County Championship 2022 | Division One Round-up

The 2022 County Championship continued on Thursday, July 21 with Day 3 of five Division One fixtures. Here is a look at the high points from each of those five matches.

Warwickshire vs Kent

Kent’s Joe Denly hammered 141 as the visitors set an improbable 325-run target for Warwickshire.

Late in the day, the hosts lost Alex Davies and number three Chris Benjamin within nine overs. Indian speedster Navdeep Saini dismissed the opener to add to his five-fer from the first innings.

The Warwickshire will begin the final day, requiring another 297 runs to win with eight wickets in hand.

Brief scores:

Kent: 165 (40.1)
Jordan Cox 48, Matt Henry 34;
Oliver Hannon-Dalby 6-40, Henry Brookes 3-56

Warwickshire: 225 (85.1)
Sam Hain 99, Will Rhodes 32;
Navdeep Saini 5-72, Matt Milnes 3-41

Kent: 384-9d (110)
Joe Denly 141, Jordan Cox 79;
Danny Briggs 3-54, Craig Miles 3-92

Warwickshire: 28-2 (8.5)
Dominic Sibley 13*, Chris Benjamin 9;
Navdeep Saini 1-17, Matt Henry 1-11

Warwickshire need 297 runs

Surrey vs Essex

Essex made 208 in their second innings, thus extending their lead to 160. Daniel Worrall collected five wickets for just 66 and took his match-haul to 11 wickets.

Chasing 161 for victory, hosts Surrey reached 85-2 while facing the remaining 38 overs of the day.

Brief scores:

Essex: 271 (84)
Adam Rossington 100, Simon Harmer 50;
Daniel Worrall 6-56, Kemar Roach 3-63

Surrey: 319 (97.5)
Will Jacks 150*, Kemar Roach 29;
Shane Snater 3-34, Sam Cook 3-63

Essex: 208 (63.5)
Nick Browne 48, Daniel Lawrence 47;
Daniel Worrall 5-66, Kemar Roach 3-58

Surrey: 85-2 (38)
Rory Burns 40, Ryan Patel 22*;
Shane Snater 1-13, Simon Harmer 1-17

Surrey need 76 runs

Somerset vs Yorkshire

Yorkshire added another 109 runs to their overnight score before getting shot out for 276. Tom Kohler-Cadmore top-scored in the innings with a century while none of his teammates managed to cross the 50-run mark.

Somerset, already enjoying a 138-run advantage, extended the same to 373 runs by reaching 225-6 off 51 overs. George Bartlett will start out the final day at 88*.

Brief scores:

Somerset: 424 (121.4)
Tom Abell 116, Lewis Gregory 77;
Dom Bess 4-68, Matthew Waite 3-64

Yorkshire: 276 (95.2)

Tom Kohler-Cadmore 100, Jonathan Tattersall 43;
Kasey Aldridge 3-23, Jack Brooks 3-73

Somerset: 225-6 (51)
George Bartlett 88*, Tom Lammonby 46;
Dom Bess 3-70, Jack Shutt 2-41

Somerset lead by 373 runs

Northamptonshire vs Lancashire

Will Williams’ five-fer and four wickets from Tom Bailey shut down the Northamtonshire’s second innings at 174. Chasing 278 to win, the Lancashire batters wiped off 192 of those while facing the remaining 56 overs of Day 3.

They will begin the final day with another 86 to get and five wickets in hand.

Brief scores:

Northamptonshire: 235 (76.3)
Lewis McManus 61, Rob Keogh 54;
Washington Sundar 5-76, Luke Wood 3-34

Lancashire: 132 (57.2)
Josh Bohannon 31, Keaton Jennings 27;
Jack White 5-14, Rob Keogh 2-8

Northamptonshire: 174 (60.1)

Ryan Rickelton 59*, Simon Kerrigan 43;
Will Williams 5-45, Tom Bailey 4-61

Lancashire: 192-5 (56)
Josh Bohannon 92*, Steven Croft 47;
Ben Sanderson 3-46, Tom Taylor 1-26

Lancashire need 86 runs

Gloucestershire vs Hampshire

Gloucestershire conceded 256-run first innings lead to Hampshire and were asked to follow on by the visitors. Liam Dawson did most of the damage with his spell of 4-44 while Oliver Price and Graeme van Buuren struck identical half-centuries for Gloucestershire.

Following on, they reached 191-4 by stumps, still trailing Hampshire by another 65 runs.

Brief scores:

Hampshire: 457 (126.2)
Felix Organ 118, James Vince 95;
Ryan Higgins 2-72, Zak Chappell 2-88

Gloucestershire: 201 (64.2)
Oliver Price 59, Graeme van Buuren 58*;
Liam Dawson 4-44, James Fuller 2-17

Gloucestershire: 191-4 (f/o) (61)
Miles Hammond 109*, Graeme van Buuren 27*;
Keith Barker 3-34, Kyle Abbott 1-35

Gloucestershire trail by an innings and 65 runs