Essex have simply misplaced Tom Westley for 26 at Taunton, the lead over Somerset 106, and it’s now time for me to write down up. BTL will stay open, do keep and chat.
Simply realised I had the Yorkshire stream on delay, YJB is definitely out, top-edging a pull to the keeper. Tremendous Ethan Bamber. Joe Root walks down the pitch and faucets away. Yorks 156-5.
Warwickshire are retaining Root and YJB in verify at Headingley; whereas Saqib Mahmood and Tom Hartley are turning the screw at Outdated Trafford.
Nothing to fret about right here: “Delhi authorities urged colleges to cancel afternoon assemblies on Tuesday and issued emergency tips to make sure water breaks and shares of oral rehydration salts in first support kits, and to deal with any indicators of warmth stress instantly.”
“‘Most of the occasions predicted for 2050 or 2070 are already occurring. We underestimated the velocity of change’.”https://t.co/FXPYNID9Qb
— Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) (@DoctorVive) Might 1, 2025
Tea-time-ish scores
DIVISION ONE
Southampton: Hampshire 29-1 v Durham 511
Taunton: Somerset 145 v Essex 206 and 65-2
Headingley: Yorkshire 205 and 152-4 v Warwickshire 253
DIVISION TWO
Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan 431 v Derbyshire 123-4
Outdated Trafford: Lancashire 450 v Gloucestershire 87-2
Grace Street: Leicestershire 304 and 0-1 v Northamptonshire 191
Lord’s: Middlesex 238 v Kent 129 and 167-2
Joe Root has misplaced his England teammate, after a partnership of 53. Brook lbw to Sales space for 20, who seemed down at his ft and did a bit dance earlier than glancing up on the umpire’s raised finger. YJB joins Root (61) , and Yorks lead by 104.
Charlesworth advances however is completed by the flight and knocks a easy return catch to Tom Hartley (the younger Peter Davidson). The primary ball of Hartley’s second over Glos: 74-2.
Brook and Root batting collectively for Yorks
With a step and a drive, Root reaches fifty, then Brook batters a fats huge one to maneuver into double figures. Yorks 125-3, lead by 77.
Crawley is not going to be racing Root to 100, lbw to Paterson after a affected person innings of 68. Kent 128-1.
At Headingley, Yorkshire have recovered from 19 for 2. That man Joe Root is 45 not out off 58 balls. Racing Crawley to 100.
Whereas the returning Dean Elgar has misplaced his opening companion Paul Walter for 0, and now Elgan too should go, bowled by Gregory for 23. Essex 49-2, lead by 110.
They’ve taken tea at Southampton, with Durham lastly all out for 511. 5 wickets for the evergreen/indefatigable/select your personal epithet/ Liam Dawson. A really helpful 44 from Codi Yusuf at No. 9, alongside Clark’s 160.
A missive! Hiya Andrew Benton:
“It was good to ‘do’ Zak Crawley’s stroll with him, and I used to be amazed at how nonchalant the MCC members are by his presence. He did the teapot stance on the finish and I used to be questioning if there are different well-known cricket stances – maybe an ashes urn stance with elbows out and arms on hips to troll the Aussies when England are within the subject? A ballet dancers stance tip-toeing round a vertical bat on the crease held at arms size?”
There may be at the moment a double teapot from Ben Charlesworth, as George Balderson bowls Bancroft with a magnificence that nips again. Glos 47-1.
Kent inch into the lead.
Elsewhere in Division Two: Cameron Bancroft and Ben Charlesworth have safely negotiated hte first 14 overs from Tom Bailey, Saqib Mahmood and George Balderson. Glos: 37-0
Northants are 9 down at Grace Street, nonetheless 146 behind, three wickets every for Ben Inexperienced and Logan van Beek. Justin Broad the highest scorer with 36.
Within the face of Glamorgan’s 431, Derbyshire are in bother at 73-four, these again sharpening their boots embrace their banker, Wayne Madsen, for seven.
A month earlier than WTC ultimate, Rabada proclaims medicine ban
An enormous loss for South Africa, if he can’t play.
Fifty for Zac Crawley
Will get there with some wristy gorgeousness. I verify his stats and realise I’ve fallen for the narrative that he’s persistently failed whereas in truth he’s simply failed within the first innings. For the final three video games he’s hit a fifty within the second.
Matt Henry to return to Somerset
The messianic Henry shall be obtainable for choice on Might 16. It’s fairly some mess that he’ll should clear up. Somerset all out 145 at Taunton, although Gregory, Pretorius and COverton added a valuable 48 for the final three wickets.
Right here is a few Simon Harmer (4-43) magic:
Eyes to Lord’s, the place, whisper it, Zac Crawley and DBD have survived the brand new ball. Six fours in ZC’s 40. Kent 73-1, path Middx by 9 wickets.
