Will Surrey win the County Championship for the the third time in a row?
Fixtures: https://www.ecb.co.uk/news/3791223/county-championship-2024-fixtures
Previews:
https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/countycricket/in-depth_county_championship_2024_team_guides_every_club_in_detail.html
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/county-championship-2024-preview-division-one-surrey-three-peat-1427729
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/apr/04/county-championship-2024-players-to-watch-cricket
It's off to a predictably damp start:
Division One:
Durham v Hampshire - start delayed
Kent v Somerset - no play before lunch
Lancashire v Surrey - no play before lunch
Nottinghamshire v Essex - start delayed
Warwickshire v Worcestershire
Division Two:
Derbyshire v Gloucestershire - play abandoned for the day
Middlesex v Glamorgan
Sussex v Northamptonshire - no play before lunch
Yorkshire v Leicestershire - start delayed.
Updates: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/cricket/68453279
County Cricket 2024
posted 2 days, 4 hours ago
Lunchtime scoreboard:
Division One:
Old Trafford: Lancashire v Kent 239-8
Taunton: Somerset 128 v Essex 156 & 95-4
Division Two:
Derby: Derbyshire 248 v Sussex 70-1
Lord's: Middlesex v Leicestershire 108-4
Headingley: Yorkshire v Glamorgan 195-6.
posted 2 days, 2 hours ago
Essex getting rattled through again so will need Cook and Porter to rescue them again. Needed one or two to have a bit of a dash really, being defensive means you'll have one with your name on it eventually. Somerset will still need the biggest score of the game to win though.
posted 2 days, 1 hour ago
comment by Emile Death Rowe (TCM) (U8959)
posted 55 minutes ago
Essex getting rattled through again so will need Cook and Porter to rescue them again. Needed one or two to have a bit of a dash really, being defensive means you'll have one with your name on it eventually. Somerset will still need the biggest score of the game to win though.
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Not looking good
posted 1 day, 23 hours ago
Essex losing their last 4 wickets for 1 run is going to cost them here. I know it's a low scoring game and obviously very hard to bat out there but I felt we had to set them around 200 to have enough. Snater has fought back well with the ball but always feels easier to chase a total in a game like this when you have the momentum of rolling a side out cheaply in the second innings.
posted 1 day, 22 hours ago
comment by Emile Death Rowe (TCM) (U8959)
posted 18 minutes ago
Essex losing their last 4 wickets for 1 run is going to cost them here. I know it's a low scoring game and obviously very hard to bat out there but I felt we had to set them around 200 to have enough. Snater has fought back well with the ball but always feels easier to chase a total in a game like this when you have the momentum of rolling a side out cheaply in the second innings.
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Half an hour ago I was going to post that we were about thirty short but got side tracked and missed the end.
posted 1 day, 19 hours ago
Close of play scoreboard
Division One:
Old Trafford: Lancashire 92 & 119-4 v Kent 261
Taunton: Somerset 128 & 170-7 v Essex 156 & 138 - Somerset won by three wickets
Division Two:
Derby: Derbyshire 248 v Sussex 357-5
Lord's: Middlesex 64-1 v Leicestershire 306
Headingley: Yorkshire 295-2 v Glamorgan 221.
posted 1 day, 6 hours ago
Sunday updates: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/live/c72pndgdg78t
A ton for Joe Root.
posted 1 day, 4 hours ago
Lunchtime scoreboard
Division One:
Old Trafford: Lancashire 92 & 224-6 v Kent 261
Taunton: Somerset 128 & 170-7 v Essex 156 & 138 - Somerset won by three wickets
Division Two:
Derby: Derbyshire 248 & 19-0 v Sussex 479
Lord's: Middlesex 158-2 v Leicestershire 306
Headingley: Yorkshire 458-4 v Glamorgan 221.
posted 22 hours, 25 minutes ago
Close of play scoreboard:
Division One:
Old Trafford: Lancashire 92 & 332 v Kent 261 & 71-1 - Kent need 164 to win
Taunton: Somerset 128 & 170-7 v Essex 156 & 138 - Somerset won by three wickets
Division Two:
Derby: Derbyshire 248 & 109 v Sussex 479 - Sussex win by an innings and 124 runs
Lord's: Middlesex 407-8 v Leicestershire 306
Headingley: Yorkshire 519-7 dec v Glamorgan 221 & 171-3.
posted 4 hours, 31 minutes ago
Monday updates: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/live/c51n6e16rret
Lunch scores:
Division One:
Old Trafford: Lancashire (3 pts) 92 & 332 lost to Kent (20 pts) 261 & 162-3 by 7 wkts
Division Two:
Lord's: Middlesex 407-8 v Leicestershire 306 - no play before lunch
Headingley: Yorkshire 519-7 dec v Glamorgan 221 & 277-3
Results -
Division One:
Taunton: Somerset (19pts) 128 & 170-7 beat Essex (3pts) 156 & 138 by 3 wkts wickets
Division Two:
Derby: Derbyshire (2pts) 248 & 109 lost to Sussex (23pts) 479 by an innings and 124 runs.