England Domestic Cricket--County Championship--Round 2
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INDIA; IRELAND; NEW ZEALAND; PAKISTAN;
SOUTH AFRICA; SRI LANKA; WEST INDIES; ZIMBABWE
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ENGLAND DOMESTIC CRICKET--2021
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2021 County Championship
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COMPLETE CURRENT COMPLETE 3 GROUP LADDER (CRICINFO)
Note: Somerset was docked 8 points before the competition began for a pitch preparation violation in 2019
How the County Championship Point System Works.
Outright win=16 points + bonus points; Draw=8 points + bonus points; Tie=8 points + bonus points, Loss=0 points +bonus points; match abandoned=?
Batting and Bowling points (1st Innings through 110 overs)
Batting: Runs: 200=1; 250=2; 300=3; 350=4; 400=5
Bowling: Wickets: 3=1; 6=2; 9=3
Links that may be of use
How the County Championship Points System Works (Daily Mail)
Explanation of the new value of draws (8 points as opposed to 5)
Explanation of the new value of draws (8 points as opposed to 5)
Other Points Values (ECB)
How the County Championship Divisional System works (Cricinfo)
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How the County Championship Divisional System works (Cricinfo)
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Note: For the full match video links, I have attempted to link you directly into the beginning of play (when the umpires come out if available). There are long periods of lead time on some of the videos. What I skip over, you may find interesting (such as final pitch preparation or pre-game practice). Its all there. Just use the slider bar.
Occasionally the video may be silent. Occasionally, there is sound feedback. Just locate where the sound is repaired, go back to where it went bad, and watch in silence.
Enjoy
Round 2 (April 15-18, 2021)
Cricinfo
Links to full scorecards
Links to full scorecards
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NOTE 1: ECB LIVEPLAY (PLAY CRICKET) KEEPS MATCH CENTRE INTERACTIVE SCORECARDS (VIDEO LINKS TO ALL FOURS, SIXES, AND WICKETS, AS WELL AS WAGON WHEELS AND PARTNERSHIPS) FOR ALL MATCHES. I AM GOING TO USE THAT INFORMATION SOURCE BECAUSE IT IS ARCHIVAL AS WELL AS CURRENT. THE MATCH CENTRE LINKS AT THE COUNTY WEB SITES, DO NOT, AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, ARCHIVE MATCH CENTRE INFORMATION. I AM GOING TO USE A SINGLE ADDRESS FOR CONVENIENCE. WHEN YOU GET THERE YOU WILL SEE ALL OF THE SEARCHES AND SORTS YOU CAN DO TO FOLLOW A GROUP, TEAM, OR TIME PERIOD. IT IS A MAGNIFICENT SOURCE OF INFORMATION
NOTE 2: CRICKET AUSTRALIA KEEPS A MATCH CENTRE FOR THE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP THAT PROVIDES WORM AND MANHATTAN CHARTS FOR EACH MATCH AS PART OF SCORECARD INFORMATION (SCROLL PAST THE TABLE) FOR "COMPLETED" AND CURRENT MATCHES. SIMPLY CLICK ON THE GREEN ARROW AND THE "GRAPHS" TAB. CA ARCHIVES THE OLD MATCHES AS WELL AS FOLLOWING THE PRESENT ONES.
NOTE 3: FOR UP TO DATE TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL BATTING AND BOWLING STATISTICS, THE BEST SOURCE I HAVE FOUND IS THE CRICINFO COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP STATISTICS PAGE
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Notable: It was a Round of superlatives:
Batting:
Highest Scorer: Ollie Pope (Surrey) 245 in 272 balls, 7 hours, 30 fours)
Hundreds: 14
Most Runs for the season: A. Lyth (Yorkshire) 380
250 Partnerships: 1
IG Holland-SA Northeast (Hampshire v Middlesex) 257 (3rd Wicket)
200 Partnerships: 2
OJ Pope-JL Smith (Surrey v Leicestershire) 234 (5th Wicket)
OJ Pope-BT Foakes (Surrey v Leicestershire) 229 (4th Wicket)
150 Partnerships: 1
Hassan Assad-LJ Hill (Leicestershire v Surrey) 152 not out (4th Wicket)
