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e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e morning Dave Fletcher from BBC Radio Derby here uh alongside me Richard Ray from Radio leer uh nobody will understand why I’m laughing it’s day two of darvish’s cod championship match with leerer which is why we’re both here of course um and leerer are going to start on 168 for two after a slightly ciled 46 over day yesterday uh which was slightly disappointing but you can’t do anything about the weather um so the two leester batsman Marcus Harris and Lewis Hill will resume 168 for two ex so we are online as well um ad Dara should have been practicing their slip catching this morning they practice it every morning of course but uh let’s hope this morning it worked I hope their hands are are warmer because it is chilly it looks glorious out there and every chance of having all 104 overs today so it’s going to be a long day get back eight of the overs we lost yesterday but although it does look glorious it is cold ice on the covers you told this yes I was told it was ice on the covers this morning by somebody who was here when the covers were being removed we weren’t you probably guess who that was if you’re a regular daisher Watcher SL listener does griff actually live here you know as well well when he was leaving last night I just said to him I’ll see you in 12 hours and uh sure enough he was here when I arrived I beat him yesterday I was very proud of that I don’t beat him very often twice this season already I’ve beaten him to the ground I did arrive at the same time as him every day down in Cardiff because we were staying in the same Hotel Sam Connor from the city end at 101 lunch 4:00 te so uh you get 15 minutes ofs at halftime in the football if you fancy it that’s for later Sam Connors is in bows to LS Hill who plays and misses at the first delivery of the morning nice delivery the heavy roll has been on this morning so any movement off the pitch might be slightly dampened down I think that’s how it works but that was a good delivery first up hill in just a short sleeved shirt anticipating doing a lot of running perhaps I think I’d have my sleeveless sweater on back or not what do you have here can I uh can I leave you with this Al by all means Connors turns and he comes and balls and uppercut by Hill it was short and wide outside off stump one bounce high high over the slips and over the ropes so Hill just sort of helped it on its way little flick of the wrists took out Advantage he looked in good Nick yesterday LS Hill he’s just struggled a bit in the first couple of games but he was busy yesterday and uh that is when Hill does look at at his best only in the last couple of overs of last night’s play when he sort of shut up shop did he begin to look a little bit sort of tentative again but he took full advantage of short wide delivery just helped it on its way high Over Wayne Madson and and iron Donald David Lloyd one bounce for four Connors is in and Bows outside of stump better length not necessarily much better line but he’ll let it go through he moved on to 38 with that four 172 for two leerer I think quietly they feel they got themselves into a reasonable position yesterday and I think that has to be true really later very solid foundation if they can go on and post a sort of score of somewhere around about 400 their R there’s a little bit in the track although as Fletch said the heavy roller has been on it in goes Connor’s B driven in the air just sure of Harry came at Extra cover I say just short probably 3T 4T short of C but again Hill looking to be positive quite get that as he was wanted had he got that in the middle might have gone straight into C’s midriff an eventful few deliveries already was turn slightly angled run and he comes ball short cut away but uh although he timed it better again he couldn’t beat came Hill there he sort of hopped to his left made the stop nice sound of ball off bat couldn’t pierce the field of the day 3 rather marus haris he’s on 77 last as year moved on to 172 for two in their first inning we know to play today Conor turns in shorsh run balls Fuller Hill is forward very solidly holds the pose for a couple of seconds having played it out into the offside and there’s no run end of the over the first over of the day just that single scoring shot the four high down over the rope in just in front of us we’re at very five third man when the bowling is from the city end no reals there was a little bit of a slope but but it’s a pretty flat ground for those inquiring thinking there might be a sort of Lord style slope the the camera is on a bit of a tilt isn’t it ah the that is why end it’s been possibly blown over I think it’s been caught by the wind and I noticed yesterday it looked like there was uh a larger slope than Lords which is a remarkable slope isn’t it I’ve only been onto the ground a couple of times but when you walk across you really do when you’re realiz absolutely that’s incredible I’m surprised they haven’t actually done something about it in a way I suppose it’s part of the character of the place but given how much money they have done the MCC couple quid Haven they yeah does it cost to be a member these days if you can really massive join the que I don’t think it’s I don’t look good in those colors one of those Blazers that they wear it’s going to be Blair tickner from the race course end elbows jutting as he does balls to Harris who pushes the first ball of the over out into the offside and Harry came with his glasses perched on the back of his cap I can’t remember the last time some fielders do wear the glasses but a lot of them just perch them on the back of their caps and that’s where they stay they paid to put them there well I was going to say might be part of the sort of sponsorship deal that they’re required to to sport them one way or another but cuz the sun is in C’s eyes as tickner ball just turn into the leg side with Sam Connor who is without glasses does the fielding and there’s no run looking around see if anybody’s got them on oh on the back of their caps I don’t think so David Lloyd got his on he occasion I don’t think so he does occasionally wear them the dous SK he at at first slip yes he has oh he has and it is bright it is bright yeah bit of cloud around now beautiful day 9° and goes ticket and balls that’s left alone outside the aump by Harris goes through to Brook guas couple of slips on the golly I’m going to call it man on the point boundary cover mid off mid on very standard man out on the actually the man out on the uh midwicket boundar is interesting that’s a man down at long leg as well I think that’s Pat Brown on the midwicket boundary Alish Dar is on the point boundary and Alex Thompson down in front of the uh the Chairman’s box at the far end of the ground there’s ticket is in balls and that one beats him or he pulls the bat inside the line you pay your money you take your choice either way it was a decent enough delivery from tickner who we spoke to last night he did make reference to if we’ taken our chances it would have been a far better position without pointing any fingers a couple of chances dropped off his bowling yesterday morning before he uh took matters into his own hands and bow Rashi pel is in now and balls to Harris who can leave this one alone outside the aump to go through to the keeper so good partnership this is 78 from 117 deliveries now 172 for two couple of uh supporters just arriving with their own chairs you don’t get that in many sports do you really go to the cricket today they got about three 3,000 seats there oh we’ll take our own they’re walking around underneath the old scoreboard as ticket is in again balls a short delivery and it goes through to Brook gu it’s the end of the over TI was pleased with the carry he’d heard some uh he’d heard some things about the county ground pitch so I think he was quite pleased with the carry that he got yesterday he just had a couple of pats on the back as well from guest and from Lloyd and iron Donald is also wearing must be a Welsh thing he’s also wearing his glasses I don’t think it is a Welsh thing that’s singing isn’t it I think we established yesterday yes so but we didn’t generalize at all no no goodness me no uh 172 for two some Connors will of course continue from the city end morning to Foxy Phil as Connors is in and Bs to Hill very high boun to and um is he going to get away with it he is because it’s just signaled one for the over he had he wanted to try and help it on its way over the slips would have struggled to reach it I suggest PES in this game the ever cheerful Peter Hartley and sorry Shan mam that’s harsh in goes Conor’s cut down for fork it was short and wide again it wasn’t quite as short and wide as the delivery that Hill helped the slips in the previous over but it was out there to be cut away and uh he opened his shoulders hit it in the air but a long long way wide of backward point and nobody moved until Wayne Madson turned and trotted off philosophically down to the wide Third Man boundary and Hill picks up another boundary moves into the 40s now on to 42 176 for two perfectly entitled to have a go on that one wasn’t it absolutely andal is out back point but he was nowhere near it Connors in balls that was a better delivery slightly Fuller came back a touch he’ll played it on the back foot off off stump dropped it out into the offside and there is of course no run no uh boundary riders for Corners with the exception of course presumably of long leg oh trying to look around yep there’s Blair tickner down there hiding behind the pillar otherwise three slips backward Point Extra cover mid off mid- on Mid Wicket as Conners is in balls and it’s a little bit short pulled around the corner by Hill lifting the left knee rather elegantly helping it around down towards tickner who throw comes back in it’s the first single of the day the hill on to 43 177 for two there an email I meant to read out yesterday it arrived probably during the rain break uh from Jonathan casee keeping with the international theme of yesterday he said I’m I’m changing today to yesterday uh first signing of the Year from The Unofficial branch of the Northeast China supporters club which is uh quite a long way away Connors to the left-handed Harris for the first time in the day balls nice and straight Harris blocks it firmly back up the pitch on the off side but midon hops around quickly to make sure sure there’s no quick single to be taken sorry I shouldn’t have started reading that email I didn’t realize the over hadn’t finished um great to see everyone’s made it through the winter he says for another year looking forward to another year of Hope and inevitable disappointment the first hour yesterday certainly didn’t disappoint in that department now there was some hope and uh a certain amount of disappointment from a darisha perspective certainly Conor balls again good lent line of stump and hares everything neatly together plays it again firmly up the pitch it’s time more or less straight to Mid off and that is the end of the over proceed no I finished it no I haven’t um he say some nice things I’m very grateful for that uh Jonathan about the the BBC input uh and uh and the media team for putting together such a slick operation absolutely they didn’t they do a reason they do half a good job in Matt in the uh in the TV room just down to our left and say he’s all right but you know all three streams um at the games we’ve played so far this season have been improved Yorkshire was much better as it kind of should be lesters was improved again and here at Derby too so well I think Darby has stood still really but it’s very good it is very good it is and absolutely enhanced by using the BBC commentary with the uh I felt sorry for the camera operators at Leicester last week they were wrapped up like like Eskimos bless them was cold out there so Blair tick is going to continue from the race call end it’s going to be bowling to Lewis Hill and balls a short to L Hill just goes down on one knee and sways out of the way bat in the air a bit but it was so short that it was never really going to catch the edge Alexander Guri was also in touch yesterday uh from America was good to hear from Alexander he put a number of points and uh he suggested we do a pre-match program well that’s very very very good of you to suggest that but there’s no chance his tick there in again and Bs that one’s pushed out into the offside and there’s no run what I will say is that if you if you tune in for the t2s and I think that’ probably with you been in America be at a slightly better time as well uh we will be doing uh some pre-match stuff for those as well as postmatch um said it’s h talks of the 18 counties going down to 10 any fears I think these two counties might be more fearful than many if that is the case is Tick the balls left alone outside the off stump by Lewis Hill I I think I my personal view these are not the views of the BBC and all that rubbish is that that’s what the powers that P really want uh they want them based in big cities I know these are two City clubs but they want them in the major test playing cities ultimately and uh and we do whatever they can I mean they tried it a couple of years ago with that other competition in August it it isn’t really getting the traction but when that’s bought by the Indian Premier League as tickner balls that strikes the pad of Hill and goes out into the leg side where Dal feels that ultimately possibly way after I’ve uh I’ve left both the count ground and this Earth it will uh it will happen sadly and Cricket will be the poorer for it I’m sort of inclined to agree on they won’t sort of say that they won’t cut off funding to the smaller counties no it won’t be a case of that’s it there’s now just going to be 10 the rest of you good luck tiol to hell that one strikes the pad there’s an appeal for like before Wicked umire Harley is not interested at all that’s going to be a leg by as it goes down towards backward Square leg unless last As you move to 178 for two you know they’ll keep funding them up to a point but they’ll do it by way of introducing another tier to the quote unquote first class competition I suggest because there’s no doubt that the the 100 is being sold all the national newspaper journalists can’t be wrong there is briefing going on I’m sure tickner around the Wicket to Harris who clips that one nicely off his pads down to uh the square leg boundry where it’s fielded by Pat Brown first or another day for Marcus Harris yeah 78 179 for two end of the over heill has 43 I know we were talking about it yesterday down in the uh T Press Box so to speak anticipating eventually trips to the likes of Cornwall Norfolk be quite nice it would be quite good on well in one respect but uh very much not in another but well don’t know how far down the line that might be or they might try to make it it might be nearer than you think Connors from the city end over the Wicket to Harris onto the legs Harris just calmly turns it around the corner down towards tickner at long l leg he too sporting the um reflective sunglasses a top his smart new blue darbishire cap and then he keeps on running having running to feel the ball because he’s having to jog a good oh 40 50 yards from long leg for the left-hander a long leg for the rander Lloyd is telling his mid off to go little bit wider he’s having seen Hills inclination to drive 180 for two with that single Conor is in Hill BS very straight Hill presents an equally straight bat returning to this match the the one disappointment you said I know we only had 46 overs was that we didn’t see Alex Thompson who confidence must be Sky High could be surprised taking those 12 wickets down in Cardiff why the skipper brought himself on not for a couple of overs at the end [Music] yeah Connor’s balls oh edged could be dropping sh it does incredibly dropped short popped up Leading Edge it floated in the air out towards widish Gully Dar ran across from backward Point couldn’t get there then I and Donald scrambling across from third slip they both died and somehow it landed just between the two of them an extraordinary Escape for lwis Hill yeah that was uh that was a bit unfortunate for the two fielders in fact glad they didn’t fortunate that they didn’t Collide yet absolutely I was just going to say that that was the that was the danger there they were very close to each other no luck for Sam Connors who comes in balls to Hill Cuts him away for four just a well as they say a rub salt in the wound well Connor can’t believe that short and wide and he’ll just got up on his toes and said well thanks very much well wasn’t a chance you have to say that because neither of them were quite able to get their hand to it he’ll need some tape for his um bad absolutely on the Leading Edge he’s waving away at the Pavilion get some tape out here and no doubt there will be between overs right well if you’re going to bow out there says David Lloyd you better have some cover he’s setting a field for a bad ball because Dar has gone back from backward point to the backward Point boundary is in bold little bit short again pops up a touch got quite high up in the bat went out towards sort of Point landed about two pitches away obviously a long way short of any of the fielders there only Harry came there now in the in the covers he has gone to cover as opposed to Extra cover with Dal having gone out to the backward Point boundary he’s covering a widish area came mid off as has s of Gone Wild rer as well mention to Thompson out there Conners is in and Ball’s Hill Edge and he’s caught well it has come and punches the uh two fists and deserved for for Sam Connor found the edge again and this time more or less straight to Madson at second slip and this time as opposed to yesterday at this time no mistake first Wicket of the day Hill goes for 47 leester 184 three well they needed an early breakthrough darisha didn’t they really and that one uh he just played back a little bit and uh didn’t really get the right line and it’s come off the edge way Madson at second slip takes a relatively comfortable catch and Sam Connors picks up his second Wicket of the Innings and uh say darbishire really did need an early breakthrough so uh having toiled away for 46 overs yesterday including three drop catches in the first 35 minutes at slip it’s got to see one held on to by way Madson who has got an enormous number of catches over his career I mean a ludicrous number of catches 72 balls for his 47 74s for Lewis Hill and and uh oh dear it’s Peter hansam that doesn’t make it any easier does it blim me is that fair I’m not sure that it is that his feet up all day yesterday Pete pinch one of your fres know he scored a lot of runs against darish I was told yester now I’m going to have to look that up now because I I need to back it up with some kind of uh science don’t I really for Middle sex um or in previous incarnations in for other teams as well as for Leia what he did last year I will check but this season hansam only batted twice got 26 um against Yorkshire and 51 rather labored 51 against Sussex Harris on strike at the beginning of a new play tickner over as the ball is B some distance wide of the off stump and it’s allowed to go through to Brook guest once again and I’m trying to remember I think it was Griff who told me so you’d think there was something in his mind that um that would back that up the normally is so I’ll uh I’ll check that over the course of the next few minutes here comes tickner again that’s a full delivery that’s guided out to the backward Point boundary and dar just gets a awkward little Bobble does really well to get both hands on it and return the ball just had to adjust a little bit then he’s he’s just got a slight limp now left knee he just bent down and and gave his left knee a rub so uh keep an eye on him I’m sure he’s uh uh 15 in the game against arire at home last season and five and 62 in the game here last May so one half century in three innings last season tick it in and balls to him and he guides that down into the ground nice stop diving to his left by LS Reese who’s in at golly yeah he’s only played three matches against darash he’s only got3 runs at 22.6 150 so uh perhaps it’s one of those perceptions that people have he’s a fine cricketer no question about it ticket is in again to him and he turns this into the leg side because all batsmen are vulnerable at the start of their inning so no better time to strike hasn’t been in great form in Australia over the uh Australian season Peter obviously not keeping for lestera this season which he did last season which was hugely useful because it meant we could play an extra bow essentially don’t need one of those anymore