County Championship: James Anderson takes first wicket of season for Lancashire as Josh Bohannon scores double ton
Middlesex wrap up innings win over Glamorgan in a little over three days in Cardiff; Josh Bohannon presses England Test claims with double century for Lancashire against Gloucestershire
Saturday 23 April 2022 21:41, UK
Josh Bohannon scored a double century and James Anderson took his first wicket of the season as Lancashire dominated day three of their LV= Insurance County Championship clash with Gloucestershire at Emirates Old Trafford.
Resuming the day on 289-3, Bohannon pressed his claims for an England Test spot when the series against New Zealand begins in early June, while Red Rose captain Dane Vilas chipped in with 109 as the hosts ultimately declared on 556-7 in their first innings.
Bohannon made 231 from 467 balls, hitting 30 fours and a six, as he impressed once more having averaged over 53 in last season's County Championship.
In reply, Gloucestershire were reduced to 67-3 by stumps, still trailing by 237 runs going into the final day.
Anderson (1-9), who had looked rusty in bowling 16 wicketless overs in the first innings, appeared somewhere back to his best in an opening spell that saw him remove Australian opener Marcus Harris for seven, edging behind.
Saqib Mahmood (1-11), bidding to keep his Test place after an impressive debut in the West Indies, accounted for Chris Dent (19), while Hassan Ali (1-17) - who claimed 6-47 in the first innings - bowled James Bracey (14) with a brilliant yorker.
Middlesex, Notts, Worcestershire clinch innings wins
Middlesex completed an innings-and-82-run thrashing of Glamorgan inside the first hour on day three in the sides' Division Two clash in Cardiff.
Glamorgan, whose defeat was their first in three games this season, were bowled out for 132 in their second innings having added just 28 runs to their overnight 106-6.
Toby Roland-Jones (5-40) and Tom Helm (3-24) shared the final four wickets, with Helm bowling Michael Hogan to clinch Middlesex's first win of the Division Two campaign following last week's draw with Derbyshire.
Roland-Jones ended with match figures of 8-74 having taken 3-34 in Glamorgan's first-innings 122 all out, while he also struck 65 as Middlesex made 336 all out in their sole innings after being 110-6.
Roland-Jones removed Glamorgan's Sam Northeast and Michael Neser inside the first three overs on Saturday morning before fellow seamer Helm accounted for Timm van der Gugten and Hogan.
Nottinghamshire crushed Durham by an innings and 141 runs to clinch a dominant victory inside three days of their game at Emirates Riverside.
Ben Slater scored a maiden first-class double century to propel the visitors to a commanding total of 488-9 before the declaration came, leaving Durham requiring 259 runs to make Notts bat again.
However, the hosts collapsed to 117 all out in the afternoon amid fine bowling from the Midlands outfit to slump to a humbling defeat on home soil, with Luke Fletcher (3-46) and James Pattinson (3-34) claiming three wickets apiece.
At New Road, Worcestershire earned their first victory of the season after overcoming Sussex by an innings and 34 runs.
Sussex lost 15 wickets on the third day and, despite a first-innings century from Cheteshwar Pujara and a half-century from Kent loanee Grant Stewart, they crumbled to a crushing loss.
Sussex were without half a dozen players through injury but results have been on a downward spiral for some time. Since the start of last season, they have won only one of 17 Championship matches and been beaten 11 times.
Division One
Elsewhere, in Division One, Hampshire are in sight of a heavy victory over Kent at Canterbury after reducing the hosts to 78-3 at stumps on day three, still needing another 269 runs to avoid an innings defeat.
Hampshire declared on 652-6 at tea, a lead of 347. Liam Dawson hit his highest first-class score of 171, while Ben Brown cracked 157 as the duo shared in a Hampshire record partnership of 273 for the fifth wicket.
Kyle Abbott took 2-9 in Kent's second innings, removing both Zak Crawley (29) and Daniel Bell-Drummond (0) in the space of four balls, while Felix Organ (3) bowled Tawanda Muyeye, leaving Kent hoping for some last-day heroics from Ben Compton, who was unbeaten on 37 at stumps.
England's current Test wicketkeeper Ben Foakes had to leave the field after clashing heads with Jamie Overton while taking a brilliant diving catch in Surrey's finely-balanced game against Somerset at the Kia Oval.
A stretcher was initially brought out as a stricken Foakes was given lengthy treatment, but he was eventually able to walk off unaided and will hope to play a further part in a game that could still go either way after three absorbing days.
Tom Abell added a fluent 68-ball 53 to his career-best 150 not out earlier in the match and Tom Banton also hit a determined 52 as Somerset reached stumps 225 runs ahead of Surrey at 196-9 in their second innings.
A wonderful day's cricket ended with Jordan Clark having Peter Siddle caught behind by Foakes' replacement, Ollie Pope, from the penultimate ball, with Surrey having grabbed seven wickets for 73 runs after tea.
England batter Dan Lawrence defied Warwickshire despite a hamstring injury as Essex battled to avoid defeat in their match at Edgbaston.
Trailing by 217 on first innings, Essex closed the third day on 290-8 - 73 ahead - with Lawrence, who batted at number seven and with a runner, having bolstered their resistance with a valiant 44 from 105 balls.
The 24-year-old's movement was clearly restricted by the injury he sustained while chasing a ball in the field on the first day. But his resolve, in alliance with Simon Harmer - who made 60 not out - in a seventh-wicket stand of 81 in 29 overs, kept their team alive.
Elsewhere, George Hill hit a magnificent unbeaten 151 in just his 11th first-class game to put Yorkshire in complete control on day three of their game against Northamptonshire.
It was a maiden ton for the former England Under-19s vice-captain, who shared two huge partnerships as Northamptonshire's bowlers were put to the sword.
First Hill and Dawid Malan (75) posted a 157-run stand before he combined with Harry Brook (77no off 63 balls) in a blistering assault which garnered 148 runs at a pace more typical of a T20 affair.
Set a notional 499 to win on an increasingly flat surface, Northamptonshire openers Ricardo Vasconcelos and Will Young safely negotiated a tricky final session, posting a 56-run opening stand before the close.
Division Two
In the only other Division Two clash, Derbyshire moved to within four wickets of a first victory of the season after Leicestershire finished day three six wickets down in their second innings and still 172 runs behind.
Leicestershire seamer Ed Barnes took five wickets in an innings for the first time earlier in the day as Derbyshire lost their last six first-innings wickets for 27.
But, after a maiden century from Mattie McKiernan (105) enhanced the value of Shan Masood's superb double hundred on Friday, Derbyshire still reached 531 for a lead of 318.
It left Leicestershire having to survive two sessions just to take the contest into the final day. They succeeded in that task, but it will need an extraordinary effort from their tail to avoid defeat as they closed on 146-6.
