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Yorkshire thrash Hants to move second, Lancs beat Middlesex – as it happened

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  • Yorkshire beat Hampshire by an innings and 44 runs
  • Lancs ease to seven-wicket win at Lord’s
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Sun 14 Apr 2019 13.15 EDTFirst published on Sun 14 Apr 2019 05.26 EDT
Ben Coad picked up three quick wickets against Hampshire.
Ben Coad picked up three quick wickets against Hampshire. Photograph: Dave Vokes/ProSports/REX/Shutterstock
Ben Coad picked up three quick wickets against Hampshire. Photograph: Dave Vokes/ProSports/REX/Shutterstock

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Cold air from the Baltic brought a chill to the final day of Championship cricket before mid-May. Surrey and Essex at The Oval trundled to a draw, with Surrey declaring at 324-6 at 4.40 in order for Rory Burns to bowl six balls to give the over rate a boost. Burns had made a nuggetty 98 before squeezing Simon Harmer into the hands of Ryan ten Doeschate and hammering his bat into the turf in disgust. Then Surrey’s extraordinary line-up of young batsmen had a flutter - Ollie Pope made a quite charming 69 of quick-step drives, cuts and hooks, Ben Foakes casually flicked a six to get off the mark, and Will Jacks finished with 54 to go with his 88 in the first innings. Simon Harmer took 5 for 88.

Yorkshire roared up to second in the Division One table with an innings and 44 runs victory over Hampshire. Three quick wickets for Ben Coad just after elevenses suggested a lunchtime finish, but Yorkshire were detained by a 131-run partnership for the ninth wicket between Keith Barker (64) and Liam Dawson (92). Afterwards Yorkshire captain Steve Patterson was full of praise for the efforts of England captain Joe Root: 297 runs in three innings.

Kent won their first game in Division One since 2010, but not without a scare. They spent most of the day trying to rid themselves of Warwickshire’s eighth-wicket pair of Tim Ambrose (107) and Henry Brookes (84), who put on 145. Set 123 to win after tea, Kent got there for the loss of two wickets - with forties for Zak Crawley and Matt Renshaw.

In Division Two, Australian Glenn Maxwell’s offbreaks were Lancashire’s secret weapon as he took 5-40 to bowl out Middlesex at Lord’s, despite the best efforts of Sam Robson (63) and Dawid Malan (51). Set 39 to win, Lancashire lost 3 wickets before, aptly, Haseeb Hameed and Rob Jones took them over the line.

Charlie Morris took 7-45, his career-best bowling figures, as Worcestershire beat Leicestershire by an innings and 18 runs at Grace Road. Tom Taylor and Colin Ackermann delayed the inevitable with hard-working half-centuries.

At the Riverside Sussex knocked off the 68 they needed to beat Durham with ease, thanks to an unbeaten century for Stiann van Zyl. While at Bristol, Derbyshire batted out the day against Gloucestershire with an unbroken partnership of 278 between double-centurion Wayne Madsen and a century from Alex Hughes.

And finally to Sophia Gardens, where record followed record, and Northants were finally bowled out for 750. Rob Keogh made 150 - the third centurion of the innings, and the sixth of the match. Every member of the Glamorgan side, other than the wicket-keeper, had a bowl.

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Well, that kept things interesting. I’m sure someone down in the depths of Guardian analytics has the numbers on a Lancs-up - Paul Allot might like a read sometime.

Well done to Lancashire and Kent, and Yorkshire, Worcestershire, Sussex and Somerset. And thanks to all of you for your company, fun and knowledge BTL.

That’s it from CountyCricket Live till May 14. See you then, with factor 50 and a double-decker. Good Evening!

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A couple of wickets in the run chases - Jennings for 8 - Lancs need an unjinxable 27 ; at Edgbaston Dickson for 5 and Kent need another 110.

And five wickets for Simon Harmer as Jacks has a pop at clearing the long-off boundary. Surrey 296/6

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Steve Patterson has praised Joe Root's excellent contribution to Yorkshire's fine start - 297 runs in three innings. Yorkshire don't expect to have him around for the Royal London Cup, but David Willey and Adil Rashid are set to return, along with Tim Bresnan.

— Chris Waters (@CWatersYPSport) April 14, 2019

Do you remember that game at Old Trafford last year when Lancashire had to get hardly anything and .. it will come to me in a minute...

