Key occasions
Sean Jarvis to depart Leicestershire
High of the desk Leicestershire will lose their chief exec on the finish of the season. Sean Jarvis has been in place for 5 years and the announcement comes with Leicestershire comfortably on the high of Division Two.
Marnus returns to Glamorgan
A couple of bits of reports from the week:
South Africa have appointed the Take a look at coach Shukri Conrad as the lads’s white-ball head coach after Rob Walter resigned final month.
India are set to bit for the World Take a look at Championship in 2027 (although I don’t see how that would occur if Pakistan certified).
and Marnus Labuschagne is to return to the Gardens for a sixth 12 months, to play two video games in opposition to Northants and Middlesex later this month.
Northants, who had the higher of the match at Previous Trafford, trembling earlier than the Lancs assault at house. Lancs, with out Saqib Mahmood and John Turner, have Northants 44-3.
Because of Hoppsy (under) for infrequent nuggets from Chelmsford as and when the muse strikes. I owe him a CCLive! beer very quickly.
David Hopps
There’s a good crowd in at Chelmsford as unabated sunshine continues to spice up attendances, however the visiting Yorkshire contingent have been scratching their heads somewhat glumly on the teamsheet. They knew that the presence of Joe Root and Harry Brook was merely ephemeral (amounting to at least one recreation, final week’s defeat in opposition to Warwickshire) however there isn’t any Malan, and no quick bowling partnership of Buckingham and Sears both. It’s McGrath vs Silverwood over the following 4 days, two coaches with each Essex and Yorkshire hyperlinks, and though Essex lack the England-bound Sam Cook dinner, that Yorkshire teamsheet does look somewhat susceptible.
Hampshire’s fielders drop a 3rd catch of the morning.
Harm watch
In no specific order and I’m certain I’ve missed some (I’ll replace as you inform me!):
Jordan Cox and Paul Walter (Essex), Dillon Pennington (Notts), Joey Evison, Jas Singh, Marcus O’Riordan, Joe Denly, Nathan Gilchrist, Matt Quinn, Keith Dudgeon, Corey Flintoff, Mikey Cohen, Jaydn Denly (Kent)*, Aspinwall and Rocky Flintoff (Lancs)
*with because of viriditan
A morning for batting to date – Alex Davies has slapped a few sixes off Surrey’s opening bowlers – the indignity! Simply three wickets gone around the grounds – Bartlett has adopted Procter again to the pavilion at Northampton, Northants 33-2 and Glamorgan have misplaced ul Hassan to Kashif Ali at Canterbury, Glamorgan 36-1.
An early wicket! Will Williams, again within the Lancashire squad for the primary time this 12 months, removes Luke Procter along with his second ball of the summer time. Whereas second slip kindly provides Ben Slater a second life at Trent Bridge.
A primary recreation in 5 years for Jason Roy
So the juggernaut can nonetheless pull a couple of surprises. Surrey, shorn of Ollie Pope and Jamie Smith, play Jason Roy at six and hand a debut to New Zealand right-arm quick bowler Nathan Smith.
Climate watch
We’re up and working all around the grounds. The forecast is for heat and dry climate all spherical, with some showers doable on Monday, primarily within the south west.
Ali Martin
He might have been due a relaxation anyway however Latham and Webster in Warks crew means no Michael Sales space, their second- main wicket taker (and tormentor of Harry Brook final week). Sales space, Zimbabwe born, is qualifying for England however nonetheless an abroad participant at current.
Extra on the PSL’s shift to the UAE.
Division One desk
1 Nottinghamshire (performed 4) 70
2 Warwickshire (performed 4) 66
3 Surrey (performed 4) 60
4 Durham (performed 5 ) 58
5 Hampshire (performed 4) 55
6 Sussex (performed 4) 52
7 Somerset (performed 5) 52
8 Essex (performed 4) 50
9 Yorkshire (performed 4) 43
10 Worcestershire (performed 4) 18
Division Two desk
1 Leicestershire (performed 5) 95
2 Derbyshire (performed 5) 74
3 Middlesex (performed 5) 65
4 Kent (performed 4) 55
5 Gloucestershire (performed 5) 51
6 Lancashire (performed 4) 46
7 Northamptonshire (performed 4) 37
8 Glamorgan (performed 4) 29
Tom Latham boosts already buoyant Warwickshire.
A morning missive, from Tim Maitland:
“We’re lower than two weeks away from England’s one-off Take a look at with Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge performing as a mushy curtain raiser for the curtain raisers of ODI and T20 collection in opposition to West Indies, earlier than the correct cricket begins, however the place are we?
“Chastened and humbled after the pyjama groups took a beating in India and the frustration on the Champions Trophy? That doesn’t appear to be our model anymore. It’s a disgrace actually. We was so good at self-flagellation, didn’t we? Except for the selections pressured by the health or lack thereof of the bowlers, will we anticipate something to alter? Are we fielding a quasi Lions facet or does the correct check crew get a run out?
“Is Zac Crawley, over a 12 months faraway from his final Take a look at century, actually taking part in for his place? It’s not the Baz-Ben model to hold a participant out to dry like that, is it? We again ourselves. And when that doesn’t work we again ourselves some extra.
“Personally, I’d fairly wish to see a bit extra of a chalk-and-cheese method to the opening pair: somebody with a contrasting model to Ben Duckett, an accumulator greater than a shot maker maybe, who can solidify issues ought to Duckett’s aggression fail and restrict the variety of instances we get to see Joe Root trudging out with barely 10 runs on the board and the ball nonetheless cherry ripe.
“It’s a moot level as a result of it’s not going to occur, however who would that be? Does Tom Haines of Sussex, the primary and solely participant to go 500 runs within the County Championship this 12 months, get a glance in? Two centuries and two 60s in his final three video games (in opposition to Notts, Surrey and Somerset, no much less) is a few return. Or does Haseeb Hameed deserve a 3rd probability? A county captain averaging over 110 for the Championship leaders who did contribute three half-centuries when India toured right here in 2021. Does Bazball get a buzz from resurrecting mis-managed expertise?
“Or wouldn’t it be extra in character for Stokes and McCullum to take the following cab from the rank of their very own system and push Durham’s 20-year-old Ben McKinney into the highlight after his century for England Lions in opposition to Australia A in February and his form-confirming 153 in opposition to Warwickshire final month? I would like a lie down.”
IPL suspended, PSL moved
And the political tensions between Pakistan and India throw their shadow over cricket.
The PSL goes to play the remainder of its season within the UAE, and the IPL has been suspended indefinitely.
In your espresso break, a shifting interview with Mohammad Abbas, by Ali. Abbas returns to the Championship at present, although within the unfamiliar colors of Nottinghamshire, and in opposition to his outdated county.
Fixtures
DIVISION ONE
Chelmsford: Essex v Yorkshire
Trent Bridge: Notts v Hampshire
Hove: Sussex v Worcestershire
Edgbaston: Warwickshire v Surrey
DIVISION TWO
Canterbury: Kent v Glamorgan
County Floor: Northamptonshire v Lancashire
Preamble
Good morning! Spherical six, already. Elderflower stretching out, nonetheless no rain or swifts. And an England name up for CCLive favorite, younger James Rew, changing the unfortunate Jordan Cox. Issues get underway at 11, do be part of us.