100 Partnerships: 15
Largest Season Partnership: IG Holland-SA Northeast 257 (3rd Wicket)
Bowling:
10 Wickets in a match: 2
Ollie Robinson (Sussex): 13 for 128 (including 9 for 78 in 30.1 overs)
Simon Harmer (Essex): 10 for 136
5 Wickets in each Innings:
Simon Harmer (Essex) 5 for 79 in 34 overs and 5 for 53 in 24 overs
5 Wickets in an Innings: 7
Best Innings:
Mohammed Abbas (Hampshire) 6 for 11 in 11 overs, with a Hat Trick
Most Wickets for the Season: OE Robinson (Sussex) 15
Fielding:
Most Wicket Keeper Dismissals in a match: 5 (all catches): LD McManus (Hampshire); SW Pointer (Durham); OG Robinson (Kent); JA Tattersall (Yorkshire)
Most for the Season: 10: SW Pointer (Durham) (all catches)
Catches by Non-Wicket Keeper: 4 ; SJ Croft (Lancashire); JJ Weatherly (Hampshire)
Most Catches for the Season: 8 : SR Hain (Warwickshire)
Busiest of the Week:
Matt Critchley (Derbyshire) scored a 100 (109 in 159 balls, 3 hours, 41 minutes), a 50 (84 in 109 balls, 2 hours, 12 minutes), and had a 5 wicket Innings (5 for 67 in 25 overs) against Worcestershire
The Genteel Sport of Cricket
Stuart Broad's fearsome spell v Warkwickshire (see match details below undre Group 1) (Trent Bridge Youtube) (Added April 20, 2021)
Before lunch on day four, a fearsome, uncompromising spell showed Broad at his cunning, vicious, brutal best
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Group 1
Essex& (bat) v Durham
ESSEX WON BY 44 RUNS (POINTS: E 19 D 5)
Full Scorecard (Cricinfo)
County Ground, Chelmsford (1--Google Earth Stadium Flights Youtube) (2--Cricinfo) (3--City--Wikipedia)
FULL MATCH VIDEO
Day 1: Essex 96 (41.3 overs); Durham 148/8 (49)
Day 2, Part 1; Day 2, Part 2: Durham 259 (82.3); Essex 208/6 (69)
Day 2, Part 1; Day 2, Part 2: Durham 259 (82.3); Essex 208/6 (69)
Day 3: Essex 330 (122.2); (Target=168) Durham 60/3 (32)
MATCH REPORTS
Essex
Day 1-4 (Address has been corrected to the Essex v Durham match (4/17/21)
Day 1-4 (Address has been corrected to the Essex v Durham match (4/17/21)
Day 1 includes a video interview with Assistant Coach Andre Nel
Day 2 includes a video interview with Head Coach Anthony McGrath
Day 3 includes a video interview with Ben Allison (52 on 163 balls, 3 hours, 16 minutes
Day 4 includes a video interview with Simon Harmer (1st Innings 5/79 in 34 overs, 2nd Innings 5/57 in 24 overs. Overall 10/136 in 58 overs.
Durham
Day 1 includes a video interview with Captain Scott Borthwick (100 on 129 balls, in 2 hours, 49 minutes).
Day 2 includes a video interview with Stuart Poynter (52 not out on 143 balls, 2 hours, 23 minutes)
Day 3 includes a video interview with Brydon Carse (5 for 82 from 27.2 overs)
Day 4 includes a video interview with Coach James Franklin
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Nottinghamshire& (bat) v Warwickshire
WARWICKSHIRE WON BY 3 WICKETS (POINTS: W 20 N 5)
Full Scorecard (cricinfo)
Trent Bridge, Nottingham (1--Google Earth Stadium Flights Youtube) (2--Cricinfo) (3--City--Wikipedia)
FULL MATCH VIDEO
Day 1: Nottinghamshire 273 (88 overs); Warwickshire 24/2 (10)
FULL MATCH VIDEO
Day 1: Nottinghamshire 273 (88 overs); Warwickshire 24/2 (10)
Day 2: Warwickshire 201 (70.4); Nottinghamshire 128/2 (37)
Day 3: Nottinghamshire 260 (88.2) Warwickshire (target=333) 85/3 (33.3)
Day 4: Warwickshire 333/7 (121.5)
MATCH INTERVIEWS
Nottinghamshire (Trent Bridge Youtube)
Day 1: Liam Patterson-White (73 not out on 117 balls, 3 hours, 9 minutes)
Day 2: Dane Peterson on taking his maiden first class wickets for Nottinghamshire (3 for 61 in 15.4 overs)
Day 3: Captain Steven Mullaney Calls For Calm As Titanic Trent Bridge Tussle Goes To The Wire
Day 4: Head Coach Peter Moores on Notts v Warwickshire
Warwickshire (Warwickshire Youtube)
Warwickshire
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Derbyshire v Worcestershire& (bowl)
