At a glance
- Essex go second with win over Hampshire
- A very tight game at Glamorgan
- Yorkshire in trouble at Warwickshire
Day three is in the books, and with Essex going second after a win against bottom side Hampshire, there’s two games where a draw is looking the likely result and there will be positive results in the other two games.
Essex v Hampshire
Essex secured the win inside three days against Hampshire. Hampshire resumed on day three with the score on 58-2 in their second innings. Nick Gubbins scored 71, and Ben Brown was 57*, but they were the only two scores of note in the second innings, as Hampshire were all out for 214, setting Essex 177 to win.
Simon Harmer was the pick of the bowlers, with 4-66. Sam Cook also took 3-52, to do his possible England claims no harm. Wiaan Mulder also took 2-23, and Jamie Porter took 1-35.
Essex’s innings didn’t get off to the greatest of starts, as they found themselves on 40-3. Charlie Allison (34) and Matt Critchley then put on 101 run partnership to settle any nerves. Critchley saw Essex over the line with 90* and Mulder 15* as they won by six wickets. Kyle Abbott took all four wickets to fall, with figures of 4-35.
You can read the full scorecard here
Glamorgan v Somerset
What a game developing at Sophia Gardens, with both sides thinking they have the upper hand. After Somerset started day three on 32-6, you would be hard pressed not to think Glamorgan were well in the driving seat.
Tom Abell started the day on 15*, and was the last wicket out for 71. Lewis Gregory also scored 45, but Somerset were all out for 157. Tom Norton was the pick of the bowlers, with 4-61. Ryan Hadley and Timm van der Gugten took three wickets each.
Glamorgan, needing 283 to win, with most of day three and all of day four to get them. Zain-ul-Hassan (35) and Asa Tribe (52) put on 81 for the first wicket. Ben Kellaway scored 22 before he was out, and Glamorgan ended the day on 140-5, still needing 143 to win.
Ryan Hadley (2*) and Sean Dickson (4*) will look to bat out the first hour and see where they are at after that. Quick wickets for Somerset though, and they game could be all over by lunch.
You can read the full scorecard here
Warwickshire v Yorkshire
Day three started with Warwickshire on 267-3, Sam Hain on 43 and Beau Webster on 18 and a lead of 262. Webster only added 14 runs to his overnight score, and he fell with the score on 293-4. Then a 98 run partnership between Sam Hain and Ed Barnard (60) took the Bears up to nearly 400.
Sam Hain and Zen Malik (57) then added another 116 run partnership to take Warwickshire past 500. The Bears declared on 553-6, with Sam Hain 164*, and Jordan Thompson 23*, a massive lead of 548.
The only Yorkshire bowler to make a significant impact was Logan van Beek, who finished with 2-100. The remaining wickets were shared between Jack White (1-28), George Hill (1-38), Matthew Revis (1-71) and Dom Bess (1-119).
Set the task of batting through the rest of day three and the entirety of day four to save the match, Yorkshire quickly found themselves in deep trouble at 14-3. Matthew Revis and Harry Brook attempted to steady the innings, but Brook’s dismissal for 26, followed soon after by Jonny Bairstow departing for a five-ball duck, left Yorkshire staring defeat in the face. They closed the day on 98-5, still 451 runs short of victory and, more importantly, with only five wickets remaining.
Warwickshire’s bowlers produced a superb display, led by Ethan Bamber, who claimed 3-29, including a devastating spell of 3-5 in just 22 balls. Jordan Thompson (1-31) and Ed Barnard (1-12) chipped in with the other wickets. One early breakthrough on the morning of day four could allow Warwickshire to wrap up victory swiftly.
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Sussex v Leicestershire
Bad light and Rain put pay to the final session of play at Hove, with the game nicely poised. Sussex started day three on 386-8, with John Simpson 89* and Ollie Robinson on 13*, and a lead of 58.
Robinson only added six more runs to his score, but with Henry Crocombe (13) for company, John Simpson ended the innings on 114*, as Sussex were bowled out for 430, securing a 102 run lead. Ben Green (3-87) and Ajaz Patel (2-97) took the two wickets to fall in the first innings.
Leicestershire would have wanted to get to parity without any loss of wickets, but soon found themselves on 37-3, as Jake Weatherald (13), Sol Budinger (0) and captain Ian Holland (1) all back in the pavilion. Rishi Patel (56) and Jonathan Tattersall then put on 66 for the fourth wicket to halt Sussex’s charge.
But rain during the tea interval, followed by bad light and further rain after the restart meant the day ended with Leicestershire leading by 52 runs on 154-4. Tattersall ended the day on 54* and Stephen Eskinazi is 26*.
Ollie Robinson (1-39), Fynn Hudson-Prentice (1-25), Henry Crocombe (1-12), and Tom Clark (1-20) were the only wicket takers so far for Sussex. They will want to get early wickets tomorrow to set up a win, whereas Leicestershire will want to bat most of the day to ensure they don’t lose.
You can read the full scorecard here
Nottinghamshire v Surrey
Another game where quick wickets could set up the win, as Nottinghamshire lead by 65 going into the final day.
Surrey started day three on 211-4, with Dan Lawrence on 51 and Adam Thomas only just starting his innings on 6, still 204 runs behind. Lawrence (104)and Thomas (46) put on 108 for the fifth wicket, to take the score to 305-5, but both fell within a run of each other, with the score on 306-6, still 109 runs behind.
Jordan Clark and Gus Atkinson put together a little partnership, before Atkinson retired hurt on 27. Clark was out for 54, and with Ollie Pope coming in at nine, the tail wagged. Pope was 19* at the end of the innings, as they were all out for 449, a lead of 34.
Josh Tongue was the pick of the bowlers, trying to get back in the England Selectors eyes, with 4-89. Liam Patterson-White also picked up 4-135, while Olly Stone picked up 2-68.
With a deficit of 34 runs, Haseeb Hameed and Ben Slater set about getting level quickly. However, Hameed only scored 12, as he was out with the score on 19. Slater ended the day on 42* with Ben Duckett on 35*, with the score on 99-1, a lead of 65. Sean Abbott took the only wicket to fall for figures of 1-26.
A draw is the most likely result, unless Surrey get quick wickets or Nottinghamshire get lots of runs quickly – one slightly more possible than the other, but anything is possible.
You can read the full scorecard here
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