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Key occasions
Lancashire declare! Derbyshire want 513 to win
Balderson chips a catch on 82 and Jimmy calls them in. Turner is undefeated on 121 and there’s a mountain for Derbyshire to climb.
Following on, Leicestershire’s second innings has began a lot as the primary did– Sol Budinger caught off Tom Helm for 5. Leics 7-1.
100 for Ashton Turner!
Aptly, with a boundary, his tenth – an exquisite innings – the declaration should come quickly.
Ishan Kishan is having enjoyable in the solar at Taunton – IPL in a single pocket, Kookaburra-ball CC within the different. He’s on 77, Jack Haynes 107 – Notts 372-4, simply seven behind Somerset.
Stephen Moss
Embarrasment averted. Arrived again on the floor simply in time to see the Sussex wicketkeeper-captain caught behind off part-time off-spinner Rob Yates. Now reporting in moist trunks and hoping the stewards within the pavilion don’t discover.
Appears to be like scorchio at The Oval, the solar bleaching the again of Matt Fisher’s shirt. Wise lengthy sleeves by the umpire. A caramel pitch with a scattering of mint. Lees (70) and Robinson have placed on 57.
Lancs didn’t declare at lunch, and Ashton Turner (88) and George Balderson (44) have taken the result in greater than 400.
With an over till a delayed lunch, Middlesex lastly removed Leicestershire’s final man after partnerships of 106 for the final two wickets – eight greater than the earlier eight males managed. Which Leicestershire will come out to bat out the following 5 periods?

Stephen Moss
Sussex are 385 for 4 at lunch after a meandering form of morning through which they added a largely untroubled 107 runs. Warwickshire seem to have deserted any try at profitable the sport by typical means, resorting to leg idea (not very efficient when bowled by Bamber) and an assortment of funky fields.
Rocchiccioli returned simply earlier than lunch, prompting my companion to ask what number of different first-class cricketers can boast 4 Cs of their surname. This identical waggish companion additionally thinks Rocchiccioli feels like a very tempting Italian sorbet.
We at the moment are going to search for a rocchiccioli to chill us down at lunch. I additionally intend to swim on the seashore at Hove, a pebble’s throw from the bottom. So if we miss the primary half hour after lunch and an unlikely Sussex collapse, apologies.
Lunchtime scores
DIVISION ONE
Southampton: Hampshire 140-5 v Worcestershire 679-7dec
Taunton: Somerset 379 v Nottinghamshire 322-4
The Oval: Surrey 820-9 v Durham 138-3
Hove: Sussex 385-4 v Warwickshire 415
York: Yorkshire 236-6 v Essex 368
DIVISION TWO
Chesterfield: Derbyshire 261 v Lancashire 367 and 271-5
Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan 365-4 v Gloucestershire 380
Canterbury: Kent 566-8dec v Northamptonshire 255-2
Grace Highway: Leicestershire 188-9 v Middlesex 534
One thing to chew over throughout lunch. The Subsequent Check (a not-for-profit group that I’m a part of, who work to lift consciousness of the impact of local weather change on cricket and for a greener sport ) printed a local weather and nature plan in June, at the side of Gloucestershire CCC and the Bristol local weather and nature partnership. It was written with cricket lovers within the southwest, however we hope it is going to be helpful to golf equipment throughout the county. You could find it right here on our web site.
Centuries for Kellaway, Ingram, Vasconcelos and Harrison
In Div Two:
Lancs misplaced early wickets at Chesterfield however Ashton Turner and Michael Jones have since gone boundary-tastic. Lancs 243-4, a lead of 349 over Derby.
Glamorgan are in touching distance of Gloucestershire’s first innings, and simply 4 wickets down, because of centuries from Ben Kellaway and Colin Ingram. Glamorgan 348-4
Double tons at Canterbury too, the place Ricardo Vasconcelos has simply raised his bat, and now Calvin Harrison (mortgage signing of the 12 months) too. Northants 245-2.
And at Grace Highway, the mighty Middlesex of yesterday are struggling to separate the final Leicestershire pair, who’ve added 25. Leics 166-9.

Stephen Moss
James Coles duly reaches his hundred, however in a really lucky means – with an edge for 4 off Bamber. It might have been snaffled at second slip, however Warwickshire have omitted to put up any slips in any respect for the aggressive Coles.
Elsewhere in Division One:
Matt Fisher has a second wicket at The Oval cauldron, Durham 102-2, Jacks and Lawrence already within the sport.
Hampshire have misplaced a fifth, and it’s the huge one – Liam Dawson lbw – yorker to ankle -for 27 to Adam Finch.
Notts misplaced Slater for 124 (a second for Jack Leach) however Jack Haynes and Ishan Kishan are rebuilding properly – Notts 290-4.
YJB went early at York, however Lyth and Revis plod on. Yorks 214-4.

Stephen Moss
Coles and Ibrahim placed on 50 in good time and had been making serene progress till Ibrahim fell lbw for 36 to Ethan Bamber to a ball my companion on the Gold Member’s bench at Hove thinks stored a bit low. Coles, who smacked Rocchiccioli into the marquees at midwicket for six, seems nailed on for 100 as he eases via the removed from nervous nineties.
Ali Martin on house turf this week:
We’ve a particular visitor at the moment – fabulous Guardian establishment Stephen Moss, who has settled right into a bench at Hove. Hopefully we’ll get dispatches (just like the one beneath) all through the day.

