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Division Two Desk (seven video games performed)
Leicestershire 139
2 Derbyshire 108
3 Glamorgan 97
4 Gloucestershire 88
5 Northamptonshire 72
6 Middlesex 70
7 Lancashire 66
8 Kent 65
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Division One Desk (seven video games performed)
1 Nottinghamshire 115
2 Surrey 105
3 Sussex 95
4 Warwickshire 93
5 Somerset 92
6 Durham 84
7 Hampshire 82
8 Essex 75
9 Yorkshire 59
10 Worcestershire 54
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For these settling down to observe Jimmy Anderson zip in from Blackpool’s North Finish, maintain your horses. A slight technical hitch – a lacking wire that holds the entire thing collectively – means the stream is just not flowing. Issues ought to be working after lunch, however Scott Learn and co can be nonetheless be on the radio.
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Division Two fixtures
Bristol: Gloucestershire v Derbyshire Gloucs gained the toss and can bat
Blackpool: Lancashire v Kent Lancs gained the toss and can discipline
Grace Highway: Leicestershire v Glamorgan Glamorgan gained the toss and can bat
Wantage Highway: Northamptonshire v Middlesex Middx gained the toss and can bat
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Division One Fixtures
Chester le Road: Durham v Sussex Sussex gained the toss and can bat
Chelmsford: Essex v Hants Essex gained the toss and can bat
Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire Notts gained the toss and can bat
Edgbaston: Warwickshire v Somerset Somerset gained the toss and can bat
New Highway: Worcestershire v Surrey Worcs gained the toss and can bat
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Up to date at 05.48 EDT
David ‘Syd’ Lawrence dies aged 61
Very unhappy information from Gloucestershire. Only a yr after he introduced he was affected by Motor Neurone Illness, David Lawrence, the primary British born Black cricketer to play for England, has died.
David Payne, spoke on behalf of the Gloucestershire Cricket enjoying workers:
“I’d like to supply our sincerest condolences to Syd’s household at this actually devastating time.
“Syd was a real legend of the Membership and somebody each participant had immense respect for – not simply due to the implausible cricketer he was, however for the wonderful individual he was, and what he gave to this Membership each on and off the sphere.
“Sharing final yr’s T20 success with Syd is a reminiscence we are going to always remember and can cherish without end.
“Syd will at all times be an inspiration to us all, and we thank him for the whole lot he did for our nice sport.”
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Up to date at 05.41 EDT
Preamble
Good morning and welcome again! Lather up for 2 weeks of midsummer cricket, Kookaburra balls and skylarks.
Whereas Jofra Archer flexes his bowling boots at Chester le Road, I’m at Blackpool [never say the Guardian misses a big story] , the place the wind is buffering the tent and Jimmy Anderson, in his three hundredth first-class sport, is captaining Lancashire for the primary time (whereas Marcus Harris is on paternity go away).
Elsewhere, there was a proliferation of brief time period signings. Younger Indian batter Tilak Varma joins Hampshire, Pakistan batter Abdullah Shafique joins Yorkshire, Western Australian offspinner Corey Rocchiccioli joins Warwickshire and different Australian offspinner Todd Murphy indicators on the dotted line for Gloucestershire.
Over on the outfield, Jimmy Anderson is being offered with a bottle of champagne for his three hundredth first-class sport, and play begins around the grounds in half an hour.
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Up to date at 05.38 EDT
