Tom Curran launched an assault on the Somerset bowlers as Surrey turned up the warmth on the third day of the essential Vitality County Championship match at Taunton.
The all-rounder smashed eight sixes and 6 fours in a game-changing innings of 86 from 75 balls, which rescued the Division One leaders from a dangerous 228-8 of their first innings and allowed them to publish 321.
Off-spinner Archie Vaughan, the son of former England captain Michael Vaughan, completed with 6-102, whereas fellow sluggish bowler Jack Leach claimed 4-105.
However Surrey had gained a slender benefit of 4 runs and shortly constructed on it, lowering their opponents to 194-9 by stumps on a rain-interrupted afternoon, which noticed Shakib Al Hasan take 4- 83.
Worcestershire all-rounder Tom Taylor produced a lethal spell with the ball on his option to career-best figures as Warwickshire have been pressured to comply with on at New Highway.
Taylor picked up 5 wickets in six overs within the morning on his option to figures of 6-28 as Warwickshire have been bowled out for 128 in 42.2 overs of their first innings.
The 29-year-old added another in Warwickshire’s second innings once they adopted on 179 runs in arrears to take his tally to 23 wickets in 5 video games for Worcestershire.
The guests supplied sterner opposition second time round with captain Alex Davies and Will Rhodes each hitting half centuries.
However Matthew Waite, Ethan Brookes and Taylor picked up a wicket apiece to go away Warwickshire nonetheless eight runs in arrears as they closed on 171-3.
Jamie Porter and Simon Harmer shared 9 first-innings wickets as Essex skittled Nottinghamshire for 93 on a morning of utter carnage in Chelmsford.
Seam bowler Porter took his third five-wicket haul of the season, and second in consecutive matches, to complete with 5-35 – his finest figures of the marketing campaign which included three wickets in 5 balls.
After they adopted on, 364 runs adrift, Nottinghamshire captain Haseeb Hameed led the fightback with an unbeaten 100 and placed on an unbroken 131 with Joe Clarke (62no) for the third wicket. Nottinghamshire have been 180-2, nonetheless 184 runs from making Essex bat once more, on the shut.
It was the right riposte from Essex on the day the Cricket Self-discipline Fee, which arbitrates on regulation breaches and is unbiased of the England and Wales Cricket Board, confirmed a 12-point deduction after opening batter Feroze Khushi was discovered to have used an illegally-sized bat within the reverse fixture at Trent Bridge in April. It does, nevertheless, finish their dwindling hopes of difficult for the title.
Durham maintained their full domination of their match in opposition to Lancashire on a day when David Bedingham turned the very best particular person scorer within the county’s first-class historical past.
Bedingham’s 279 surpassed Martin Love’s 273 in opposition to Hampshire in 2003 and his innings was the bedrock of his group’s 573-9 declared.
Going through a deficit of 345, Lancashire ended the day poorly positioned on 155-4, with Matthew Potts taking three of the wickets. Keaton Jennings’ aspect subsequently want one other 190 runs to keep away from their fourth innings defeat of the season.
Kent have been battling exhausting to avoid wasting their Division One standing after being pressured to follow-on by Hampshire, on a rain-affected third day at Canterbury.
The hosts may very well be relegated by the tip of this spherical of fixtures, however they have been 70 with out loss of their second innings, nonetheless 126 behind, with Tawanda Muyeye unbeaten on 46 and Ben Compton 24no.
Earlier, Kyle Abbott took 5-46 as Kent have been dismissed for 207 of their first innings, Compton their highest scorer with 51. Torrential rain fell throughout an already truncated night session and play was finally deserted for the day at 5.26pm.
Sussex are closing in on a return to Division One after wrapping up their seventh win of the season with a day to spare in opposition to Glamorgan.
Having established a first-innings lead of 305 they bowled Glamorgan out for 218 to win by an innings and 87 runs at Hove.
Elsewhere in Division Two, Yorkshire additionally moved a step nearer to securing promotion after finishing a three-day victory over Leicestershire regardless of extra time misplaced to the climate.
The house aspect, who had trailed by 281 on first innings after being dismissed for 98, have been bowled out for 209 second time round as all-rounder George Hill performed a starring position.
The 23-year-old seamer took the final half-dozen wickets to fall for season’s-best figures of 6-59, handing Yorkshire a fourth win in 5 matches by an innings and 72 runs.
Debutant Archie Bailey led the rout as Gloucestershire bowlers sparked a dramatic Middlesex collapse on an eventful day three at Lord’s.
Bailey took 4-30 because the hosts crumbled from 122-2 to 165 all out, leaving Gloucestershire 234 to win on day 4.
Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal starred with career-best match figures of 9-99 as he bowled Northamptonshire to their first victory of the season inside three days in opposition to Derbyshire.
The skilled India white-ball worldwide adopted up his five-wicket tally from the primary innings with 4-54 to demolish Derbyshire for simply 132 second time round at Wantage Highway.
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