County Championship Preview for matches starting Tuesday 19th July 2022
A rare Tuesday start for the next round of county championship matches starts this week with leaders Surrey taking on in form Essex at the Kia Oval in Division One.
A rare Tuesday start for the next round of county championship matches starts this week with leaders Surrey taking on in form Essex at the Kia Oval in Division One.
After another round of county championship matches the battle to see who will be crowned county champions in Division One intensified with leaders Surrey maintaining their lead at the top after a thrilling finish to their match against Yorkshire at Scarborough.
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.
Another round of County Championship matches has concluded before the final two Blast group games and next week’s quarter-finals.
In her debut column, Annie Chave
After a break of two weeks, the red ball version of the game is back this weekend with another round of championship matches starting on Sunday.
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.
Sussex have endured a winless start to their red-ball campaign and now turn to the competition they reached the semi-final in last year. They will kick-off against a Glamorgan side that have finished bottom of the Southern group in the previous two full Blast competitions.
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.
Another round of county championship matches commences on Thursday. In Division One the current leaders Surrey don’t feature in this round of matches, with second placed Lancashire in action looking to reduce the gap at the top.
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 face their largest ever home defeat measured by runs on a day where Notts showed they are a cut above the rest of Division 2
Batters continued to thrive at the Incora County Ground as Derbyshire sit in the driving seat after day three.
Derbyshire fought back on day two against Worcestershire after eye-catching displays from Shan Masood and Sam Conners.
Derbyshire were left frustrated at the Incora County Ground after an impressive batting display from Worcestershire.
Middlesex head into Thursday’s LV= County Championship game against Nottinghamshire at Lords, looking to make it four consecutive victories.
As we head into the middle of May, we are already heading towards the sixth round of county championship matches.
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.
Another round of County Championship matches was concluded on Sunday, with Surrey still maintaining their position at the top of Division One.
Surrey, who have won two of their three opening matches in the division, winning two of them, travel to Gloucestershire on the back of their recent success against Somerset at the Kia Oval on Sunday with a three wicket victory.
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.
Thursday will see the opening day of the third round of county championship matches with the weather starting to get increasingly warmer.
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.