Nottinghamshire v Somerset and Yorkshire v Warwickshire matches delayed by rain

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Updates from the latest round of Championship matches Sign up for the Spin | Mail Tanya or comment BTL Jordan Cox, fresh from warming the bench for six weeks in the IPL, and buoyed by an England call-up, clunked, thumped and chunked an unbeaten 184 against Leicestershire at Grace Road. Essex’s Cox, who reached his century off just 73 balls, got there with a monstrous six right out of the ground. Matt Critchley was bowled just before stumps for 97, nightwatch Jamie Porter following soon afterwards. Meanwhile Liam Livingstone, playing in his first Championship game for Lancashire since 2021, collected five wickets for 20 runs in 46 balls at Blackpool with a heady mix of leg and off-spin as Kent slipped down the stairs and landed with a thump. They collapsed from 111 for two to 178 all out after being asked to bat on a damp pitch. Lancashire’s Joe Moores, just 17, took a catch and a neat stumping on his first-class debut. Continue reading...

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Updates from the latest round of Championship matches Mail Tanya or comment BTL | Sign up for the Spin I was going to head to Blackpool to watch Liam Livingstone’s first Championship game since 2021 and Joe Moore’s CC debut behind the stumps, but I’ve put it off for an hour or so thanks to an early rain update from Paul Edwards and a sad photograph of the covers from Ken Grime. Both are bravely sitting things out in a soggy tent. So no play there for a while, and probably not till after lunch. Division One Continue reading...