obviously his ticket in again BS hansam is beaten outside the off stump look just straight yeah nice delivery from the New Zealander this is the one of the joys there are many joys of Cy Cricket one of the joys of Cy Cricket seeing a international bowler taking on an international batsman in your own back Garden get yourselves down would be my advice nobody ever listens to what I say though so here comes tickner again over the Wicket that one’s down the leg side he tries to flick it away does hand he misses it goes through to Brook guest Tak almost as if that was a deliberate delivery just put puts his hands on his head as if to say might have got it might have got you there I’m not sure a catch down the side he’s not not to the keeper certainly is uh is particularly deliberate but uh and on that occasion well he missed he missed it anyway that was Wayne madson’s you had looked him up for a reason it was the 13th no it wasn’t it was the it was the 35th catch he’s taken against leerer catch against catches against lerer catch a get that’s remarkable goodness me yeah Conners is in to Harris who steps across his crease and just has to come down on that a little late just B touch although the heavy roller has been on the pitch this morning be little bit there for the seamers first up to go with these five centuries and 12 half centuries both sides obviously I only spoke to um Ben green yesterday but he was saying that the feedback was there was a little bit in the pitching goes Connor Bowl straight played firmly back to him by Harris Harris goes nowhere but Connors um as a good fast bowler should having gathered it in his follow through shapes as though to hurl the ball at the stumps doesn’t bother doing so I was going to see a bit of aggression isn’t it it is Donal has gone that little bit wider at third slip again as in goes Connors and Bs very straight played straight back past him by Harris should pick up a couple no he’s going to pick up four the uh the unfortunate fielder who was in Hot Pursuit there had to sort of rather dance across the uh advertising mat what what can you call it I don’t know what it’s made of but he didn’t look very comfortable running across it and then had to slow down to get as it got to towards the covers isn’t a big runoff space so to speak and so Harris picks up four yeah I think some kind of what was made of material is it some kind of heavy material I think Connor is in again on off stomp this time and it’s fullish Harris is getting forward playing it carefully out into the covers no run they put the map was it last year or the year before a little bit too close to the pitch um they didn’t interfere with anything other than uh it meant that the bowlers were starting their run-ups on the mat so there was lots of green marks all over it looks really grubby down there at the moment must say Conor’s balls touch shorter and a bit straighter and Harris can just wait and calmly turn it gently into the ons side Thompson has to move across from widish mid on to midwicket to field and Harris takes his single having given three chances up to the getting up to the point of getting to 26 yesterday he’s been Chancellor since and that’s the danger I suppose isn’t it got to get him while he settle down into a really nice Rhythm Marcus Harris Peter hansam yet to settle down in comes Connor’s balls to him outside off stump lots of oo and ARS but the ball didn’t do too much and it was a very very safe leave from hansam end of another decent over from Sam Conners two wickets to him of the three that have fallen ler sh though approaching their first bonus point of the match 190 for three brast just took that one Lo like it moved down the leg side after it yeah it did come back a little bit that is the camera that makes it look like there’s an enormous slope of course there isn’t it’s just slightly slightly wobbly camera at the far end due to the the high winds we’ve had rean in South African in South African in South Africa is is’s watching two screens he’s got Rugby Union on one and uh I assume it’s Rugby Union and this game on the other as uh tick the balls and Harris has a drive at that one and misses it that’s as false yeah as false a shot as he’s played in uh the last what 60 runs or so that he scored obviously felt it was there to drive looks in pretty good Nick so uh one to the bowler there of news from down and apparently will psky who leer had signed come back to that at a moment take that is in balls that one again that one comes back a long way doesn’t it lovely line yeah and it’s beating Harris outside the aone he’s just getting into his rhythm now important little battle this if they can get Harris relatively early in the day be useful wouldn’t it well kind of getting towards rounders then which which sounds odd but you know Willam travas is doing at six Ben coock The Keeper at seven Harris weights has TI the Bol he drives an over pitch delivery out to the cover boundary where his Dar is waiting so he does the Fielding shout of annoyance from particular there just Internationals wherever you look yeah just to finish that pachovsky now unfortunately isn’t being offered in a contract by anybody it’s become a legal issue because nobody will inure him now so wonderfully talented player play for Australia at read of a young age looks like he’s going to have to step aside from the professional Game T and B to hansam on his pads and it’s flicked away for four runs down to fine leg that was uh attempted Yorker but it was offline and hansam whether in or not is too good a player to miss out on that and despite the fact there’s a long leg he didn’t get within 30 yards of it it raced away and again it brought up a huge puff of sand is it as as it hit the ground yes there are one of two scars as we said yesterday on the Outfield but it’s remarkable condition compared to two weeks ago as this next one strikes the PAD as an appeal but tickner aborts the appeal quite quickly was there an Inside Edge but was it going down L side you know quickly with Peter Harley don’t you he’s usually walking away as you turn to appeal on his bike go on son not now nay lad just having a look at the replay of that one was going to miss leg Stomp ticket he’s in again and ball that one is driven he didn’t really time it though hansam Z Conners comes around at midon to do the Fielding sort of in the air for a short while and uh it’s end of the over hands come off the mark without boundary he’s got four Harris has 86 195 43 now leester ship and we now have a full days play remaining 96 hours from half 11 there was much discussion last week about why on Earth we Wen starting at 10:30 well it seemed to be completely unanimous from anybody we spoke to it that’s what we should be doing so perhaps ECB can turn their attention to that Connors is in to Harris ball straight and Harris just leans forward blocks of delivery out to Mid off but to CR cricketing matters I think that’s unlikely no run Lewis ree who got the ball to swing late yesterday at no great pace of course but uh did find some movement in the air Under The Lights it’s so cold it is not humid out there coners is in and balls stays on the back foot this time Harris and nothing exaggerated about any of his movement just plays it late close together back pad pokes it out into the offside and does and ref fastens his uh gloves at the wrist let get fed up during that every time just I don’t think they think about it just becomes automatic Conners is in balls and straight and pops up a little bit just one of two M I don’t know whether just want to do a slightly stopping in the pitch I walks forward having as I say just played a fraction early at that and it was in the air for a few feet before running back up the pitch on the offside and he TAPS at the pitch sometimes the heavy roller can do that a bit can’t it just just kill the pitch for a few overs before it recovers Conners is in balls turned off his legs by Harris his time wide of midwicket jogs the first then he realizes oh hang on there might be two here and ham agrees they absolutely took the first one at a very slow rate but Thompson actually had a bit of work to do to get to that ball suddenly realized oh there’s two in there is on to 84 the um scoreboard in the Sun as ever hopeless rather pale yeah Connor is in and balls a little bit short this time but straight and haris just up on his toes firmly back down the pitch on the offs side straight two ree no run it’s good that it’s working now has his moments the old scoreboard occasionally has to be rebooted mid Innings sun goes behind cloud and it becomes suddenly very clear the scoreboard that is Connors in bows will grunt of effort bows very straight there is plays the delivery with respect again no great foot movement just blocking it back up the pitch on the offside again end of Connors is over he’s bowled 15 now in the Innings two for 52 which pretty decent effort in the circumstances tias B 18 already he’s going to get through lots of work for darish I suspect this summer and oal the only other bowler who’s into double figures in terms of overs bow he’s bow 11 gu think blood tickers uh can’t wait for the arrival of du pavalon he’s going to begin a new over from the race cor and balling to Peter hanskin who goes back on his toes pushes it out into the offside they go through for a quick single by the time Harry Kane picks it up gets to the ball and picks it up they’ve gone through for a run hanska moves on to five 198 for three now darish should have already got a Bonus Point very exciting the reason somebody said to well the bottom aren’t they which they are into this round of matches but no bonus points of course from the first round of matches as tickner is in that’s edged and dropped by David Lloyd this time at first slip wow he went hard at it did uh Harris he’s now looking at the toe end of his Bat uh that’s the first time he’s been dropped since he was on 26 if that’s of any uh consolation which I don’t think it is there is an 88 for the fourth time wasn’t an easy one was it but it did carry the third I think without checking off Blair tickner think he had two yesterday in fact it’s the third time Harris has been dropped off player tickner wow who’s in again the kiwi and that one is driven and that always happens doesn’t it happened to poor old Sam Connors earlier I’m not sure if it’s got the legs to go it has got the legs to get to the boundary Connors was giving it everything chasing after it as he always does but he couldn’t get there and even though it was a different batsman hansam picks up a boundary moves on to nine then the 200 is up for leester there 200 and three for three yeah m when he was on one of tickner Donald when he was on 12 yes it was mson of Dal when he was on 26 indeed that was the if if if we’re counting that as a drop I’ll come back to that it’s ticking of balls it’s wide of the off stump Hansen allows it to go through a lot of other people who seen a replay said it dropped short I I I thought it might just have carried I thought it carried yeah absolutely I have to say it felt like it carried David Lloyd has still got his head down at the ground he can’t quite believe what he’s done there that could have been huge that could be another really big moment five drops in an Innings tickner is in that one is driven straight back to him and tickner the M manard BL tickner looked for a moment as though he was going to threaten to throw that the stumps but held on to the ball there’s no run so 203 for three Harris 89 now hansam nine Lewis Hill the only man out today caught by Wayne Madson at second slip off the balling of Sam Connors Blair tickner could have had three for 60 or three for 59 he’s in again now balls and that one is carved into the offs side when it’s fielded by P Brown at point and it’s the end of the over 203 for three the end of another good over from Blair tickner looks less than gruntled out there doesn’t there isn’t quite as big a smile on his face anymore is it he he’s had a p on the back from an iron Donald and from Wayne Madson David Lloyd is uh where is he he’s talking to his other but he’s keeping out of the way yeah is chewing on his chewed on his cap briefly it is a little dispiriting isn’t it but now he’s going to get a pat on the back from uh Alex Thompson as well who said normally we catch those chin up old boy yeah yeah welcome to England it’s his first game here at the county ground of course he uh sat watched it rain or sat watch The Outfield fill up with water last time out change of bowling must be reasonably used to that in in New Zealand yes anal is going to bowl around the Wicket to Marcus Harris Connor having made an early breakthrough on this bright second day of the Vitality County Championship division two match between darbishire and leerer in Derby Dar is in bows onto Harris’s middle and leg stumps Harris stays back and just turns his wrists on the defensive prod drops the ball down Dar himself Fs in his follow through Fair few in actually well well wrapped up probably 50 in the temporary permanent over there in goes Dar balls Fuller this time but again onto the leg stump of Harris and he can clip it out to deep midwicket takes the first one quickly this time thinking might be the second one in but Thompson well the ball arrived quickly to in and he got his throw away quickly so just a single to Harris who moves on to 90 it’s a good day to be at the cricket if you are a sports fan you might have your uh thoughts elsewhere notably the Abby stadium in Cambridge later on when it’s sold out away in you can’t watch the action so if you got a little radio you can listen in the sports scene this afternoon while you’re watching the cricket put your headphones in for goodness sake though Leicester city and Leicester Tigers both in action today in huge games two Leicester snooker players at Crucible Dar with Brook gu standing up now bows to Peter hansam who’s forward on off stump plays it back down the Wicket to an oal be remissa at this point not to mention Burton albian as well they at uh at home this afternoon just down the uh 38 at home to reading reading yes on the back of eight successive home defeats there’s a club having an interesting time of things at the moment Dar in balls forward goes hansam wasn’t quite as full a delivery but didn’t move and H come forward and off stump slightly angled but again there’s no run there uh Zach Chapel got on a lap of the ground more than halfway around now in front of the East Midlands demolition stand D balls hands come reaching for that one a little bit pushed it firmly out into the offside C had it’s not C actually is it it’s it’s Connors who’s out there c as a backward point now Connors is in the covers and he scrambled across on one of the practice wickets and made the stop Zach’s going to sign a few autographs over there Dar is in again Fuller looking for the Yorker perhaps ham waited for it just just dug it out play it out into the covers again Dar plucks a load of dirt out from his spikes and then takes his cap from the Umpire because it’s the end of the over 204 for three hansam has nine Harris 90 leer show building again it’s nice that and can you imagine there Zach Chapel there who’s played the played the first game down at Cardiff last week picked up a little bit of a niggle so not playing in this match imagine Mo Salah during a game of football wandering around the uh the pitch just to uh stretch his legs out stopping the chat with supporters on his way around possibly not very accessible cricketers BL TI is going to continue from the is from the race course end he’s bowling to Marcus Harris he’s on 90 in and bowls Tri and he guides this out to towards the point boundary backward Point really Harry Kane comes in off that boundary to do the fielding and then picks up another single to move to 91 205 4 three perhaps you would have a sweep stack on how many overs tick no have Bow by the end of today in this Innings I think he might be into the well 35 36 something around that into the mid-30s you would think could he get to 40 it’ll be hopeing not absolutely suggest yeah see how many bow down at uh B 32 in the match down at Cardiff he’s in again now foolish delivery T into the leg Side by Peter hansam who moves into double figures that’s everybody isn’t it he’s on to 10 206 for three I only mention that it’s a very exciting uh stat darish should have only done it once in their history where every one of the 11 bounc reach double figures yeah I don’t have the same information available for leer I’m afraid but it’s relatively unusual Rogers might have inquire of the Leicester scorer sometime Tak around the Wicket bowling to Harris who defends it straight back to the bowet picks up and then jogs he does that quite a lot actually he’s a very fit young man isn’t he yeah big big fella yes I had to ask him to step come down a couple of steps last night when uh I interviewed him that’s a come you can’t stand up there he is taller than me to be mad he was very accommodating goes in and balls that’s a short delivery and he’s well dealt with by Harris getting up on his toes and playing it straight into the ground in front of him Conor’s Fields yes he was talking about taking chances yesterday get the impression that we spoked to him tonight he’d probably be talking about Taking Chances today as well marus Harris with another life yeah there it goes again with that familiar now familiar style driven by Harris back towards tiku parries it with both hands couldn’t quite take it in now Dal despite being the bowler from the city end bends down and saves tickner’s back the impression that nudw would uh just likes to be involved and certainly darush should like him to be involved given he is such a fine Fielder comes tickner again driven nicely out towards the extra cover boundary it’s Lewis ree giving Chase and he’ll pull it up because the ball is slowed down considerably have quite a big scar in the turf as well as he put the slide in the batsman get through for three Harris moves to within potentially within one blow of a centry he’s on 94 hansam on 10 it’s the end of tickness 20th over 209 for three and Steven’s being mischievous because extras are also into double figures so uh that might be another statistical Quirk as he points out if all 11 batsman and Extras get into double figures that would be impressive but You’ have thought most most M most Innings extras get into double figures don’t they David Lloyd hastened that yesterday of course with his two no balls in his first over two to nine for three 22 wickets last season Wicket taker was um in the county Championship was Thompson with 31 con 27 he’s already got more than a third of his total from last yeah Thompson D round the Wicket to Marcus Harris who is carefully leaning forward not striding forward Lloyd and Madson conventional first and second slip Donald now very much in the Gully encouraging um or hoping perhaps that Harris who has driven and missed that one or two from tickner and he goes Dar on driven this time he’s got it past Connors who is sprinting in Pursuit up to the long on Boundary puts in the slide drags it back ree who is following him to the boundary picks it up gets his thr away Harris has to settle for a couple moves on to 96 just four now needed by Marcus Harris if he gets there be interesting to see what his reaction will be be afterwards really when you’ve been dropped four times on you on route to your 100 if he gets there Dar is in bows Harris is driving and this time it is cut off by Connor diving across from from midon had to get there did made the stop picked up another grass stain on his whites they’re not quite the sort of Bluey white whites of of years past are they whites these aren’t they the darish much nice the darbishire kit I like the kit the kit it’s got the darbishire colors on the uh the collar but it should be of course D has taking his Gully out now and he’s put Donald into short midwicket comes in and bowls to Harris who’s clipping it past that short midwicket I don’t think it’s going to get to the boundary though Connor chases back gives it everything puts in the slide picks up throws and it is just too too har he picked it up about a yard inside the ropes but the laughing because Connor’s ABS when he runs you know he’s giving it everything arms and legs go everywhere don’t they strain it’s not a classical running style but you know he is giving it 100% effort he’s the left side of his white trousers and now predominantly green as Dar is in to Harris who’s forward solidly pushing the delivery out into the offside off off stump there’s no run he’s puffing a bit bless him his Sam Conners he’s had two long chases in that over the good thing is he’s got plenty of sweat on his forehead to polish the ball with indeed the silver