England Domestic Cricket--County Championship--Round 3
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INDIA; IRELAND; NEW ZEALAND (completed April 21, 2021); PAKISTAN; SOUTH AFRICA; SRI LANKA; WEST INDIES; ZIMBABWE
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ENGLAND DOMESTIC CRICKET--2021
Note: Each home team's Youtube site is linked for those who might want to use this blog as a jumping off place to all live feeds. They link to the "videos" page. If you don't see the live feed there, just click on "home". All matches and all days begin at 11:00 am local time. This service is, of course also provided by ECB. However its links go to Web based pages, which can be ponderous for those with slower connections. The Youtube sites are much more bandwidth friendly in my opinion.
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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 3 (April 22-25, 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: This round featured 3 matches where the follow on was invited. In two of them the team following on saved the match. It also featured the 2nd match of the season won by an innings.
Batting:
Highest Scorer: David Bedingham (Durham) 257 in 410 balls, 9 hours, 33 fours. This is the highest score of the season so far and the 4th 200+ score.
Hundreds: 13
2 hundreds in a match: Haseeb Hamid (Nottinhamshire--see below under that match for more)
Most Runs for the season: David Bedingham (Durham) 565
200 Partnerships: 3
R Vasconcelos-RI Keogh (Northamptonshire v Glamorgan) 239 not out (3rd wicket)
BT Slater-H Hameed (Nottinghamshire v Worcestershire) 236 not out (1st wicket)
IG Holland-TG Alsop (Hampshire v Gloucestershire) 228 (2nd wicket)
150 Partnerships: 2
L Wood-DJ Lamb (Lancashire v Kent) 187 (8th wicket)
DJ Bell-Drummond--JM Cox (Kent v Lancashire) 176 (1st wicket)
100 Partnerships: 10
Largest Season Partnership: IG Holland-SA Northeast 257 (3rd Wicket)
Bowling:
10 Wickets in a match: 0
5 Wickets in an Innings: 6
Most wickets in an Innings: MW Parkinson (Lancashire) 7 for 126 in 52.0 overs
Best Innings: DM Bess (Yorkshire) 6 for 53 in 29.5 overs
Most Wickets for the Season: OE Robinson (Sussex) 20
Fielding:
Most Wicket Keeper Dismissals in a match: DC Brown (Sussex) 6 (5 catches; 1 stumping)
Most for the Season: 13: SW Pointer (Durham) (all catches); JA Simpson (Middlesex) (12 catches; 1 stumping)
Catches by Non-Wicket Keeper: 3 ; RP Jones (Lancashire); T Coler-Cadmore (Yorkshire); SD Robson (Middlesex)
Most Catches for the Season: 10 : SR Hain (Warwickshire)
Busiest of the Week:
Haseeb Hameed (Nottinghamshire): 228 runs, (114 not out, 111); 635 balls (all time CC record); 13 hours 44 minutes; batted all day on the 4th day to help save the match following on
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Group 1
&Warwickshire (1-0-1--32) (bowl) v Essex (1-0-1--32)
WARWICKSHIRE WON BY 7 WICKETS (POINTS: W 21 E 5)
WARWICKSHIRE (2-0-1--53--1ST); ESSEX 1-1-1--37--3RD[TIE])
Full Scorecard (Cricinfo)
Essex' 1st first class defeat in the last 22 matches
FULL MATCH VIDEO
Day 1: Essex 295 (89.5 overs); Warwickshire 7/0 (4)
Day 2: Warwickshire 243/8 (100)
Day 3: Warwickshire 284 (111.1); Essex 213/9 (82)
(BP: E 5, W 5)
Day 4: Essex 244 (94); Warwickshire (target=256) 256/3 (80.4) (scoreboard becomes visible at 27:38 [214/9, 82.2 overs])
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS (ECB)
MATCH REPORTS
Warwickshire
Essex
Day 1 includes an interview with Nick Browne (68 in 169 balls, 4 hours, 14 minutes)
Day 2 includes an interview with Head Coach Anthony McGrath
Day 3 includes an interview with Batting Coach Tom Huggins
Day 4 includes and interview with Head Coach Anthony McGrath
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&Worcestershire (0-0-2--26) (bat) v Nottinghamshire (0-1-1--18)
MATCH DRAWN (POINTS: W 15 N 12)
WORCESTERSHIRE (0-0-3--41--2ND); NOTTINGHAMSHIRE (0-1-2--30--6TH)
Full Scorecard (Cricinfo)
LIVE FEED MAY BE AVAILABLE FROM THE WORCESTERSHIRE CRICKET MATCH CENTRE (beginning each day at 11:00 am local time). This address also links to the Worcestershire interactive scorecard (video of all fours, sixes, and wickets via the scorecard or the Summary/Ball by Ball links (to see the above in the order they happened).
