

Chris Cooke led from the front with a relentless captain's innings of 205 not out as Glamorgan spent day two of their LV= Insurance County Championship second division match against Surrey constructing a mammoth total of 672 for 6 declared, the home side responding with 45 for no wicket in the final hour.

It was the first double-hundred of 35-year-old Cooke’s 12-year first-class career, beating a previous best of 171 scored seven years ago, and also the highest individual innings by a Glamorgan wicketkeeper, eclipsing Eifion Jones’s unbeaten 146 against Sussex at Hove in 1968.

Cooke was joined by Dan Douthwaite in a 51-over sixth-wicket stand of 189, and that followed a slightly more urgent partnership of 140 in 37 overs with Kiran Carlson, who was on 45 overnight and reached 69 before being quite brilliantly caught by a diving Dan Moriarty at square leg as he swept hard at Will Jacks’ off-breaks.

Douthwaite was eventually caught at long-on by Jacks soon after tea, for a curiously-restrained 146-ball 59 that contained only two fours, giving off-spinner Amar Virdi a hard-won third wicket.

overtonc220901-min

Craig Overton picked up another five-for

Division Three

Sussex v Derbyshire

Hove (second day of four): Derbyshire 465, Sussex 255-6 - Sussex trail by 210 runs with four first-innings wickets remaining

Scorecard

Ben Brown scored another century for Sussex to save his side from total collapse against Derbyshire in the LV= Insurance County Championship.

It was his second in as many matches, his fourth of the season and the 22nd of his career and it led Sussex to a score of 255 for five at the end of the second day.  They still trail Derbyshire by 210 runs at the 1st Central County Ground.

Middlesex v Kent

Canterbury (second day of four): Middlesex 147 & 298-6, Kent 138

Scorecard

A century from Mark Stoneman put Middlesex in a dominant position at the end of day two of their LV=Insurance County Championship game with Kent at Canterbury. 

Stoneman hit 109 from 148 balls, with 16 fours, as the visitors reached 298 for 6 at stumps. Daniel Bell-Drummond took his first wickets of the season, claiming 3 for 37, but Kent already trail by 307, having earlier been dismissed for 138 in their first-innings, a deficit of nine.  

Tawanda Muyeye was the top scorer with an elegant 30, while Ethan Bamber took 3 for 36 and Martin Andersson 3 for 44. 

Worcestershire v Leicestershire

Worcester (second day of four): Leicestershire 222, Worcestershire 378-6 - Worcestershire lead up 156 runs with four first-innings wickets remaining

Scorecard

Leicestershire’s acting captain Callum Parkinson reached 50 first-class wickets in a season for the first time but Jake Libby’s fine 77 helped Worcestershire gain the upper hand on day two of the LV=Insurance County Championship match at New Road.

Slow left armer Parkinson reached the milestone when he had Jack Haynes stumped shortly after tea to give him his third wicket of the innings.

The 24-year-old had limited opportunities previously in his career in red-ball cricket and five campaigns had yielded only 54 wickets although he has been a key member of the Foxes T20 attack with a season’s best haul of 21 wickets in 2021.

But Parkinson has fully seized his opportunity this summer in the longer format although his side had to play second fiddle for long periods against Libby and Co as Worcestershire closed on 378 for 6 – a lead of 156.

 

Comments

SERIES/COMPETITIONS

LOADING

STATS

STAY UP TO DATE Sign up to our newsletter...
SIGN UP

Thank You! Thank you for subscribing!

Edinburgh House, 170 Kennington Lane, London, SE115DP

website@thecricketer.com

Welcome to www.thecricketer.com - the online home of the world’s oldest cricket magazine. Breaking news, interviews, opinion and cricket goodness from every corner of our beautiful sport, from village green to national arena.