lining the positives the positives is on 98 Dar is in haris drives but he can’t get it past the man at Extra cover again it was there to be put away for the two that he needed he wasn’t quite able to do so C cut it off end of the over he’s going to have to wait now so Harris remains 98 Peter Hans come on 10 2113 for three now leerer BL tickner’s first spell of the day has come to an end six overs for 18 one Maiden in there as well cuz Pat BR has been handed the ball bowled just five overs yesterday for 22 his first spell actually was curtailed by the weather he might have bowled a few more had it not had it not rained cuz he was bowling just before the the lengthy stoppage in play from around about quarter to 3 till 5:30 yesterday few L just supporters wondering why amazing Darby Not Bow demon spinner yet after last week well I think I think 59 overs in almost made that point earlier I’m surprised he hasn’t [Music] bowled they had the original demon as well back in the day when spof was a daisher player sadly they weren’t first class County at that time they’d had first class status removed when the demon spff played for them 213 for three here’s Pat Brown for the first time today bowling to Peter Hansen who goes back and defends that straight back towards Brown who uh flicks it up off a foot starts to polish it and then realizes that Lewis ree is in the vicinity he’s got he’s got quite the grass stain on his right knee as well looks like he’s wearing some kind of knee pad what does Mr tickner want from Mr Hartley he’s plunged into his pockets go he only wearing a top which is ludicrous Brown is in again and hansome goes back and tries to cut this gets an under Edge on it it dribbles out into the offside where Sam Conners will pick it up so it remains 213 43 say there’s a lot of Goodwill for Pat Brown everybody hoping that he can have a long and successful dubish Chris only a three-year contract I think off the top of my head got it written down somewhere he’s on his way in again past umpire Harley and balls that one is uh a defensive shot that came off the edge was always along the floor again it’s Conor the ball is being attracted to him every uh every opportunity Pat Brown yeah three-year deal taking him to the end of 2026 we played a couple of games towards the end of last season on Loan in that bizarre period in county cricket where lots of players who were going to join other clubs just get shipped out on loan by their parent counties Brown is in again that was wide of the off stomp left alone by Peter hansam through to the keeper barely a breath of wind out there which is probably a good thing cuz the weather is coming from the north and if it starts howling down the race course then uh you know about it when you’re out there no darisha flag on the members pav yesterday a little disappointing leera flag is just fluttering to the right as we look Brown is in again that one is pushed away out to the side What a fine piece of feeling that is from Sam Conor diving to his right got his right hand to it prevents a run from being scored and gets the congratulations of of Harry K and an iron Donald it looks like he’s walking away from them so that they don’t congratulate him he’s actually walking away from them because he’s been pushed out to the point boundary the good news is while you’re describing Marcus Harris’s Sentry I’ll be doing the News Bulletin I think I hope he doesn’t get there joining it that would be disastrous Brown in to complete his first over of the day and it’s another dot which means he’s begun with the maiden his first of the Innings six overs one Maiden not for 22 Harris on 98 will be on strike at the start of the next over ham has 10 last issue 213 for three the two Australian batters consult in mid pitch neither particularly tall men that’s him the taller of the two though rather tches to the top of his Mark for such s athletic um Fielder just the the way he walks slightly spay footed he’s registering determination in every inch tells Wayne mson to go a little bit wider at second slip comes in round the Wicket balls to Harris who defends on off stump no run C is Extra cover still got an Aran Donald at that shortish midwicket about two and a half strips back maybe 12 15 yards from the bat on about the 45° in goes D BS lovely on drive and I think that’s it that is going to be the runs he needed for the 100 lovely shot from Marcus haris has played some lovely on drives in this Innings he takes his helmet off raises it to the Leer balcony and to the Pavilion and indeed he’s bat to the crowd he gets a a round of applause one of two claps from uh the darbishire fielders including Blair tikos who has nearly had his man through or arguably should have had his man three times but Harris flagma publically philosophically has just got on with it if they’re not going to catch me I’ll take full advantage and he has he’s gone to 100 and it’s the first 100 for a lhip player this season Dar is in balls to Harris is trying to whip him away through the leg side Ste right across his stumps there didn’t get anything on it came off the pad and I think he him out probably well outside the line but well played Marcus Harris another Hedgehog will no doubt to be named in your honor at the shelter yeah last SE when he was here at um two seasons ago here when he was at Grace Road two seasons ago every time he scored a century in go Dar and Bs Harris is forward on off stom playing it out into the offside one of the orphan hedgehogs at the shelter the little ones I don’t know what the name is for them bruny was listening he’d tell me but there’s a special for baby hedgehogs which isn’t baby hedgehogs no no no it’s something like pups but anyway each each time Marcus got a senty the Hedgehog was named after him so there was Marcus there was Harris there was whatever his second name is there was cuz I think he got three in the relatively short time he was there could have been four actually but Bry did say that they’re all still with us so Lloyd has now posted himself at a short straight mid on as Dar is in BS Harris is turning the delivery off his legs down towards long leg tickner has to move to his left to field does the ball bounces towards him spraying sand in every direction picks it up nicely gets his throw away just a single to Harris moves on to 103 hoglets hoglets that’s the word thank you very much so another hoglet will be named in Marcus Harris’s H lots of hes back over the Wicket goes Dar to hansam who is forward solidly on off stump conventional field for the right-hander of course with guests standing up to the the stumps it’s played out into the offside by Peter hanscum Dal takes his sweater and cap heads off into the field because it’s the end of the over 218 for three hansam seems to be on 10 for quite a while and Harris has 103 and we are an hour into play so har is’s figures which which I haven’t give you was that 92 balls 190 balls 134s anyway also got a half century earlier this season at at hingley against Yorkshire when he wasn’t dropped at all dropped four times we make it arguably four definitely three on his way to this 100 but uh he can hardly be blamed for that right we got a little bit of a delay here I think Pat Brown has thrown the ball to David Lloyd who is showing it hopefully to uh to the umpires implication being it is now gone out of shape well the Dukes can do that but it’s gone through the the gauge if you like to that is used by the umpires to make sure it is still circular P it’s now being shown to Peter Hartley well he just tosses it back you’re unlikely to get any Joy from Peter heartley if the other umpires put it through the I know there is a word for that it’s like a caliper type thing thing it’s a sort of piece of metal with a with a hole in it round hole in it through which the ball must go you’d hope there was a name for it cuz say that every time don’t think the right word hey back with this go Brown in and balls it driven by Harris into the onside didn’t time it at all David Lloyd who is no longer in the slip Cordon does the fielding and there is no room .37 seconds that last uh update just realized we’ve added 50 this morning exactly ah yes 68 to 218 going to get one exactly on 20 seconds at some point Brown is in balls on the legs of Marcus Harris who turns it out towards the square leg boundary where inevitably Sam Connors does the Fielding through for a single Harris 104 now 29 43 well yesterday when Zack Chapel was with us he said they like them to be three down before lunch I think he meant on day one rather than day two but uh well I don’t know we lost a lot of cricket yesterday they could and should have been really should have been L ree looks like he’s warming up as in goes Brown and balls that one’s off an edge into the ground and straight to niron Donald at uh fifth Gully that kind of area and again there’s no run perhaps given Reese a go given that he got some swing yesterday yester the evening with the ball I know the lights were on but left arm was often do don’t there as you were saying a large goal LS on the Outfield got there two of them out there now as brown is in and balls back into his stumps goes hands and pushes it out into the offside and there is no run elsewhere haven’t said elsewhere so far today uh the game down at Lords will finish inside four days I fancy midd sex 136 for s still trailing Yorkshire by 23 Morgan 259 for9 against Northampton at Wantage Road as’s Brown is in and balls again he playing slightly backwards hansin pushes it out back with a square on the offside Sam Connor is fielding and there’s no run GL is a 394 for9 against Sussex down at hope all matches were affected by the weather yesterday 130 for6 at kinster against Durham they Trail by 114 nobody wants to see a dur and window there 219 for three here lastier is brown BS and he’s cut away nicely off the back foot but only for a single and moves on to 11 to 20 for three Somerset 165 for two trailing Nottingham Shai 28 ker 144 for four against Sur Canterbury ess6 123 for one which means they only Trail l by 23 at Chelmsford and warshire continuing to bat are 394 for five against Hampshire at Southampton there’s no reason why you should but if you wanted to hear any of the other games they are available on the BBC sport website for you we’re going to see the [Music] spinner and you heard me what can only be described as a slightly sarcastic cheer it was a bit wasn’t it from uh members of uh the crowd below us and if he goes through the ler shirt I was going to say if he turns the First on Square yes questions may be may be asked cuz the one that he turned Square before lunch at uh Cardiff was one of those over before lunch type overs he might have had a couple in the end but he turned one an awful long way now we’re having a delay because short leg is padding up what leer should did last uh match Lewis Hill knowing he was going to bring on Liam travas sent rishy Patel off to put his pads on and brought the 12th man on so there was no delay and um every County can’t do that is absolutely Beyond me however well actually it wasn’t short because he’s going in at at leg slip and iron Donald for Peter hansam so Alex Thompson the demon spinner is coming on from the city end and uh well well well he’s walking up now just drying his right hand which must be fairly dry on the pitch and now he’s fiddling with his field could all have been done previously three goals just four goals no watch of Interest four overs today Thompson stretches and he’s in round the Wicket ball a little bit short though and just neatly goes back Tom hansum steers it away towards the point boundary rather casually run after and picked up just inside the rapes by Brown he doesn’t run like Connors does he with arms and legs flailing everywhere he’s sort of he’s very sort of almost a laidback style of running but he got there there might have been one or two um eyebrows raised but he did get there and hansam is limited consequently to two Thompson in bowls oh that one stays a bit low outside off stum sort of skid it on a bit didn’t get up at all taken by guest H Let It Go a quick delivery as well by Thompson standards why he’s bowling around the Wicket and he goes and balls on two leg stumps so easy turn into the vacant Square leg area for hansum and he picks up a as I say very comfortable single what will Harris make of him he got the left hander to bowl at and hopefully from Thompson’s point of view some uh some foot holes perhaps Harris takes checks his guard looks like about leg stump he’s taking from here but we ar directly behind him around the Wicket goes Thompson and Bs just uh unfussy does everything un fussily Harris keep saying that just just leans forward and dabs it out to the skipper who’s at midwicket now fairly conventional midwicket Donald at leg slip Madson at normal slip forward goes Harris to delivery on Middle Stone pushes it again out to Lloyd polishes the ball firmly on the back of his trousers before tossing it to the tall Alex Thompson pauses at the end of his run just just three or four steps in he goes and balls down the Wicket goes Harris smacks him back over his head for a one bounce for last ball of the over Harris on to 108 22743 an enormous amount of turn there for him Alex Thompson and he’s bowling I know he’s bowling to uh a left-hander in Harris but he’s a a left-hander who’s got 108 runs to his name Jack moley is on the field the Lesser spotted Jack moley unar from Lancaster left arm spinner because a BL tickner’s gone off he’s walking up the steps away to our left hand side so uh the other hoglet was called Sinclair which is Harris’s second name excellent there you go just remember what second name was it’s a name that’s readily memorable isn’t it really s unusual 227 for three Pat Brown begins a new over balls to hansamu slightly hurried by that one pushes it out into the on side up towards uh midon filled by Lewis ree that is the 27th century of Marcus Harris’s first class career how many times he’s been dropped oh how many times he’s got to four figures three four figures three figures and been dropped four times three off the same bowler yeah I’m just wondering how to phrase that question to good luck I don’t envy you that don’t don’t have you made any luckier centuries than that don’t start like that that that’s probably not the best no leave that to other people that kind of question Brown is in balls that one is turned into the leg side again by hansam this time a little square so they can get through for a single hands moves to 15 228 he’s a sort of like could laugh though actually rather than he would he wouldn’t be affronted wouldn’t take offense I don’t think I have heard an interview at a cricket ground when the first question was congratulations on the 100 but you were dropped on 20 odd guess who the oh you you got it straight away okay there is no contest here is brown in balls a full delivery that’s driven out towards Point boundary by Harris moves to 109 now 229 for three alaj Dal did the Fielding I assume that’s Matt lamage giving him a drink although Mitch Wagstaff is around the first team squad at the moment youngster who uh two wickets in his first over of leg spin even though he’s an opening up at scarra last season it was a remarkable debut did well at the end of last season couple of half centuries actually walking more like Wagstaff than than lab as brown is in and that one is turned off his Pats down to fine leg for four runs Thompson can’t get round it’s a very straight delivery hansam just guided it off the face of his bat down to fine leg moves on to 19 233 43 got to be Mitch surely yeah Mitch F stff so looks like Matt Lamb’s no longer required as 13th man or 12th man as brown goes in again from the race cor and balls to hansamu defends this one back to him feel darish need just a little moment of inspiration a little moment of look possibly to uh separate these two to very experienced cricketers andk and Harris and two overseas players who will know that they’re expected to perform for their employers as brown goes into hansam and Bows a shorter delivery that one is pulled a long way in front of Square rers D is very quick and gets round to midwicket from Square leg and two more to the total as hka moves to 21 235 for three runs just started to come a little easier now last four overs 20 runs scored that rate which was in the early threes has now gone up to 3.65 over the course of the Innings which shows you that they are starting to accelerate a little bit here leerer and that’s dangerous for darish 235 for three at the end of the over 109 to Harris the 50 run partnership came up with those couple of runs there 51 from 78 balls hansam moves on to 21 possibly been a bit unlucky when it comes to sort of international recognition Marcus Harris lost his place at the top of the Australian order to Usman kaaja who who’s obviously done very well since he came in but it may only be one injury or somebody’s loss a form away from getting back into the international picture Thompson round the Wicket to Harris who just pushes forward pushes the ball back up the pitch to The Tall offs spinner from Western Australia now plays for for for Victoria of course so teammates these two in Australia as well as here in England at the moment outside off stomp from Thompson just pushed calmly by Harris slightly wide of off point who is the 12th man and a comfortable single is taken there is on to 110 2364 three hoping to get through this over but I might just have to depart a ball or two early flet if that’s I just introduce myself to BBC Radio Lester Thompson is in hansum BS on Midland leg and hansam turns it out just wide enough of the 12th man who’s now in the leg side to take one they won’t do you any H to do a bit of work Richard will be back yeah ja moley spilling a couple of times there young man un learned from Lancer Thompson bows that’s left alone outside the off stump by Harris sliping a leg slip backward Point man on the uh cover boundary Extra cover mid off long on midwicket and a square leg on the boundary for Alex Thompson who bows this next delivery to Harris and he pushes it straight back at him is that a ice cream an I can hear he’ll do well because although it looks glorious from here and if you’re watching on the stream you’ll be thinking but everybody wants an ice cream I think quite frankly nobody does back into his stumps goes Harris to the next delivery from Thompson and pushes it up to Sam conis who’s at long on and it was the final ball of the over as well Harris 111 hansam 22 leester at 238 for three 65 overs have now been bowled with this ball so another 15 before the second new ball can be taken 85 hours left in the day player 104 today as we make up some of the overs lost yesterday 10 1 for lunch 4:00 for T they are [Music] immovable apart from if nine wickets were down but I would suggest that lunch will definitely be at 10 1 unless something absolutely remarkable happens Pat Brown is going to continue from the race course end he’s on his way in now past umpire Harley bows to Harris who sways out of the way of that one it go too far away from his body actually through to Wicket keeper Brook guest short of a length it’s a Labrador in the ground over there on the far side in the car park just next to an enormous pile of sand which has got barriers around it to prevent anybody from playing in it part of the large Consignment of sand that was uh used to improve the drainage here at the county ground as brown is in again that one is driven but again Harris doesn’t really time that Harry K picks up L ree with a with a cap on today I only say that pretty much played the entirety of the uh game down at L Morgan in the field Capas there’ll be no sunart either with Zack Chapel not in the starting 11 for this round of matches Brown’s on his way in once again in and balls and that is a shot off the back foot again lacking timing there Harris he’s just just struggling a little bit for his timing what a great position to be him when you’re 112 not out but he hasn’t middled his last couple of shots 239 for three now halfway through Pat Brown’s ninth over one made not for 33 his figures as he receives the ball from Lewis Reese he’s on his way in again balls to hansam who turns this into the leg side towards ree who has to jog forward because the ball stops before reaching him and there’s no run still three in the slit Cordon Madson Lloyd and Donald Lloyd in conversation with Donald at the moment both Lloyd and Madson got their hands firmly plunged into their pockets on a Brisk April day it’s not going to get much warmer than this this either as brown is in again and balls that one is defended by Hans out into the offside this time in comes Harry K to do the Fielding once again there is no run same I wonder if