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James Harris returned back to the home of cricket to haunt his former teammates by bowling Glamorgan back into contention on the opening day of their clash with promotion contenders Middlesex at Lords.
Monday will see the start of another round of LV=Insurance County Championship matches, after a week of Blast knock out stages of the competition it is back to the red ball version of the game.
After a short break due to the start of the Vitality Blast competition, it was back to the red ball version of the game with another round of county championship matches.
As first-class cricket makes way for the hard-hitting and sometimes controversial white-ball formats, an invaluable opportunity for reflection presents itself to the eighteen English county clubs.
In the final round of county championship matches for three weeks, in Division One Hampshire moved to within three points of leaders Surrey after completing a ten wicket victory against Somerset at Taunton inside three days.
Rain ruined the final day of the latest round of county championship matches, with Division One leaders Surrey in with a good chance of wrapping up victory against Kent at Beckenham before the rain intervened.
Middlesex head into Thursday’s LV= County Championship game against Nottinghamshire at Lords, looking to make it four consecutive victories.
As the white-ball season approaches, the County Championship will start to take a backseat, but with just one win between these two sides in the first-class format in 2022, the upcoming four days of action at the Seat Unique Stadium could have a huge bearing on their campaign’s.
As we head into the middle of May, we are already heading towards the sixth round of county championship matches.
Surrey maintained their unbeaten start to the season in Division One with their third win in five games after an innings and five runs victory inside three days over Northamptonshire at the Kia Oval.
Rory Burns picked up his first century of the season after scoring just 119 from his previous six County Championship innings this season as Surrey finished the opening day of their LV=County Championship game on 261-6 after being put in.
Surrey have won two and drawn four of their matches so far and will be hoping for a better pitch than they experienced at Bristol in their recent championship game. On a flat wicket that saw only twelve wickets fall in four days and over 1,000 runs scored, the game was never going to be anything other than a draw.
Pakistani International Hasan Ali was rampant against Hampshire on a dry pitch in Southampton, taking five wickets as the hosts salvaged 246 after going 40-5.
Last year’s Bob Willis Trophy finalists have enjoyed two wins from two this season and will look to make it three from three as they take on a Hampshire side coming off the back of a demolition job against Kent.
Surrey continued their unbeaten start to their championship campaign by picking up their second win of the season and moving to the top of Division One after beating Somerset by three wickets at the Kia Oval.
Previously unbeaten Hampshire suffered their first loss of the season when they were beaten inside three days by Surrey at the Kia Oval by an innings and 17 runs.
Ollie Pope continued his impressive start to the new season by hitting a superb 113 not out against the visitors highly rated pace attack, with Surrey earning the opening day honours.
The weather is improving, and the cricket season is underway, but both Derbyshire and Sussex will be looking for a change of fortunes as they look to earn the first wins of their County Championship campaigns.