Richard, some Sunday night quotes for you from Derby:
Derbyshire captain David Lloyd: “The way Madsey (Wayne Madsen) and Thommo (Alex Thomson) went about it was superb.
“They showed a lot of fight there, for those two to build that partnership was really good for us. They’ve made a really big effort for us so fingers crossed we can keep going tomorrow whatever the weather is.
“Just for pride you want to bat the day out and put some runs on the board and show some fight and character. It’s been a tough few days for the team and we have to learn a lot from this going forward.”
On the ball from Currie that bowled him he said: “He’s done me there! I thought this is hitting me on the head and it was obviously a knuckle ball and dipped, made me look a right idiot. Sometimes you just have to say well bowled.”
Leicestershire fast bowler Scott Currie said: “There wasn’t too much assistance and I can’t fault the lads at all, I thought they all stuck to it brilliantly and 12 wickets was a just reward.
“We’ll rock up tomorrow and see what’s in front of us. To get sixteen wickets in a day was going to be hard work,,it was all about sticking to what we’ve done so well as a group “
“On his ball to bowl Lloyd he said: “It’s something I’ve worked on over the years, it doesn’t normally dip quite like that but it did today and it’s always nice when you can make someone look a bit foolish but he’s a great player and I’m sure he’ll make myself look foolish on some other occasions.”
I can’t find a clip of that ball anywhere, if anyone does have one up their sleeve, please send it this way.
The dog is in disgrace after coming back from a wet walk, running upstairs, jumping on the bed with the clean sheets and rolling around. Nearly as big a disgrace as I am in with Richard O’Hagan:
”Morning, Tanya. I know that the ECB have no great love for Leicestershire, as evidenced by our not getting a women’s side that would’ve done wonders for cricket in the county, but surely we deserve a mention of our efforts in the freezing cold yesterday?”
Ooops! Apologies Leicestershire and Derbyshire fans. Not quite sure how that happened – sometimes something has to give with a limited word slot, but this time I just had a brain fade!
On a day when there was more speculation about Middlesex leaving Lord’s, the club got their first win since relegation, turning over Yorkshire by six wickets. George Hill gathered a stoical 75 as Middlesex were set 158 to win. Despite Ben Coad zoning in on Mark Stoneman’s pads in the first over, the middle order reached the target painstakingly.
At Kidderminster, Durham hurried to their first Division One victory since 2016. Set 458 to win, Worcestershire’s hopes floated away when Jake Libby was caught off Ben Raine, leaving the Pears 135 for six. Paul Coughlin finished with four for 45. Ollie Robinson again caught the eye as he and Graham Clark set up the declaration.
Essex polished their position at the top of Division One with a second win of the season, whistling through Lancashire before lunch to win by an innings. The attack made the most of a pitch that skittled low sometimes, and Lancashire had no reply after losing four top order batters in 16 balls. Jamie Porter took home three for 24, Shane Snater pocketed seven in the match.
Surrey are eyeing victory at Canterbury, after centuries for Dan Lawrence and Dom Sibley were followed by Dan Worrall scything through Kent, his three for 18 including Zak Crawley for four.
A record-breaking stand of 370 between Will Young (156) and Joe Clarke (209) led to a glut of runs at Taunton.
Somerset only took one wicket all day and applauded Clarke and Young off at stumps, new owners of Nottinghamshire’s record for the third wicket, one that had been on the books since 1903.
Glamorgan were pummelled at Wantage Road by an unbeaten double hundred from Northamptonshire’s Indian international Karun Nair, who has found the County Championship very much to his liking.
Sussex’s Ollie Robinson grabbed two wickets in three balls to send Gloucestershire into a spin. Hampshire’s Nick Gubbins and Fletcha Middleton both made hundreds against Warwickshire on a flat pitch at the Rose Bowl.
DIVISION ONE
Chelmsford: Essex 377 BEAT Lancashire 146 and 107 BY AN INNINGS AND 124 RUNS
Southampton: Hampshire 365 v Warwickshire 455 and 46-0
Canterbury: Kent 244 and 120-5 v Surrey 543-7dec
Taunton: Somerset 454 v Nottinghamshire 193 and 418-2
Kidderminster: Worcestershire 184 and 272 LOSE TO Durham 244 and 397-5dec BY 185 RUNS
DIVISION TWO
Derby: Derbyshire 167 and 224-6 v Leicestershire 574-7dec
Lord’s: Middlesex 246 and 158-4 BEAT Yorkshire 159 and 244 BY SIX WICKETS
Northampton: Northamptonshire 605-6dec v Glamorgan 271 and 104-3
Hove: Sussex 479 v Gloucesterhire 417 and 81-6
Good wet Monday morning! Six games still in play after Essex, Middlesex and Durham wrapped things up yesterday, and plenty more results in the pot if only the weather relents. Brew up, play (possibly) starts at 11am.