Roundup: Hameed haunts Lancashire with double hundred
Lancashire’s batters suffered yet another bad day at the office, but not before their ex-wunderkind had twirled in his swivel chair and smoked a couple of cheroots. Nottinghamshire’s Haseeb Hameed rocked to the first double century of his career, carrying his bat for 247.
Olly Stone helped with a career-best 90. Lancashire then subsided as Dillon Pennington, who must be in England notebooks, sawed through the top order, and Dane Paterson and Lydon James did the rest. Tom Hartley and Matty Hurst swung the bat at the end, but at six wickets down, Lancashire still need another 72 to avoid an innings defeat.
Glamorgan handed top of the table Sussex a three-day spanking by nine wickets at Cardiff. Andy Gorvin grabbed a career-best five for 40, and, with help from Mir Hamza and Mason Crane, Sussex subsided for 188 in their second innings, leaving Glamorgan 56 to win. They knocked that off in less than eight overs for their first Championship victory since May last year.
Kemar Roach’s six for 46 put Surrey in sight of a third Championship win on the bounce against Warwickshire at The Oval. With Rory Burns and Dom Sibley at the crease, Surrey need only another 58. Jamie Smith’s magical 155, and a partnership of 115 with the big-hitting Sean Abbot, tonked Surrey to maximum batting points.
A high-scoring draw looks on the cards on the docile pitch at Hampshire’s Rose Bowl, where David Bedingham took Durham past the follow-on target and to safety with 140, his second century of the summer. Liam Dawson toiled through a personal record 62 overs, and was rewarded with a five-fer
Cameron Bancroft clipped an unbeaten 130 to put Gloucestershire in an excellent position against Northamptonshire. Set 558 to win, Emilio Gay went on the offensive, his 74 an exciting mix of luck and finesse.
At Canterbury, Jack Leaning batted all day for a tenacious 152 not out, giving Kent the ghost of a chance of survival against Worcestershire. Kent are still 256 behind, but the pitch is a welcoming doormat. Beyers Swanepoel hit 54 on his debut
An enormous storm broke over Manchester this evening but, unfortunately for Lancashire, they are playing at Trent Bridge. Huge congratulations to Glamorgan, who tamed top-of-the-table Sussex in three days. We’ll be back tomorrow at 10am – see you then!
In Division Two: Hamza, Crane and Gorvin (5-40) have done for Sussex. Glamorgan need 56 to win. Paul Farbrace currently winding the clockworks of Jayden Seales.
And Northants are 111 runs into their mammoth chase against Glos, fifty for Emilio Gay.
With an hour or so left, time for me to write up. Let’s just have a last glance north to south. First Division One
Three for Pennington, as Bell trudges off, done by a beauty, holding the bat by the disconsolate blade. Lancs 33-3, trail by 139. Enter Bruce circling his bat like Andrew Flintoff.
A wicket at The Oval, where Ed Barnard has been caught and bowled by Sean Abbott for 44. Warwicks 165-5, lead by just 44.
Jack Leaning – apologies for missing his hundred – undefeated on 125 and Swanepoel putting in a stirling effort for Kent, but with only four wickets left they still trail Worcs by too many to mention.
And Bedingham has gone for 144 at the Rose Bowl, Durham eight down, still 122 behind. Life in the old dog yet.
Pennington at one end, Stone at the other end – a strong-looking man, eats telephone directories for dinner. Jennings beaten by consecutive deliveries.
I’m afraid the news isn’t great from Trent Bridge for Lancs fans, as Wells trudges away, a slow score in his pocket. That, and Arsenal’s goal, is enough to make child 2 stomp back to A level revision. Pennington, whose trousers, forever too short when he was at New Road, now seem to fit, is superb. And there’s his double-wicket maiden, as Bohannon edges behind. Lancs 19-2.
A standing ovation for HH after Dane Paterson loses his stumps. Saqib leads the Lancashire congratulations by running over with a handshake. HH pulls of his helmet and raises his bat round the ground. The Notts lead? A morale-sapping 172.
Has dropped off Mahmood. Then plays a wild slog as he temporarily forgets his new inscurable persona. And that’s the Notts 500! Mahmood and HH have a mid-pitch conflab. I think it is friendly.
Tea time at the Rose Bowl, with Durham still needing 22 to avoid the follow on, four wickts in hand. Bedingham on a chipper 135 not out. Four wickets to Liam Dawson.
I notice Has didn’t take his helmet off when he reached 200 – could that have been because he didn’t want anyone to see his small but perfectly formed smirk? As HPG notes, he now has the highest first-class score by any Notts batter against Lancashire. 239 and counting. Lancs look about as enthusiastic as teenagers forced to attend a neighbourhood drinks party.
