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David Payne five-for leaves Robbie White playing the waiting game as Middlesex misfire again
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Thursday, 06 May 2021 12:50
Gloucestershire 19 for 1 trail Middlesex 210 (White 76*, Payne 5-31) by 191 runsThis wasn't exactly an advert for Championship cricket. More a case of Championship cricket for adverts (specifically of the erectile dysfunction variety, as it happens) as Sky Sports cobbled together a lo-fi means to fill an IPL-shaped void in their scheduling. The solution? The dispatching of their…
Tom Abell's unbeaten fifty keeps Somerset ahead on spicy pitch after Hampshire fall for 79
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Thursday, 06 May 2021 11:47
Somerset 142 for 5 (Abell 52*) lead Hampshire 79 (Gregory 4-26) by 63 runsA fighting half-century from skipper Tom Abell helped Somerset build a 63-run lead over Hampshire on an eventful opening day at the Ageas Bowl that saw 15 wickets fall.Abell was unbeaten on 52 - guiding his side to 142 for 5 - after Hampshire were bowled out…
Zak Crawley's old-fashioned elegance belies the ambition of youth
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Thursday, 06 May 2021 12:18
Kent 224 for 7 (Crawley 90, Coad 3-45) vs YorkshireZak Crawley's batting recalls a more leisured age. One can imagine Neville Cardus rhapsodising his finest drives as 'noble' and 'patrician' or RC Robertson-Glasgow musing whether a cricketer possessed of such natural grace should have someone on hand, a valet of some sort, to run between the wickets for him. Such…
Gareth Berg, Ben Sanderson claim five-fors to slice through Sussex
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Thursday, 06 May 2021 11:32
Northamptonshire 214 for 5 (Zaib 66*, Keogh 66, Robinson 4-31) lead Sussex 106 (Robinson 49*, Berg 5-18, Sanderson 5-28) by 108 runsBen Sanderson and Gareth Berg sliced Sussex apart before Rob Keogh and Saif Zaib garnered half-centuries as Northamptonshire enjoyed a dominant day in the LV= Insurance County Championship.Veteran fast bowlers Sanderson, 32, and Berg, 40, both returned five-wicket hauls,…
Sam Evans, Marcus Harris centuries set Leicestershire on course before late Surrey charge
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Thursday, 06 May 2021 11:19
Leicestershire 306 for 6 (Evans 112, Harris 101) vs SurreyContrasting centuries from Sam Evans, his third in as many matches, and Marcus Harris saw Leicestershire build the foundations for a big first-innings score before Surrey fought back on an absorbing first day of the LV County Championship match at the UptonSteel County Ground.Evans, 23, backed up three-figure scores against Surrey…
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Thursday, 06 May 2021 10:43
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Thursday, 06 May 2021 08:14
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England counties offer to host remainder of IPL 2021 in September
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