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SportLV= Insurance County Championship
Cricket
LV= Insurance County Championship
First division
Essex v Kent
Chelmsford (first day of four; Kent won toss):
Essex have scored 272 for four wickets
against Kent
Essex First Innings
N L J Browne b Bird 107
A N Cook c Robinson b Bird 100
T Westley not out 28
D W Lawrence lbw b Quinn 7
J A Porter lbw b Gilchrist 0
M J J Critchley not out 4
Extras (b 4, lb 8, nb 14) 26
Total (4 wkts, 96 overs) 272
A M Rossington, †A J A Wheater, S Snater, M
T Steketee and S J Cook to bat.
Fall of wickets 1-220, 2-241, 3-257, 4-262.
Bowling Bird 18-5-49-2; Milnes 19-5-50-0;
Gilchrist 17-3-52-1; Stevens 14-3-28-0; Quinn
15-3-33-1; Muyeye 8-1-21-0; Bell-Drummond 5-
0-27-0.
Kent B G Compton, D J Bell-Drummond, J L
Denly, T Muyeye, J M Cox, †O G Robinson, D
I Stevens, M E Milnes, N N Gilchrist, J M Bird,
M R Quinn.
Umpires N G B Cook and P R Pollard.
Hampshire v Somerset
Ages Bowl (first day of four; Somerset won
toss): Hampshire, with all first-innings
wickets in hand, are 71 runs behind
Somerset
Somerset First Innings
B G F Green c Dawson b Abbas 4
T A Lammonby c Brown b Holland 11
*T B Abell c Weatherley b Abbott 1
J C Hildreth b Dawson 87
L P Goldsworthy lbw b Abbas 4
†S M Davies b Barker 7
R E Van der Merwe b Fuller 28
K L Aldridge b Dawson 7
P M Siddle c sub b Barker 16
E O Leonard not out 0
M de Lange b Barker 1
Extras (b 4, lb 10) 14
Total (63.4 overs) 180
Fall of wickets 1-14, 2-19, 3-35, 4-46, 5-61,
6-134, 7-158, 8-179, 9-179.
Bowling Abbas 13-3-28-2; Barker 14.4-4-33-3;
Abbott 15-2-43-1; Holland 10-3-21-1; Fuller
6-0-31-1; Dawson 5-1-10-2.
Hampshire First Innings
J J Weatherley not out 65
I G Holland not out 41
Extras (lb 1, nb 2) 3
Total (no wkt, 32 overs) 109
N R T Gubbins, *J M Vince, L A Dawson,
†B C Brown, F S Organ, K H D Barker, J K Fuller,
K J Abbott and M Abbas to bat.
Bowling Siddle 9-4-14-0; Leonard 8-0-35-0;
De Lange 6-0-18-0; Aldridge 6-1-21-0; Abell
3-0-20-0.
Umpires N L Bainton and N J Llong.
Northamptonshire v Gloucestershire
Northampton (first day of four;
Northamptonshire won toss):
Gloucestershire have scored 164 for eight
wickets against Northamptonshire
Gloucestershire First Innings
B G Charlesworth b Sanderson 6
C D J Dent c Gay b Berg 0
†J R Bracey not out 77
*G L van Buuren lbw b Sanderson 5
M A H Hammond c Gay b Taylor 15
R F Higgins lbw b Sanderson 28
T C Lace c McManus b Sanderson 7
Z G Khan c McManus b Berg 2
M D Taylor c Vasconcelos b Buck 11
N Shah not out 0
Extras (lb 7, nb 6) 13
Total (8 wkts, 56.5 overs) 164
A Singh-Dale to bat.
Fall of wickets 1-2, 2-10, 3-24, 4-42, 5-74, 6-98,
7-103, 8-143.
Bowling Sanderson 19.5-4-38-4; Berg 16-4-32-
2; Buck 12-2-55-1; Taylor 9-3-32-1.
Northamptonshire *R S Vasconcelos, E N
Gay, B J Curran, S A Zaib, R I Keogh, J J Cobb,
†L D McManus, T A I Taylor, G K Berg, N L
Buck, B W Sanderson.
Umpires T Lungley and J D Middlebrook.