Stephen Moss
The principal incentive to return to Hove on one other broiling day is to look at the Italian-Irish offspinning Aussie Corey Rocchiccioli (subs please examine) bowl. He delivered 35 overs yesterday and took three for 94 on a batsman-friendly floor. Warwickshire have sensibly stored him on this morning, with the tempo of Hannon-Dalby on the different finish.
Rocchiccioli is tall and has a pleasingly prancing strategy to the wicket, however new batsman Dan Ibrahim – Sussex opener Daniel Hughes was out to Rocchiccioli off the penultimate ball final evening for 151 – off-drove the Aussie’s first ball for 4 and James Coles refused to let him settle, hitting a few fours to cow nook as Sussex pressed on previous 300.
Have simply realised that Callum Parkinson is taking part in for Worcestershire, signed from Durham on a two-week mortgage.
He’s a short lived substitute for Fateh Singh, who has a knee harm.
Hampshire have misplaced one other wicket this morning – a 3rd for Tom Taylor. Hants 80-4.
I’m not at York at the moment, however suppose the sport will get extra attention-grabbing after the stupor of day one. They hope the pitch will begin to take spin – so may very well be comfortable attempting to find Simon Harmer. If anybody can get issues going it’s YJB, although Yorkshire watchers instructed me he’s batting inside himself this 12 months – duty resting heavy, maybe.
And the primary wicket of the day falls at Chesterfield – the place Josh Bohannon edges via to Brooke Visitor. Regardless of their wholesome place, KJ will hope the opposite finish doesn’t turn into one other pink rose revolving door. Lancs 122-2.
This was Dom Sibley, recent (?) from his huge one yesterday.
“I’m a Surrey boy so to do it right here on the Oval can also be actually particular. It’s superb to have the ability to do it – although I nearly ran myself out and needed to dive in for the one that obtained me to 300!
“It was a pleasure to bat with the opposite three guys who scored a whole lot. Their pure tempo of scoring runs implies that my job is straightforward on the different finish.
“It has been a highly regarded couple of days however I really feel fantastic and hopefully gained’t get up feeling too stiff within the morning. With greater than 800 on the board we’re in a great place and I believed we bowled brilliantly within the final session at the moment – we simply have to sustain the stress on them.”
Poor Durham should stagger to 671 simply to keep away from the comply with on.
Across the grounds, only one sport has inched into its third innings – at Chesterfield, the place Lancashire appear like they actually may get their first win of the season.
Weatherwatch
A blissful 22 levels right here in Manchester. And a north-south divide throughout the nation. The Met workplace says: Sizzling, sunny and humid within the southeast at the moment. Cloudier and more energizing elsewhere with showery outbreaks of rain. Heavy showers and thunderstorms attainable throughout components of Scotland and northern England later within the afternoon.
Monday’s round-up
On and on went huge dangerous Dom. Previous 200, previous his highest earlier rating, previous 250 and, with a sprinted single that left him spreadeagled within the Oval mud, to 300.
Sibley clambered to his toes, raised his bat and soaked up the nice and cozy applause for a mammoth effort of focus: 28 fours, two sixes and 472 balls of toil because the mercury rose. He joins an elite membership of triple-centurions for Surrey on the Oval, in Mark Ramprakash, Kevin Pietersen, Bobby Abel, Jack Hobbs and Tom Hayward. On the different finish, Dan Lawrence shimmied 174 and Will Jacks 119 as Surrey set their report first-class rating, lastly placing Durham out of their distress at 820 for 9.
Alex Lees, who had gained the toss on Sunday morning and chosen to discipline, then needed to pad up. He was unbeaten on 33 at stumps, although misplaced his opening accomplice Emilio Homosexual early, bowled behind his pads. The Durham off-spinner George Drissell discovered himself within the firing line – his 45 overs price 247, essentially the most runs conceded by a bowler within the championship.
Elsewhere, first-innings runs flowed in brutal temperatures; in truth the 4,508 runs scored throughout the primary innings of the 9 video games is essentially the most in a spherical of matches ever. Kent lastly declared on 566 for eight, bolstered by a whole lot for Daniel Bell-Drummond and Harry Finch towards Northamptonshire.
Jake Libby’s undefeated 228, the second double century of his profession, carried Worcestershire to 679 for seven declared, whereupon Hampshire all of a sudden collapsed to 68 for 3. However that was nothing on Leicestershire’s wobble. After lastly dismissing Middlesex for 534, they discovered themselves 103 for eight, with the teenage seamer Naavya Sharma offering the gilt braiding with 4 wickets in 11 balls.
Yorkshire rattled via Essex within the morning, their reward batting towards Simon Harmer bowling within the mud as a heat wind doused Clifton Park like a hairdryer. The run fee slunk underneath three an over all day, even with Jonny Bairstow on the crease. Ben Slater’s 116 not out propped up Nottinghamshire on a day when Somerset’s Jack Leach wheeled via 25 overs.
Scores on the doorways
DIVISION ONE
Southampton: Hampshire 68-3 v Worcestershire 679-7dec
Taunton: Somerset 379 v Nottinghamshire 214-3
The Oval: Surrey 820-9 v Durham 59-1
Hove: Sussex 278-3 v Warwickshire 415
York: Yorkshire 143-3 v Essex 368
DIVISION TWO
Chesterfield: Derbyshire 261 v Lancashire 367 and 114-1
Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan 228-4 v Gloucestershire 380
Canterbury: Kent 566-8dec v Northamptonshire 140-1
Grace Highway: Leicestershire 103-8 v Middlesex 534
Preamble
Whats up! After a day of record-breaking run-making yesterday, aid because the heatwave begins to fade and – maybe – the pitches begin to break up. Play begins at 11am, please be a part of us- the espresso smells good.