Tea-time scores (Nerves at Edgbaston)

DIVISION ONE

Warwickshire 346 all out and 280 (Ambrose 107, Brookes 84); Podmore 5-62); Kent 504-9dec. Kent need 123 to win.

Surrey 395 and 269-5 (Burns 98, Pope 69; Harmer 4-69) Essex 448. Surrey lead by 216 runs.

Hampshire 302 and 208 (Dawson 92, Barker 64; Patterson 4-47); Yorks 554-7. YORKSHIRE WIN BY AN INNINGS AND 44 RUNS

DIVISION TWO

Middx 265 and 200 (Robson 63; Anderson 3-29, Maxwell 5-40); Lancs 427. Lancashire need 39 to win

Leics 302 and 233 (Morris 7-45); Worcs 553-6. WORCS WIN BY AN INNINGS AND 18 RUNS

Gloucs 350; Derby 291 and 325-3.(Madsen 160, Hughes 91 not out, Lace 57) Derby lead by 266 runs

Glam 570-8; Northants 750 all out (Keogh 150). Northants lead by 180 runs

Durham 224 and 189. Sussex 202 and 212-4( van Zyl 101 n ot out, Evans 51). SUSSEX WIN BY 6 WICKETS

You’ll be glad to hear that Northants have now made their highest score in Wales.

And Lancashire are 39 runs away from victory!

Tea-time scores to follow

Tim Ambrose’s 195 ball vigil is over at Edgbaston - lbw Milnes or 107. Warwicks 266/8 - a lead of 108.

OOoooh the charmingly in-touch Malan’s gone too - a third for Maxwell. Just Simpson, Roland-Jones, Finn and Murtagh between Lancashire and a first win.

Cancel that! Roland-Jones gone too, a third for Anderson.

Look the other way and Wayne Madsen not only passes 100 but gets close to 150. Bravo! What an innings. 140 not out of Derby’s 288-3. Hughes unbeaten on 74.

Wayne Madsen: saves the day for Derby Photograph: Harry Trump/Getty Images

And Olivier gets the last wicket for the Yorkies, poor Liam Dawson for 92- a fourth catch for Tom Kohler-Cadmore. Patterson 4-47.

YORKSHIRE BEAT HAMPSHIRE BY AN INNINGS AND 44 RUNS.

Andrew Benton writes

“What can Sussex take from their Durham victory? One lost, one won so far, but they should be better than that. And, do you think we’ll see a lot of “reflect”ing in Sport over the next week or two? May’s suggestion to MPs possibly having useful currency beyond parliament!

It hasn’t really happened for Gillespie at Sussex yet (T20 apart) -no seems entirely sure why. And they could have been in big trouble against Durham too if Luke Wells hadn’t stuck around. Most people seem to have pencilled them in to go up. My money is on Worcs, Lancs and one other. Reflecting? I reckon that happens in the off season!

Middlesex creep, belly-to-the-groud, past Lancashire at Lord’s. A lead of 2. Malan 40 not out. Glenn Maxwell’s golden arm got Holden and Morgan in consecutive balls.

If Warwickshire could just eek out another 60 or 70 or so from Ambrose and Brookes... I don’t know, it could make an interesting kind of evening.

Durham’s lead high performance coach James Franklin, speaking frankly boo boom:It has been evident in our four innings this season that when we lose one, we can lose two or three quite quickly. Whether or not that is a little bit of reminiscence of what has been happening the last couple of years and we’re suffering a hangover of that. I’m not too sure. What we can do now is reflect on how we want to go about our Championship cricket.

Foakes casually hammers a six to get off the mark.

In other games...Holder is out for 3 in the Sophia Park runathon. Northants a handy 645-6.

A rather cross Rory Burns hammers his bat into the turf after squeezing Simon Harmer into the grateful hands of ten Doeschate... for 98.

What?! Pope top-edges Harmer to Porter for 69. That wasn’t in the post-lunch script. He walks s l o w l y up The Oval steps as Foakes skips down, whirring his arms. If you could capture the two emotions as they exactly pass each other, might it form a black hole Katie Bourman?

Lunch-time scores (hooray for tail-enders!)

DIVISION ONE

Warwickshire 346 all out and 195-7 (Ambrose 70 not out, Brookes 42 not out); Podmore 4-36); Kent 504-9dec. Warwickshire lead Kent by 37 runs.

