Key events
Fifty and out for Simon Harmer, Essex finish with a hearty lead of 300. Now then Sussex.
Within a glut of Leicestershire centuries, Rishi Patel falls cheaply for the second time in the match. Leicestershire 14-1.
There is play all round the grounds today, and in three of the four women’s Metro Bank one-day cup games. No declaration yet from Yorkshire or Essex – where Simon Harmer is smiting sixes.
Off we go! ( And is Sai Kishore really that much taller than the tall Dan Lawrence?)
🤩 We’re underway in Scarborough.
🚀 Jamie Overton finished his over from the Trafalgar Sq End, with Sai Kishore bowling from the Peasholm Park End.
📺 Catch all the action via the Yorkshire live stream.
🤎 | #SurreyCricket
— Surrey Cricket (@surreycricket) July 24, 2025
2026 international fixtures
2026 England International Fixtures (plus the Women’s T20 World Cup)
England Women v New Zealand
Sunday 10 May: 1st Metro Bank ODI – Banks Homes Riverside, Durham, 11am
Wednesday 13 May: 2nd Metro Bank ODI – The County Ground, Northampton, 1pm
Saturday 16 May: 3rd Metro Bank ODI – Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, 11am
Wednesday 20 May: 1st Vitality IT20 – The Central Co-op County Ground, Derby, 6:30pm
Saturday 23 May: 2nd Vitality IT20 – The Spitfire Ground, Canterbury, 2:30pm
Monday 25 May: 3rd Vitality IT20 – The 1st Central County Ground, Hove, tbc
England Women v India
Thursday 28 May: 1st Vitality IT20 – Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford, 6:30pm
Saturday 30 May: 2nd Vitality IT20 – Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol, tbc
Tuesday 2 June: 3rd Vitality IT20 – The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton, 6:30pm
Friday 10 July: 1st Rothesay Test – Lord’s, London, 11am
England Women v Ireland
Tuesday 1 September: 1st Metro Bank ODI – The Uptonsteel County Ground, Leicester, 1pm
Thursday 3 September: 2nd Metro Bank ODI – The Central Co-op County Ground, Derby, 1pm
Sunday 6 September: 3rd Metro Bank ODI – Visit Worcestershire New Road, Worcester, 11am
England Men v New Zealand
Thursday 4 June: 1st Rothesay Test – Lord’s, London, 11am
Wednesday 17 June: 2nd Rothesay Test – The Kia Oval, London, 11am
Thursday 25 June: 3rd Rothesay Test – Trent Bridge, Nottingham, 11am
England Men v India
Wednesday 1 July: 1st Vitality IT20 – Banks Homes Riverside, Durham, 6:30pm
Saturday 4 July: 2nd Vitality IT20 – Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester, 2:30pm
Tuesday 7 July: 3rd Vitality IT20 – Trent Bridge, Nottingham, 6:30pm
Thursday 9 July: 4th Vitality IT20 – Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol, 6:30pm
Saturday 11 July: 5th Vitality IT20 – Utilita Bowl, Southampton, 6:30pm
Tuesday 14 July: 1st Metro Bank ODI – Edgbaston, Birmingham, 1pm
Thursday 16 July: 2nd Metro Bank ODI – Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, 1pm
Sunday 19 July: 3rd Metro Bank ODI – Lord’s, London, 11am
England Men v Pakistan
Wednesday 19 August: 1st Rothesay Test – Headingley, Leeds, 11am
Thursday 27 August: 2nd Rothesay Test – Lord’s, London, 11am
Wednesday 9 September: 3rd Rothesay Test – Edgbaston, Birmingham, 11am
England Men v Sri Lanka
Tuesday 15 September: 1st Vitality IT20 – Utilita Bowl, Southampton, 6:30pm
Thursday 17 September: 2nd Vitality IT20 – Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, 6:30pm
Saturday 19 September: 3rd Vitality IT20 – Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester, tbc
Tuesday 22 September: 1st Metro Bank ODI – Banks Homes Riverside, Durham, 12:30pm
Thursday 24 September: 2nd Metro Bank ODI – Headingley, Leeds, 12:30pm
Sunday 27 September: 3rd Metro Bank ODI – The Kia Oval, London, 10:30am
Bits and pieces: Katherine Sciver-Brunt could have put the cat amongst the pigeons at home; the future of the Asia Cup and Scyld Berry on 500 Tests.