Warwickshire v Surrey
Edgbaston (first day of four; Surrey won
toss): Surrey have scored 168 for three
wickets against Warwickshire
Surrey First Innings
*R J Burns c and b Briggs 41
R S Patel c Burgess b Hannon-Dalby 75
H M Amla b Hannon-Dalby 2
O J D Pope not out 40
†B T Foakes not out 9
Extras (lb 1) 1
Total (3 wkts, 45.5 overs) 168
J L Smith, W G Jacks, J Clark, J P A Taylor,
K A J Roach and R J W Topley to bat.
Fall of wickets 1-117, 2-117, 3-126.
Bowling Hannon-Dalby 14-4-41-2; Miles
10-2-45-0; Brookes 11-3-41-0; Rhodes
4.5-0-27-0; Briggs 6-0-13-1.
Warwickshire D P Sibley, R M Yates,
*W M H Rhodes, S R Hain, M J Lamb, D R
Mousley, †M G K Burgess, D R Briggs, C N
Miles, H J H Brookes, O J Hannon-Dalby.
Umpires R T Robinson and S J
O’Shaughnessy.Second division
Glamorgan v Durham
Sophia Gardens (first day of four; Durham
won toss): Glamorgan have scored 164 for
four wickets against Durham
Glamorgan First Innings
*D L Lloyd c Bedingham b Raine 28
A G Salter b Potts 1
C A Ingram not out 71
S A Northeast lbw b Rushworth 24
K S Carlson b Raine 1
†C B Cooke not out 30
Extras (b 1, lb 6, nb 2) 9
Total (4 wkts, 47 overs) 164
C Z Taylor, W J Weighell, J A R Harris, T van der
Gugten and M G Hogan to bat.
Fall of wickets 1-16, 2-54, 3-107, 4-108.
Bowling Rushworth 13-2-45-1; Potts 13-3-59-1;
Raine 11-2-23-2; Coughlin 10-3-30-0.
Durham A Z Lees, M A Jones, S R Dickson,
*S G Borthwick, D G Bedingham, †E J H
Eckersley, P Coughlin, B A Raine, L Trevaskis,
M J Potts, C Rushworth.
Umpires I D Blackwell and R J Warren.
Leicestershire v Worcestershire
Leicester (first day of four; Worcestershire
won toss): Worcestershire have scored 118
for four wickets against Leicestershire
Worcestershire First Innings
E J Pollock b Wright 5
J D Libby c Rhodes b Wright 27
A Ali run out 2
J A Haynes lbw b Wright 7
*B L D’Oliveira not out 34
E G Barnard not out 41
Extras (b 1, lb 1) 2
Total (4 wkts, 26 overs) 118
†O B Cox, J Leach, J Baker, D Y Pennington
and C A J Morris to bat.
Fall of wickets 1-8, 2-15, 3-32, 4-45.
Bowling Wright 9-2-33-3; Hendricks 9-1-40-0;
Barnes 4-0-14-0; Mike 3-0-21-0; Parkinson
1-0-8-0.
Leicestershire M H Azad, S T Evans, G H
Rhodes, *C N Ackermann, L J Hill, †H J
Swindells, B W M Mike, E Barnes,
C F Parkinson, C J C Wright, B E Hendricks.
Umpires N A Mallender and C M Watts.
Middlesex v Derbyshire
Lord’s (first day of four; Derbyshire won
toss): Middlesex have scored 307 for four
wickets against Derbyshire
Middlesex First Innings
M D Stoneman c Khan b Lakmal 12
J M De Caires c Guest b Conners 80
S S Eskinazi c Madsen b Lakmal 118
R G White not out 40M D E Holden c Conners b Thomson 35
J L B Davies not out 10
Extras (nb 12) 12
Total (4 wkts, 96 overs) 307
†J A Simpson, T S Roland-Jones, T G Helm,
E R Bamber and *T J Murtagh to bat.
Fall of wickets 1-13, 2-199, 3-227, 4-285.
Bowling Conners 24-1-83-1; Lakmal 22-1-77-2;
Sidebottom 1.1-0-10-0; Thomson 24.5-4-70-1;
Dal 22-4-63-0; du Plooy 2-0-4-0.
Derbyshire *B A Godleman, S M Khan, †B D
Guest, W L Madsen, J L du Plooy, L M Reece,
A Dal, A T Thomson, R A S Lakmal, S Conners,
R N Sidebottom.
Umpires R K Illingworth and R A
Kettleborough.
