Pre-season friendlies - Day 2

It has been another day when the county sides have dominated their University opponents, and there have been some impressive days with both bat and ball. Here's a run down of the action, beginning at Taunton.


Day 2

Somerset v Cardiff MCCU
Car - 342-7d (Elkin 138)
Som - 447-1

After Cardiff declared in the morning session Somerset set to work doing what they do best, scoring big, quickly. Suppiah fell for 41 but Compton (200) and Hildreth (180) have put on 326 for the second wicket, a warning to all other teams that their bowlers will need to bring their A game when they play at Taunton.


Cambridge MCCU v Essex
Ess - 506-6d & 113-3
Cam - 219 (Masters 6-52)

Masters dominated with the ball taking 6 wickets in his 19 overs as Cambridge reached 219. Essex elected to bat again and Godleman has so far been the mainstay of the innings on 68*. Essex's overnight lead stands at 400.

Middlesex v Durham MCCU
Mid - 368-9d & 141-2
Dur - 124 (Crook 4-16)

Four of Middlesex's five bowlers collected wickets but Crook's figures were the best as he took 4 at only 1.35 runs an over. Durham were skittled but Middlesex chose to go out to bat to give time to those batsmen who struggled in the first innings to score runs, and so far it has worked with Dexter recording 53 and Simpson currently 49 not out.

Oxford MCCU v Glamorgan
Gla - 346-7d & 105-1
Oxf - 123 (Waters 4-12)

Oxford didn't have an answer to Glamorgan's bowlers who all took at least one wicket. Waters, though, was the best with 4 from his 18 overs. Glamorgan also opted to bat again and have gone on to 105-1 with James, who only socred 10 in the first innings on 59*.


Surrey v Leeds/Bradford MCCU
Sur - 385-8d & 134-5
L/B - 205

Another good, all round, bowling display saw three of Surrey's bowlers take three wickets apiece, as Leeds/Bradford were all out for 205. Not so impressive was the number of extras: 45, including 10 no-balls and 9 wides! Surrey then struggled with the bat, ending the day on 134-5.


Day 1

Nottinghamshire v Loughborough MCCU
Nottinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat.
Not - 528
Lou - 4-0

Before Somerset's pair got going, Neil Edwards had racked up the highest score yet, but he fell agonisingly short of a double hundred when he was out LBW on 195. He was well assisted by Wessels who scored 172, however there were disappointments for some of the other batsmen, most notably James Taylor who was out first ball.



Sadly I will be away for a couple of days and won't be able to post the results of these matches until later in the week. I will however be back for the first day of the season on Thursday. I can't wait!