Surrey V Nottinghamshire, Sussex V Yorkshire, And More: County Cricket, Day Two – Live

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Autumn unpacked her suitcase arsenic 8 Championship games were called disconnected without a shot bowled owed to rainfall and hazardous precocious winds. It was only successful a mini pouch of southbound London that play was possible, a afloat day’s worthy successful nan large title conflict astatine The Oval.

Division One leaders Surrey, who had a one-point lead complete second-placed Nottinghamshire coming into nan game, sent their East Midlands visitors successful and had bowled them retired aft tea. It was a disciplined and, astatine times, fierce show of bowling led by Matt Fisher (five for 61) and Gus Atkinson (four for 41).

Atkinson, who is almost judge to play his first Ashes bid this winter, was peculiarly slippy. He made nan first breakthrough, sending Haseeb Hameed connected his measurement for nine. The Notts skipper was caught successful nan slips, wherever he’d been dropped a fewer overs before. Freddie McCann (34) and Ben Slater (50) past batted fluently until Fisher removed them some aft lunch.

As nan upwind continually buffeted nan flags connected apical of nan pavilion, and scattered leaves and sticks from nan poplar trees astir nan concourse, Surrey’s relentless bowlers pressed on. A boundary-laden cameo from Joe Clarke (29) and an unbeaten 30 from Brett Hutton apart, nan visiting batsmen struggled to asseverate their authority.

Fisher enjoyed his first five-wicket haul for Surrey since he moved from Yorkshire past winter. “We did what we usually do, hunt for illustration a pack,” he said aft play. “I felt for illustration I’ve put successful decent areas each season, sometimes I’m lacking that small spot of nip but I had it today.” And connected watching his bowling partner: “I’m purring astatine mid-on watching Gus.” Ben Foakes vanished pinch 5 catches.

As nan shadows dispersed complete nan crushed for illustration a rash, Rory Burns and Dom Sibley did what they do, playing a consecutive and dependable bat. Then from nowhere, Dillon Pennington made 1 spit disconnected nan transportation and Sibley sewage a lick arsenic it passed by. The batter threw his caput backmost successful vexation arsenic he had to trudge backmost to nan pavilion, retired for 14 pinch conscionable 9 balls left.

The precocious winds which delayed play astir each nan grounds (except nan Riverside, which was affected purely by rain) did truthful because of nan risks to crushed unit and spectators successful handling level covers, including nan covers lifting unit disconnected nan ground, aliases blowing loose and hitting nan crowd.

Scores connected nan doors

Division One

Riverside: Durham v Worcestershire

Taunton: Somerset v Hampshire

The Oval: Surrey 43-1 v Nottinghamshire 231

Hove: Sussex v Yorkshire

Edgbaston: Warwickshire v Essex

Division Two

The County Ground: Derbyshire v Glamorgan

Bristol: Gloucestershire v Northamptonshire

Old Trafford: Lancashire v Middlesex

Grace Road: Leicestershire v Kent

Preamble

Good morning from The Oval wherever nan Hobbs gates are open, nan entity is periwinkle, and Surrey are connected apical successful this important Championship limb wrestle. Play starts present and – possibly- astir nan grounds astatine 10.30am, do subordinate us!