Joe Root takes 4-5 in Yorkshire win; Surrey beat Notts by an innings
Tuesday 24 July 2018 19:31, UK
Joe Root took four wickets as Yorkshire wrapped up a 118-run win over Lancashire on day three of their crucial Roses clash, while Surrey stayed top of the Specsavers County Championship with an innings thrashing of Nottinghamshire.
Root, who had dismissed England team-mate Jos Buttler for 59 in the penultimate over of the second day at Old Trafford, returned to claim Graham Onions caught behind with the first ball of day three and also picked up Matt Parkinson and James Anderson to finish with staggering figures of 4-5 from 7.4 overs.
The wicket of Buttler - caught at leg slip, sweeping - was a vital one, as he and Tom Bailey (45) had put on 80 for the sixth wicket to give Lancashire faint hopes of chasing their 323-run target down.
But, with Buttler gone, the tail crumbled on the third morning, with Bailey the ninth wicket to fall - lbw to Steven Patterson (3-38).
Lancashire captain Liam Livingstone did then come out to bat, despite a broken thumb picked up on day one, but wasn't required to face a delivery as Root bowled Anderson for a duck 23-ball duck four deliveries later.
Yorkshire now leapfrog Lancashire into fifth in Division One, on 87 points, while their Roses rivals are just above the drop zone in sixth on 74 points, but having played one game more than Hampshire on 72.
Surrey, meanwhile, increased their lead at the top of Division One with an innings-and-183-run hammering of second-placed Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge. SCORECARD
The home side headed into day three 57-1 in their second innings, still 325 runs in arrears after first-innings hundreds for Surrey's Rory Burns (153) and Rikki Clarke (111) in a mammoth score of 592, and never looked like making their opponents bat again.
Samit Patel struck a counter-attacking 55 from 49 balls, but South African seamer Morne Morkel (5-60) claimed his wicket as one of five for the innings and nine in the match, wrapping up an emphatic victory by dismissing Jake Ball in the afternoon session.
Still undefeated, Surrey have now won six from eight and sit top of the Championship on 153 points, some 43 clear of Notts in second and having played a game less.
Last-placed Worcestershire are staring another defeat in the face despite England Test hopeful Moeen Ali's five-for on day three of their game against Somerset at New Road. SCORECARD
Moeen took 5-107, including prized scalps Marcus Trescothick (71), out stumped, and Azhar Ali (125) - who hit a hundred on his Somerset debut - but not till after both had made vital contributions to the visitors' second-innings 362-9 declared.
That left Worcestershire a hugely challenging target of 443 to chase and the hosts are 50-2 heading into the fourth and final day - Moeen one of the two wickets to fall, out for seven to Jamie Overton's final delivery of the day.
In Division Two, Middlesex upset current table-toppers Warwickshire, securing a tense 18-run win on day three at Lord's, with Tim Murtagh taking 4-54. SCORECARD
Middlesex - 183-6 overnight - lifted their second-innings score to 242 to set the visitors 203 to win. Warwickshire's run-chase then got off to a horror start, with Dominic Sibley, Ian Bell and first-innings centurion Will Rhodes all gone in the opening eight overs.
Jonathan Trott (32), Sam Hain (37) and Tim Ambrose (41) counter-attacked but all fell at key intervals, the latter out with some 50 runs still required by the tail - they got them close before James Fuller (3-40) took the final wicket.
Durham face a stiff task to escape their game with Gloucestershire in Cheltenham without defeat, despite captain Tom Latham's stunning first-innings 147. SCORECARD
New Zealand opener Latham added 27 to his overnight score but was the last wicket of a Durham collapse that saw their last five fall for 41 as they gave up an 87-run lead.
Gloucestershire managed 252 in their second innings - Kieran Noema-Barnett top-scoring with 69 not out - to leave the visitors a challenging 340 to chase - Latham was unbeaten on 10 as they closed 35-0.
Finally, Derbyshire and Northamptonshire's clash in Chesterfield hangs in the balance, as the visitors reached stumps on day three 174-3, chasing 314. SCORECARD
Earlier, Wayne Madsen (116) hit a hundred as Derbyshire, resuming on 147-4, lifted their total to 342 - Matt Critchley too firing a handy 51.
Northants were aggressive on the third evening in pursuit of their target, scoring at more than four an over, with Luke Procter hitting 68, and captain Alex Wakely still unbeaten on 48.