it’s the same gaggle of people who are by the bar at the far end of the ground often see that many people sitting there we did yesterday and we are today it’s a handy place if you a cold beverage as brown is in that’s way wide of the off stomp Peter hansam has nothing to do with it and it goes through to Brook guest nine overs completed by Pat Brown now 15 by Connors 20 by tickner 14 bold by D four by Reese two by Lloyd and two by Alex Thompson is going to continue from the city and hansam has 22 Harris has 112 and leerer are 239 for three the sun continues well you don’t want to say blaze across the county ground you cuz it’s it is still pretty cold out there but it does at least mean things beginning to dry up properly The Outfield and the PO ground staff just relax for a short while anyway Thompson the 30-year-old will continue Alexander Thomas Thompson without a p yes came up with his middle name he’s going to go around the Wicket to Marcus Sinclair Harris bows tosses that one up pleasantly clipped firmly by Harris back down the pitch on the ons side Donald who’s a s of moving around the bat he’s now the one at short straight midwick midon I should say just almost with his right foot on the edge of the pitch there about four fifths of the way back Thompson is in nice line nice flight but nothing there for him at the moment just pushed out into the offs Side by Harris andal moves in smartly to pick up Thompson is in you could see the revs on that one almost clipped by Harris but only as far as Lloyd who’s a fairly conventional midwicket a little bit close than perhaps he would be otherwise there also a long G in case haris just miscues the dance down the wicked again he’s going to do a little paddle sweep and he plays it very nicely actually down to fine leg sprinting around the boundary is brown but he can’t get there beautifully played actually by haris really delicately played just went down on one knee paddled it around the corner and uh has again kicking up sand as it went down can’t do the ball much you would think it’s very abrasive for the ball yeah as well sand of course have to look after it here it is better than the alternative isn’t it which is to just be sitting here watching nothing yep again that’s could go for four as well again down the leg from Thompson this time it’s swept right along the ground all the way so it’s not sort of kicking Up Sand but consecutive boundaries down the leg side taken nicely by Harris taken in some Style again didn’t try and over hit either just Round the Corner they both went and for all that it’s soft The Outfield is still quite quick down there what slope there is is down to the boundary and Donald has now gone to a sort of leg gulish position on the 45 bows a full toss this time Thompson uses his feet Harris Clips it firmly but only as far as long gone takes one Thompson takes his cap from the Umpire and uh not the less distinguished over from the former PE teacher Alex Thompson and leser are now within two of their first batting bonus Point 248 for three hansam 22 Harris 121 from leag in Stafford Alex Thompson started at warshire a brief loan at Durham before he arrived here didn’t play for the first team at Durham which made it surprising when the coach who signed him said he was very impressed by his spell at Durham during which he didn’t play here’s Pat Brown in and ballls to Harris it’s a short of a length delivery he gets up high and punches it away out towards the point boundary and as Dal does the Fielding 122 now for Harris 22 to hansam 249 for three I fancy this 50 will be as quick as any the last two have been in 14.1 and 14.2 overs heish was wondering whether it was actually raccoons rather than hedgehogs the haris but I don’t think we have raccoons in this country heish no not many not in the wild certainly unless they’ve escaped Brown’s in and puls down going pushed out to the offside climate change could get do they need do they need heat raccoons American things American aren they yeah so introduce them into the wild why not why not I don’t know they’d probably clear up some native species or something they well the mink didn’t do much did they down in Norfolk a bit of an issue yes they are that they are a problem aren’t they lovely coach though here’s Brown I’m joking in from the race course and balls to hansam pushes this one out into the offside that one from very wide trying something new there was a certain clamor to get Alex Thompson on but if the ball’s not turning yeah you and you’re a slow bowler and you’re bowling to somebody who’s on 122 and to Peter hansam at the other end then you’re almost on a hiding to nothing you’re spelling the seamers really aren’t you but in the first innings in April that’s kind of what you expect to be doing to we were very very surprised in the first innings in April in Cardiff certainly as brown is in again that was defended by hansin does the Fielding himself Pat Brown who in common with Sam Conor bowls with one of those white sleeves on his bowling arm I’m sure I’m not sure it looks to be a bit of strapping underneath it as well as there sort of more solid white yes around that elbow he always has actually he did it for wer didn’t he as well so it’s not a sort of new thing for him Brown he’s in again and balls that one is played off the back foot nice L well was going to say nicely fielded by Sam he was nicely fielded by Sam Conners he went straight to him effectively on the bounce still had to get down I’m not sure I’d have got down quickly enough to stop it I’m not sure I know I wouldn’t have got down quickly enough to have stopped it that makes it good Fielding to me but it’s sort of routine for professional cricketers final ball of Pat Brown’s 10th over his first game of the season having not been in Cardiff he’s in now balls at a full delivery but it was a sort of floaty full delivery to Peter hansam who just got his back down on it pushed it into the offside he remains on 22 Harris has 122 Brown has bow 10 overs for 31 and Lester 249 for three after 90 minutes of play today started the day at 168 for two Le Hill the man out caught at second slip by when Madson off the bowling of Sam Connors he made 47 Marcus Harris was then dropped for the eenth time uh when he was on 88 before going on to reach three figures from 189 balls with his 13th four leerer will be very pleased with the way things are going here do we have another 12 man out there oh dear where just in in goes Thompson and Bows foolish Waits For It Harris and clips him firmly out through the vacant midon area down towards longone takes one Mr Wagstaff was in at sort of well on the 45 on the leg side for Harris for that little sort of paddle sweep he’s now moving across to very similar position for Peter hansam the right the rander Thompson is staying around the Wicket to him ham that is BS and ham is driving pleasantly and he’s got that one through and uh Connors with that classical Style chases after it puts in the slide drags it back just inside the ropes hansam has to settle for three and Applause from Wayne Madson who appreciates effort he really does he’s uh how long did he Captain darbishire I don’t know he was Captain him five seasons 2012 he he certainly stopped in 2016 Five Seasons perhaps Thompson in Harris who did start to advance down the Wicket perhaps Thompson saw him coming and adjusted his length and line of touch Harris on the Move clipped to LY at that midwicket position 250 up obviously with that shot from Hans schimmer and goes Thompson down the Wicket goes Harris and again I think Thompson saw him coming but and he tried to spear It Wide but brilliant piece of adjustment really from Harris it was still wasn’t a great delivery bowled It Wide above stump Thompson Harris reached for it and sort of slap drove it away wide of Dar and there’s a few sort of folded arms out there and um Thompson is scratching briefly scratched his chin but Harris had time didn’t he to adjust and slap it away he did he was as you say he was reaching for it but he was always seemed to be in control didn’t he yeah of the of the slap which which is definitely what it was Thompson is in B straight and not much movement at all from Harris and came down a it late and lick Inside Edge would have been a very loud shout for leer before if he hadn’t got something on that but he did 257 for three from 68 almost just over half and over in goes Thompson balls Harris forward turning down towards Square leg waxstar has to run up from that position on the 45 Harris takes one moves on to 28 so 258 from 69 overs I’ll work that out but I have to use a calculator in terms of run rate 3.7 I was going to say about 3.7 something that’s very good have you just worked oh you’ve got it on there there you go I’ve got it on a computer in front of me okay I can’t do maths I can do math but I’d have to write it down long division Alexander in America has been B apologies for not reading your email out yesterday from yesterday until this morning alexand he’s he’s he’s got well it’s clearly a baseball in Sp idea clubs giving away free football style scarves to try to get more fans out to the grounds during the early days of the Season then He suggests that free sun hats during the warmer sunny days well you’d have to be at some kind of meterological Genius to try and work out when those warmer sunny days are going to be cuz we haven’t had any yet we’ve had some sunny days but the warmer aspect of it slightly absent like a number of clubs Le should in introduced a a bucket hat last season which proved extremely popular they’re in they’re in aren’t they bucket hats yeah very in helps if you win the competition of course Brown begins a new over pushed out into the offside Mitch wxa does the Fielding Harris is on strike and there’s no run they were or indeed are reversible green and red all right they came on sale at um well they didn’t sort of mean to really put them on sale but in the one day match at at kibworth against um Sur was it sorry was it Hampshire I can’t quite remember who it was brown past umpire heartley balls is driven thick Inside Edge from Harris he’s going to pick up two runs for it as well Sam Conners comes in off the boundary to do the Fielding on the leg side midwicket area the players were all sort of encouraged to wear them as they walked around the boundary at the club ground and um people were sort of asking us if they we they could buy them and trying to find out where to buy them from they very popular a clamor a clamor for these bucket but it was a lovely day so that’s the key bucket hats are very much in aren’t they I’m told Brown in and ball that one is pulled into the leg side that’s going to be four run Sam Conners is chasing around giving it everything as you would expect but he’s never going to get there was pulled a long way in front of square by Harris and Sam Conners was just slightly backward Square leg on the boundary so once he’d got as much of the ball as he did shorter delivery from Brown Harris picks up another boundary moves to 134 264 for three that was a really good shot on it quickly H playing itself far in front of Square as brown is in again this time he guides it to the left of a diving David Lloyd at second slip but he’s slightly wider than the second slip they go through for two more way mson is noticeably protecting his shoulder I think I’ve not been told anything but quite often he’ll get to the ball first and then give it to the Fielder who’s chasing behind him to throw the ball in it makes sense he has had shoulder issues I was asked if he was going to bowl down at Glamorgan but he hasn’t bowled for a while now way mson with that round arm off spin of his as brown is in again around the Wicket balls that one is wide and driven for four by Harris that’s a glorious shot absolutely beautiful was too wide too full and driven away and Harris has moved very rapidly to 140 12 of the over so far just trying to work out but of course it involves matth uh 23 and 11 is’s 44 so he’s got 40 runs effectively in the last 44 deliveries his face cuz he got to his senty of 189 it really has opened up now as uh Marcus Harris the ball takes its time to get back yes quite uh it’s still not back it’s in the hands of Ls ree at the moment and when we have to get through 104 hours if you fancy coming down it’s free after te of course um you’re going to see a lot of cricket in that final session because now The Field’s being changed as well as Howry came goes from the leg side to the off he’s gone into Extra cover BL tickner has moved a little wider at Mid on and Sam Conor has been uh I was going to say brought straight he’s been brought in front of square looks like he’s on the midwicket boundary now and by the time Brown gets to bowl this delivery it’s final one of the over and it’s wide of the aom and driven backward of square this time and for four more and as Dal can’t get there and that was a poor over I’m afraid from Pat Brown he conceded 16 runs off it in the end three boundaries and a couple of twos his figures are now 11 overs for 50 and leester Sh with hansam on 25 and Harris now on 144 274 for three Brown kicks at the air in annoyance but he he’s done his side no favors in two ways really because the fours that how it’s hitting that over all went into the the sort of long grass in front of the advertising hoardings at both the offside and the and and the leg side took a lot of drying each time and there are still 10 overs to be bowled with it so it must be a little bit of a pudding right now it’s been quiet hasn’t it today come on boys everybody at fox24 Fletch sport Fox iscoms 24@gmail.com and Fletch Cricket gmail.com you want to again in touch with us just to let us know that you’re with us I know there’s no darbishire County Premier League cricket today put back by a week hey Mission Bonnie are watching as Thompson bowls and it’s turned by Hans but only as far as the Fielder on the legite DAR picks up and gets his thr away quickly is that two humans a human and an animal two animals what is that two hum excellent sorry about that I just wanted to check before I put my foot on it Thompson is in outside off stump hansam just goes back and plays it very easily and carefully and calmly into the Gap in the covers has to Chase back to the offside almost to the extra cover boundary there when it when it is picked up and Peter hansam has not seen much of the strike in recent overs picks up a couple of runs moves on to 27 Harris understandably perhaps SC scoring rather more quickly in recent hours particularly that last one from Brown Thompson sort of gesturing at his field as he’s sending his point back to the the boundary D understandably really beginning to go very much onto the defensive here Thompson is in tosses it right up full toss and it’s driven by hansam down on his haunches is Thompson because that is going to cross the ropes at Extra cover with brown rather um disconsolately giving up the Chase and then walking the last 10 yards to pick up the ball in front of the East Midland’s demolition stand in the last few overs that Wheels have come off a little bit for the attack both Brown and Thompson beginning to conceded runs rather too quickly for Lloyd and darish taste as Thompson is in again two hands come little bit short he goes back just works it out through the vacant Square leg area down towards the Fielder Harry K who comes in from the boundary hands come settlers 4 One into the 30s now on 32 in fact 281 for three so began the morning 168 for two last recent overs they really picked up the scoring rate Thompson round the Wicket to Harris who is content just to lean forward and push the ball back up the pitch to the to the tall Thompson what is he about six 65 I was going to say 64 65 something like that yeah there a big lad JS in and the balls down the Wicket goes Harris but but uh think he went a little bit too early length was dragged back and ended up just pushing it out towards Lloyd at midwicket Lloyd and Thompson little low five as they say at the end of the over whether that will be it for Thompson five overs none for 35 at that photograph there beautiful that’s the um strangely named baseballer is it well it is but that’s the phone that I uh somehow managed to leave at Burton Al on Tuesday the remarkable thing about it is other than it’s I’ve Got a notification on it that’s uh tells me that I’ve sent the interview that I did immediately before leaving it at Burton albian is that it still has battery left it’s in the red now but unused B surprised about this Sam Connors is being brought back on with a ball that’s 71 overs old when you’d have thought he’d be one of the main men with the with a new if and when garage should take it of course he may well get to uh might not take it until after lunch possibly 90 was to go till the second new ball and what 25 minutes until lunch it probably coincide wouldn’t it yes I would have thought I would have thought lunch set in stone at 1:10 can’t be moved can’t be just physically impossible to move it no unless the pasta will be hot unless unless uh that’s to sh a nine down of course when it’s no longer set in stone so it’s only set in stone under certain circumstances Sam Connor then in and balls from the race course and it’s a short delivery and it’s uh punched away into the offside by Peter hansam for four runs short delivery was always going to get punished and he moves to 36 285 for three in the Sentry stand comes up between those two Harris and uh hansam of 121 balls wow and I would imagine it got to it took a while to get to 60 but the last 40’s come very quickly isn’t it taking advantage of a slightly dispirited darbishire attack with a with a very old the [Music] ball and goes Conners going a full of delivery it’s clipped up towards midon by hansam straight to Lewis ree just has to move a little bit to his right and uh and there is as they say no run they look kicked off leester city were they yes they have they were getting terribly excited when I spoke to them I can imagine big game for them as the huge huge game massive as they use the word massive twice on Sky Sports news this morning I threw up someing got the television before as Connor’s balls to hansam and he guides it down to backward point point and I realized it wasn’t my television um yeah still goalless at the king power big final afternoon of uh games in the National League as Wella down at eastley that’s where you want to be on the last day of the Season isn’t it Southampton is it the last day of the season for the National League start the playoffs very soon very soon indeed not far from the whatever it’s called these days I was going to say then a GS bow comes Conners again and balls that’s defended by hansam there is no room yeah it’s it’s probably closer to there than is to Southampton isn’t it uh not far from the airport definitely I’ve never I’ve never been but I am going this season for a one- Day game I can’t wait D roseb oh okay yeah it leaves uh it leaves the oval as the one ground I don’t think I’ve commentated I think that’s the only ground now of the play Grounds obviously as Connors goes in balls that’s flicked into the leg side quite rly by hansam he picks up a single as Dar Fields out at Square leg so 37 to him now 286 for three these days you’re perched a top the hotel at the Rose [Music] bow lot of nice new facilities there including our colleague’s golf course I don’t think it belongs to him he is a member however Kevin yes is it bet he hits quite a long ball actually Kev only worked with him twice since 2016 Conor’s balls that one is guided Down Still backward of square on the offside and it was stopped by David Lloyd fin was it the final bow of the over it was the final bow of the over 16 over 2 for 57 Sam Conners leester sh 286 for three hin has 37 Harris has 144 78 overs remaining today wow what is the overrate well it currently it’s level but um it may not be for too long Lis ree replaces Alex Thompson well just those five overs for 35 runs from the city end I think a straws go with eight overs to go you’ve drawn the short one really leis as I say did you get swing a little bit yesterday but’ll do well to swing uh swing it this morning very different conditions the ball that much older and that much um wetter likely to get four overs with it or at least uh take us up to lunch anyway lloy not hurrying yet more long debate about field placings Wayne Madson is still at slip but he is the only close catcher alongside Brook guest of course where is Lloyd going to go he’s he going to go on the push Drive the lofted drive not really just touch closer at Extra cover cover his back a good 10 yards or so more perhaps behind him Rees is in over the Wicket balls nice and straight to Peter hunam who’s very careful in defense no great foot movement just