Key events
There’s so much cricket to follow. Obviously you’ll be glued to CCLive! but you can spare a glance for England’s travails at The Oval
and Ash Gardener and Beth Mooney in the mood against Netherlands in the WWCup.
Catching up from my emails, yesterday. Romeo is doing a pet’s corner at his website, matching pets to CCLive readers. If you are interested in playing, send a photo of your pet to romeoromeotangocclive@gmail.com.
And a breakthrough for Durham as Potts fires one in, Vasconcelos swipes and is caught behind for a wonderful 187 -23 fours, two sixes, a highest career score. That, however, is little solace as he walks off with his head bowed and his shoulders slumped in devastation.
An early wicket for Gus Atkinson this morning at Sophia Gardens. Chris Cooke without adding to his overnight 101. That happens so often – it would be good to see some stats although that would be cheeky as I’m not going to do it myself. Stokes fires in, Conway leaves one that thinks about knocking out his stumps. Stokes puffs out his cheeks in frustration.
A change of ends for Ben Stokes this morning. With Potts at the other end, this is quite a test first thing for Vasconcelos and Conway. And I can recommend the cheese scones from the health club here at CLS – absolutely delicious.
Scores on the doors
Division One
Chelmsford: Essex 184 v Nottinghamshire 111-2
Sophia Garden: Glamorgan 244-6 v Surrey
Grace Road: Leicestershire 177-3 v Yorkshire 185
Taunton: Somerset 208 v Warwickshire 92-2
Hove: Sussex 121-3 v Hampshire 191
DIVISION TWO
Chesterfield: Derbyshire 197-5 v Lancashire 161
Chester-le-Street: Durham v Northants 388-6
Canterbury: Kent 356-7 v Middlesex
New Road: Worcestershire v Gloucestershire 258-7
Preamble
Good morning from Chester le Street, where summer is wearing her most perfect summer’s blouse. The Durham players are having a gentle game of keepy-uppy – though Stokes is stretching from the sidelines. Play starts here and around the grounds at 11am.
