Nottinghamshire v Somerset, Durham v Surrey, and more: county cricket day three

The Guardian

4 days ago

Update:
Date: 2025-07-31T09:20:58.000Z
Title: Wednesday's round-up
Content: Yorkshire's Adam Lyth zinged to his fifth first-class century, nimble as the weasel that darted about Anne Brontë's grave in the morning sun. The Scarborough faithful delighted in his innings and his passage past a thousand runs for the summer, as they did in James Wharton's seventh fifty – though he once more missed out on a hundred, shuffling away after being bowled for 85. With a lead of 70 over Sussex, Yorkshire are well placed in what feels like a must-win game to avoid relegation.
Emilio Gay's sparkling 99 gave Durham an outside chance of causing the leaders, Surrey, a few headaches, though two late wickets stacked the equation southwards. The morning session at Chester-le-Street was taken up by Surrey hot-trotting another 140 runs, spearheaded by Jordan Clark's 82; Ben Raine finished with five for 72.
Meanwhile Nottinghamshire kept in the game at Trent Bridge, thanks to a third century of the season from Haseeb Hameed – who also passed 1,000 runs. Somerset lost seven for 100 in a hurry.
Kent defied Leicestershire, built largely by an unbeaten 101 from Ben Compton, another 1,000-run graduate. Earlier Tom Scriven missed out on his first first-class century by one run. Jimmy Anderson's 43rd birthday present from his Lancashire teammates was a collapse of seven wickets for 30 at Old Trafford as Glamorgan's Mason Crane collected six for 19.
Essex piled up 602 for six declared against Warwickshire, with hundreds from Charlie Allison, Tom Westley and Michael Pepper. Half-centuries from Luke Procter, George Bartlett and Justin Broad kept Northants in the game against Derbyshire. Middlesex are on top against Gloucestershire, Kane Williamson collecting 153.
And an unbeaten partnership of 126 between Jake Libby and Adam Hose steadied Worcestershire against Hampshire at New Road.
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Date: 2025-07-31T09:20:26.000Z
Title: Scores on the doors
Content: DIVISION ONE
Chester-le-Street: Durham 153 and 222-5 v Surrey 322
Chelmsford: Essex 602-6dec v Warwickshire 140-2
Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire 189-2 v Somerset 438
New Road: Worcestershire 187-2 v Hampshire 293
Scarborough: Yorkshire 292-4 v Sussex 222
DIVISION TWO
Cheltenham: Gloucestershire 54-1 v Middlesex 445
Canterbury: Kent 203-3 v Leicestershire 471
Old Trafford: Lancashire 137 v Glamorgan 261 and 95-2
Northamptonshire: Northants 265-5 v Derbyshire 377
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Date: 2025-07-31T09:18:11.000Z
Title: Preamble
Content: Hello from the north Yorkshire coast. The Scarborough micro-climate continues to be kind, and the players are all out in the middle stretching this and that.
A morning walk around Marine Drive has given me an excellent potted history of Scarborough thanks to some 'portholes in time'. The most interesting of many interesting facts is that in 1253 Henry III granted the town a royal charter to hold an annual summer fair for 45 days. It was the biggest fair in Western Europe and inspired the traditional love ballad Scarborough Fair.
I'll stop there before I get embroiled in secret wireless stations and 11,000 year-old archaeological remains. Play starts at 11am here, and around the grounds. Come dip your toe in, the water is lovely.