Sussex v Nottinghamshire
Hove (first day of four; Nottinghamshire won
toss): Sussex have scored 302 for six wickets
against Nottinghamshire
Sussex First Innings
A G H Orr c Mullaney b Patterson-White 68
*T J Haines b Patterson-White 59
T P Alsop lbw b Patterson-White 1
†O J Carter c Patterson-White b Hutton 14
D K Ibrahim run out 15
D M W Rawlins b Mullaney 49
A D Lenham not out 0
Extras (b 4, lb 4, nb 6) 14
Total (6 wkts, 96 overs) 302
T G R Clark, S T Finn, H T Crocombe and J A
Atkins to bat.
Fall of wickets 1-110, 2-114, 3-137, 4-171, 5-214,
6-301.
Bowling Fletcher 17-2-66-0; Hutton 15-0-69-1;
James 19-3-46-0; Evison 7-0-30-0; Patterson-
White 34-6-69-3; Mullaney 4-1-14-1.
Nottinghamshire H Hameed, B T Slater, B M
Duckett, J M Clarke, L W James, *S J Mullaney,
†T J Moores, L Patterson-White, J D M Evison,
B A Hutton, L J Fletcher.
Umpires R J Bailey and M J Saggers.
Cycling
Tour of the Basque Country
Leading position: Fourth stage (Vitoria-
Gasteiz to Zamudio, 185.6km): 1, D Martínez
(Col, INEOS Grenadiers) 4hr 15min 23sec; 2, J
Alaphilippe (Fr, Quick-Step-Alpha Vinyl); 3, D
Ulissi (It, UAE Team Emirates); 4, P Roglic
(Slovenia, Jumbo-Visma); 5, P Bilbao (Sp,
Bahrain Victorious); 6, O Aular (Ven, Caja
Rural-Seguros RGA) all same time. Overall 1,
Roglic 14:05:10; 2, R Evenepoel (Bel, Quick-
Step-Alpha Vinyl) at 5sec behind; 3, Martínez
11; 4, A Vlasov (Russ, BORA-hansgrohe) 14; 5,
A Yates (GB, INEOS Grenadiers) 18; 6, Bilbao19; 7, J Vingegaard (Den, Jumbo-Visma) same
time; 8, I Izagirre (Sp, Cofidis) 20; 9,
Alaphilippe 22; 10, D Gaudu (Fr, Groupama-
FDJ) 32.
Swimming
British Championships
Ponds Forge, Sheffield: Finals: Men:
Freestyle: 100m 1, L Burras (Winchester)
47.88sec; 2, T Dean (Bath) 48.06; 3, J Whittle
(Derventio) 48.24; 4, M Richards (Bath) 49.20;
5, E Mildred (Bath) 49.26. Individual medley:
400m 1, D Scott (University of Stirling) 4min
9.18sec; 2, B Williams (Bath) 4:14.69; 3, J
Greenow (Bath University) 4:18.41; 4, W Ryley
(Bath University) 4:19.46; 5, M Szaranek
(University of Stirling) 4:20.75. Women
Freestyle: 50m 1, A Hopkin (Loughborough
University ) 24.85sec; 2, I Hindley (Brompton)
25.25; 3, E Davis (Bromley) 25.39; 4, E Russell
(University of Stirling) 25.54; 5, L Hope
(University of Stirling) 25.61. Butterfly: 200m
1, L Stephens (Loughborough University )
2min 8.11sec; 2, K Macinnes (University of
Stirling) 2:10.02; 3, H Hibbott (Bath) 2:10.27; 4,
E Large (Bath) 2:11.68; 5, I Goodwin (City of
Leeds) 2:13.02.
Tennis
ATP US Men’s Clay Court Championship
Houston: Second round M Mmoh (US) bt S
Querrey (US) 6-2, 6-4; N Kyrgios (Aus) bt T
Paul (US) 6-4, 6-2; R Opelka (US) bt M Krueger
(US) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4; G Brouwer (Neth) bt J Wolf
(US) 6-1, 6-1.Results
ATP Grand Prix Hassan II
Marrakech: Second round D Goffin (Bel) bt P
Andújar (Sp) 5-7, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3; R Gasquet (Fr)
bt P Kotov 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; A Molcan (Slovakia) bt
F Auger Aliassime (Can) 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (9-7); B
van de Zandschulp (Neth) bt V Kopriva (Cz)
6-2, 6-4; R Carballes Baena (Sp) bt J Sousa
(Por) 6-2, 7-6 (7-4); F Coria (Arg) bt M Basic
(Bos) 6-4, 6-2.