Surrey 395 and 185-2 (Burns 88 not out, Pope 61 not out); Essex 448. Surrey lead by 132 runs.

Hampshire 302 and 157-8 (Dawson 62 not out, Barker 43 not out); Yorks 554-7. Hants trail by 95 runs

DIVISION TWO

Middx 265 and 136-4 (Robson 63; Anderson 2-25); Lancs 427. Middx trail Lancs by 26 runs

Leics 302 and 233 (Morris 7-45); Worcs 553-6. WORCS WIN BY AN INNINGS AND 18 RUNS

Gloucs 350; Derby 291 and 186-3.(Madsen 82 not out; Lace 57) Derby lead by 127 runs

Glam 570-8; Northants 629-5 (Keogh 130). Northants lead by 59 runs

Durham 224 and 189. Sussex 202 and 212-4( van Zyl 101 n ot out, Evans 51). SUSSEX WIN BY 6 WICKETS

And that’s lunch here at The Oval. Burns and Pope looking dead certs for unbeaten hundreds and handshakes at 4.50pm.

Lunch-time scores to follow:

Sussex have beaten Durham by six wickets. 101 not out for Stiaan van Zyl, 51 for Laurie Evans. It’s not really looking great for Durham, but perhaps Marcus North and James Franklin can rustle magic together in the next month.

Pope goes to his fifty with a simply gorgeous cover drive off Quinn. I do hope I’m not drooling. He’s the real deal though. Isn’t he?

What’s happened to the Yorkshire bowlers this last hour? Barker and Dawson still there, partnership of 46.

Meanwhile Quinn trying some short stuff, Burns clatters him to the boundary.

Popped outside to see if spectators could hear the (gospel?) music blaring into the press box - answer, faintly - just in time to see Pope cut Quinn gorgeously for four. Watched someone in a sunhat take a bite of a heavily-filled bap, went back inside, Pope hooked a six. This boy will go far.

Sam Robson and James Harris paying the Lancs bowlers no heed at Lord’s - Middx 92 for 2, trailing by 70.

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And that’s Rory Burn’s fifty. Unobtrusive, nuggety - the next man to this round’s hundred merry-go-round? Jamie Porter is thrown the ball at the Vauxhall End. Surrey 106/2.

Hampshire have an eye on a nice poached egg on rye for Sunday brunch - fast running out of batsmen. Ben Coad now has 3-4.

Belated overnight scores - apologies computer cock-ups

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP - DIVISION ONE

Warwickshire 346 all out and 79-4; Kent 504-9dec. Warwickshire trail by 79 runs.

Surrey 395 and 68-0; Essex 448. Surrey lead by 15 runs.

Hampshire 302 and 54-5; Yorks 554-7. Hants trail by 198

DIVISION TWO

Middx 265 and 68-2; Lancs 427. Middx trail Lancs by 94 runs

Leics 302 and 132-4; Worcs 553-6. Leics trail by 119

Gloucs 350; Derby 291 and 97-2. Derby lead by 38 runs

Glam 570-8; Northants 522-4. Northants trail by 48

Durham 224 and 189. Sussex 202 and 144-3. Sussex need 68 to win.

And an early breakthrough for Kent - Hain, last night’s brick in the wall, gone for 38. A third for Podmore.

Er, about that bore-draw at The Oval. Stoneman bowled by Siddle - perhaps a nibble of inside edge, Patel pulled Harmer to mid-wicket for a duck. Surrey 72/2 - a lead of 20.

And on a final Palm Sunday tip - how about a meditation led by Rowan Williams at St Paul’s tonight, 7-815, to kick off a series of events about the climate emergency.Also available for Durham fans.

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Preamble

Good morning from The Oval. The chilly air coming from the Baltic doesn’t make cricket the most alluring prospect in town, but make the most of it - today is the last day of County Championship until mid-May – with the Royal London nipping in for its month in the sun.

Congratulations to Somerset – two good wins now, this last one against one of the big hitters, and big spenders, Notts. It would be lovely, on this cricket year of all years, if the Championship could be theirs at last.

Elsewhere, Durham are in for a beating unless something very surprising happens up in Chester-le-Street, also Hampshire after yesterday evening’s clatter of stumps and pads. Likewise Leicestershire and Warwickshire.

I’m not holding out for much excitement here at The Oval or at Sophia Gardens, but something to play for at Bristol and Lord’s.

Right time for a quick coffee and a rustle through the Sunday papers.

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