FULL MATCH VIDEO
Day 1: Worcestershire 305/7 (96 overs)
No Match video (see the above address for boundaries and wickets). After Day 1 the match should be available from the Match Centre or the Youtube site.
Day 3: Nottinghamshire 276 (104.4); Nottinhamshire 2nd Innings (fo) 87/0 (35)
(BP: W 7, N 4)
Day 4: Nottinghamshire 256/0 (109)
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS (ECB)
MATCH REPORTS
Worcestershire
Match Interview
Day 3: Bowling Coach Alan Richardson
Nottinghamshire
Match Interview
Day 1: Luke Fletcher (2 for 43 in 23 overs) and a run out from the outfield
Day 2: Liam Patterson-White (4 for 114 in 41.1 overs)
Day 3: Haseeb Hameed (111 in 304 balls, 6 hours, 41 minutes, his first century for Nottinghamshire), and 114 not out in 331 balls, 7 hours, 3 minutes in Nottinghamshire's 2nd innings
Day 4: Ben Slater (114 not out in 323 balls, 7 hours, 3 minutes)
Milestones: Haseeb Hameeds's 2 hundreds in a match made him only the 20th player in Nottinhamshire history (1890-Present) to achieve the feat. The 228 run unbroken partnership for the 1st wicket in Notttinghamshire's follow on was the largest 1st wicket partnership for Nottinhamshire against Worcestershire, breaking the old record of 220 set by George Gunn and William Wiseall in 1924 at Trent Bridge. Haseeb Hammeed set a new record for balls faced in a CC match (635), breaking the old record of 625 set by Jamie Cox for Somerset against Hampshire at Southampton in 1999.
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Durham& (0-1-1--18) (bat) v Derbyshire (0-0-2--26)
MATCH DRAWN (POINTS: DU 14 DE 11)
DURHAM (0-1-2--32--5TH); DERBYSHIRE (0-0-3--37--3RD [TIE])
Full Scorecard (Cricinfo)
FULL MATCH VIDEO
Day 1: Durham 307/4 (96 overs) (video begins after lunch, with Durham at 80/2, 31 overs)
Day 2: Durham 475 (147.4); Derbyshire 148/5 (42) (video begins after lunch, with Durham at 388/6 (124 overs)
Day 3: Derbyshire 267 (83.1); Durham 175/2(d) (44.5); Derbyshire (target=384) 10/0 (5)
(BP: Du 6, De 3)
Day 4: Derbyshire 280/5 (97)
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS (ECB)
MATCH REPORTS:
Durham
Day 1: The report includes an interview with David Bedingham (170 not out, on 271 balls, 5 hours, 48 minutes) after surviving a run out attempt on 1.
Day 2: The report includes an interview with Captain Scott Borthwick.
Day 3: The report includes and interview with Chis Rushworth (6 for 58 in 22 overs)
Day 4: The report includes an interview with Head Coach James Franklin.
