Other CC games 17-20 May 2024.

315-0 for Gloucestershire at Leicester having been asked to bat, ouch.

Surrey are remorseless.
Lancs finally finding form. Possibly glad to be on an out ground. The young man Aspinwall may well be Anderson’s replacement. Read that he is Lancaster born, went to Sedbergh, probably on a scholarship and Durham gave him an age-group game. I think a Sedbergh coach has links with Durham. We must be careful about that.
Yes Leaning and Waite have found form, both of course in Div 1. Especially well done Waite.
Essex are very strong in bowling are they. V interesting match with Warwicks who made a remarkable 1st inns recovery.

We are done and dusted but some interesting games still to finish today.

I'm hoping Leicestershire 371 and 24-0 following on, can bat out the day to foil Gloucestershire 706-6 dec at Leicester.

Glamorgan 183 and 294-7 only lead Middlesex 343 by 134 runs at Cardiff, anything possible.

Northants 422 and 195-2 have a lead of 255 over Derbyshire 362. A draw looks favourite at Derby.

In Division 1 Surrey have overwhelmed Worcestershire already at the Oval.

First result of the day should be at Trent Bridge, Hampshire 84-5 need another 85 runs to beat Notts, my 50p is on Hants.

At Chelmsford Essex 162 and 224-4 just need 106 runs to complete a big turnaround against Warwickshire 397 and 94 all out. Spin did for Warwickshire in the 2nd innings, Critchley rather than Harmer.

At Blackpool Lancashire may be close to a much needed win, Durham are on 134-3 and require another 341 runs to win. Ben Stokes special perhaps.

At Taunton Kent following on are 409-5 in their 2nd innings, despite 238 from Zak Crawley they are still only 33 runs ahead of Somerset.

Some good finishes today after what has been a more high profile round of CC games, helped by some decent weather around the country and what seemed to be some decent attendance numbers.

In our division Middlesex beat Glamorgan at Cardiff with 2 wickets to spare.

Leicestershire held out to draw their home game against Gloucestershire who scored a mammoth 706-6 dec in their single innings. 3 draws at home for Leicestershire, a quick calculations shows 880 overs bowled and 58 wickets taken. That's an average of 1 wicket every 15 overs which equates to 26 wickets per match, tough place to win.

Derbyshire also held on by the skin of their teeth to draw with Northants at Derby.


No draws in Division 1, Lancashire beat Durham, Hants beat Notts, Essex beat Warwickshire and Somerset beat Kent.

The excellent Ollie Robinson for Durham ran out of partners on 171 not out leaving Durham 60 runs short of chasing 475. A rather injudicious stroke from Ben Stokes didn't help the cause. Lancashire still bottom but they will be relieved Durham didn't make it.