A pretty Rob Yates fifty at The Oval, where Warwicks are rattling along after the loss of Davies and Rhodes. Warwicks 83-2, 38 behind Surrey.
Hameed picking up the pace at Trent Bridge with just No. 11 Paterson for companionship. Now 227 not out, Lancashire’s field spread like a giant’s stone circle.
Hundreds for Cameron Bancroft and David Bedingham!
Raining hundreds this afternoon – Bedingham now 123 not out, he and Clark holding back the tide for Durham; BAncroft providing a similar service for Gloucestershire – and in fact they have just declared with a serviceable lead of 557, Bancroft 130 not out.
A hovering back lift, a back-foot cut, and there it is! A maiden double century in the sun for one of CCLive!’s favourite sons– 368 balls, 19 fours, nearly nine hours graft. He raises his glove to the sky and waves at the standing ovation from his teammates and round the ground.
James Coles and Fynn Hudson Prentice (68 at a fair crack) stretching Glamorgan’s patience with an unbeaten sixth wicket partnership of 112. Sussex, from the ashes, have a lead of 11.
George Scrimshaw picks up a token Bracey but a first hundred of the season for Cameron Bancroft, stretching Gloucestershire’s lead over Northamptonshire towards 500. Yes, you read that correctly.
I didn’t realise Warwicks were going to have to survive an over before lunch. But they are. Forget the right-arm fast barrage, Dan Lawrence opens the bowling and his first delivery is dispatched to the rope.
And Ed Barnard finishes things off with two in the over. Surrey all out 464 and pity the poor Warwicks openers who must face Surrey’s right-arm barrage with a deficit of 121.
And maximum batting points for Surrey, with seven balls to spare! Smith out for a place-marking 155, mission accomplished. Sean Abbot, who bowled superbly in the first innings, adding to his lustre with an unbeaten fifty. Surrey 464-9, a lead of 121.
A first fifty for Notts by Olly Stone, the radio says his first since 2016. And take that! A cover drive schmoozing with the grass on its way to the rope
At the Rosebowl, things are plodding along with a resigned air. Bedingham 70 not out, Ollie Robinson joining him at the crease after Dawson sent nightwatch Matty Potts on his way for 34. And, actually, there goes Ollie Robinson, for a not-so-chirpy one. Three for Dawson. Maybe not such a plod after all…. Durham five down, trail by 284.
New balls for the Worcestershire bowlers at Canterbury, where Leaning and Finch have fiddled together 25 for the fifth wicket – or more pertinently, survived 11 overs.
While at the County Ground, Gloucestershire look in fine fettle for their first win of the season. 170-2 – both wickets to Patterson-White – the lead over Northants 408. Cameron Bancroft just 16 short of his century.
Nineteen wicketless overs from Tom Hartley, tall and lean, coltish even. This HH-OS partnership now reaching extreme irritation levels for Lancs. Notts 348-7, the lead 17, the partnership 73.
Oh Sussex. Three wickets for Mir Hamza already, and now Pujara gone too, caught off Govin for three. No – wait, there goes Simpson in the same over, for nought. Sussex 32 for five… and counting.
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Happy run-collecting for the big guns at The Oval (Surrey 360-8, Smith 106 not out) and Trent Bridge (Notts 322-7, HH 154 not out). Notts nearing parity against Lancs, and Surrey have nudged to a 19 run lead against Warwicks.
Marnus Labuschagne’s return next week an added bonus for Glamorgan, who were eventually all out for 411 this morning. Sussex’s Toms Haines and Clark in a hurry to eat up that deficit, although there goes Clark, lbw to Hamza for 8. Sussex 22-1, trail Glamorgan by 111.
What a start to the season Daniel Bell-Drummond is having – after a disappointing 2023 (an unbeaten 300 against Northants notwithstanding!) – with two hundreds and two seventies under his belt already, and 67 not out against Worcestershire.
DBD: season to remember. Photograph: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images
His fellow batter Leaning has just reached his first fifty of the season at Canterbury , Kent 131-2.
I do hope Olly Hannon-Dalby has applied a thick coat of sunscreen to his head, gorgeous sunshine at The Oval where Jamie Smith is perched on 99. Some bad news for Warwickshire this morning, with Craig Miles off the field with an ankle injury. Surrey 332 for six.
"He has more than his fair share of blood in his boots"
And a nice little insight on Jimmy Anderson from Lancs’ coach Dale Benkenstein:
“I feel I’ve played a little part in Jimmy’s story in that I was the pro at Burnley when he was just coming through as a 14-year-old, so I’ve known him for a long time.
