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am and devon conway didn t really get away but england failed to create a chance worthy of the name and the fact that shoaib bashir bowled as many overs as the aa team jofra archer and gus atkinson combined told its own story so far so good but this near perfect batting strip will need to deteriorate under the hot sun if a proper balance between bat and ball is to be achieved across the five days it s 12 years in the past now but this was a gruesome spectacle that nobody wants to see repeated ball three a lot of hard yakka at the halfway point england have made one real chance that they did not send upstairs despite the three reds that subsequently illuminated it was already that kind of day aside from that faux pas england have not made any obvious errors if you don t count losing the toss but two batters are in form and the pitch is like an anti lord s as docile as a kitten in the sun after that snarling wildcat what to do the first thing on the list is to keep heads up and there s no sign of them dropping yet though the post tea session will test that observation with no left arm pace available the bouncer strategy cannot be far away if joe root were still captain we d be asking what would stokesy do well not much at least so far ball four if at first you don t succeed at tea the toil is real england s bowlers perhaps in an ice bath while the kiwis swan about in flip flops of course even on a flat pitch that has to be earned and latham and conway have certainly done that it is worth reflecting as one looks at a scoreboard reading 213 0 that the opening partnerships to date for these two in this series read 2 0 14 and 8 i think this is what trust the process means ball five shit happens especially on a day like this and that s what happens england being flayed in the evening sunshine create or rather are given a chance as a hideous legside long hop from atkinson is gloved to jamie smith for as regulation a catch as you will ever see he wasn t even close to holding on there s mitigation due to the conditions of course but it was a bad error we ve all seen it before and new zealand will claim it as a reward for their strategy grinding england down and then attacking a wilting team it doesn t just feel like two sessions it feels like two weeks that led up to that bad bad moment smith owns it but the blame is shared by pretty much everyone connected to this iteration of england ball six add two wickets to t score just when you re about to condemn england for a scrappy day spent being comprehensively outplayed bashir gutses out a remarkable save on the boundary and spirits lifted all round rachin ravindra unexpectedly on strike hoys one off the top edge and smith pouches one at last then another as archer roars one all but through henry nicholls whom he had shaken up with a clonk on the head a few minutes earlier and the visitors are suddenly four down at 361 4 it is obviously new zealand s day but england will have will o rourke at one end and daryl mitchell taking guard at the other with an all but new ball in hand perhaps more importantly they ll have a spring in their step too another two quick wickets tomorrow morning and the match will be a coin toss it is indeed a funny old game leave a comment posted in cricket england new zealand tests the tooting trumpet posted by tootingtrumpet june 23 2026 the final over of the week in county cricket 23 june 2026 county championship cricket delivers more thrills in a magnificent season but bookmark the page because it s not back until late august ball one liam and fergus lead essex a merry jig almost seven weeks on from their last win reigning champions nottinghamshire went to chelmsford to face essex who have won three matches in that same time this being the 2026 county championship they left with a crushing victory of course they did and top spot for the long midsummer break liam patterson white the spin bowling all rounder who has been ignored by england and even by the lions dismantled the home side s lower order en route to match figures of 9 105 off 53 overs taking wickets and controlling the run rate as graeme swann once did for his county jack haynes undefeated century anchored notts reply but there were runs for haseeb hameed up top and fergus o neill and others below as the visitors posted a lead of 273 which proved far too many o neill completing his five match contract with a fivefer to secure the innings win leaves with 26 wickets at 16 4 and 285 runs at 57 0 i suspect the big new zealand born victorian can expect a warm welcome on his return next spring if he s not claimed by cricket australia first ball two cooke and co burn burns and co glamorgan were the only other winners in the tight top eight that started the round walloping surrey who in football terms are close to being labelled a crisis club the match turned largely on late order runs glamorgan s slump to 79 6 in their first innings was pretty much matched by surrey s 70 6 but the contributions of those last four wickets varied from 279 to 35 the home side got 80 from colin ingram a ton from fellow 40 year old chris cooke and mason crane scored the maiden first class century he has been threatening all summer long as is so often the case the side invited to follow on made a much better fist of things rory burns notching a much delayed first three figure score of the season and tom lawes called in for a test bound gus atkinson joining the rest of the lower order cashing in