County Cricket Day Four: Leicestershire V Sussex, Somerset V Notts And More – Live

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Root and Brook to play for Yorkshire

News from Yorkshire: Joe Root will play successful nan Championship games against Sussex, Somerset and Surrey; and Brook will play 2 games successful May, against Warwickshire and Surrey.

"We person to beryllium connected it from nan first ball"

Leicestershire are learning nan difficult way. This was Stevie Eskinazi past night:

“We’ve already learned that successful Division One, wherever if you’re disconnected it for 45 minutes for illustration we were successful that first convention connected time one, teams tin spell a agelong measurement to winning nan crippled and that’s why they’re successful this section and that’s why they’ve been truthful successful.
“We cognize that from nan very first shot of nan crippled we person to beryllium connected it and if we’re not, it becomes a agelong mates of days. But I’m really proud of nan efforts of nan guys successful nan field. I deliberation astatine definite periods today, for illustration erstwhile Ben Green was moving up that hill, getting nan shot to talk, that’s nan benignant of cricket we want to play, wherever we were competitive, we were connected nan beforehand foot.”

Sunday's roundup

Storm Dave near its mark connected nan County Championship successful nan early hours of Easter Sunday, knocking complete nan camera gantry and untethering a screen astatine Chester-le-Street, leaving nan transportation unplayable for Durham v Kent. Elsewhere, location were brickbats and cocoa eggs.

Leicestershire made a of hash of chasing an improbable 481 against Sussex connected a abruptly sun-dappled precocious day astatine Grace Road. Rishi Patel was tally retired going for an optional 2nd tally successful nan 2nd over, sent packing by a steaming nonstop deed from a crouching Jack Carson connected nan long-leg boundary. Wickets past tumbled pinch clockwork regularity, Jake Weatherald flashed astatine a transportation from Henry Crocombe, who past dismissed Lewis Hill for a pair. Finally Rehan Ahmed dashed for glory astatine James Coles, but recovered infamy, retired for 34.

Essex celebrated nan first triumph of nan season, thrashing Hampshire by an innings and 137 runs. Jamie Porter, Sam Cook and Shane Snater ran done Hampshire’s first innings, earlier Matt Critchley – who had a lucifer to retrieve – snaffled 5 for 9 successful 4.3 overs successful nan travel on, and Simon Harmer, successful sunglasses and snood, 3 for 49.

Middlesex’s Toby Roland-Jones zipped retired 5 for 37 against Gloucestershire, who were forced to travel connected astatine Lord’s. Leg-spinner Mason Crane pocketed 5 for Glamorgan to put them successful a awesome position against Yorkshire. Will Luxton became nan 2nd charismatic ECB wounded sub, replacing Jonny Bairstow.

Northamptonshire’s Harry Conway made life tricky for nan visitors astatine Wantage Road. At 6ft 7in nan Australian pinged nan shot for illustration a old Creme Egg, ripping retired nan bosom of Lancashire’s 2nd innings, removing Josh Bohannon, George Bell and Michael Jones successful 1 over. However, Tom Bailey (35) and Ajeet Singh Dale (unbeaten connected 44) rebuilt, leaving Northants 321 to win.

Shoaib Bashir, upwind buffeting his trousers, grabbed his first wicket for Derbyshire, but later costs nan nine 5 punishment runs for “deception” aft feigning to propulsion nan shot erstwhile fielding. Nineteen-year-old Dan Lategan was Worcestershire’s mortar pinch 89 and 43 not retired successful nan follow-on.

Somerset’s James Rew near his calling paper pinch a period against Nottinghamshire; Surrey are successful hole astatine Edgbaston, still 47 short of innings conclusion against Warwickshire, but connected an progressively generous pitch. Jamie Smith made an unbeaten half century.

Scores connected nan doors

DIVISION ONE

Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan 302 and 111-3 v Yorkshire 226

Southampton: Essex 461-7d BEAT Hampshire 156 and 168 by an innings and 136 runs.

Grace Road: Leicestershire 245 and 125-5 v Sussex 361 and 364 Leicestershire request 356 to win

Taunton: Somerset 347 and 214-1 v Nottinghamshire 338

Edgbaston: Warwickshire 544 v Surrey 328 and 169-3

DIVISION TWO

The County Ground: Derbyshire 625-8dec v Worcestershire 312 and 68-1

Chester le Street: Durham 335 and 83-2 v Kent 197 no play today, large wind damage

Lord’s: Middlesex 445-9dec v Gloucestershire 216 and 120-3

Wantage Road: Northamptonshire 258 and 9-1 v Lancashire 384 and 194

Preamble

Hello and happy Easter Monday! It’s a caller but sunny greeting successful Leicester, wherever squirrels are spring-leaping for illustration disobedient fireworks and I spotted immoderate chaotic ail sprouting by nan broadside of a footpath.

This is time 4 of nan first information of Championship games, pinch Essex first to transverse nan statement successful 2026, acknowledgment to a innings and much hammering of Hampshire. Loads much to look retired for today, pinch results apt everyplace isolated from Taunton. Upstarts Glamorgan could move complete Yorkshire connected a transportation that Ryan Hadley says will go [even] much rotation friends and Warwickshire could do nan aforesaid to Surrey – though nan transportation is much placid astatine Edgbaston.

Leicestershire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire each person a conflict connected their hands to travel retired of nan information pinch a draw, and support an oculus connected nan topsy-turvy lucifer astatine Wantage Road. They are owed to inspect nan transportation astatine Chester-le-Street soon to spot if immoderate play is possible.

Things rotation into action astatine 11am, do subordinate us.