WTA Credit One Charleston Open
Charleston, South Carolina: First round A
Tomljanovic (Aus) bt S Chang (US) 7-5, 6-4.
Second round A Sabalenka (Blr) bt A Riske
(US) 7-6 (7-3), 6-4; A Anisimova (US) bt Y
Putintseva (Kaz) 6-1, 6-2; C Vandeweghe (US)
bt L Davis (US) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3; J Pegula (US) bt J
Paolini (It) 6-2, 6-1; I-C Begu (Rom) bt A
Tomljanovic (Aus) 6-2, 6-3; A Cornet (Fr) bt H
Baptiste (US) 6-3, 6-2; A Kalinina (Ukr) bt E
Rybakina (Kaz) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4; K Kanepi (Est) bt
M Frech (Pol) 7-5, 6-3; E Alexandrova (Russ) bt
Zheng Qinwen (China) 2-6, 7-5, 5-2 ret;
Karolina Pliskova (Cz) bt K Zavatska (Ukr) 5-7,
7-5, 6-4; M Keys (US) bt U Eikeri (Nor) 6-3, 6-1;
B Bencic (Switz) bt L Fruhvirtova (Cz) 6-1, 7-6
(8-6); C Liu (US) bt Zhang Shuai (China) 7-5, 2-
6, 6-4; P Badosa Gibert (Sp) bt A Bondar (Hun)
6-1, 6-4.
WTA Copa Colsanitas
Bogota, Colombia: Second round E
Avanesyan (Russ) bt L Stefanini (Ita) 6-2, 6-2;
D Yastremska (Ukr) bt S Errani (It) 6-3, 7-6 (7-
3); L Pigossi (Br) bt E Gorgodze (Geo) 6-3, 6-2;
M Bjorklund (Swe) bt Y Lizarazo (Col) 6-1, 6-4;
T Maria (Ger) bt R Peterson (Swe) 6-1, 6-4.Football
Premier League Newcastle United v
Wolverhampton Wanderers (8.0).
Cinch Scottish Championship Queen of the
South v Partick Thistle (7.45).
Cricket
LV= Insurance County Championship:
Second day of four (11.0; 96 overs minimum):
Division One: Chelmsford Essex v Kent.
Ageas Bowl Hampshire v Somerset.
Northampton Northamptonshire v
Gloucestershire. Edgbaston Warwickshire v
Surrey. Division Two: Sophia Gardens
Glamorgan v Durham. Leicester
Leicestershire v Worcestershire. Lord’s
Middlesex v Derbyshire. Hove Sussex v
Nottinghamshire.Rugby league
Betfred Challenge Cup: Quarter-final Hull
Kingston Rovers v Castleford Tigers (7.45).
Rugby union
Heineken Champions Cup: Round of 16, first
leg Connacht v Leinster (8.0).
European Challenge Cup: Pool three (8.0):
Brive v Saracens; Edinburgh v Pau.
Championship Cup: Pool one Nottingham v
Bedford (7.45); Richmond v Hartpury (7.30).
Other sport
Snooker: English Institute of Sport, Sheffield
Betfred World Championship qualifying.
Swimming: Ponds Forge, Sheffield British
Championships.Fixtures
On a giant screen adjacent to the stand
that will for ever bear his stellar name,
Shane Warne was commemorated at
lunchtime through snapshots of his
career and the acclaim of the Hamp-
shire hierarchy.
This was followed by prolonged
applause from the spectators and, after
play had resumed, a wicket taken by
Liam Dawson through a variant of spin
bowling that his mentor would have
greatly appreciated.
The one batsman who stymied
Hampshire on this opening day was
James Hildreth, back in form after a
lean season last year. He had made 87
with ten fours, his flowing square drive
to the fore, when Dawson chose to bowl
his first ball, a loopy yorker, out of the
front of his left hand. Somerset’s top
scorer did not pick up the flight by some
way and jabbed downward too late.
Warne’s Colgate-white smile would
have indicated his joy over that. He was,
according to Giles White, Hampshire’s
director of cricket, “the best cricketer
ever” and he added how impressive he
was off the field: “Shane gave you
everything when talking to him.”