Derbyshire
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Group 2
The Rose Bowl, Southampton (1--Google Earth Stadium Flights Youtube) (2--Cricinfo) (3--City--Wikipedia)
Hampshire& (2-0-0--46) (bat) v Gloucestershire (2-0-0--44)
MATCH DRAWN (POINTS: H 12 G 11)
HAMPSHIRE (2-0-1--58--1ST); GLOUCESTERSHIRE (2-0-1--55--2ND)
Full Scorecard (Cricinfo)
FULL MATCH VIDEO
Day 1: Hampshire 292/3 (96 overs)
Day 2: Hampshire 470 (144.1); Gloucestershire 114/2 (45)
Day 3: Gloucestershire 320 (132.1); Gloucestershire 2nd Innings (fo) 14/0 (6)
(BP: H 4, G 3)
Day 4: Gloucestershire 197/9 (97)
MATCH HIGHLIGHTS (ECB)
MATCH REPORTS
Hampshire
Day 1 includes an interview with Ian Holland (114 in 250 balls, 5 hours, 16 minutes)
Day 2 includes an interview with Tom Alsop (149 in 290 balls, 6 hours, 43 minutes. Holland and Alsop combined for a 228 run 69.1 over second wicket partnership.
Day 3 includes an interview with Liam Dawson (3 for 80 in 41.1 overs)
Day 4 includes an interview with Captain James Vince (52 in 78 balls, 2 hours, 3 minutes)
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire CCC statement regarding the eligibility of Graeme van Buuren
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Upton Steel County Ground (Grace Road), Leicestershire (1--Google Earth Stadium Flights Youtube) (2--Cricinfo) (3--City--Wikipedia)
Leicestershire (0-1-1--15) v Somerset& (1-1-0--17) (bowl)
SOMERSET WON BY 9 WICKETS (POINTS: S 22, L 4)
SOMERSET (2-1-0--39--3RD); LEICESTERSHIRE 0-2-1--19--6TH)
Full Scorecard (Cricinfo)
FULL MATCH VIDEO
Day 1: Leicestershire 233 (83.4 overs); Somerset 53/3 (11)
Day 2: Somerset 318 (80.2); Leicestershire 48/3 (24)
Day 3: Leicestershire 199 (70.4); Somerset (target=115) 118/1 (26.5)
(BP: S 6, L 4)
End of Match
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS (ECB)
MATCH REPORTS
Leicestershire
(Rishi) Patel substituted in as concussion replacement for Captain Colin Ackermann, who suffered a blow on the head (while playing at slip) from a Callum Parkinson delivery that was edged by Somerset's George Bartlett. The ball apparently ricocheted off the glove of wicket keeper Harry Swindells into the face of Ackermann.
Somerset
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Lord's Cricket Ground, London (1--Google Earth Stadium Flights Youtube) (2--Cricinfo) (3--City--Wikipedia)
Middlesex& (0-2-0--9) (bowl) v Surrey (0-1-1--19)
MIDDLESEX WON BY 10 WICKETS (Points: M 21 S 3)
MIDDLESEX (1-2-0--30--4TH); SURREY (0-2-1--22--5TH)
Full Scorecard (Cricinfo)
Peter Handscomb repaced Steve Eskinazi as Middlesex Captain and replaced Eskinazi in the side.
Surrey dropped five catches in Middlesex' First Innings.
