3rd round of championship matches

[greg]

Division 1

Hampshire v Yorkshire
Kent v Sussex
Lancashire v Surrey
Worcestershire v Warwickshire


Division 2

Gloucestershire v Leicestershire
Northants v Essex
Notts v Glamorgan
Somerset v Derbyshire

The good news for England fans is that Michael Vaughan and Alastair Cook are unbeaten with half centuries at lunch for their respective counties.

Kent are struggling again 106-4 at lunch but have recovered a little as they were 66-4.Yorkshire are 77-2,Surrey 111-0 with Newman getting another half century (what a start to the season he is having) and Warwickshire are 97-3.

In Div 2,Gloucestershire 124-1,Essex 121-0,Notts 122-2 having been 12-2 and Derbyshire who were 0-2 after 1 over are 122-2 so it looks another Taunton road.

[Collyisamackem]

Seems that Cook has been tearing into Monty's bowling, last time I checked he was going 6+ an over! Good to see Vaughan making first class runs for Yorkshire, and with him and Younis Khan in we'll hopefully see something a bit freer in terms of batting than Joe Sayers' latest crawl, which ended after he had made 17 from 70-odd balls.

[Speedboy Salesman]

bad to see Warwickshire at 97-3..

[Speedboy Salesman]

now they are 121-3

[Collyisamackem]

Notable performances so far:

1) Michael Vaughan made 72 before being run out against Hampshire.
2) Alistair Cook made 132 and continued his outstanding start to the season, carting Monty who got revenge by dismissing Cook.
3) Simon Katich welcomed his sacking from the Australian squad by making an as-yet-unbeaten ton for Derbyshire.

Oh, and Gordon Muchall made 4 against Durham University whilst most others made considerably more. Wake up Geoff Cook!

[Notts Exile]

And Samit Patel is following his 89 and 176 against Gloucestershire last week with 91 not out against Glamorgan. A man with a bright future.

[adamberry]

Originally Posted by greg

Kent are struggling again 106-4 at lunch but have recovered a little as they were 66-4.

I suppose I'll have to stand up for them then.

Kent recovered to 368 all out, Mushtaq Ahmed was expensive while Walker and Yasir Arafat hit centuries. Geraint Jones hit 49 to begin the revival. Martin-Jenkins took a five-for, before Arafat took two quick wickets to leave Sussex 19/2 at stumps.

Looks as though it's a dead track at Canterbury, as usual.

[Speedboy Salesman]

Warwickshire 385/5, after a shocker start. With both Westwood and Maddy gone very early, Trott, Troughton, Loudon and Ambrose all came back fighting. Praise to Troughton and Ambrose who hit centuries, with Ambrose 110 * and Streak 7 *

[greg]

Sussex 96-8.

What a turnaround by Kent as they were hammered by Sussex a fortnight ago,good job this isn't Pakistan v Bangladesh as there would be an inquiry into the sudden change of form.

[cantplaycantalk]

Another score of 800 on the cards at Taunton, Katich must be beginning to think that he missed out only getting the double hundred now.