Derbyshire, Notts register win on fourth day, Durham and Middlesex hold onto a draw

The Division Two of the ongoing 2022 County Championship continued with three matches on Thursday, July 28. As another week goes by, here is a look at how each of the three games panned out.

Worcestershire vs Derbyshire

Anuj Dal scored an unbeaten ton that went in vain.

Worcestershire crumbled in their Day 4 run-chase, falling 98 runs short of their target. Resuming the final day at 108-5, the hosts only managed to extend their total to 190.

Derbyshire’s Anuj Dal claimed a five-fer to add on to his unbeaten ton and a handy 55 from his side’s first innings.

Brief scores:

Derbyshire: 130 (51.1)

Anuj Dal 55, Leus de Plooy 38
Dillon Pennington 4-36, Ed Barnard 3-18

Worcestershire: 185 (45.1)

Kashif Ali 52, Jack Haynes 48
Ben Aitchison 4-40, Samuel Conners 3-63

Derbyshire: 343 (104.5)

Anuj Dal 112*, Mattie McKiernan 71
Dillon Pennington 3-70, Joe Leach 3-74

Worcestershire: 190 (64.1)

Gareth Roderick 53*, Jack Haynes 45
Anuj Dal 5-40, Ben Aitchison 3-55

Derbyshire won by 98 runs.

Durham vs Middlesex

Jones' double ton saw Durham pull off a draw against Middlesex

Middlesex lost their final three wickets for just an additional 38 runs as they folded up for 455 early on Day 4. Durham batters batted out the remaining 55 overs of the day before players shook hands for a draw.

Brief scores:

Durham: 421-7d (126.3)

Michael Jones 206, David Bedingham 62
Toby Roland-Jones 4-67, Umesh Yadav 1-66

Middlesex: 455 (128.1)

John Simpson 132, Tom Helm 51
Ben Raine 3-73, Chris Rushworth 3-80

Durham: 142-3d (55)

Scott Borthwick 34*, Michael Jones 28
Tom Helm 2-21, Ethan Bamber 1-29

Match Drawn

Nottinghamshire vs Sussex

Pujara held the innings from one end but did not get any support.

Nottinghamshire added just 17 more runs to their overnight score to set a 399-run target for Sussex.

In response, the Sussex batters managed just 142 in their decisive innings, thus replicating their first-innings effort. In both cases, interim skipper Cheteshwar Pujara top-scored for the side with the 40s, while opener Alistair Orr became the next best scorer with 34 in each innings.

Nottinghamshire’s speed recruits Dane Paterson and James Pattinson claimed three wickets each to add to their five-wicket hauls from the first innings.

Brief scores:

Nottinghamshire: 240 (61.4) 

Steven Mullaney 70, Ben Slater 55
Ollie Robinson 4-44, Bradley Currie 3-58

Sussex: 143 (45.2)

Cheteshwar Pujara 49, Alistair Orr 34
Dane Paterson 5-43, James Pattinson 5-56

Nottinghamshire: 301 (84.1)

Haseeb Hameed 94, Lyndon James 56
Ollie Robinson 5-60, Bradley Currie 2-58

Sussex: 142 (47.3)

Cheteshwar Pujara 46*, Alistair Orr 34
Dane Paterson 3-14, James Pattinson 3-47

Nottinghamshire won by 256 runs.

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