County Championship 2022 | Division Two Round-up, July 14

The final day of tenth round’s Division 2 matches of the ongoing County Championship was played out on July 14, Thursday. With the bout between Middlesex and Worcestershire reaching its climax on Day 3 itself, here is an end-of-the-day report from the remaining three matches.

Sussex vs Leicestershire

Runs galore on Day 4 with Leicestershire’s overnight batters Wiaan Mulder and Colin Ackermann plundering heavy double-centuries. The latter of the two even neared his triple, before captain Callum Parkinson decided 756-4 was enough for his side’s first innings.

The Sussex batters responded with a counter-attacking 220-1 off just 42 overs. Opener Alistair Orr charted an unbeaten hundred before the players shook hands and settled for a high-scoring draw.

Brief scores:

Sussex: 588 (142.5)

Tom Alsop 150, Delray Rawlins 75

Callum Parkinson 5-128, Colin Ackermann 2-69

Leicestershire: 756-4d (177)

Colin Ackermann 277*, Wiaan Mulder 235*

Steven Finn 3-108, James Coles 1-199

Sussex: 220-1d (42)

Alistair Orr 106*, Tom Alsop 60*

Colin Ackermann 1-27

Match Drawn

Glamorgan vs Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire batted throughout the day, losing just three additional wickets following their Day 3 setback. Joe Clarke piled up 95 while Lyndon James (76*) and captain Steven Mullaney (28*) saw their side through to a safe draw.

Brief scores:

Glamorgan: 318 (84.2)

Sam Northeast 56, Kiran Carlson 46

Brett Hutton 4-76, Steven Mullaney 2-42

Nottinghamshire: 285 (86)

Matthew Montgomery 80, Haseeb Hameed 70

Michael Hogan 4-47, James Harris 4-65

Glamorgan: 421-5d (101.3)

Edward Byrom 144, Sam Northeast 105*

Patterson-White 2-116, S Mullaney 1-45

Nottinghamshire: 259-4 (95.4)

Joe Clarke 95*, Lyndon James 76*

Kiran Carlson 1-17, James Harris 1-41

Match Drawn

Durham vs Derbyshire

Derbyshire batters scored rapidly, stretching their 316-run lead to 385 by minting 69 runs from their 10 overs of the day.

Instead of going for the target, Durham opted for a safe draw. They reached 221-7 from 83.4 overs before the curtains were drawn on the contest. Alex Lees top-scored in the decisive innings with 41 while young all-rounder Liam Trevaskis washed up 114 deliveries for his 19*.

Brief scores:

Derbyshire: 283 (92.1)

Leus du Plooy 122*, Anuj Dal 90

Chris Rushworth 7-44, Stanley McAlindon 2-63

Durham: 296 (85.2)

Tomas Mackintosh 51, David Bedingham 45

Toby Pettman 3-44, Alex Thompson 3-48

Derbyshire: 398-8d (115)

Leus du Plooy 134, Brooke Guest 116

Chris Rushworth 4-62, Matt Salisbury 2-71

Durham: 221-7 (83.4)

Alex Lees 41, Nic Maddinson 30

Anuj Dal 2-22, Samuel Conners 2-58

Match Drawn

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