pushing it back down the Wicket on the onside re picks up and his follow through ham was quietly gone on to 37 Matthew Jarrett says hello to you Richard from Melbourne do you know Matthew Jared I do yes indeed yeah yeah hello to you I don’t know why I didn’t just say hello to you anyway Reese is in balls on off stomp Touch of shape back into the right hander again hansam is leaning forward in defense no no Pace really from LS Reese oh that is Fang girl Fox then excellent got him um he says he’s watching uh with his daughter I think you T I think it’s a typo I think your daughter’s Tilda rather than tooda uh watching his fellow victorians hit the ball all over the PO where’s George CRM he says I’ll answer that in a moment Reese is in balls very wide outside off stump and hansam has nothing to do with it George kmisha is at Northampton ship where he uh who he signed for in the winter um he did wish David Griffin a happy birthday this morning it is David Griffin’s birthday day 62 would you believe it barely looks a day over 61 um and he Griff said oh George did yeah okay and he said thank you very much George how things he said are not too bad re scampers in balls helped on its way around the corner and could go for for no good work down there by tikno who put in the slide and got there and get his throw away and keeps hansum to a couple of runs and George said not too bad but a bit in and out because of a toe injury didn’t specify which toe officer Crabtree that’s what it was that’s who he was isn’t he Arthur Bostrom in LOL Here Comes recent BS outside of with the Tash yes the scrimp you’re looking like that’s what that’s now okay yeah it has been a good morning for Leia so far they have added 120 runs for loss of just one Wicket that of the skipper Lewis Hill caught by Wayne Madson off the bowling of Sam Conners for 474 for three at that stage Reese is into hansam bows on Middle off stump sansam just leans forward blocks it back down the pitch on the onside and that’s the end of a respectable first over for leis Reese in fact he is has been the most economical of the garbish bowlers not just today overall five overs two maidens none4 nine for the allrounder 288 for three the leerer school and we are what 17 minutes away from uh lunch wow um yes we are sorry I drifted a bit there it happens at my age just had a message from my uh the man are normally sit next to on a Saturday afternoon here go Sam Connor into uh Marcus Harris who guides this one to golly what David Lloyd does the Fielding you have a summarizer at the Burton yeah games Aaron Webster the Burton albian [Music] Legend played about but covering a game there against Manchester United in the FA Cup many moons ago got a replay paid for the stadium D yeah they were throwing all sorts on Wen they I think Rooney was sent on and yeah but you’re a lot older than I am so I barely remember it Connors is in and PA to you’re not to Harris who drives it but doesn’t time it up to LS ree it’s my only visit to uh what was then and may still be the pelli stadium oh still is yeah still is yeah loyal sponsors I think it’s one of those unless they get a new sponsor and I assume that paral pays something but the par Factories at the back of it obviously it’s one of those stadiums that unless they get a new sponsor it’ll always be called that because that’s what it was called when it was built as Conn he in and that one is guided nicely down towards well through the Gully in fact for four runs it went like a rocket uh David Lloyd sort of dived over the top of it uh and stays on his knees he looks a thoroughly dispirited Skipper at the moment David Lloyd and 292 for3 is the score as har moves to 148 what a glorious game sa has he from from putting Les in which which was the right decision leer would have done exactly the same they got the edge three times in the first 35 minutes absolutely it’s not just couldn’t hold on to the catches different story it’s if some but very very very I think the decision was right and just things has not have not gone his way no in comes Connors and balls that strikes the pad he’s going to appeal but it would have pitched outside leg stump I would have thought yes indeed and he knew it uh and everybody else knew it but he thought he might as well appeal anyway cuz he didn’t hit the bat that isn’t the first criteria required for a leg before Wicket appaled to be successful sadly it’s um it’s more than 1600 days I’ll get the figure from David Griffin at lunchtime I think more than 1600 days since darbishire last won a championship match on this ground as in goes Conners and balls that’s driven out towards the uh the point boundary and his Dar is there it is I mean when I say amazing because usually games at some stage in that period would be sort of set up and you never quite know what might happen there might be an old declaration or a visiting side take a risk or or what have you and it just hasn’t no hasn’t happened what this you won here on the opening day of the season last season that was the only time how many games is that do we know I guess we do know we ask d will know uh Connor is in and balls that one he’s defended by hansam it’s the kind of thing I should write down at the start of because not many games have been lost of those I would no they did play the entire 2020 Bob Will’s trophy campaign away from here because uh ladies were yeah Pakistan were here training initially and then the the women came and played a series and it was all sealed off um but it’s still a long time they have won at Chesterfield I think in that time so they’re not entirely without a home win but on this ground uh M Arthur famously or infamously after werer won here at the start of last season said yes but they we won’t lose another game again this season yes and they went up to Durham and lost before the end of April that was an awkward opening question Marcus Harris is on 149 he is off you go [Music] Lis Reese then over the Wicket to Harris on 149 comes in and Bs Harris guides in down to Gully goes at a fair rate of knots but straight to I say Gully more backward Point really good stop there the 12s one of the 12 men which one was it it is number 12 no that’s an iron Donald it’s Mr Donald like his pardon having divested himself of his pads reys is in and Bs how defends out to towards midon intercepted on Route by Brown running across from midwicket and there’s no run haris wanders off towards short leg thank thank you Steve Stevens filling in the gaps from a magnificent typo which he’s now corrected he’s watching uh the stream at the moment Reese is in BS little bit short and played away off the back foot by Harris through the vacant Point area down to the Fielder on the point bound and that is the single Harris needed for his 150 raises his Bat around the ground gets a a warm Round of Applause of course from his teammates uh but also from the crowd as well appreciate a quality player playing well now I’m just wondering he went from 100 to 150 without giving a chance so that’s something any yes from uh from darvish’s point of view his 150 came off 235 balls in goes Reese bows to hansamu defends on off stump out into the offside before I go for my update they haven’t won at Derby since uh they beat Sussex in 2019 they did beat middle sex at Chesterville in 2022 and they beat kns at Trent bridge in a technical home game but we don’t count that Ste 2019 wow um uh he did actually put there’s been no son at Derby since ssex in 2019 but it corrected it to win thank you Sten Reese is in BS two hands comes looking to drive thick Inside Edge could easily squeezed onto the stumps actually went onto the pad and bounced out into the off side a little bit of swing back in for re bit of an effort ball there pushed it through a little bit quicker more quickly at any rate Harris is 235 balls how many fours did he hit just check for you just to confirm 21 fours 235 balls 21 t S four Reese is in and Bs swings in towards middle and leg leg stump this time and the ever Vigilant hansum just blocks it out into the ons side end of the over the 75th of the Leer sh first Innings 294 for three the score Peter hansam has 39 Marcus Harris as you possibly can hear in the background as Jane the darbishire scorer confirms his figures he’s on 150 of 235 balls and he’s hit 21 Falls Connors with that Splendid it’s thick the hair isn’t it it’s splendid hairstyle expanding down the nape of his neck and he goes passed on by harling BS two har short and wide and flashed away on the bounds down towards third man who manages to make the stop it trickles a yard or two behind him as he runs across down the down the boundary but it is going to be just the one it just slowed down sufficiently not to cross the ropes so good work in the end down at Third Man Thompson I think it is down there got there squeezed through his hands as he dived to his right but only went on about another two or three feet Connors turns slightly wearily runs in balls to hansam who defends on off stump drops the ball out into the offs side Lloyd runs across from cover now just the one slip of course the the permanent gisher slip who’s Wayne Madson sorry almost did you there didn’t unwittingly fletches at 1:00 update normally of course would be at lunch by now but the extra eight overs means a change to timing slightly lunch at 110 T at 4: Connor turns runs in and balls just outside off stump just waited for that one hands come just enough width to guide It Wide of an iron Donald at that sort of backward point wide Gully position and down to the third man boundary for four and that just turned on his heels Sam Connor marched back to his Mark looking pretty fed up with life at the moment he’s is halfway through his 18th over two for 67 his figures he and ticker have Boulder admirably really M but uh thereafter it’s been a struggle Connor’s turn short wide and helped on its way down to Third Man for another four by Peter hansam he just he just rocked back and uh didn’t really even ramp it really just sort of knew all he had to do was guide it it went over what would have been about fourth fifth slip knew exactly what he was doing exactly where he was placing the ball and he moves on to 47 consecutive boundaries to Peter hansam and the 300 is up for lha 30343 a second batting bonus Point Connor’s hands on hips waits for the ball to be returned to him he’s going to place a third man down Donald is going to go down there which pleases one of two of the darish of faithful below us but it means Brown has to come across some midwicket to go in at backward point wide open Acres on the leg side now as Connor’s is in bows on off stomp full of delivery and hansam just pushes it out into the offside to Lloyd that third 100 has come up in 20 overs and one ball so five and over 55.3 for the 200 75.4 for the uh 300 up so uh it’s kind of what you’d expect isn’t it but it is it is but it’s slightly alarming you say never judge a pitch until b b exactly bed on it Connors is in two hansam looking for the Y dug out well bowled by Sam Connors but hansam equal to it back down the pitch it goes to the delash Sea end of the over 303 for three I may be clutching at straws there in the game down at Cardiff Lewis ree David Lloyd Wayne Manson and Brook guest all made half centuries in fact Lis ree was into the ’90s when the players shook hands oh seems a bit I just think he wanted to go home I didn’t speak to him he he almost grounded to a hold on a pitch that was becoming increasingly well boring really having been quite exciting for the first uh two days in a session it just flattened out completely and uh was was dull and here is Lewis ree his seventh over 10 runs only conceded so far in his first six balls that’s a false shot looping into the air and drops short of midon Sam Connors for a moment would have been very excited Pat Brown was interested as well he’s at uh straightish midwicket it just looped up and landed in the S pit he’s had some lovely he’s hit some lovely shots Harris but he’s using up an awful big chunk of never make another run again in his life maybe not that but no he’s uh you making the most of it Reese is in and he leaves this one alone outside the O stump goes through to Brook guest he’s dropped four times but not since he made got to a century so she might have a a chanceless second century and a double century if he carries on going like this that ended up not being a chance was just a a false shot there is Rees in and balls that was clipped nicely into the leg Side by Harris for single D Fields 140 uh 152 to Harris now 304 for three ler D wish a could I know bonus points ultimately if you’re winning matches don’t necessarily make a huge amount of difference to the final table but in matches in first two rounds of matches which have seen not one positive result they could do with some bonus points here as Reese balls and hansum defends out into the offside they didn’t get any batting bonus points down at Cardiff maximum bowling bonus points points there of course pretty much every match in the country is a couple at lunch already in the first division sumerset lead by a run against Nottingham sh 194 for four that’s at taon warshire 4 142 for8 against Hampshire at Southampton there at lunch as well as our Ken to 192 for5 against Sur at Canterbury Here Comes Reese and balls that is clipped into the leg Side by Hans fielded by an iron Donald and there’s no room uh the G that is continuing in the first division not one of them there are two in fact at 670 for1 leading laners by 24 at Chelmsford and wer on the brink 172 for9 so their lunch might even be delayed which is not good at kinster because the lunch is there are magnificent oh we’re not going there Here Comes Reese again that one is guided down into the ground by Hans fielded by Dar backward point the Shir Trail by 72 are going to get one more over before lunch oh good 211 for8 lead Yorkshire by 52 now that could be important that lead North amp at 28 for one trailing Morgan by 243 at uh wage Road and down at hve they’ve gone to L with Sussex 25 for one trailing gler sh by 392 and uh he saving us all here David ly by bringing Alex Thompson on from the race course end of the ground just if he gets any more joy any more response from the pitch a response he did not to get from the city end in the five overs he bowled earlier this morning a loosa to Lewis Reese or a couple Harris will he play for lunch be quite happy to go on and get a double hundred here haris as as it’s been decided that he’s not going to get out in this Innings one way or another would appear the fates have ruled in back forever 73 overs remain as Thompson one over before lunch round the Wicket to Marcus Harris balls Harris goes forward it did turn a little bit that one from outside the off stomp further away into the gloves of guest but it looked to be little something there pushes his hair across his forhead turns steps past on by Harley and Bs bit straighter that one doesn’t turn so much Harris goes back pushes it off off stump out into the offside Dar the Fielder moving across to his left at a bit more Cloud around now but certainly no threat of rain no that’s Monday Thompson is in tosses it up pleasantly but it’s Fuller though so Harris can just sort of guide drive it away through point out to Brown I think it is is it brown no it isn’t yes it is it is I think so out there on the point boundary yes it is his his white so spot which is why I was wondering whe it might be the 12th man but uh he isn’t one for diving around Pat Brown is he as we saw when he was chasing after that was Connor is completely cled with mud and green and everything strengthening mentioning Connors strengthening the offside uh the leg side he comes across from the leg side for the left-hander to the legs side for Peter hansam he’s going to go to square leg and Brown is going to go to deep mid Wicket Thompson is going to stay around the Wicket quite no why in he goes BS drops very short and outside off stump can be guided Away by Hans in the air but perfectly safely down to Third Man and that’s the four he needed for his 50 it’s been typical handsome Innings really no real fireworks but very steady very careful he hasn’t given a chance he says across just for confirmation and it’s come off for 75 balls I said just you kind of look up and suddenly hansum has sort of quietly moved on in goes Thompson bows toy Clips the delivery off Midland leg out to square leg was his eighth four 75 balls eight fours for Peter hansam to looks capable of going on Thompson is in to him he’s forward very carefully studiously almost playing it back down the Wicket to the Offman and that ladies and gentlemen is lunch and uh the session very much belongs to the visitors 30943 ler they began the day [Music] 16842 so 141 runs added is that right sounds about right yeah this morning for the loss of just the one Wicket out of leis Hill caught by Wayne Madson that second slip off the bowling of Sam Connor relatively early in the day for 47 184 for3 at that stage but uh although Marcus Harris was dropped again for the fourth time possibly the fourth time in his Innings certainly the third time in his Innings when he was on 88 low at first slip by David Lo off the bowling of Blair tickner he has taken full advantage went to his off 189 balls hitting 13 fours and then he’s 150 came off 235 hitting 21 fours and he and Peter hansam have added a big Century partnership so far for the fourth wicked good to a about myself we’ll be back in around about 35 40 minutes time for the afternoon session join us for that uh we’ll see you then e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e in Derby Leer’s morning uh after uh another drop catch by darisha 309 for3 they’re going to resume on momentarily we can’t tell you what’s happening uh really because the scoreboard is just showing adverts um I’m sure uh I’m sure at some point we’ll get to uh show us what we really need to see on the scoreboard um what I can tell you is that last is 39 for3 Marcus Harris is on 153 hasn’t been dropped since he got to 100 which is the positive Peter Hans comes on 51 and the new second new pole is available to be taken in two overs time I’ve got nothing I’ve got nothing else partnership 125 so far between messes hansam and Harris L ree gets the honor and privilege of bowling the first over post lunch which uh thank you very much darish it was a very nice sort of chickpea was it curry with some sweet potatoes chicken again for big chicken Le ree bows the first ball after lunch turned into the legs Side by Marcus Harrison there’s no run con’s hopping up and down energetically Jack in the Box style you had cold I’ve got cold hands at the moment I don’t know what’s going on there’s really cold wind all the players who are have every right to be colder than us got their hands plunged deep into their pockets out there cloudy now said it was nice and warm in the Sun as ree bowls and haris pushes out into the offside and there’s no run so that morning session 141 runs you said didn’t you yes that’s a lot of runs it is too many really uh actually have a minimum five updates coming up that’s exciting it comes recent balls that one is defended by Harris out into the offside and there’s no room got to get your excitement where you coming to get to my Edge Rich we have three leester City winning at halftime they too enjoying a little bit of Fortune missed the penalty they have but the goal looked he looked to be offside but no no what’s it called V that’s what it’s called back to the top of the table and here’s Reese in bows that much clipped into the leg side nicely by Harris I think there’ll only be one here as Anish Dal y gets around to do the Fielding Harris moves on to 154 310 43 come on reesei is the shout unsurprisingly Hala town are going to be in the playoffs the National League playoffs which is a good effort for a team as funded as minimally as they appear to be here comes ree again and bows that one is guided back with a square on the offside by hansam and his d as the fielding and there’s no run all the shot town will miss out what’s going on here C oh it’s you apologies that’s miles behind you might need to refresh 310 for three I thought it was me Reese BS guided into the offside by hansam and there is no run and that York City are going to survive relegation what a mess I’ve see New York City play Manchester United as well curiously covering them that was a long long I was going to said that was in the 70s when New York City were not quite wearing the W Front shirts wasn’t it it’s the end of the over 3 said for three tell you what was in the ’90s it was in the ’90s in the ’90s think so was at the Yorkshire Post in those days still going now yes remarkably yes in in a print version as well yeah yeah so Alex Thompson from the race course