
Ed Pollock crushes Middlesex hopes with 67 ball ton
A superb century by Ed Pollock saw Worcester home to a seven wicket win at Merchant Taylors’ School.
A superb century by Ed Pollock saw Worcester home to a seven wicket win at Merchant Taylors’ School.
This Second Division match remains finely poised after a day where the bowlers dominated just a little less than the first day. 288 runs were scored for the loss of 15 wickets on day one. Day two saw 271 scored for the loss of 11.
Wickets tumbled on the first day’s play at Merchant Taylors but Day One left no cluse as to who held the upper hand.
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.
After a shaky start, the Birmingham Bears flexed their muscles at Edgbaston and avenged their only loss of the campaign against the Worcestershire Rapids with a convincing 144 run victory thanks to an outstanding 110 run knock from Adam Hose.
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.
The 20th edition of the T20 Blast commences on Wednesday when holders Kent Spitfires entertain Somerset at Canterbury with Yorkshire Vikings up against Worcestershire Rapids.
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.
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.
As we head into the middle of May, we are already heading towards the sixth round of county championship matches.
Lammonby is a player that I was tipping to be in and around the England set-up for the upcoming New Zealand tests but he has done little of note so far this season, registering only 187 runs from his seven innings to date with one half-century.
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.
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.