Three more CB40 games today to go with the continuing Championship matches. Rain interupted play in a few but the ground staff around the country continue to do an excellent job to make sure as much play was had as possible.
County Championship
Day 3
Durham v Middlesex - Durham win by 15 runs
Dur - 102 & 200
Mid - 185 & 102
Durham cleaned up Middlesex this morning as the Londoners fell short of their target. At 98-7 it looked as though the visitors had saved their blushes, but the end came quickly as Stokes picked up the last two wickets and Rushworth finished with 4 for 41 to claim Durham's first Championship win of the season.
Warwickshire v Surrey
War - 571
Sur - 286 & 38-0 (f/o)
Rain reduced the morning session but Surrey slipped from 109-1 overnight to 131-4 at lunch. In the afternoon Burns was caught for 77 and the visitors slowly lost wickets, and, despite some runs down the order, fell short of the follow-on target. Warwickshire had no hesitation in putting Surrey back in with a lead of 285, one less than Surrey had just made.
18 more overs were possible but the hosts failed to make any more inroads, although they have all of tomorrow to try and skittle Surrey and force another win.
Nottinghamshire v Sussex
Sus - 171 & 146-0
Not - 520-4d
After 11 wickets on the first day, but only 3 yesterday the trend seemed to suggest that the wicket was getting easier to bat on, and that proved true. Although time was lost to rain, no wickets fell all day.
Nottinghamshire batted on in the morning for just over an hour as Taylor went to a splendid 163*, which slightly surprisingly (given that it is his first hundred in the first division) has led to an England Test call up. Voges meanwhile finished 44* as the hosts declared on a huge 520-4, a lead of 349.
Sussex built slowly but the track was giving no help to the bowlers and even after a couple of rain breaks the hosts could only make the odd ball beat the bat as the visitors cruised to a hundred partnership with both Joyce (63*) and Nash (79*) finishing unbeaten.
Hampshire v Kent
Ham - 292
Ken - 438-8
Kent continued to dominate with the bat and some lower order runs as they extended their lead over Hampshire to 146. Stevens made 40 and Jones 36, although the game seems to be heading for a draw. Tomlinson now has 4 for 79 for the hosts, but it was another difficult day in the field.
Leicestershire v Yorkshire
Lei - 320 & 57-2
Yor - 486
Henderson finished with 4 for 126, but Yorkshire built a big lead over Leicestershire as Lyth carried his bat for one of the best innings of the season by any player. He finished on 248*, his first double hundred, beating his previous best score by 106. He hit twenty-eight 4s and three 6s.
The hosts went to 43 before two quick wickets gave Yorkshire hope of skittling them tomorrow.
CB40 Cricket
Glamorgan v Scotland - Glamorgan win by 8 wickets
Scotland won the toss and decided to bat
Sco - 151-9
Gla - 154-2
Scotland were rolled over in their innings, although Glamorgan couldn't bowl them out as the visitors finshed 9 down. Early wickets restricted Scotland and left them on 54-5. Mommsen hit 41 and Chalmers 38, but both were watchful as Glamorgan continued to press.
The score was never going to trouble the Welsh team either. Rees carried his bat for 60, while Allenby was there at the end with 39*, as Glamorgan won with 12 overs to spare.
Star Player: Allenby, for his 3 for 16 (from 8 overs) and 39 not out.
Unicorns v Northamptonshire - Northamptonshire win by 8 wickets
Unicorns won the toss and decided to bat
Uni - 163-8
Nor - 167-2
In a similar game to that in Wales, the Unicorns failed to set a decent total, although they did make a better start. 41 from Wadlan at the top of the order set the hosts on their way but 4 for 39 from Daggett prevented them from building to a bigger score. There were also 3 wickets for Middlebrook, while Ord hit 38 from 36 balls before being last man out.
In reply Northamptonshire lost Coetzer, bowled, for 16, but pressed on and were 83 before the second wicket fell, Newton (45) also bowled. From there Wakely (52*) and Sales (47*) took the visitors home in 26.2 overs for an easy win.
Star Player: Middlebrook, although he took fewer wickets his tight bowling only gave 14 runs from 7 overs to leave the Unicorns short.
Worcestershire v Essex - Essex win by 25 runs
Worcestershire won the toss and decided to field
Ess - 269-4
Wor - 244-8
In easily the most exciting game of the afternoon Essex built a strong, first wicket, partnership to set themselves up for a big score. 111 from Pettini and 62 from Westley lifted the visitors past 100 before a wicket fell. Later ten Doeschate finished 50 not out as he took Essex past 250. His innings lasted 24 balls and included four 6s.
Worcestershire couldn't match their opponent's start but 42 from Ali and 68 by Hughes gave the home side hope of chasing the above average score. Napier took 3 for 57 though as regular wickets fell throughout the innings and Worcestershire couldn't keep up with the rate. In the end they fell 25 runs short and 8 wickets down.
Star Player: Pettini, for a stand out knock of 111 that gave Essex a score beyond Worcestershire's reach.
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