Among the 1,000 or so spectators gath-
ered in front of the screen was Shaun
Udal, the former off spinner, who said:
“Groundsmen tried to nullify Shane
Rory Burns became the first man to
1,000 runs last year but it was Ryan
Patel, his Surrey opening partner, who
bounded to this summer’s first fifty.
Against wayward Warwickshire seam-
ers, contending with gusts that proved
local Met Office alerts all too accurate,
two sixes in three overs helped him race
there in 52 balls before the season was
an hour old.
By this stage Burns had yet to reach
his eighth run, albeit Patel had taken
twice as much of the strike. But in a
complement of adhesion and attack,
the pair scored 117 before the last sched-
uled ball before lunch found Burns, out
for 41, beaten in the air and returning a
catch to Danny Briggs, whose fine six-
over spell of spin had at last applied
some limited control.
With the groundstaff fighting billow-
ing covers like crews manning the sails
of a 19th-century clipper, only 19 min-
utes’ play was then possible before
4.50pm. Sadly for Patel, who in 17 subse-
quent games has been unable to add to
his solitary century in 2019, this proved
enough for him to launch a flat-footed
slash and edge behind for 75.
Surrey remained keen to enjoy a
good batting pitch and a short Hollies
Stand boundary though, surprisingly,
Hashim Amla, out for two, failed to
cover one that nipped back to clip the
top of off. Ollie Pope fluently reached
40 from 46 balls when the latest squall
swept in after another 40-minute burst
of play. Under new rules, and rain per-
mitting, eight overs will now be added
to each of the next two days.A
lastair Cook
made his 70th
first-class
century as Essex took
total command on the
opening day of their
match against Kent at
Chelmsford, above.Cook, 37, the
former England
captain who retired
from Test cricket in
2018, was out for
exactly 100 and
shared in a stand of
220 for the first
wicket with Nick
Browne, who
made 107.
Dan Lawrence,
returning to the
county ranks after a
winter touring with
England, was then out
for seven as Kentclawed back some
respectability.
Elsewhere, Stephen
Eskinazi’s century put
Middlesex into a
strong position
against Derbyshire at
Lord’s. He put on a
second-wicket stand
of 186 with opener
Josh de Caires. The
19-year-old son of
Mike Atherton, the
former England
captain, made 80, his
maiden first-class
half-century.Cook into
stride to
put Essex
in control
GAVIN ELLIS/TGS PHOTO/SHUTTERSTOCKHildreth offers
resistance but
Somerset slump
Ageas Bowl (first day of four;
Somerset won toss): Hampshire, with
all first-innings wickets in hand, are 71
runs behind SomersetHampshire v Somerset
and me through ensuring the ball
would not turn. Well, Shane mainly.”
Udal, like Dawson, really benefited
from Warne’s seven years with Hamp-
shire. “He was a conjuror. The impact
Shane had on this club can never be ex-
tinguished,” Rod Bransgrove, their
chairman who flew to Melbourne last
week for Warne’s memorial service,
said. If Hampshire do become county
champions, having come close to doing
so last year, then their former captain’s
legacy, his determination and attacking
mindset, will have played a part.
They dismissed Somerset, who
bravely chose to bat, for 180 and the
openers, Joe Weatherley and Ian Hol-
land, had put on 109 by the close. All six
bowlers used — Warne might not have
liked seeing Mason Crane, his succes-
sor as leg spinner, omitted — took a
wicket or more. Kyle Abbott’s second
ball was a beauty, swinging in a fraction
and then catching the edge of Tom
Abell’s bat as it moved away off the
pitch. There was just sufficient move-
ment for the South African and
Mohammad Abbas, who had Ben
Green well held by Dawson at second
slip and Lewis Goldsworthy leg-before.
Hildreth, in his 20th season, initially
was beaten several times outside off
stump by Abbott yet gradually began to
middle the ball. But for as many as nine
colleagues being unavailable for rea-
sons ranging from Covid to a shoulder
injury to being centrally contracted, he
might not have been playing. A request
to the ECB to include Jack Leach and
Craig Overton, both rested, fell on
stony ground.Ivo Tennant
Patel full of
bluster in
gusty start
Edgbaston (first day of four; Surrey
won toss): Surrey have scored 168 for
three against WarwickshireWarwickshire v Surrey
Neville Scott