end round the Wicket to Marcus Harris bows Harris goes back and prods at the ball bit of a thick Inside Edge didn’t really get out very much running in is David Lloyd who’s got his sunnies on despite the the cloud building away to away tosses that one up and clipped by Harris calmly through very straight mid-on down towards Blair ticker at long on one is taken haris well we’ll be eyeing up a potential double century here who knows what might happen if the new ball is taken and uh TI showing no signs of warming up as to be said um perhaps they’re concerned at how much round Park the new ball might go there is that we now delay matters while the field is changed we know it’s going to be a right hand left hand combination you would sort of think that certain amount of preparation would be done over the Wicket goes Tompson bowls to hku goes back and turns it down towards wide long leg and oar comes running into field Fields about 30 yards inside the Rope ham carefully and almost Del atly as ever picks up a single moves on to 52 back around goes Thompson doll having come up towards a sort of backward Point Thompson is in driving thick outside edge in the air through about fourth slip running down to Third Man Dar is in Pursuit he’s not going to cut it off a yell I think it came from Madson the irrepressibly enthusiastic Wayne Madson and it was a genuine Ed Ed it wasn’t a nicest shots from Harris but everything has has gone his way in this Innings and continues so to do he moves on to 159 316 for three slip has gone in Madson well he was there already hasn’t gone any wider round the wicked again goes Thompson little bit shorter and flatter cut off just wide of off stump by Harris and it bounces horribly in front of anal who manages to get something behind it and picks himself up the third attempt yeah but he stopped it did what he had to do covered in sand Thompson is in TOS Up played towards widish midon but midwicket scrambles across an iron Donald to field and there is no run end of this second over post lunch the new ball is now available but the lack of now con Conor from the city end and tickner from the race course end I think ree is going to continue no he’s taking his sweater off yeah put it back on they both taken their sweaters off and and it’s a it’s a sweater off off and back on maybe he was just being hopeful he’s got a big smile on his face come on give me the new ball skip yeah I’ll swing it for you fairly sure he probably wouldn’t want to look at him looking Furious he’s not and then tickner from the uh unless they decide to keep Thompson on with the new ball see if he can do anything with the new ball open no he’s starting now starting to stretch tick just down to our left hand side so Thompson did take the new ball in the second Innings at uh safire Gardens unsurprisingly given that it was uh it was turning or had turned I’m fairly sure I won’t get through this over but I’ll begin it Connors in um balls and played off the back foot that sounded like a new ball didn’t it completely different sound off the bat much nicer cleaner sound nicely fielded by Pat Brown cover Peter hansam on strike he’s got 52 Harris has 159 partnership 132 I no longer have q which is a concern and Connors is on his way in again balls to hansam who goes back and forces it out to the offside as a misfield by Pat Brown that’s going to be four runs ball might have hit a wicked end to give Pat Brown the benefit of the doubt as he bent down to try and fill that one 320 for three hanska moves on to 56 Mr Walker Mr Roman Walker that is of leerer recovering from injury he’s going to join us for a little uh ler Insight from about 230 excellent he promises if he can find the entrance all right in the back can’t miss it pushed out into the offside there’s no there’s no big sign though no oh I think it’s fairly self-explanatory one would hope large Media Center behind Bowers arm uh 320 for three yeah I’ll get I’ll get out your way at that point there we go well I can’t really talk at the moment so uh Inc comes uh Sam Conners and balls and that one is pushed up to Mid off and there’s no run was there a run no no I didn’t think there was a run the T got slightly distracted I was being asked for a level but it’ll be a different level by the time I move my uh microphone across for the update into the starter Sports scene and the big buildup to Derby County game at Cambridge United it’s about to start standby for excitement here comes Connors in am balls and Hansen pushes it out into the offside this time there’s no R Pap around do Fielding it remains 320 for3 the partnership 136 it’s not been one of darvish’s finest days not so far but nice new Cherry in their hand and he takes a wicked or two well the first new ball should have taken three wickets at [Music] least but they weren’t as tired as they are now of course in comes Connors and bows and that one is driven nicely but cross goes Alex Thompson at Mid off to do the Fielding hansam remains on 56 at the end of the over Harris has 159 the partnership 136 and Lester 320 for three with a mere 69 overs left today te at 4:00 in which case the evening session could be about 48 overs I reckon you ever been described as trim fles no well you have now is it the comcam working description is a is looking trim I’m I’m a long way I’m I’m in the distance of course compared to you no never look never been described as trim now you have that’s very kind BL tick no I’ll see you soon points vaguely in directions where he wants his fielders he’s going to have three slips as he comes around the Wicket to Marcus Harris reset if you like nice new ball I’ll reset in that you haven’t got a new batsman to bowl out there you got Harris on 159 and hansam on 56 to Australia Internationals taking a little d on the spot before he gets into his stride and Bs goes past the outside edge with a lovely delivery just on the line just outside off stump might just have moved away did enough to defeat Harris is slightly uncertain back foot defensive he wasn’t sure whether to go forward or back to that one so it was the right length there as well Ball tickner but he’s had no luck really in this Innings one Wicket that of rishy Patel who’s off Stumpy knocked out feels like a long time ago now New Zealand turns elbows jutting runs in balls to Harris similar line but Harris equal to it on that occasion gets forward pushes the delivery out towards point where Pat Brown is the Fielder the hexan I think roundabout is uh relatively quiet it being a Saturday afternoon behind the temporary permanent stand has ticking the balls very wide outside off stumping it um well umpires have been very generous on the wides I don’t think there’s been a wide called there been a few widish deliveries and that was one of them and it other squirted through along the ground to almost to Brook guus who took it on the second bounce quite get that one right tickner who’s bowling is 21 over of the Innings and he goes the big man and balls onto the legs of Harris thumps into the pad D trickles out towards Square leg the leg by is taken guest goes in Pursuit umpire Harley hope he had a good lunch this turns to the scorers in a box alongside us up here in the SP landed I could say new but it’s been here what five six years now maybe the this this building at the uh at the county ground the the inora county ground now he’s going to have a right hander to bow at tick and he just moves his marker a foot or two to the right and they decide they’re not going to have have three slips they’re going to have two slips and a gully for Peter hansam ham weights as in goes ticking the balls two again it stays touch low that’s implication from hansam who stayed on the back foot to that slightly shorter a length ball and then sort of bobbed at the knees as batsmen tend to do when when they think it stayed lower than than it should have done perhaps it did Le approaching the they maybe won’t mind a bit of uneven bounce still just 320 for for three 321 to be precise tickner is in balls onto the legs of hansam and it’s Fallen hansam just waits for it doesn’t try and over hit it make sure he gets plenty on it and turns it out to ano Dal on the Square leg boundary almost takes the one and just playing himself back in post lunch 2651 and now 57 not out in his three innings for The Foxes so far this season for Peter hansam as a chat to Harris and Aon Donald and David Lloyd have just done that thing that slips do when they’re trying to keep themselves enthused and had a race from one end of the pitch to the other and it was won by well Donald won it and then turned around and almost rugby tackled Lloyd to the ground disappointed way to get an injury Connors from the city a full delivery that’s pushed back to him by Hans as we’ve been dealing in generalizations how Welsh rby Etc but were they singing as they I think well I certainly think the Donald family is steeped in Rugby Union sure but the uh the Lloyd family not so much he’s a he’s a rexon man ah is a season ticket holder at rexon football club that is Roman Walker a big he’s a North whan so he’s a big rexen fan as well so I don’t think he’s a season ticket holder Connor’s balls that one is’s played nicely off the back foot and his down does Fielding a backward point but he’ll be he’ll be happy boy because last Saturday of course they sealed promotion they did and it was a darish supporter who told David Lloyd the final score down at uh card if he was telling me although he knew there were three n up at half time because there was one of the many delays that day uh he got off the field had a at the league table it was always going to happen wasn’t it they’re going to go up next season as well I think there’ll be short ODS throw a bit more money at them might get a bit harder next year not much here’s Connor’s balls and that one is foolish delivery this time it’s pushed up to Mid on where the capus Lewis Reese that’s better you might you might be bur survive the Burton will have to survive first we going to say if but it’s a possibility that you’ll be heading to the the race course ground at some stage next season well it’s it’s it’s an either or I’ll either go to the race course ground or I’ll be at premon Park at some point next season which be very exciting I’ve only reported there twice as Connors is in balls to hansam who defends again this time up to well again up to Lewis ree lot depends on what happens this afternoon and of course next Saturday afternoon and Tuesday night indeed for chelon but uh yeah but have made changes they’ve gone to a back four again which will please the fans if if they’re not Beyond being pleased which some of them clearly are and they’ve revamped their Strike Force as Inc comes Connors and balls again a full delivery and again it’s pushed by hansam up to Mid on where Lewis Ree does the Fielding hansam never seems to get frustrated number of times he picks out fielders is remarkable really but it doesn’t just nothing seems to affect his temperament very much you’d imagine well he’s a pretty good golfer I think he was out with Lou Kimber the other day I think he plays in I think he’s off single figure something like eight or something like that he waits now as Connor’s balls to him and he goes on the back foot drives into the offside but it’s fied by Pat Brown in the covers it’s the end of the Uppa made NOA from Sam Connors his third two for 75 from 20 overs hansam has 57 Harris has 159 the 322 for three now Lester overate minus two which is a slight concern only gets changed at intervals doesn’t it it tends to anywhere these days I think now the regulations is it a regulation cuz yeah okay I don’t know sometimes think it’s sometimes the umpires want it putting up as a sort of warning to the yeah bowling side begin to flirt with potential points deduction especially if leer she don’t bat again in the game tickner round the Wicket to Marcus Harris who’s driving slightly widish delivery square off the front foot nonetheless out to D who uh balletically lifts his right foot as he throws that one in to Brook guest the single is taken haris on to 160 there’s a chance they might not B again largely due to the weather possible well exactly and so should need to be aware I’m sure that they will throw the ball to Thompson at some stage if if that becomes an issue long way from that over the wicked goes tick no look a bit short again doesn’t get up and uh just pulled around the corner almost sort of guide pulled by hansum again no great violence in the shot doesn’t attempt to hit the cover off the pull the cover off the ball just sort of helps it on its way D again who’s getting through a fair amount of work in the Outfield down there runs across to his right to field ham picks up a couple moves on to 59 tiet knees pumping balls again down the leg side I think that’s could be for no third um long leg is going to get across the fine leg to cut it off for’s hands just got a little bit too much on his little leg glance and uh it went close enough to Long Leg as he chased around the boundary for him to cut it off so just the single on that occasion to hansam he’s on to 60 now I like that from Sam Collis who’s a a young man still making his way in the game having a a word of advice for the manag play test Cricket that’s good though tickner is in round the Wicket to Harris defends off the off St with a slightly angled back there isn’t a point just a deep backward Point who is Dar comes running into field the ball once again single taken I think the description is is milking the bowling that’s what these two have done in this over one 2 one one of the four balls so far yes feel new ball notwithstanding feel slightly defensive certainly on the leg side tickner is in and Bs looking for the on drive his handsum but doesn’t really go through with the shot never s of really seems to go through with the shot Peter hansam just always a guide rather than a full-blooded follow through with him pushes it out to Reet midon and there’s no run Tak up and down on his toes and he takes off the brakes off he goes Ball’s short down the leg side it will effort ball you heard the grunt from him but it was misdirected and hansam stepped inside the line and made sure he’d lifted the bat well away from the line of the ball just in case and it was taken by guest right in above his head but slightly wasted effort on the part of tiut who takes his cap and walks just s for he he’s limping slightly but he has just a slightly odd odd gate he’s a big man heavy man but he runs he runs very much like d o Fe little pigeon toad perhaps 327 for three at the end of the 84th before York destroyed him dwan was uh a very fine bowler here lost all his pace and dropped down into that South African third team that went to New Zealand earlier this year here’s Sam Connors in ows to Harris who’s driving aily into the offside for a moment I thought it was going to go straight to the man at cover it actually goes out towards the cover boundary where it’s fielded by Harry C and they go through for a single but that was in the air for a long long time not a chance sadly three 28 for three field swaps around right-handed and left-handed of course here comes Conners once again in balls that one is pushed out into the offside by Peter hansam and there’s no Run Middle sex building up quite a nice little lead at Lords 85 run lead now a low scoring game they’re 244 for n they’re unlikely to tail wagging a bit then not like to build it any further much further you would have thought North ant batting 45 for one trailing L Morgan by 226 and susex of 43 for one trailing gler should by 374 328 for three ler is next delivery from coners is defended with the straightest of straight back conas turns around and sort of puts his arms out wide as shrugs his shoulders as if to say I’m not sure I’m going to get through these real chorus of encouragement there from the slips LED as ever by Mr Man game at kidmin is into its third Innings already Durham a 9 for one leading by 69 playing waser of course their first few matches been moved to kiner as come as he’s in and Strikes the pad too high MH boun and see movement you’d hope for a bit wouldn’t you his I think he’s uh in conversation with Blair tickner who standing at that his player isn’t it no it’s Alex Thompson both tall men my eyes are bad um he’s standing at Mid off but again the the Applause is noticeable New Zealand playing this afternoon they didn’t play the first game of course I don’t think it was chucking it down as in comes Connors and balls that one is pulled into the leg side aerially but uh it’s going to go one bounce two bounces no it didn’t bounce at all it’s gone for six I lost it completely I’m not sure whether hry Kane picked it up cleanly either out on the midwicket boundary that might be the first six of the Innings hansam moves on to 66 yeah they’ve been a couple couple close but uh one bounces but well having said that hansam never really plays a violent shot he he he did give that one plenty didn’t well he did but it was still quite controlled wasn’t it he didn’t sort of smash it he just swiveled around on it and sent it on its way using the pace of the bow the bowler I’d completely lost it as Connors is in again and bowls this one is driven very nicely there a Chase on here for Alex Thompson out towards the extra cover boundary Thompson will get that there now the batsman have gone through for a couple of runs and they’ll stick to a couple because they’ve now got nine off the over hanska moves on to 68 Harris has 162 and lers are 336 for three they’re in Pakistan aren’t they New Zealand yes yeah yeah the uh first game I’m sure was washed out on when Thursday Thursday there’s been some extraordinary weather on the subcontinent as well isn’t there of late it’s almost like the planet’s changing apparently right Madson is involved in discussions with Blair tickner does that mean Lloyd is off the field or something or is a just making suggestions no he’s still there still at first slip talking to Mr Wagar who’s with us so somebody’s off he’s a mid off at the moment ticking around the Wicket to Marcus Harris in balls wide steered driven by Harris out to to anos DAR at Deep backward Point good throw as ever from Dar one taken 63 for Harris I’m trying to work out who’s gone off but I’m struggling oh Lis ree is gone top of the shop Tak it in pass down by Harley balls that’s going to be close that’s surely close his leg before Wicket yeah Peter ham looking to turn the straight ball out through midwicket was very full he missed it and uh well certainly wasn’t going over the top and it looked very straight to me certainly Peter Hartley who is takes a lot of convincing pretty much raised his finger straight away and Peter hansam was almost walking straight away so second breakthrough of the day for darbishire and it’s it’s affected by Blair tickner who had to do it himself wasn’t a chance he bowled rishy Patel yesterday he’s got hansam leg before Wicket for 68 33744 so the partnership which actually I didn’t acknowledge it going past 150 but it was 153 what B play tiet deserved for persistence nine Falls and a six 64 deliveries for Peter hanscams Innings of 68 batted nicely the second Wicket for BL tick two for 71 now from his 22 overs and two balls presumably this is Liam trasis or is it Ben Cox it’s trascas I think um hansam 68 took 103 balls well ped 103 deliveries 1044 have you just said I beg you yes but no no I’ve added I’ve added one on okay that would be that would be why and as I say the partnership was worth did we say 1503 I you said yeah 153 just sort of lots of concentration really from hkam occas got straight hard when somebody’s bowling that quickly at you AR you trying to turn the straight ball away through midwicket so tick a smile is back which is nice to see yeah and uh well they’re down to the all-rounders now so could be the start of a turnaround in fortunes for darbishire and for for Blair tickner who’s got the left-handed Liam tavasz to bow out goes in round the Wicket bow tras is big step forward and it was a wide delivery and so he could let it go through and tikno with a grin sort of keeps running he knows when he’s got it a bit wrong big smile on his face as he turns back has a chat to LS ree it’s a good attitude to have though isn’t it to enjoy yourself can laugh at himself can’t he um he doesn’t quite get it right two for 71 now for tickner which in the circumstances is a pretty respectable effort and he goes BS bouncer to tavasz who steps inside the line it was going on down the leg side again the accuracy wasn’t quite there just like to get forward Liam tavasz from what we’ve seen so far which isn’t too much he having played only the one game and played only the one Innings he made 82 of 202 balls against Sussex was 82 not out overnight he has