English Domestic Season 2011

[four_or_six]

Essex are looking in a really good position now. You'd hope that with the quality they have in their batting line-up they could chase this.

 

[jakob1978]

Stokes takes a 6-fer to dismiss Hants, including the last three in one over. I'm told he's grown a fair bit recently and upped himself from medium to medium-fast, which is interesting. In to bat now, 11*.

he seems to be having a good day, he's now on 31* from 42 deliveries with 4 boundaries.

Durham going along at runrate of 4, and their lead currently stands at 321. with so much time in the game (and a bowler down) i wonder what lead they're looking for...450? i'd have thought that was more than enough (particularly since Hants may have 1 or 2 who won't bat too...haven't heard whether Cork is back on the field yet...he certainly hasn't bowled any more overs)

 

[jakob1978]

just checked Hampshire's twitter feed and they posted this 20 minutes ago

Cork back on the field. Injuries to him & Jones not believed to be serious. Full update at the end of play.

 

[Pothas]

Delighted that Durham chose to bat again to be honest, by all accounts it is a good pitch and Adams and Mckenzie are both capable of batting for more than a day , feel those two will need to do the job though.

 

[jakob1978]

Both Stokes and Muchall pass 50s...they're matching each other (both on 51, with 8 four's each..altho Muchall has faced 20 more balls)

Just noticed that Ben Stokes is only 7 runs away from his 1000 first class run

 

[Howe_zat]

Seem to be getting a hurry on now - 28 in the last 4 overs. Chances are they'll declare some time after tea.

Fifties for both Muchall and Stokes, it really is his day. Stokestats:

19 matches; 994 runs at 43.21; 17 wickets at 32.53.

 

[jakob1978]

Muchall is out, caught and bowled by Myburgh. first innings centurian Benkenstein walks out to join Stokes.

they do seem to be speeding up, i dont' mind seeing that at all

 

[jakob1978]

and Stokes goes past the 1000 run mark with a 4.

and after an understandable quiet couple of overs after the wicket, they're picking up the pace again, this partnership is 20 runs off 6 overs, but 10 of those have been in the last 2 overs)

 

[jakob1978]

Stokes and Benkenstien are really accellerating for Durham now, the 50 partnership has come up in 10.3 overs, but 24 of those runs (4 fours, 1 six and 2 singles) have come in the last 3 overs.

 

[Howe_zat]

Kervezee out to Rashid and smacks him for 6 over long on. He's on 40 off 41. Rashid responds by having the other batsman Pardoe caught behind. Worcs are now 120/5, only 38 in front.

Rashid 2-34 from 5 overs - never a dull moment.

 

[fredfertang]

Still having trouble getting used to Lanky having a 200+ first innings lead - just needs Keeds to outbowl Monty now and our cup will runneth over

 

[Jacknife]

Rashid's ripped Worcs a new one, he's taken 11 in the game and they're all out for 137, Yorks have to chase 56 to win.

 

[jakob1978]

Stokes gets his hundred, and decides to have a bit of fun, he's just hit Liam Dawson for 5 sixes in 5 balls...will he make it 6 in the over?

edit - it's a single off the last ball, but still....impressive stuff :-D

 

[Neil Pickup]

Double failure for Alex Hales at the still-benign Parks. Appears to have just wandered across a straight one and seen his leg stump go walkabout. Afternoon highlights included Andy Carter giving absolutely nothing away in his 4-fer and Ali Brown taking a one-handed running catch at mid-on, apparently as an afterthought.

 

[jakob1978]

Well, those last few overs for Durham may have knocked a bit of the stuffing out of Hampshire, and Durham will hope to capitalise as they've declared on 310 with a lead of 489.

edit - 20 overs for Hants to face tonight i think

 

[vcs]

Stokes gets his hundred, and decides to have a bit of fun, he's just hit Liam Dawson for 5 sixes in 5 balls...will he make it 6 in the over?

edit - it's a single off the last ball, but still....impressive stuff :-D

Wow.. that would have been something historic. Sobers's 6 sixes in an over came in a County Championship match, didn't it?

 

[Neil Pickup]

Wow.. that would have been something historic. Sobers's 6 sixes in an over came in a County Championship match, didn't it?

Yep, off Malcolm Nash at Swansea.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Rashid's ripped Worcs a new one, he's taken 11 in the game and they're all out for 137, Yorks have to chase 56 to win.

Great start to the season with such a weak side. Looks a long season ahead for Worcestershire though.

 

[Howe_zat]

Haha, Lyth and Joe Root are getting there in boundaries - 3 fours and a six for Root while chasing 56. Lyth finishes it with his 6th four. Yorkshire win by 9 wickets, amazing turnaround.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Nice to see the resilience of last season is still there. Can only beat what is in front of you ( and i like many expect Worcestershire to go down ) but this has been a great start to the season. 3 wins from safety i guess.