Follow day three’s LV= County Championship action with several games moving towards positive results.
By Rob Barnett & Matt Somerford
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1.56pm - A century for Durham opener Mark Stoneman. The right-hander clips Jack Brooks to the midwicket rope to bring up three figures. It has been quite a fluent innings in the face of a huge first-innings total posted by Yorkshire.
1.54pm - Peter Trego has moved along to his half-century also down at Taunton.
1.44pm - We're back after the lunch break and Sam Robson ticks over to his half-century from 106 balls. There is still plenty of work for Middlesex to do to avoid defeat at Edgbaston though.
1.13pm – Here are the lunch scores:
Division One
Durham, who lost debutant Kumar Sangakkara for a second-ball duck, are 142 for three in reply to Yorkshire’s 589 for eight declared at the Emirates Durham ICG.
Sussex, having dismissed Lancashire for 191 today as Steve Magoffin took 4-36, are 16 for none in their second innings, a lead of 123 at Emirates Old Trafford.
Somerset, who lost Alviro Petersen for 94, are 336 for eight in response to Nottinghamshire’s 440 at Taunton.
Middlesex, boosted by Chris Rogers’ unbeaten fifty, are 100 for one in their second innings versus Warwickshire, still 195 behind at Edgbaston.
Divison Two
Leicestershire, for whom Ned Eckersely today fell for 110, are 327 for four in their first innings, 46 ahead of Essex at the Essex County Ground.
Worcestershire, aided by an unbeaten fifty from first-innings centurion Daryl Mitchell, are 128 for two in their second effort versus Glamorgan, who trail by 213 at the SWALEC Stadium.
Kent, for whom Rob Key and Brendan Nash yesterday each hit 126, were dismissed for 435 to herald lunch. That gave them a 150-run first-innings advantage over Surrey at the Spitfire Ground.
1.04pm – Kent are all out for 435, a first-innings lead of 150, as Kapil accounts for Adam Riley. Surrey took the last four wickets for 25 runs. Also, Notts’ Patel removes Lewis Gregory. Those two scalps herald lunch, which is being taken at the other five games too. We’ll soon round up the scores.
Fifty for the skipper. Rogers 50 from 90 balls, 6x4s, 1x6. Middx 87-1. Robson 35*. #middlesex150
— Middlesex Cricket (@Middlesex_CCC) May 6, 2014
Hales hits out first 6 of the day. 114/2 now the total for Worcestershire's 2nd innings. #LVCC
— Glamorgan Cricket (@GlamCricket) May 6, 2014
12.44pm – Surrey have three wickets in as many overs when Dernbach snares Adam Ball. Notts’ Andy Carter pins Johann Myburgh in front.
50 partnership up for @mark23stone and @richo18howu keep it going lads!
— Durham Cricket Club (@DurhamCricket) May 6, 2014
12.32pm –Lancashire are dismissed for 194, 107 behind Sussex on first innings, when Steve Magoffin traps Kyle Jarvis in front for nought. Magoffin has fine figures of 21.4-11-36-4.
Surrey strike twice in two overs, Jade Dernbach bowling Sam Billings for 34 and Aneesh Kapil likewise getting Mitchell Claydon.
Worcestershire captain Daryl Mitchell, who made a first-innings ton, brings up a half-century.
12.25pm – Leicestershire’s Robson misses out on a maiden senior hundred by six runs as he is caught at short-leg off England spinner Monty Panesar. The 22-year-old did first notch a third bonus point, and Somerset soon do likewise.
12.16pm – Somerset’s Petersen goes for 94, caught behind off Ajmal Shahzad, Sussex’s Ashar Zaidi has Simon Kerrigan cheaply stumped and Kent gain maximum batting points.
Davies 4 brings up his 50 http://t.co/FzSUO7c2d3
— Lancashire CCC (@LancsCCC) May 6, 2014
2 - Kumar Sangakkara has been dismissed for a duck in two of his last three @LV_Cricket innings, both against @Yorkshireccc. Scalp.
