County Championship Cricket returns. Preview of new round of championship matches
After five weeks without any red ball cricket, the county championship enters the last month of the cricket season, with everything to be played for in both divisions.
After five weeks without any red ball cricket, the county championship enters the last month of the cricket season, with everything to be played for in both divisions.
A youngster took 6-93 on his debut., 382 runs were scored, two players eclipsed their season best totals and sixes flew over the long boundary and that was just some of the storylines at Lords today as Middlesex fought back against Sussex.
Wickets tumbled on the first day’s play at Merchant Taylors but Day One left no cluse as to who held the upper hand.
Another round of County Championship matches has concluded before the final two Blast group games and next week’s quarter-finals.
Middlesex will be looking to bounce back from their recent Vitality Blast T20 South Group match where they were beaten by Glamorgan at Cardiff, with victory over Essex at Lords on Thursday.
Surrey host Middlesex at the Kia Oval on Friday evening in the 2022 Vitality Blast in a London derby that is now sold out.
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.
Middlesex head into Thursday’s LV= County Championship game against Nottinghamshire at Lords, looking to make it four consecutive victories.
The 122nd County Championship season will commence on Thursday 7th April and will run through until 29th September. This season the ECB decided that it will revert back to the format of two divisions, with ten teams in Division One and eight in Division Two.