“I don’t think anyone expects one of your youngsters to be the best ever, as Jimmy has proved to be, but you could see he had some talent. He had a stubborn mindset as well, he was very determined.
“A lot has gone into working with the talent he had but obviously he managed to put it all together.
“Going out at Lord’s will be a good way to finish. I would have expected someone of his stature to have that choice and I can’t imagine a better place to go out than Lord’s except for maybe Emirates Old Trafford, but Lord’s will be a fitting end to an amazing career.
“He wants to put his boots on before the Test match and that’s not until July so we’re looking at him playing for Lancashire before that. There are a couple of four-day games that come in the middle of the Blast. Whether he wants to play in one or both of those we’ll wait and see but he will let us know.
“If he feels like he still wants to continue playing after that final Test match then we would be over the moon to have him, but we would understand if he doesn’t. He has had more than his fair share of overs and blood in his boots, but if he feels like he still wants to contribute and play for Lancs we’d be delighted to have him.
“And if he does decide he is going to finish playing county cricket before the Lord’s Test, then his last game at Emirates Old Trafford will be a massive event, that’s for sure.”
This was Haseeb Hameed last night after his first century as Nott’s captain (against his old club, Lancashire).
“I felt pretty good out there, I was happy with my rhythm today. You always try to contribute whenever you go out there and it is not something I’ve particularly dwelled on but it is nice to get that first hundred as captain.
“Last season was a bit frustrating, but that’s top-order batting I suppose but I feel good, it has been nice to spend a bit more time in the middle and hopefully things look up from here.”
A fascinating column from Mark Ramprakash about Anderson’s retirement, and how Ramprakash himself decided it was time to go: “ I needed someone whose opinion I valued to tell me it was time to end it. For me it was Justin Langer, and hearing his words was such a relief.”
On a day when all the talk at county grounds was of someone who was not even playing, Jimmy Anderson’s Lancashire teammate Saqib Mahmood returned after 12 months on the sidelines, to begin to make the case that he could step into the Anderson-shaped hole in the England side.
Mahmood, whose absence was caused by a stress fracture, looked lean and dangerous as he made his first bowling steps of the season and did not have to wait long for his first wicket of the campaign, Nottinghamshire’s Ben Slater poking at a length ball outside off stump and seeing an edge fly into the safe hands of George Bell at third slip.
The lissom-limbed George Balderson then popped up to take three further wickets as the visitors set about protecting their first-innings score of 331. Haseeb Hameed proved a thorn in the side, making 137 runs off 246 balls against his former county to keep things simmering at Trent Bridge.
On a soporific south coast, Hampshire made Durham toil. Tom Prest scoring his second first‑class century as his side made 503. Alex Lees and David Bedingham set about hauling the target in, Lees departed lbw to a scudding Liam Dawson delivery but Bedingham ended unbeaten on 35, with the nightwatcher Matthew Potts for company.
There was even more hard yakka for Kent at Canterbury. Jason Holder and Matthew Waite racking up centuries as Worcestershire posted a nosebleed-inducing 618 for seven declared. Holder went to his ton with a flurry of sixes, on reaching the milestone he poignantly tapped the badge by his heart bearing the number 33, that of his former teammate Josh Baker. Holder then raised his bat to his teammates in what looks to be his final innings for the club during this stint. In response, Zak Crawley fell for a scratchy six runs, under edging a leg-side ball from Joe Leach that was well pouched by the wicketkeeper, Gareth Roderick. Kent ending the day on 111 or two, a whopping 507 runs adrift.
Surrey’s engine room purred at the Oval. Jamie Smith stroked Warwickshire’s bowlers around south London to finish unbeaten on 98, his side 16 runs behind but with four wickets in hand.
In Division Two, Sussex’s Jayden Seales picked up three wickets in the morning session, the West Indian bowling Glamorgan’s Billy Root with a fizzing delivery that jagged back to hit the top of the stumps and send the bails skywards like a pair of quizzical eyebrows. The Welsh side battled back and then dominated. From 41 for four they closed on 411 for nine with a handsome 133-run lead thanks to centuries from Kiran Carlson and Colin Ingram.
Marchant de Lange picked up five for 42 to scatter Northamptonshire for 171 at Wantage Road. Cameron Bancroft and Ben Charlesworth cantered to 77 without loss at the close, meaning Gloucestershire are 315 runs to the good.
Good morning! It’s day three, round six and no match has been rained off or pitched head over heels into a bush within two days. Things, my friends, are looking up! Not so much for Northants and Sussex who are definitely looking down a barrel, while things look pretty dicey for Durham and Kent as well.
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