— OptaJim (@OptaJim) May 6, 2014
12.01pm – Davies falls for 59 to Sussex’s Luke Wright, chipping a catch to mid-off, and Leicestershire now lead Essex on first innings. At Edgbaston, Chris Rogers and Sam Robson are starting to dig in for a Middlesex rearguard.
First sight of old boy Liam Plunkett with the ball...Durham 91/3
— Durham Cricket Club (@DurhamCricket) May 6, 2014
11.45am – Debutant Tanveer Sikandar makes Leicestershire centurion Ned Eckersley his first Essex wicket, lbw for 110. The 27-year-old seamer is featuring due to Essex’s list of stricken bowlers having played his only other senior cricket in Pakistan. The breakthrough closes an alliance of 149 with Angus Robson.
Meanwhile, Glamorgan’s Jim Allenby traps Tom Kohler-Cadmore in front and Lancashire’s Davies goes to a maiden first-class half-century.
11.33am – Two 80-something stands are over: Jon Lewis has Lancashire’s Tom Smith caught behind for 49, ending an alliance of 82 with Alex Davies, and Samit Patel has Somerset’s Craig Kieswetter caught and bowled for 39, halting a partnership of 84 alongside Alviro Petersen.
11.22am – Kumar Sangakkara makes a second-ball duck on Durham debut! The Sri Lanka left-hander edges Ryan Sidebottom to third slip where Kane Williamson parries and Adam Lyth holds on at second.
Borthwick goes lbw to Bresnan, out steps Sangakkara for first bat in a Durham shirt. 69-2. #countycricketlive
— CulleyCricket (@CulleyCricket) May 6, 2014
11.18am – A trio of lbw verdicts to report: England and Yorkshire seamer Tim Bresnan, on his return from injury, gets Scott Borthwick, Keith Barker snares Middlesex nightwatchman James Harris and Dunn removes Kent’s Ben Harmison.
11.10am – Durham’s Mark Stoneman raises a fifty just before Surrey’s Matt Dunn makes the day’s first breakthrough, cheaply ousting Darren Stevens. Soon after, Glamorgan’s Graham Wagg has Matt Pardoe caught behind.
11.01am – As the action starts, here’s news of the 18 England women’s players to be awarded contracts following February’s decision to invest further in Charlotte Edwards’ team.
10 minutes until we start on Day 3. We will resume on 237/4 and the sun is peeking out.... pic.twitter.com/ABbVqvg2Fn
— Somerset Cricket (@SomersetCCC) May 6, 2014
10.50am – While waiting for the action to start, why not catch up on yesterday’s games here with links to free video highlights?
All set pic.twitter.com/r7vrVCbHvE
— Surrey Cricket (@surreycricket) May 6, 2014
10.40am – Hello and welcome to our LV= County Championship blog. Here’s how the seven games stand:
Division One
Durham are 62 for one in response to Yorkshire’s mammoth 589 for eight declared at the Emirates Durham ICG. Andrew Gale and Jonny Bairstow scored 124 and 95 respectively for the visitors.
Lancashire are 157 for six in reply to Sussex’s 298, of which Michael Yardy made 133, at Emirates Old Trafford.
Replying to Nottinghamshire’s 440, to which Samit Patel contributed 132, Somerset are 237 for four at Taunton. Alviro Petersen is 62 not out for the hosts.
Middlesex are nought without loss one over into their second innings against Warwickshire at Edgbaston. Tim Ambrose scored 167 as the home team made 462 to lead by 295 runs.
Division Two
Leicestershire are 255 for two and have Ned Eckersley unbeaten on 104 at the Essex County Ground. Earlier, Nathan Buck’s 5-76 limited Essex to 281.
Worcestershire are 20 without loss at the SWALEC Stadium, a lead of 105 over Glamorgan who were earlier dismissed for 155 as Gareth Andrew returned 5-40.
Kent are going well on 355 for four after Rob Key and Brendan Nash struck centuries in reply to Surrey’s 285 at the Spitfire Ground.