And some news from earlier this week: Nathan Gilchrist is moving from Kent to Warwickshire at the end of the season, but Tawanda Muyeye has signed a deal until 2027.
Trouble at t’mill yesterday:
Thursday’s round-up
Somerset wrapped up their five-wicket win against Durham before tea on day two, though not without a wobble. The surface was the main talking point, with opinions varying depending on the colour of the tracksuit. The Somerset head coach, Jason Kerr, called it “an incredible surface” while Durham’s bowling coach, Graham Onions, was less complimentary about the “excessive turn”. Jack Leach pocketed a six-fer, for the second consecutive game, and Archie Vaughan four, as Durham were bowled out for 190 – leaving Somerset 86 to win. They scraped over the line, despite Callum Parkinson’s four wickets.
After a shimmering century on Tuesday, Rehan Ahmed fizzed out six Derbyshire batters for 51 in a dazzling display of leg-spin. Leicestershire lead by 209. Derbyshire’s Luis Reece had earlier collected six for 56 as Leicestershire’s tail collapsed.
Chris Green won the heart of Lancashire fans with a wham-bam 160, all long levers and princely smile. When he was eventually dismissed for the record score for a Lancashire No 8, his standing ovation ran into the one welcoming No 11, Jimmy Anderson. Tom Hartley then raced to his first first-class century, a clean-hitting knock, pipping Peter Martin to the highest score by a Lancashire No 10. Anderson then licked his lips and whistled out Cameron Bancroft cheaply, but that was Lancs’ only success as Ben Charlesworth hit an excellent century of his own in a match that looks destined for a high-scoring draw.
Ben Kellaway and Colin Ingram batted Glamorgan into an excellent position against Kent, who are making a better fist of their second innings.
With his parents in the crowd, Lyndon James rocked to a maiden double hundred as Nottinghamshire declared on 578 at Southampton; Warwickshire are on the rocks after first Ethan Brookes made a career-best 140 against his old club Worcestershire, and then Khurram Shazad fired six batters out for 42.
Rain ruined much of the day’s play at Scarborough, with just time for Yorkshire’s Jonny Bairstow to rattle to 72 before being caught off Surrey’s two-match Kookaburra-ball signing Sai Kishore.
England man in the wings Jordan Cox hot-footed to a brilliant century for Essex, putting on 184 with Matt Critchley (a fine 123), who both made the most of a temptingly short boundary on the pavilion side. Sussex toiled away, without the rested Ollie Robinson, until thunderstorms stopped play with the Essex lead 247.
Middlesex declared on 625 for eight, riches beyond dreams, thanks to hundreds for Kane Williamson (in his first red-ball innings for the club) and Leus du Plooy, and 151 for Max Holden. Northants hauled themselves to 121 for four at stumps.
Scores on the doors
DIVISION ONE
Southampton: Hampshire 80-0 v Nottinghamshire 578-8dec
Taunton: Somerset 250 and 89-5 BEAT Durham 145 and 190 By FIVE WICKETS
Hove: Sussex 204 v Essex 475-9
Edgbaston: Warwickshire 184 v Worcestershire 333 and 31-0
Scarborough: Yorkshire 376-5 v Surrey
DIVISION TWO
Derby: Derbyshire 189 v Leicestershire 398
Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan 327 v Kent 155 and 106-1
Cheltenham: Gloucestershire 179-1 v Lancashire 557
Merchant Taylors’ School: Middlesex 625-8 dec v Northamptonshire 126-4
Preamble
Good morning! Day three races around, with things already done and dusted at Taunton, though the recriminations continue.
Before a ball is bowled… As an ex Somerset player I find this appalling… at a time when County Cricket is under pressure for relevance as a breeding ground for International
Players and Somerset members have apparently voted for the status quo, the club produces this pitch.… pic.twitter.com/qAU0CJbPlf— BeefyBotham (@BeefyBotham) July 23, 2025
Elsewhere, Sussex, Warwickshire, Derbyshire and Northants will hope that the Kookaburra can save them. Play starts at 11am, do join us.