not got he’s gone into the ’90s several times but he hasn’t gone to 100 Balls onto the hip this time tikno and travas is looking to turn it into the leg side doesn’t get anything on it bounces off the thigh pad they protected for so much though aren’t they he’s got into the 80s I should say a few times 88 is high score Liam trasis it’s a Ben Mike who’s got into the ’90s I think five times without going on to 100 he told me check those figures he’d know I suppose he had a good time on his return to headingly didn’t he a couple weeks ago he did indeed yeah 4 for 44 and uh 92 I think he made tick nut in again to trasis balls on off stump he’s going to pick up four as he went forward on off stom he played it reasonably well In fairness it was a sort of edge but it was angled down it pounce sort of well short of what would have been sort of third stroke fourth slip and it went between that position and and Gully and ran down to the third man boundary 44 so little bit unlucky for tickner but at least he picked up a wicked in the over 341 for four just showing a replay on the big screen of that uh like before Wicket for was it adjacent pretty much in front yes and he didn’t have a stride good appeal from uh no Tak that and uh I don’t think hansam was massively surprised he was sort of semi walking wasn’t he so 341 for four Sam Conners begins his 22nd over of the Innings balls to Harris who plays that out looked off a like off a thick Inside Edge into the leg side when it’s filed by Alex Thompson they go through for a single which brings Liam trasis onto strike the former Durham man as darish should play Durham almost as much as they play last I’ve seen as you will have done I’m sure seen a fair bit of Liam trasis over the last few years but he hasn’t played too much first class Cricket which is one of the reasons he’s he’s come too L’s played obviously all all the one dayas but he’s waiting now was Conor balls tr’s Edge this one along the floor past the left hand side of third slip and it’s gone all the way down to a wide Third Man for four runs David Lloyd put his hand in front of his face genuine Edge but all the way along the ground by no manner of means a chance this is just his 28th first class uh game he played 68 t20s 32 L games right yeah I just got the impression of him always being in the D in the Durham side whenever we’ve played them I usually drift in those games though 346 for four as con bowls to travas he pushes out into the offside Harry came does the fielding and there’s no run yes fairness to Liam he probably was around fing drinks around his 12th man something like that so you probably saw him he’s from he’s a cumbrian actually from from Carlile left arm spinner of course he’s just turned 25 he was 25 two days ago what did it today still young man Conor’s balls to he turns this one into the leg side fied by anal he’s at forward Square lag isn’t it not too far away from umpire Harley which means he can’t escape a conversation and the two of them do begin a little chat as Connor turns at the top of his Mark he’s bowling from the city end and he’s in to trascas trasis who uh pushes this up to Mid off there’s no room I don’t know is a chatty individual on by you would describe him as incor gous would you whether he’s been pushed out there or or not he’s gone out to deep Square leg now about 40 yards away from the ire uh that seems fair he’s a blunt yorkman Peter Harley is there any other sort as C’s BS and that one is pushed out into the offside by tavasz he’s going to come back for the second as well as Lewis ree gets to the ball now puts the slide in as all fielders seem to do these days and that’s the end of the over seven runs off that one Harris has 164 and Liam trabas is into double figures so every batsman getting excited about this I like it I like this I like that kind of thing yeah it’s a little of old nonsense 348 for four I did ask um Griff during the interval how many games that sort of yet to how long the not winning run has gone on here but it’s not that many relatively speaking um you know it’s still 20 something rather than any more than that it’s enough though well tickner Wicket and lift it lifted by his Wicket I’m sure is’s going to continue from the race course and once again Connor with that um interesting style commenting about it as a quick word before the New Zealander is ready to go turns round the Wicket goes in BS to Harris who’s driving pleasantly and he’s got it past Reese who turns in Pursuit he going to cut it off before it crosses the ropes at Deep Extra cover almost wide long off about four five yards inside the ropes Harris settles for a couple moves on to 166 3 50 up for Lester so a third batting bonus point and um 87 overs have been bow so they’ve got 23 including what’s left of this one to get that another 100 runs maximum batting bonus points as ticket balls on off stump and Harris just drops it out into the offside out towards point and Donald running into field session sounds as though leester City have got across the line against West which so he’s turning into quite a good day for leer Sports so far ticker is in bols onto the legs of Harris who goes back just tucks it away behind Square down towards wide long leg deep square is the man who gets there first who’s Harry K single taken by Harris moves on to 167 3514 Sun back out tickner his um great strength notwithstanding is begin to a fraction weary he’s into his 24th over I forgot what I said how many Boulder to got into his late 20s was he in goes ticking up balls on off stump Harris is forward raises his Bat to Liam trasis who almost turned his back anyway and umpire Harley does have somebody else to talk to 32 14 in the first Innings 18 in the second down at Cardiff although a lot of the slack was taken up by Alex Thompson who bowled an enormous number of overs Bey Trav Vasquez was of course on strike there tigner is into cumber and bouncer pulled didn’t really get up at all and he was on to it quickly trasis pulls it around the corner but Thompson is down there in front of what I tend to think of as the old Pavilion I think you call it the members Pavilion um now the members balcony over there Thompson B 70 overs at glor 44 in the second Innings it’s a lot of overs is it in the first game of the season they a spinner he won’t bow any more than that this season really certainly in a game most unlikely to you never know but most unlikely you would think tickner is in balls edged caught did it carry no it didn’t carry did he just pick it up on the half Vol T can’t believe I thought guest got his glove to it but guest is down yeah he’s staying on his knees which suggests that it carried and he didn’t hang on well Blair te cannot believe it and uh well I’m begin to get familiar with this biting cap routine of or tias another one has gone down is’s the replay no it isn’t it’s the ball before that all right well we will well judging by Lloyd’s reaction and he after it I think it must have carried let’s have a look it did carry yeah Y and guest couldn’t quite it was very low to his and it was traveling but to poor Blair tickness so what’s that it was Harris again wasn’t it no did tus not get a single there ah did he take one that’s why he’s at the I think so right okay if it was Harris again I think he’d be doing more than biting his cap Sam Conor it is me is it begins a new over to tavasz who turns it up to Mid on and there’s no run so the one this morning well Marcus Harris has been dropped four times three of them off by tickner who so that’s four catches dropped by a combination of three different people first one Brook Gest has dropped joined the club yeah yeah yeah I’m sure that won’t make BL feel any better uh Connors is in BS that there squaring up tavasz and the ball goes out backward a square on the offside field by Pat Brown just trying to work it out Harris was dropped on one and 12 both off tickner by Madson and Donald possibly on 26 but there’s arum Dar yeah sorry I just don’t P Tick’s chances another one yes another one off tickner this morning that’s three and this one is four so he’s had four catches dropped by either the wik keeper he’s on his hunches down there atair tickner at the moment and that um that smile is is is not evident next delivery is pushed up towards long off there’s an awful lot of sand there as as Lewis ree chases after it the B the bats will come back for two but it’s an extraordinary sight isn’t it when the ball is bouncing across the Outfield great puffs of sand each time like playing on BRD Beach what would the beaches in North Wales be Roman will tell us in a moment I’m Roman’s behind me sneaked in we down at Pressa in sand as I would have thought there’s a nice re up the top there cross to angle SE beautiful part of the world as this one is clipped into the leg Side by Harris for a single he moves on to 17356 for four lovely Beach is in South Wales it’s a long way from North W to South Wales as David Lloyd was telling me because obviously his entire family is in north or was in North Wales assume they still are um and to go from Cardiff to uh to rexen well for a start you’ve got to go into England no none of the Welsh like doing that to they without making generalizations of course as car as PS and travas drives that’s a nice shot for runs very straight up towards the long on Boundary and he moves on to 16 and the 36 up as if that’s a mark 360 for 4 no idea I described it like that um yeah we used to Holiday a lot in angle see up the top there Silver Bay just across from our Valley we we recruited as a sort of Druid extra not dissimilar with no they you have a lot of ice STS I know that’s not how you how you pronounce it in that kind of area in North Wales it’s all right right say it’s all right it’s very nice that’s what I meant it’s not just all right it’s very nice I’ll get I think popet hands is one of the nicest beaches in in the UK best beaches yeah but that is down south there con that’s in around the Wicket bowling to tavasz who just pushes this one into the offside of his toes uh I’m going to make way now but there going to be a slight hiat so Richard will have to just take up the slack because this is going to involve some onic Wizardry just so I can do another update at Quartz do without disturbing the pair of you so I’m going to pull all that there just going to move that slightly and hope that we don’t don’t knock us off air and I’m going to hand to you persevering ticker is going to continue from the race course end of the ground this will be the 25th over his 25th over of the Innings now has the two wickets 2479 four maidens and um I think it’s probably reasonable reasonable to say that he deserves slightly better than that round the Wicket he comes and Bows to Marcus Harris who is just leaning forward with a slightly angled back to the delivery just outside off stump guiding it down toward sort of backward point but there is now a man in roughly in that position and iron Donald has has gone in not quite on the 45 a bit wider than that arguably sort of a short Third Man combination or sort of backward point just to try and cut off one of Harris’s regular scoring shots tickner elbows Jing is in balls follow driven by Harris but he doesn’t beat the field on that occasion Pat Brown is in the covers and it goes more or less straight to him I think Roman isn’t now plugged in I hope so it seems so have a very good afternoon to you sir how are you yeah very well thanks how are you good it looked like um you were bowling during the interval without too many issues hopefully yep first session off the uh off the full run since the injury um felt pretty nice you know I’m still aware of the injury but um no real concerns so far I’ll explain that in a moment as tickner is in ball short doesn’t really get up but slightly loopy bounce and um he’s not happy and he does that little sort of runaround at the end he bangled it in Too Short on that occasion should explain to to darish listeners that Roman in the preseason game at Edge buston against War should have picked up a bit of a a side injury yeah in your delivery in that so recovering from that and hopefully be available before too long hopefully in goes ticker balls on off stump looking to drive is Harris but a good diving stop away to his left by Brown in the covers means the Australian isn’t going to pick up any runs for that shot leester dressing room presumably uh Roman is a tolerably Content place at the moment yep very relaxed uh very happy with uh with the output The Lads have got so far um I think in all fairness to Darby and and in particular tickner they’ve they’ve bowled very well tickner certainly has he has not been rewarded behind the stumps he goes in and bowls to Harris who’s flashing drive through the covers this time wide of brown to the boundary for four lovely shot from Marcus Harris who moves on to 174 now 364 for four just width from tigner who you can probably understand as a fellow bowler is beginning to look a touch weary out there absolutely yeah it’s uh it’s not been easy for him um he certainly created the chances and you know if it was me that’s what I’d be focusing on um it may just take a little bit of the edge off that they’ve not been taken four catches have gone down off his bowling so far goes in and ballls again it’s full almost a half all in it’s driven by Harris but this time Brown is close enough to be able to make the stop end of the over but but he does all of a sudden having look pretty strong throughout looks distinctly weary now Blair ticket yeah maybe maybe just getting a little bit tired he uh he bowled the bulk of the overs toward the start of the Innings he did and uh yeah I mean 25 overs is is no easy work uh especially when when you you bomb in like he does and and put so much energy on the ball and it’s a big bloke isn’t it there’s a lot of going through when you yeah how good your action is yeah not easy on the body at all um I presume that I think this is a change of bow in Rich you need to look that way anal looks like he’s going to take over at the city end it’s the city end and the race course end race course being a good word for you absolutely yeah yeah recently promoted now again double promotion Rex um up to League one my colleague thinks it’ll be a three in a row next season yeah yeah and he’s an expert on League one heard a few people say that yeah and uh you know I mean we’ll wait and see I don’t want to put the knockers on it but uh yeah it’s uh the uh the money signal coming into into play there in the in the coms box but um yeah it all depends what the what their strategy is really I mean I I don’t see any harm in Rex from spending a year in League one um but should they choose to just one yeah just a one then we push the next year but uh yeah no I I think um it it all depends on their their want to go up again really um don’t see why they wouldn’t uh anos DAL to start a new spell round the Wicket to trascas it’s back of a length and just Pat it out into the leg side what is the opinion on the pitch is it well for the Chang it looks pretty good yeah yeah it looks pretty good there’s there’s Pace in the Wicket as well um which there always seems to be at derby um there’s enough in it you know I think it’s it’s a good Cricket Wicket as we’ve seen chances have been created like like you were saying just before I came on four four chances have been missed um so you know you put them four chances into the scoreboard it’s a different game and again similar ball slightly Fuller and defended by dcus um yeah you know I think Harris is uh obviously very experienced um and he’s he’s not affected by by being missed is he he just gets all with it no absolutely not and I think you know the I’m not sure excuse me I’m not sure we see the chances that he’s he’s given as uh as a negative you know he’s still there and um and he’s certainly taken his chance so far travas forward again ball slightly leaving him there looked like there was a little bit of movement from d The Dukes of course in use in this game after two two two matches with the infamous cookaburra but it will have got I suspect that first ball certainly fairly damp fairly quickly um it was sort of long grass around the advertising hoardings into which it was plunged a few times it’s been quite Dam flick the the way into the leg side there from trascas down to fine leg just a single slightly too straight from Dal one nonetheless travas just coming down the Wicket telling Harris by the looks of it that D is trying to leave get it get it to go away leave the batsman um Harris I’m sure will probably know that already but I was going to say good communication there from travus that’s what you like to see nice of him to come and tell the international opener absolutely he doesn’t like confidence Liam that’s for sure no he’s a good lad he is birthday a couple of G days ago yes yeah and Matt Solsbury same day back of a length there from Dar into Harris into the leg side collected by Donald I believe Leicester city won so I’m going to have to go and do an update shortly so I’m going to leave you with Fletch if is that is that okay does that work or do you need to stay stay on for a while fletchy I can do another couple of minutes for sure I can make it work I can make it work no no in Again full outside off Harris playing at that one out to deep Point that’s a single two from the over a steady comeback there start the spell from d as we’re just having a little change over in the comms box well we might be Roman I’m here I’m I’m going to stay over here cuz it’s just easier and I’ve if I put my hand up I’ve got an update as well in fact it’s coming up fairly shortly so uh not problem these things happen on a Saturday afternoon generally during the football the busy afternoon yeah well ordinarily on a Saturday afternoon I’d be at Burton or with Burton Albi so I’ll be keeping a close ear eye on them Cu uh they might be swapping places with with wrecks and I’m here Nigel yes they are teetering sorry I’ve just been getting some instructions from it is slightly uh Slightly bizarre setup we’ve got going here but once we get past this one we’re we’re home free Pat Brown 12th over he’s bold and he’s on his way in to ball to Harris who just Taps it out into the leg side where it’s fielded by Blair tick who actually hits the stumps middle stump as well at that uh Liam trasis was well home by that point and they move on to 367 for four I’ll try and keep this update as brief as possible after the uh latest from the perelli stadium Casper Mia the last home game of the season I am going to Fleetwood next Saturday when Burton play Fleetwood darbishire up at headingley which is unusual but I’ll be there and it’ll be very nervy here’s Brown on his way in to bow to Liam trasis who defends this next delivery straight back to the darish bowler how has the league one season been on the Dreadful Dreadful poor it’s the poorest League one I’ve known for a long long time really yeah Portsmouth worthy Champions I think haven’t got up to such a good start dby County can go up with them if they win today and Bolton and Peter drop points and that would probably be about right on the day I think peterg the best side in it though here’s Pat Brown in and Bs and that’s defended by tavasz I think if I remember correctly I think rexam in the January window were linked with Clark Harris yes the P Striker which I thought would have been a great move for us absolutely here comes my update here we go yeah leester 367 for four now would you believe it darish should have dropped another catch it’s a fourth off player tick Liam trasis was on 10 at the time Brook guest couldn’t cling on trasis has moved to 17 uh Marcus Harris is still there 176 not out Lester 367 for four the good news is I can turn that down now so we don’t have to listen to the queue anymore when Richard returns you two can continue your uh your conversation yeah it’s been a poor League it’s it’s been the probably the the easiest League one to get out of if you know what I mean yeah very interesting yeah very interesting I don’t think it’ll be as Brown balls and it is tapped sort of guided b square on the offside to an iron Donald the Welsh are taking over um when you look at the teams that are coming down Rother them of course cuz that’s what they do they they go up and then they come down Sheffield Wednesday potentially the teams at the bottom of the championship just seemed to be in a bit of disarray I think among your biggest Rivals might be Stockport County again cuz they’re they’ve got a head of steam going as well haven’t they they’ played very very well M this year and Mansfield as well under Nigel kff Brown balls oh that almost takes the edge of trasis his Bat as he just props forward goes past the edge and through to Brook guest behind