County Championship Round 5 Discussion Thread

[Shelsey93]

First topic message reminder :

Just two days after the last round was meant to finish, another round of Championship fixtures are upon us. There are again some riveting looking matches in Division One. The forecast is not good, though at least it is better than last week

The following matches are scheduled:

Division 1

Lancashire v Nottinghamshire @ Old Trafford - Commentary link http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/17907408 (BBC 5LSX/ BBC Nottingham)

Notts 169 (Patel 69, Chapple 4-44) and 304 (Lumb 62, Anderson 5-82) Lancs 146 (Moore 43, Adams 7-32) and 142 (Procter 41, Adams 3-18)

Nottinghamshire won by 185 runs

Warwickshire v Durham @ Edgbaston - Commentary link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/17907410 (BBC 5LSX/BBC Coventry and Warwickshire/ BBC WM)

Durham 163 (Onions 36, Barker 5-33) and 139 (Mustard 45, Barker 5-37) Warwicks 267 (Bell 120, Onions 4-74) and 36-1 (Chopra 22, Thorp 1-19)

Warwickshire won by 9 wickets

Middlesex v Worcestershire @ Lord's (scheduled start Thursday) - Commentary link http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/17907660 (BBC London/ BBC Hereford and Worcester)

Middx 327-7 dec (Denly 134*, Robson 59, Richardson 5-89) Worcs 45-2 dec (Klinger 17, Roland-Jones 1-2) and 150 (Jones 32, Roland-Jones 3-29); Middx forfeited their second innings

Middlesex won by 132 runs

Division 2

Derbyshire v Gloucestershire @ Derby

Derbys 388 (Madsen 101, Durston 68, Redfern 55, Fuller 3-64) Gloucs 206 (Dent 55, Palladino 5-47) and 409-4 dec (Williamson 128, Marshall 90, Howell 64, Cockbain 63*, Clare 2-39)

Match drawn

Glamorgan v Essex @ Swalec Stadium - Commentary link http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/17907412 (BBC Essex)

Essex 259-9 dec (Petersen 145, Pettini 56, Wagg 4-61) and 166-9 dec (Westley 52, Waters 5-47) Glam 187 (Walters 69, Mills 4-25) and 99-5 (Rees 33, Willoughby 4-33)

Match drawn

Northamptonshire v Hampshire @ Wantage Road

Northants 218 (Peters 44, Wood 4-52) and 232-9 dec (Sales 58, Wood 3-58) Hants 154 (Vince 46*, Hall 4-24) and 179 (Carberry 61, Willey 5-39)

Northamptonshire won by 117 runs

Yorkshire v Leicestershire @ Scarborough - Commentary link http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/17907417 (BBC Leeds)

Yorks 447 (Bairstow 182, McGrath 90, Gale 80, White 5-90) Leics 116 (Cobb 29, McGrath 4-21) and 309 (Boyce 122, Cobb 69*, White 67, Patterson 5-77)

Yorkshire won by an innings and 22 runs

[Guest]

Essex could only draw with glamorgan

however we are unbeaten after out first 3 games

[packofwolves]

Worcs are sinking fast against Middlesex, 40-4 in the second innings. Honourable intentions from the captains to contrive a possibility of a positive result, but Darryl Mitchell seems to have forgotten the key bit of info that him and his fellow willow wielders can't bat for toffee.

[guildfordbat]

Not looking good, Pack.

6 down now and almost 200 short.

With 16 points for a win and just 3 for a draw, it was probably a gamble worth taking. There again ....

[packofwolves]

We'd be fine if someone could just remind our top 5 which end of the bat they're meant to be holding. Headless chickens the lot. Fingers crossed by the time Phil Hughes arrives he will have morphed back into a quality opening batsman.

[Corporalhumblebucket]

It always looked likely that Lancs would not hold on to their title, which they won by a remarkable effort last season....But at this rate they are looking like relegation candidates...

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