FULL MATCH VIDEO
Day 1: Surrey 154 (55.4 overs); Middlesex 114/3 (40)
Day 2: Middlesex 268 (100.5); Surrey 105/3 (35)
Day 3: Surrey 130 (52); Middlesex (target=17) 18/0 (2.3)
(BP: M 5, S 3)
End of Match
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS (ECB)
MATCH REPORTS
Middlesex
Interviews:
Day 1: Tim Murtaugh (4 for 28 in 15 overs)
Day 2: Sam Robson (95 on 256 balls, 5 hours, 35 minutes)
Day 3: Captain Peter Handscomb
Surrey
Interviews:
Day 2: Reece Topley (4 for 56 in 26 overs) (Surrey Twitter)
Day 3: Alec Stewart (Surrey Twitter)
Three Feathers Podcast: Middlesex v Surrey Review (18:19)
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Group 3
Sussex& (1-0-1--38) (bowl) v Yorkshire (1-0-1--34)
YORKSHIRE WON BY 48 RUNS (POINTS: Y 19 S 4)
SUSSEX (1-1-1--42--3RD); YORKSHIRE (2-0-1--53--2ND)
Full Scorecard (Cricinfo)
FULL MATCH VIDEO
Day 1: Yorkshire 150 (50.5); Sussex 118/3 (43) (Note: there is no commentary until the beginning of the 8th over [24/0])
Day 2: Sussex 221 (76.3); Yorkshire 163/5 (60)
Day 3: Yorkshire 305 (103.4); Sussex (target=235) 136/6 (52 overs)
(BP: S 4, Y 3)
Day 4: Sussex 186 (69.5)
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS (ECB)
MATCH REPORTS
Sussex
Day 1: includes an interview with George Garton (3 for 25 from 11 overs , including England Captain Joe Root)
Day 2: includes an interview with Jack Carson (3 for 35 in 20 overs so far)
Day 3: includes an interview with Sussex Head Coach Ian Salisbury
Day 4: includes an interview with Captain and Wicket Keeper Ben Brown
Yorkshire
Feature:
Day 1 : (Coach) Andrew Gale Bemoans Lack of Consistency
Day 3: Dominc Bess (5 for 33 in 22 overs so far)
Day 4: Coach Andrew Gale
Note: English Test Captain Joe Root will be rested for Yorkshire's next match against Northamptonshire as he begins to prepare for the English International season. He will be replaced by Will Fraine (#31) (highlights of his big Innings), who scored 186 (in 309 balls, 6 hours, 9 minutes, 27 fours, 3 sixes) in a 2nd XI game last week. Root is expected to return against Kent and perhaps Glamorgan.
Injury news update: Bowlers Ben Coad (pectoral injury) and Matthew Fisher (abdominal injury) are not expected to return this week. They are participating in bowling activities.
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St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury (1--Google Earth Stadium Flights Youtube) (2--Cricinfo) (3--City--Wikipedia)
Kent (0-1-1--19) v Lancashire& (1-0-1--37) (bat)
LANCASHIRE WON BY AN INNINGS AND 5 RUNS (POINTS: L 22 K 2)
KENT (0-2-1--21--6TH); LANCASHIRE (2-0-1--59--1ST)
Full Scorecard (Cricinfo)
FULL MATCH VIDEO
Day 1: Lancashire 260/7 (96 overs)
Day 2: Lancashire 565 (167.2); Kent 85/4 (22)
Day 3: Kent 169 (50.3); Kent 2nd Innngs (fo) 209/1 (67)
(BP: L 6, K 2)
Day 4: Kent 351 (138)
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS (ECB)
MATCH REPORTS
Kent
Lancashire
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County Ground, Northampton (1--Google Earth Stadium Flights Youtube) (2--Cricinfo) (3--City--Wikipedia)
Northamptonshire (0-1-1--18) v Glamorgan& (0-1-1--18) (bat)
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE WON BY 7 WICKETS (POINTS: N 22 G 7)
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE (1-1-1)--40--4TH); GLAMORGAN (0-2-1--25--5TH)
Full Scorecard (Cricinfo)
NO FULL MATCH ARCHIVED VIDEO AVAILABLE
Northamptonshire interactive scorecard (video of all fours, sixes, and wickets via the scorecard or the Summary/Ball by Ball links [to see the above in the order they happened]).
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS (ECB)
Day 1: Glamorgan 324/7 (96 overs)
Day 2: Glamorgan 407 (113.1); Northamptonshire 251/7 (76)
Day 3: Northamptonshire 364 (105); Glamorgan 205/4 (67)
(BP: G 7, N 6)
Day 4: Glamorgan 311/5(d) (82); Northamptonshire (target=355) 357/3 (72.4)
MATCH REPORTS
Northamptonshire
This was the 3rd highest 4th Innings run chase in Northamptonshire history (1905-present)
Glamorgan
Day 1: includes an interview with David Lloyd (65 on 98 balls, 2 hours, 2 minutes)
Day 2: includes an interview with Chris Cooke (136 on 227 balls, 5 hours,7 minutes)
Day 3: includes an interview with Nick Selmon (69 in 166 balls, 3 hours 43 minutes)
Day 4: includes an interview with Head Coach Matthew Maynard