COUNTIES CRICKET Rain affects championship second day
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- Created on Tuesday, 11 July 2023 08:02
- Last Updated on Tuesday, 11 July 2023 08:10
- Published on Tuesday, 11 July 2023 08:02
- Written by PAUL BOLTON National Counties Cricket correspondent
Berkshire looked like conceding a hefty first innings lead to Devon when the Lincoln brothers, Dan and Josh, were dismissed in quick succession and they were 159 for eight.
But Lewis, who has been trialling with Glamorgan, and Greatwood both made maiden half-centuries - having previously amassed 65 Championship runs between them – and Beaven chipped in with 38 not out, one short of his career-best.
Greatwood, a Middlesex staff man, and Beaven added 77 in Berkshire’s highest last wicket partnership against Devon which meant that they trailed by three runs at the halfway stage of the match.
Devon extended that lead to 48 for the loss of Adam Small before the rain arrived and brought an early close.
Play was only possible before lunch at Eastnor where Herefordshire soon wrapped up Oxfordshire’s first innings for 271 then reached 84 for one when rain arrived during the interval and prevented further play.
Jujhar Johal was bowled by Tommy Rex for six but his opening partner, Conor Smith, was unbeaten on 49.
The two Western Division Two matches were badly affected by rain with no play at all in the Wales NC v Shropshire match at Brymbo.
Only 30 overs were bowled between a late start and early finish at Truro where Cornwall added 104 runs to extend their lead over Dorset to 144. Dorset seamer David Scott took three of the four wickets to fall.
Cambridgeshire became the first winners in this season’s Durant Cricket National Counties Championship with a crushing innings and 38 runs victory over Northumberland in their Eastern Division Two opener at Tynemouth.
The match was done and dusted with more than four sessions to spare with slow left-armer Zain Latif spinning Northumberland to defeat with career-best figures of seven for 64. Latif, who plays his club cricket for Wollaton in Nottingham, took five wickets on his Cambridgeshire debut against Cumbria last summer.
Northumberland’s second innings was an improvement on their first – they were shot out for 93 on the opening day – but it still comprised a series of promising cameos when they required something more substantial to take the match into a third day.
Durant Cricket National Counties Championship
Second day of three
Eastern Division One
Tring: Norfolk 299-9 (Callum Metcalf 100, Brett Stolworthy 66 not out, Sam Arthurton 52, Conner Haddow 5-105) & 105-3, Buckinghamshire 251 (Alexei Kervezee 76, Alex Woodland 55).
Bury St Edmunds: Staffordshire 387-8 dec (James Kettleborough 141, Zen Malik 81, Matthew Morris 54, Freddie Heldreich 5-117) & 167-8 (James Kettleborough 92), Suffolk 281 (Josh Cantrell 67).
Western Division One
Falkland CC: Devon 272 (Fin Hill 90) & 45-1, Berkshire 269 (Rhodri Lewis 53, Toby Greatwood 52).
Eastnor: Oxfordshire 271 (Tom Hinley 52, Jamie Harrison 54), Herefordshire 84-1.
Eastern Division Two
Furness: Cumbria 107 (Matt Coles 6-28) & 66-4, Bedfordshire 230.
Tynemouth: Northumberland 93 (Ashleigh Cox 6-26) & 199 (Zain Latif 7-64), Cambridgeshire 330-8 dec (Callum Guest 114 not out). Cambridgeshire (24pts) beat Northumberland (3pts) by an innings and 38 runs.
Western Division Two
Truro: Dorset 176 (Luke Webb 82, Ed Ellis 56), Cornwall 320-8 (Alex Blake 102, Karl Leathley 71).
Brymbo: Shropshire 43-2 v Wales NC. No play Monday – rain.
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