MATCH DRAWN (Points: D 15 W 14)
Full Scorecard (Cricinfo)
County Ground, Derby (1--Google Earth Stadium Flights Youtube) (2--Cricinfo) (3--City--Wikipedia)
FULL MATCH VIDEO
Day 1: Derbyshire 360/8 (100 overs)
FULL MATCH VIDEO
Day 1: Derbyshire 360/8 (100 overs)
Day 2, Part 1; Day 2, Part 2 Derbyshire 390 (111.2); Worcestershire 243/7 (86)
Day 3: Worcestershire 305 (102); Derbyshire 268/5 (70)
Derbyshire
Day 1
Day 1
After Match print interview with Ben Aitchison (3 for 18 off 12 overs on the last day)
Worcestershire
Day 1
Worcestershire
Day 1
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Group 2
Somerset v Gloucestershire& (bowl)
Full Scorecard (cricinfo)
GLOUCESTERSHIRE WON BY 8 WICKETS (POINTS: G 22 S 6)
FULL MATCH VIDEOS
Day 1: Somerset 312 (94.1 overs); Gloucestershire 13/0 (3)
Day 2: Gloucestershire 301/8 (103)
Day 3: Gloucestershire 309 (110.1); Somerset 149 (65.5) (target=153) Gloucestershire 28/1 (10)
Day 4: Gloucestershire 156/2 (41.1)
VIDEO HIGHLITES (ECB)
MATCH REPORT
Somerset
Gloucestershire
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Full Scorecard (Cricinfo)
MATCH DRAWN (POINTS: S 15 L 13)
FULL MATCH VIDEOS
Day 1: Leicestershire 215/3 (76.2 overs)
Day 2: Leicestershire 375 (117.3); Surrey 253/3 (65) (Day 3 stream ends at Hashim Amla's dismissal [83/2---18.4] and the entry of Ollie Pope)
Day 3: Surrey 672/8(d) (141.4) Leicestershire 21/0 (17)
Day 4, Part 1; Day 4 Part 2 Leicestershire 295/3 (92)
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS: (Surrey Cricket Club Youtube)
Day 1
Day 1
MATCH REPORTS
Surrey
Day 3 Feature Story: In Focus: Ollie Pope's Double Century (includes link to video of all boundaries the 1st hundred).
Day 3 Interview with Ollie Pope (245 on 272 balls, 7 hours) and Jamie Smith (123 on 148, 3 hours). a 234 run partnership that lasted 39 overs.
Day 4 Interview with Surrey Coach Vikram Solanki
Three Feathers Podcast (with Jon Surtees and Mark Church [long time Surrey Radio commentator]--about 5-10 minutes). This will be a new podcast for Surrey home games. Click on the yellow arrow to the left of Day 1,2,3.
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Hampshire& (bat) v Middlesex
Full Scorecard (Cricinfo)
HAMPSHIRE WON BY 249 RUNS (POINTS: H 22 M 3)
FULL MATCH VIDEO
Day 1: Hampshire 281/8 (98 overs)
Day 2: Hampshire 319 (110.2); Middlesex 79 (34.4); Hampshire 204/2 (50)
Day 3: Hampshire 290/4(d) (67); (target=531); Middlesex 208/4 (69)
Day 4: Middlesex 281 (99)
Day 2 Mohammed Abbas (5 for 3 off 3 overs on the way to 6 for 11)
(Middlesex Cricket Youtube)
All Middlesex 2021 Interviews are archived in the Middlesex 2021 Playlist at Middlesex Cricket Youtube.
For ease of access regarding this match, the individual links are also provided below.
Day 2: Max Holden discusses Middlesex' season's start, Mohammad Abbas (of whom he was the first of the hat trick)
Day 3: Nick Gubbins (1st Innings 0 in 1 ball, 1 minute, second of Mohammed Abbas' hat trick wickets); 2nd Innings 67 on 123 balls, 2 hours, 48 minutes)
Day 4: Acting Captain Stephen Eskinazi
MATCH REPORTS
Hampshire
Hampshire
Day 1 includes a video interview with Sam Northeast (63 off 111 balls, 2 hours, 49 minutes)
Day 2 includes a video interview with Mohammed Abbas (6 for 11 off 11 overs, including a hat-trick)
Day 3 includes a video interview with Ian Holland (146 not out off 186 balls, 4 hours, 20 minutes; 1 for 5 off 3 overs)
Day 4 includes a video intrview with Captain James Vince
Middlesex
Day 1-4
Day 1-4
Day 2: The Cricketer
"Mohammad Abbas blitzes Middlesex with hat-trick and 17-ball five-wicket haul on home debut for Hampshire: Abbas's hat-trick is the first in first-class cricket at the Ageas Bowl since 2015, when Chris Rushworth of Durham ran through the Hampshire order."