Saqib Mahmood, elbows like an open window, wristband on, fees in from the Anderson finish. A bouncer flies over Charlesworth’s head and continues rising over the slips and right down to the rope. The solar is out however there’s a lot of hand-rubbing and arms shoved in trousers happening. Gloucestershire 4-0, Lancs misplaced their final two wickets for 13 runs after lunch, together with John Turner for a golden duck with two in two for Tom Worth.
Six first ball, century, duck: Andy Bull tells the story of Vaibhav Suryavanshi.
Rabada suspended for leisure drug use
Kagiso Rabada suspended for leisure drug use.
Kagiso Rabada confirms in an announcement via South Africa’s gamers union that he’s at the moment serving a provisional suspension after testing optimistic for a leisure drug pic.twitter.com/gUd9Uu1Vhu
— Ali Martin (@Cricket_Ali) Might 3, 2025
Lunchtime scores
DIVISION ONE
Southampton: Hampshire v Durham 434-7
Taunton: Somerset 106-7 v Essex 206
Headingley: Yorkshire 205 and 9-1 v Warwickshire 253
DIVISION TWO
Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan 431 v Derbyshire
Outdated Trafford: Lancashire 437-8 v Gloucestershire
Grace Street: Leicestershire 304 v Northamptonshire 87-6
Lord’s: Middlesex 238 v Kent 129 and 25-1
Elsewhere in Division Two:
Glamorgan, who hadn’t handed 300 earlier than yesterday, have handed 400. Van der Gugten 60 not out in 424 for eight in opposition to Derbyshire.
Within the battle of the East Midlands, Northants are crumbling within the face of Inexperienced-Scriven-Van Beek-Hull: 96 for 5 v Leicestershire.
And Kent are batting once more, however have already misplaced Compton to the unstoppable TRJ. Kent 19-1, path Middx by 90. Wishing the out of runs Zac Crawley and DBD, loads.
I’m wondering if Lewis Gregory will get fed up of propping up Somerset. He and Rew lay down the dustsheets and begin once more. Truly, Rew has gone for 9. Somerset 97-7.
Yorkshire are already batting, and have already misplaced makeshift opener Dom Bess, not going for the heave-ho, however tentatively pushing and shedding his leg stump to a magnificence from Ethan Bamber. Yorks 9-1.
Telephone in pocket
And bother for Tom Bailey at Outdated Trafford, when what definitely seemed like a cell phone fell out of his pocket when he was mid-run. Gamers’ telephones are forbidden on the sphere of play, so – whether it is what it seems like – the match referee will desire a phrase.
I solely went across the floor to purchase a few coffees, however issues have occurred. Three wickets at Taunton has rapidly modified the rhythm of that recreation – Somerset 78-4, Harmer 2-28.
Right here at OT, Luke Wells has fallen sufferer to the seek for bonus factors. He hit the primary ball of Wells’ over for six, tried to swipe the second over sq. leg and was lbw. Balderson adopted quickly afterwards. Even so, Lancs have scored extra batting bonus factors during the last two days than they’ve all season: 403-8.
Clark remains to be in at Southampton, 132 not out, however he’s misplaced Drissell, b DAwson, for 69. Durham 382-6
And Warwickshire are all out for 253 at Headingley, Sears 4-45.
Singh Dale takes a relaxation after 5 cracking overs, one for ten this morning, changed by Akhter on the SJA finish.
Down at Taunton, Essex are but to make a breakthrough morning, although Simon Harmer has slipped into the Jack Leach footwear from yesterday. Umeed and Davey have placed on 42, the deficit 160.
Fifty on debut for Beau Webster at Headingley, and he lays into his countryman Jordan Buckingham to take Warwickshire into the lead. Warwickshire 215-7, a lead of ten. On this pitch, a lead of fifty or so can be very useful.
“Salutations Tanya!” Beautiful to listen to from you Tim Maitland.
”I’m pondering the ramifications of Jack Leach bowling 30 overs of spin on the primary day of a County Championship in early Might, when it was that such nurdlers can be grateful in the event that they noticed as a lot as an occasional over on the finish of a session till the soccer season was over, whereas the seamers stuffed their boots on verdant pitches below leaden skies.
”May one of many beforehand unexpected tragedies of world warming be spin bowlers struggling stress accidents earlier than “the fields are wealthy in grass, and buttercups in 1000’s develop*”?
*W.H. Davies All In June. Thanks Duckduckgo.
Unforseen tragedies in addition to the forseen tragedies is a miserable throught for a Saturday morning.