on a tiring attack the always impressive captain kiran carlson and the wise old owls ingram and sean dickson showed plenty of nous to chase down the 195 that sent their county fourth in the table just nine points off the top who saw that coming what the england selectors should see coming is 18 year old abergavenny born tom norton who took a maiden fivefer in the first innings rout and a couple more in the second dig to give him 21 wickets at 22 8 in his first senior season he may be a bit raw with a lot to learn but if sonny baker is the bar i suggest he s well clear of it ball three white flag from white rose just when eight counties began to feel a degree of safety with hampshire and leicestershire all but marooned in the two relegation slots they both win to leave yorkshire and plenty more sleeping a little less easily across july and august and it was yorkshire themselves who got something of a pasting at grace road losing by an innings and 39 runs to yield up leicestershire s first top flight win since tony blair was prime minister six home bowlers picked up wickets as the visitors were shot out in 55 overs and leicestershire closed the first day just eight in arrears three down rehan ahmed and nick kelly led the charge with tons on the second day and that long awaited win was wrapped up on the third with just some late order resistance sparing the tykes blushes the foxes chances of staying up may depend on ahmed s availability for the late season matches a top order bat doubling as a frontline spinner the key to their side s balance yorkshire with only joe root averaging more than 40 clearly need runs and soon ball four hants not pants at last two teams whose fortunes have diverged all season long flew at each other like angry seagulls in a low scoring south coast slugfest in genteel hove the home side had the best of day one dismissing hampshire for 191 and then knocking off 121 of those three down day two dawned with seven wickets gone in an hour or so and hampshire securing an unexpected lead but the wickets kept falling sussex knocking over six hants bats for 66 runs and were big favourites again but as is often the case in a bowlers match the poor sods had to do the batting too delano potgieter and felix organ leading the fightback to set the hosts 253 for the win that would take them top another horrendous middle and late order collapse saw the points go west as kyle abbott added three second innings scalps to his six in the first innings 20 year old pacer eddie jack his chief accomplice after a tremendous show of resilience this season sussex face warwickshire and somerset on the august resumption both of whom will be gunning for the pennant they don t want to lose those or the very promising season might unravel very quickly ball five no stokes no problem at least for durham chester le street witnessed a tremendous arm wrestle of a match that saw durham beat northamptonshire with 16 balls to spare to go 32 points clear at the top of division two with ben stokes in the durham xi until england withdrew him the home side looked rather better suited to giving new zealand a match than the hotchpotch that were sent out at the oval that didn t stop ricardo vasconcelos batting seven hours for 187 to put northants in the box seats posting 450 the home side lost three quick wickets but stokes made 95 and inspired plenty of resistance down the order as durham limited the deficit to 45 the wholly admirable matthew potts was amongst the wickets as usual but durham went out to bat with the task of making 296 in 80 overs a perfect recipe for exciting cricket at 107 4 they were second favourites but david bedingham and colin ackermann in for stokes have 29 and 28 first class tons respectively and it s hard to think of a pair more suited to the job at hand than these two south africans an unbroken stand of 189 runs got it done ball six another happy canterbury tale when does something stop being news kent after so long in the doldrums can t stop winning to the extent that it feels more a dog bites man story than a man bites dog when they do nevertheless it was another thriller in division two as middlesex fought to the bitter end at the st lawrence ground so that is news enough you don t often get over 400 if your top score is 70 that from another south african enjoying a fine season chris benjamin but consistent scores down the card is a sign of strong morale and that s what kent have just now sebastian morgan was the standout bowler a maiden fivefer his reward middlesex were soon in severe trouble four down in no time but max holden stood firm for 182 and zafar gohar made 95 and a slim lead was secured another young middlesex and england under 19s bowler naavya sharma led the effort as kent were again solid through the card but lacked the century a match defining innings usually needs cue the old stager matt milnes who knocked over both openers on his way to a five wickets haul and despite gohar again defying the attack kent were home with 49 runs to go into the second promotion slot 4 comments posted in county cricket cricket the tooting trumpet older posts categories australia bangladesh book dvd reviews and related champions league county cricket cricket england eric hollies medal fiction first class frank worrell trophy hugh fatt barstad india ipl kumar pundita nesta quin new zealand odi pakistan polls rajesh kannan south africa sri lanka t20 tasmania tests the ashes the tooting trumpet 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