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Group 3
Lancashire Cricket TV Youtube
Lancashire& (bat) v Northamptonshire
Lancashire Team Page; Northamptonshire Team Page
Full Scorecard (Cricinfo)
LANCASHIRE WON BY 206 RUNS (POINTS: L 21 N 3)
Old Trafford, Manchester (1--Google Earth Stadium Flights Youtube) (2--Cricinfo) (3--City--Wikipedia)
FULL MATCH VIDEO
Day 1: Lancashire 264/8 (100 overs) (video begins with L at 4/0 after one over)
FULL MATCH VIDEO
Day 1: Lancashire 264/8 (100 overs) (video begins with L at 4/0 after one over)
Day 2: Lancashire 305 (115.2); Northamptonshire 177 (62) Lancashire 60/0 (18)
Day 2: 59th over of N's Innings. "Ball of the Century" is 59.6
Day 3: Lancashire 296/7(d) (81); Northamptonshire (target=425) 59/3 (23)
Day 4: Northamptonshire 218 (105.3)
MATCH INTERVIEWS
Lancashire
Day 1: Josh Bohannon (68 off 166 balls, 3 hours, 8 minutes)
Day 2: "Sack it, I'm gonna rip it" | Parky on HIS 'Ball of the Century' (Matt Parkinson--3 for 49 in 20 overs, including the "ripper" that broke Northamptonshire's 82 run 9th wicket partnership. The interview contains video of the delivery.
Day 4: Head Coach Glen Chapple
MATCH REPORTS
Lancashire
Day 1
Day 1
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Full Scorecard (cricinfo)
SUSSEX WON BY 8 WICKETS (POINTS: S 24 G 4)
Sophia Gardens, Cardiff (1--Google Earth Stadium Flights Youtube) (2--Cricinfo) (3--City--Wikipedia)
FULL MATCH VIDEO (commentary begins when play begins)
Day 1: Glamorgan 285 (75 overs); Sussex 99/0 (23)
Day 2: Sussex 481/9 (123)
Day 3: Sussex 481 (123.3) Glamorgan 258/5 (85)
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS (ECB)
Day 1
Day 1
MATCH REPORTS
Glamorgan
Day 1
Day 1
Day 2: Includes a video interview with Michael Hogan (4 for 46 in 23.3 overs)
Day 3: Includes a video interview with Captain Chris Cook
Day 4: Includes a video interview with Kiran Carlson (1st Innings: 127 on 182 balls, 4 hours, 33 minutes--2nd Innings 132 on 198 balls, 4 hours, 11 minutes)
Day 4: Includes a video interview with Head Coach Matt Maynard
Sussex
Day 1: Includes audio interview with Ollie Robinson (4 for 50 in 18 overs)
Day 2: Includes audio interview with Stiian van Zyl (113 on 153 balls, 3 hours 15 minutes)
Day 3: Includes an audio interview with Head Coach Ian Salisbury
Day 4: Includes an audio interview with Ollie Robinson (9 for 78 in 30.1 overs) 13 for 128 in 48.1 overs.
Sussex video special: Ollie Robinson's 15 Sussex 5-fers. Includes matches going back to the 2017 season
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Full Scorecard (cricinfo)
YORKSHIRE WON BY 200 RUNS (POINTS: Y 23 K 5)
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury (1--Google Earth Stadium Flights Youtube) (2--Cricinfo) (3--City--Wikipedia)
FULL MATCH VIDEO (There is no audio commentary on Day 1)
Day 1: Yorkshire 358/8 (100 overs)
Day 2: Yorkshire 375 (105.2); Kent 265 (87.1); Yorkshire 6/0 (2)
Day 4: Kent 244/9 (88.4) (Harry Podmore was absent hurt)
Day 1-4: The reports link to interactive scorecards with in play video clips.
Yorkshire
Day 1-4: Each match report is linked to all the others. Each report includes an interactive worm/Manhattan graph.
Feature Article (Day 2): (Captain) Steve Patterson (3 for 43 in 18 overs) Delighted With Team Performance on Day 2
Feature Article (Day 3): (Joe) Root Praises Young Centurion (Adam) Lyth (1st Innings: 97 in 116 balls, 2 hours, 36 minutes; 2nd Innings: 116 in 169 balls, 4 hours, 5 minutes) and Young Gun (Harry) Brook (4 for 15 in 12 overs).
Feature Article (Day 4): (David Willey (5 for 61 in 16.4 overs) Delighted to Contribute Significantly in Yorkshire's Win
Feature Article (Day after Match) (England Test Captain Joe) Root Urges Domestic Batsmen to Follow Adam Lyth's (leading run scorer in the competition through two rounds with 380 runs: 52, 115 not out, 97, and 116) Lead.
At the end of the article there is a listing of the top 10 scorers in the competition.