That’s what Gloucestershire have been after! Harris performs on to Singh Dale – a deserved wicket – after including solely two to his in a single day rating. It was attention-grabbing listening to Harris after play final evening – he stated that he had just about given up on enjoying for Australia (although in fact he’d have an interest in the event that they got here calling) and that gave him a form of freedom.
Three batting factors for Lancs, and a delayed shout out for Ollie Robinson (the Durham one) who dropped off my radar yesterday. After seven innings wherein he’d not handed 22, he clocked up 76 in opposition to Hampshire, stirling help for Graham Clark. This was Clark at stumps:
“Robbo is a category act and doubtless hasn’t scored the runs he would have preferred this yr, however he has backed himself and stayed true to himself and got here out firing at present. He is likely to be dissatisfied to not get 100 however he performed fantastically and put us in a terrific place.”
A pleasant learn along with your elevenses:
Jimmy Anderson shall be trying longingly on the clouds plonked on high of Outdated Trafford, however it’s Singh Dale who has the ball on the Jimmy Anderson finish for the primary over of the day. He delivers a snorter to Wells, that has him leaping like a hearth cracker, in a wonderful first over.
A view from Headingley from five-wicket Ethan Bamber:
“I liked it on the market. These are the video games you wish to play in. I actually loved it.
“It’s fast-paced and doubtless finely poised after day one. I obtained a justifiable share of luck, together with one caught at third-man. However I felt alright. Hopefully we will push on with the bat tomorrow.
“There’s a superb quantity of grass masking (on the pitch) and perhaps just a few divots.
“It was a bit mushy beneath firstly and hardened up. It’s good to bowl on, for positive. As they confirmed – they bowled actually properly – you may construct strain and there’s a ball in there. However you do get worth for pictures.
“It is going to be attention-grabbing to see how the sport progresses from right here.”
Friday’s round-up
Joe Root and Harry Brook pulled on their Yorkshire boots to heat up for the Zimbabwe Take a look at.
It didn’t go completely to plan on a 16-wicket day at Headingley. Root fenced uncharacteristically at Ed Barnard and was caught for a 17-ball one and Brook ran via a spicy repertoire earlier than he was caught for 33. Jonny Bairstow hustled to 47 earlier than being bowled in a blaze of exploding stumps, however he and the tail had ushered Yorkshire previous 200. Ethan Bamber completed with 5 for 47. Warwickshire then misplaced six wickets within the night session.
Gloucestershire accomplished their 100% shedding document on the toss in 2025 and have been invited to bowl at Outdated Trafford. The energetic and swift determine of Ajeet Singh Dale quickly eliminated George Bell and Keaton Jennings, however Marcus Harris had arrived together with his in a single day bag.
Harris began with neat accumulation however rolled out his best hits as soon as he’d handed his hundred – a glide via midwicket, a whip to the rope via backward sq., a wonderful flick off the toes for six. At stumps, he was 165 not out and the main scorer within the nation with 559 runs.
Somerset ready an emerald pitch at Taunton but it surely was Jack Leach, wheeling in for 30 overs from the River Finish, who precipitated havoc, inducing a mid-innings collapse and choosing up three for 35. Essex squeaked previous 200 earlier than Sam Cook dinner, freshly known as up by England, eliminated Archie Vaughan within the first over of the Somerset reply.
There was a return to type for Rishi Patel at Grace Street, his 105 a mannequin of persistence and talent as wickets fell about him. The South Australian Harry Conway grabbed 5 for 68 on his Northants debut.
Toby Roland-Jones, the Middlesex captain, (5 for 33) skittled via Kent, who have been dismissed for 129. Poor Zak Crawley’s early season woes continued when he was lbw for six. Graham Clark’s unbeaten 110 put Durham on high in opposition to Hampshire. And there have been fifties for the Jersey worldwide Asa Tribe, Sam Northeast and Colin Ingram as Glamorgan handed 300 for the primary time this season in opposition to Derbyshire.
Scores on the doorways
DIVISION ONE
Southampton: Hampshire v Durham 330-5
Taunton: Somerset 9-1 v Essex 206
Headingley: Yorkshire 205 v Warwickshire 157-6
DIVISION TWO
Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan 336-6 v Derbyshire
Outdated Trafford: Lancashire 342-5 v Gloucestershire
Grace Street: Leicestershire 304 v Northamptonshire 6-0
Lord’s: Middlesex 158-4 v Kent 129
Preamble
Good morning from a chillier Manchester, clouds piling to the left, magpies mobbing to the best. Welcome to day two of this primary Might spherical of matches – loads of wickets yesterday, can the batters strike again at present? Sam Cook dinner would possibly fancy just a few morale-boosting Somerset wickets earlier than being measured up for his England cap.
The espresso is on the counter, do assist your self. Play begins at 11am.
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