County Cricket News / Updates Thread - 2016 Season

Kent beat Sussex by an innings and 127 runs at Hove
Kent 496 (Gidman 99*, Stevens 74, Billings 69, Magoffin 5-88) - Sussex 180 (Brown 54, Viljoen 3-70) and 189 (Viljoen 3-34)

 

Middlesex v Yorkshire for the Championship is spellbinding. Matching each other blow for blow - and they meet at Lords in the final game. With late September dew, the toss could be vital. Yorkshire have a great seam/swing attack for those conditions.

 

Middlesex beat Nottinghamshire by five wickets at Trent Bridge
Middlesex 247 (Gubbins 75, Ball 5-66) and 235 for 5 (Compton 63, Simpson 58*, Franklin 54*) - Nottinghamshire 241 (Patel 100, Finn 4-54) and 240 (Mullaney 64, Rayner 4-83)

Notts relegated

 

Somerset beat Yorkshire by ten wickets at Headingley
Somerset 390 (Gregory 73*, Trescothick 73, Allenby 50, Sidebottom 5-51) and 44 for 0 - Yorkshire 145 and 286 (Lehmann 116, Plunkett 73, Lyth 49, Leach 6-64)

If Middlesex defeat Lancashire today, the title is as good as theirs. If Lancashire do not succumb, however, then Middlesex, Somerset and Yorkshire will contest what could still be a wonderful climax to the Championship season next week
Somerset, by virtue of a win achieved with a day and 8.3 overs to spare, have cut the margin to second-placed Yorkshire to a single point. Middlesex could lead by 20 points if they beat Lancashire. The advantage, variously, would reduce to nine points if they drew, and four if they lost.

 

Steve Davies, the former England wicketkeeper, is expected to join Somerset after calling time on his Surrey career.

 

Worcestershire beat Sussex by 11 runs at Hove
Worcestershire 306 (Mitchell 75, Cox 69*, Magoffin 5-38) and 194 (Fell 85, Magoffin 5-32) - Sussex 229 (Jordan 57*, Cummins 7-84) and 260 (Wiese 70*, Cummins 5-82)

 

Hampshire seamer James Tomlinson, who has spent his whole career at the Ageas Bowl and was the leading wicket-taker in the Championship in 2008 with 67, will call it a day at the end of the season

 

Glamorgan beat Essex by 11 runs at Chelmsford
Glamorgan 286 and 296 (Wallace 78, Rudolph 56, Bragg 54) - Essex 319 (ten Doeschate 117, Foster 64, Wheater 59, Meschede 5-84) and 252 ( Chopra 79, Hogan 5-45, Van der Gugten 4-56 )

Essex promoted

 

Leicestershire drew with Derbyshire at Derby
Leicestershire 247 (Cosgrove 95*, Davis 4-68) and 301 for 8 (Cosgrove 110, Horton 61, Palladino 4-64)- Derbyshire 307 (Hosein 83*, A Hughes 55, Shreck 4-78) and 286 for 8 dec (Madsen 134*, Hosein 58)

Derbyshire guaranteed wooden-spoon

 

Northants beat Gloucestershire by 114 runs at Wantage Road
Northants 326 (Newton 130, Wakely 104, Payne 4-57) and 376 (Levi 95, Duckett 70) - Gloucestershire 261 (Payne 56, Keogh 4-67) and 327 (Hankins 116, Mustard 79, Sanderson 8-73)

 

Durham beat Surrey by 22 runs at Chester-le-Street
Durham 401 (Jennings 201*, Footitt 5-90) and 246 (Stoneman 92, Clark 54, S Curran 7-58) - Surrey 367 (Roy 120, Onions 5-90) and 259 (Roy 96, Ansari 51, S Curran 50*)

Durham now safe

 

Lancashire drew with Middlesex at Old Trafford
Lancashire 259 (Jones 106*, Livingstone 56, Bailey 53, Roland-Jones 4-54, Finn 4-71) and 80 for 1 - Middlesex 327 (Robson 77, Gubbins 69, Compton 56, Kerrigan 4-80, Jarvis 3-70) and 240 for 8 dec (Malan 87, Simpson 74, Kerrigan 6-86)

 

Division 1 Table
Middlesex - 213
Yorkshire - 204
Somerset - 203

Remaining Fixtures both starting on Tuesday 20 September:
Middlesex v Yorkshire at Lords
Somerset v Nottinghamshire at Taunton

 

Warwickshire beat Surrey by eight wickets in the Royal London Cup final at Lords
Warwickshire 137 for 2 (Trott 82*) - Surrey 136 (Burns 40)

Why on earth was the premier one-day show piece in this country played on a used wicket????

 

What a great final few days in the CC with all three teams still in contention with an hour's play left at Lords!! Great advert for county cricket.

Middlesex deserved to win, but I think Yorkshire would have snatched it had Tim "Brezzy Lad" Bresnan stayed in.

Somerset were always outsiders as a result at Lords was going to happen one way or another.

 

Yes I agree with all that - as a Somerset supporter I was disappointed, but was always going to be a result at Lords once Yorkshire got their bonus points.

 

Somerset beat Nottinghamshire by 325 runs at Taunton
Somerset 365 (Hildreth 135, Rogers 132, Ball 6-57) and 313 for 5 dec (Rogers 100*, Davies 59, Trego 55, Patel 3-95) - Nottinghamshire 138 (Bess 5-43, Leach 3-42) and 215 (Root 66*, Leach 4-69, Van der Merwe 3-59)

 

Middlesex beat Yorkshire by 61 runs at Lords
Middlesex 270 (Gubbins 125, Brooks 6-65) and 359 for 6 dec (Malan 116, Gubbins 93, Eskinazi 78*) - Yorkshire 390 (Bresnan 142*, Rafiq 65, Hodd 64, Roland-Jones 4-73) and 178 (Bresnan 55, Roland-Jones 6-54)

Middlesex win the County Championship

 

Final tables:
County Championship Div 1
Middlesex - 230
Somerset - 226
Yorkshire - 211
Durham - 200
Surrey - 182
Warwickshire - 176
Lancashire - 165
Hampshire - 155
Nottinghamshire - 124

County Championship Div 2
Essex - 235
Kent - 212
Worcestershire - 203
Sussex - 192
Northamptonshire - 184
Gloucestershire - 183
Leicestershire - 182
Glamorgan - 148
Derbyshire - 119

 

Winners and Losers 2016:
County Championship Div 1 Winners - Middlesex
County Championship Div 1 Relgated - Nottinghamshire & Hampshire*
County Championship Div 2 Winners & Promoted - Essex (only 1 team promoted)
County Championship Div 2 Wooden Spoon - Derbyshire
Royal London Cup Winners - Warwickshire
Nat West T20 Winners - Northamptonshire

Most County Championship Div 1 Runs - K Jennings (Durham) 1548
Most County Championship Div 2 Wickets - J Patel (Warwickshire) 69
Most County Championship Div 2 Runs - B Duckett (Northamptionshire) 1338
Most County Championship Div 2 Wickets - J Leach (Worcestershire) 65

* Durham subsequently relegated due to financial rescue package