the stumps nice over there from Pat Brown yeah so there’s a lot of Goodwill uh for Pat Brown I mean he’s had a lot of injuries throughout his career hasn’t he has hardly played I think this is only his ninth first class match which is remarkable when you think about he’s played a lot of T20 cricket and played for England of course early in his career and there are people who really want him to succeed in Red Bull Cricket here I know he wants to speaking to him at the me on the media day at the start of the Season he is desperate to uh to succeed and uh almost picked up a wicket he’s got three I think at the end of last season and that’s it this is his first match this season though Del to continue round the Wicket again it’s wide flashed by Harris but missed maybe just a little bit more bounce than he was expecting looking to hit that Gap where deep point is out and uh yeah he must be starting to think he’s Invincible though must he’s been dropped four times well he just said that would show complacency wouldn’t it I suppose do what I like here cuz they’re never going to get me yeah I’m sure there’s a sense of Freedom when you’re on 176 true and that’s driven it’s full on the offside driven straight through cover it’s a lovely shot he’s almost a trademark Drive Marcus Harris beautiful beautiful shot really gets his right shoulder round and into the ball and just slaps it through mid off and that’s part darvish’s problem is that they’ve given him so many lives they dropped him twice before he got to or possibly three times by the time he’ got to 26 he wasn’t uh he’s been chanceless since he got to three figures which is something that clearly I’ve never uh never experienced in my life you mention a Freda when you get to the 170 yeah well I I can say I’ve Not got to one well 180 now I’ve not I’ve not got that high no um in my Village Cricket career I never got to 50 so uh it’s tougher than it looks oh I was never very good at batting I wasn’t particularly good at bowling either so somebody’s got to make the numbers up the that was a few years ago now it’s a a little bit of a change in the field there Brook gr has come up to the stumps D stay round the Wicket they’ve lost a man behind Square on the offside who was catching at Gully and Dave Lloyd I think it is the captain has gone to catching cover and it’s a a better length there from D this time just back of a length and Harris defends it been timing it very well you can tell on his uh on his defensive shots even that they’re they’re rolling pretty swiftly over to mid- on and mid off yeah just tell mean what’s it what’s it like when you because you’ve been out there obviously going through your bowling and that what’s it like underfoot because there’s a lot of sand has been put on this Outfield over the last couple of weeks around the square it’s not too bad um obviously the well it’s driven through the offside and it looks like they’re just going to take the single happy to take the single as Harry Kane fields and throws it into Brook guest um yeah it’s it’s not too bad obviously the sand helps and doesn’t help in other other ways you know Fielding diving on it can be can be quite tough quite dangerous um but the run-ups uh seem absolutely fine from what I’ve seen um but there’s a few patches around the Outfield that are just a bit wet you know both ends both dafabet sponsors there it’s a little bit wet around there which is to be expected with the weather we’ve had as Dar balls back of a length there travas forward and defend it well that game a couple of weeks ago against glera that was completely washed out we did go out to the middle pretty much every day myself and David Griffin the the photographer after we’d asked permission off Neil godri the the head groundsman and it was it was incredibly wet I mean it was coming over your shoes every day yeah it was it was awful it’s been such a surprise the weather um with how bad it has been that’s an edge from travus it’s going to run away for four it’s gone through a second or third slip line and uh well well bowled from D but unlucky to go for four um yeah the uh the weather recently I mean I know we’re still early in the season and and March and April you you’re not expecting Sun um but just how hard it’s been raining and how consistently has been such a surprise for me I said to Neil uh before the season had started I said but it’s it’s not stopped raining since January he just immediately quick as a flash said October and he’s barely been able to get out there because he was having to prepare pitches and the irony was the way things are these days The Outfield was underwater they had a net when the game was abandoned because the the run-ups had been covered and the square actually needed watering oh really cuz it had been covered up for so long there Pat Brown continuing from the race course and balls to Harris who turns that one nicely into the leg side ball throws up sand as it bubbles along the Outfield and Harry C does the Fielding single taken Harris moves to 181 376 for four but there’s been so much good drainage put into squares now that it almost sucks the sucks the life out of and drainage into the Outfield as well it sucks the life out of everything doesn’t it yes yeah here we’ve been talking about the scars on the Outfield it’s uh it’s interesting it’s tough time for groundsman absolutely here’s Brown in and balls that one is defended by uh trasis out into the on side Richard’s back we’ll bring him in at the end of this next over because then I can fiddle around with the wires again I’ve have no real idea which one’s which anymore if Richard can hear us that’s that’s half the battle it means I only have to move one and that can go away and start looking looking at the video printer Panic about which division I’ll be covering football in next season here’s Brown in balls to travas who just turns that very comfortably down to Long Leg for a single look like Alex Thompson down there in the far distance trasis moves on to 22 378 for four three balls left in the over it might be too early in the over to mention Burton’s win at rexam this season in the efl trophy but I just thought I’d Chuck it in certainly too early for me well again it was another game that I missed because uh I was covering alon’s FA Cup tie against walal so I missed the the big efl trophy trip to reom is brown I wasn’t disappointed that one’s wider the aump and going wider it’s actually something I think rexam have um have dealt with pretty well with you know I think people see us as as Giants now especially in League 2 with the with the money that has been pumped into the club um in the right places as well and it’s it’s sort of given us um but you know people want to come and beat us yeah you know we’re a Target now um and and this season I think we’ve dealt with that very very well of course my team did last month uh no not that team the other one brown the other one my proper team that one’s turned into the leg Side by Harris he moves to 183 3 79 for four I’m a trir fan oh and uh in the same week TR managed to beat rexam and Mansfield they barely won a game since but always seem to be good games trir I remember taking did we take a lot of fans away one year oh it’s a it’s a big rivalry has been over the years I remember it going back to the 70s it was a huge rivalry back then always a good game to watch as brown is in that one is defended by trasis to complete Pat Brown’s 13th over 54 runs he’s conceded in his 13 hours he’ be a little disappointed in that he had one particularly disappointing over uh a little bit earlier today 379 for four leester sh trasis has 22 Harris has 183 a word from Raman and then I I’ll see if I can sort this out try and get these wires sorted um as we see uh Anish Dal preparing to take over his third over this spell um Brook guest still up to the stumps game plan of just looking to trap the batsman in the crease as the uh as the ball gets slightly older 14 overs old now with the new ball I presume they took it at 80 they did yeah yeah um I must have missed that L Reese uh took his sweater off hopefully but uh he did so with a smile knowing he wasn’t going to be bowling D in and balls back of length slightly outside off played late and timed out into the offside behind points Harris comes back for two Wayne Madson the Chaser fit as ever at 40 well perhaps not as ever but uh still pretty good for 40 W fitter than a lot of 40y old oh yes for sure 381 for four L will be certainly eyeing maximum batting bonus points before even thinking about um a declaration I would suggest yes yeah yeah I would have thought so I mean there’s there’s not been much game plan talk up there um you know it’s it’s been more just go out and back um every ball on its Merit sort of stuff you know and uh darling again round the Wicket it’s full of this time bunted up the field well fielded at midon by who is that that mid on think is it Alex Thompson to his right yes it may well be getting less response from uh the Wicket here and the pitch here in this week than he did last week at at Cardiff a good good uh good game for him last week wonderful game you know 12 wickets very very well yeah I watch the replays yeah very well very impressive daring again round the Wicket full again slightly wide of a line bunted out to Mid off this time Harris looks very comfortable here I don’t want to uh do the commentator’s curse I’m going to touch wood well he knows he’s not going to get caught I think um four chances possibly five um have got diff some of them were difficult one or two less so these things happen in cricket absolutely full and that’s flicked what a shot that is with a bit of uh a bit of finish on the shot there it’s fielded on the boundary as uh the soft Outfield just took all the pace out of the ball there yes by by Marxist standards that was sort of relatively flamboyant wasn’t he so that’s the word I was looking for there was a bit of a Caribbean a risty shot yeah whip away towards deep midwicket there to enjoy himself closing in on a double hundred though and again again he’s seen the ball slightly straight and slightly full and he’s just whacked it over towards cow corner I think that was a one bounce for it was yeah it was it was a yard shot of the deep midwicket boundary but there was nothing sort of Caribbean about that he just SEO hit it and stepped out and whacked it away clean shot and uh Harris just seems to be comfortable here against al so far anything offline he’s he’s certainly thrown his hands at he sets up again to Face Down Still round the Wicket it looked to be a slower ball that just running his fingers down it’s slightly wide and Harris has smashed it out to deep point which is fielded by Harry K and thrown in very high but very accurate to Brook guest and that’s over few runs off it for for Leicester it’s a good over well he is a a very good one day bowler and well good good bowler full stop isn’t he but relatively early in proceedings 95 overs so 15 overs with the red ball you didn’t want to be bowling too many slower balls Etc on comes the leester 12th man I think is uh it’s Matt isn’t it with drinks for messes Harris and trasis in a towel Harris has been out there a long time now he’s faced 284 balls for his 186 so they need another 61 runs ler from potentially 15 overs so those uh boundaries in that over certainly help Lester just calls in pursuit of the maximum batting bonus Point return yeah maybe just seeing that last over that that’s coming to mind slightly but uh it may be just a slight push with 15 overs left to get the maximum batting points Pat Brown is in to Harris who’s hitting him back over mid on one two three bounces and it rolls over the long gone boundary for four so Marcus Harris on to 192 now his first class best is considerably more than that 250 not out to be precise but it’s not outside the bounds of possibility he could get somewhere get somewhere close to that four more needed for his 200 now for for Harris will it be a change in the field suspect not brown changes is in balls to Harris who’s looking to hit over the leg side he’s got a bit of a thick Inside Edge on that it’s running out towards deep backwards square but it is going to be cut off before it gets there so just two to Harry’s Harry came running across running along the boundary Edge picks up Harris picks up two he moves on to 198 looks like they’re just uh maybe a message has gone out just stepping on it a bit seemed to be but I’d be really surprised if there was any sort of sort of Declaration in the offing um maybe just the thought with the time that’s gone out of the game from yesterday a bad forecast for Monday apparently woring forecast for Monday but all sorts of changes to the field now as Dar should go firmly onto the defensive deep midwicket has gone out so that’s Dar out there C is at Deep backward square and uh the 12th man has gone down to Third Man and for once Wayne Madson has come out of slips he’s gone to backward Point Brown into haris short pulled attempted to be pulled down to Long Leg it was there to be hit I think it came off the glove and just trickles out towards sort of leg Gully Brook guest runs across the field and it is just the single Harris on to 199 so his 200 will have to wait a moment or or two if there has been an aggressive switch from leers yet it may well play into Pat Brown’s hands because we know how good he is uh with a white ball and and batsman coming at him um I think well I’m certain he went definitely went over to the big bash unfortunately got injured whilst he was over there um but he’s shown his class with the white ball he made his reputation didn’t he in in worest sort of T20 campaigns a couple of years few years ago Brown is in to Basque is full looking to drive slightly wide had to reach for it a touch stayed on top of the ball steer it away into the covers covers got across to to make the stop so no run for Liam tasus on that occasion he remains on 22 39544 little conversation there from tickner and Dal may be talking about field setting for D’s next over wondering where Harris is going to hit it looks like to hit on the leg side Brown is in balls forward goes tavasz deflecting the ball perfectly deliberately down into the ground behind Square on the offside gly dived across to his right know and Donald Lloyd himself it’s the skipper there another reom supporter my D Dives away to his right can’t get and the ball runs down to Third Man for four 399 for four Le you’re really picking up the scoring now it wasn’t exactly dilit previously but um the last few overs Harrison trasis picking things up markedly over eight minus two still got be a little bit careful of that darish brown is into trasis who’s driving out into the offside it’s gone behind the diving cover couldn’t quite stop it but slowed it down and running behind him Donald completes the Stop and no run never run on a misfield is the old adage and trasis was momentarily interested in in it but Harris on 19 199 certainly wasn’t he wasn’t going to take the chance he’s going to be risk Le trasis would not possibly be I mean Marcus Harris is a very nice man but um even he might look a scans if trasis was to run him out on 199 yeah I think even the nicest man would get annoyed with that what’s he liking the dressing room Marcus he’s a very laid-back character amazing yeah very laid-back very funny um just an all round good man um you know is you wouldn’t think apart from his Australian accent you wouldn’t think he was uh as experienced as he is with test cricket and all that you know so uh very good he’s down to earth and well he’s his family are here now aren’t they as well yes his M and little um max I think his name is is Li a boy yeah he certainly seems to be enjoying himself his first couple of weeks so far here you want to see him see if he can get his 200 Thompson is coming on he didn’t get any Joy from that City end before lunch did he but to running out of options really don’t and it’s h you know it’s always worth a change up um especially when somebody is uh coming up to a big Landmark that said they hav’t brought the field in no too worried at this stage no well as we say change of Bowl in Thompson setting up to come round the Wicket to Harris on 199 in and balls back of a length Harris poking out into the offside to Extra cover dot ball I’m sure he won’t be getting frustrated he knows the run will come Thompson turns at the end of his Mark short run up for a spinner jogs in bows Again full and it’s Mis fielded Marcus Harris goes to 200 of 293 balls an amazing Innings very calculated very laidback very calm as he celebrates and his team on the balcony all standing up hands in the air clapping and he’s pleased he really is pleased about it understandably so hit 26 fours in those 293 balls and if he was dropped for four times that’s not his fault Y and he’s made it count 400 up as well for ler sh Thompson in again round the Wicket to trasis tooks that out into the leg side slightly full slightly straight from Thompson so 49 runs needed for leester Chau in 13.3 overs to get full batting points certainly seems possible now saying that as if at one point it didn’t you know the the are flowing now trascas 27 off 33 as Thompson’s into Harris down the Wicket and smashes out over mid on that could clear the seats and it has dropped in the crowd abouts back 12 rows back it wasn’t far off it gone to the nfield car par no wasn’t far off a big shot nonetheless what is it about 15 rows and it was about 12 back gentleman backed off he didn’t want to try and catch it it was coming at some speed had some height on it that’s twice now he’s done that to Thompson Harris yeah certainly seems a good option for him as uh looks like an iron Donald’s having to go underneath the uh stand there well the gentleman picked it up he his throw wasn’t the greatest only went about eight rows back down and uh and now it’s sort of trickled underneath yeah I mean you would you would think you could clear the few seats in front of you wouldn’t you there you’d back yourself whatever the circumstance kicking the teeth watching a ball go over you on the boundary and then having to fetch it underneath the stand the temporary permanent stand it seems to be it’s been a least I I can’t remember when it wasn’t here coming here so at least 12 years certainly a buzz word temporary I can’t remember it not being here obviously in my short career I remember at school we had a uh there was a temporary building right at the front of the school that I was told i’ been there for 55 years there usually a porter cabin and knocking around that’s been there a long old time is Thompson in again straight this time slightly faster Harris Clips it out into the legs side Connor to field at Deep Square just a single brings trascas on strike like I said 27 of 33 not really played a shot in anger soft hands um anything that’s caught the outside half of the bat soft hands has gone for four as he sets up now to face Thompson who’s in and balls full and left outside off maybe a slight bit of slight bit of turn there by the looks of it from outside off maybe a foot hold something like that yeah but it was a little bit there which won’t displease Liam travas probably absolutely not he’s probably going to have to have a a bow whether it’s today remains to be seen must admit if I if I was in last year’s position Captain Lewis Hill and head coach Alonso Thomas I’d be tempted just to keep going to be quite honest they certainly only want to back once in this game and that’s looking increasingly likely now I suspect that 82 Liam travas made against Sussex on on leester sh debut last week for all the fact that he is a confidence man it won’t have hurt will it helped his confidence good absolutely absolutely you know there’s there’s always that little barrier on your deut you want to do well and he’s and he did it in his first game and and baldw to go with it um on a on a tough pitch for a spinner um and yeah he made a good account of himself obviously we know we know how good he is we train with him every day and we’ve we’ve played against him uh the last few years whilst he whilst he was at Durham and um yeah we we know he’s got it in him and I think he’s he’s just starting to show it us now he’s watching from the non strikker end as Pat Brown comes running in and bowls to Marcus how it’s slow a ball how he just waited for it saw it early and just nibbled it around the corner and to the onside Brook guest runs across Fields Harris picks up one moves on to 208 400 his leg B was it given his leg B he was given leg bu yeah didn’t look so from up here on this angle but uh umpire heartley umpire’s certainly got a better seat than we have he has described him as a as a fairly blunt yorman had a brief word with him last night same old he said with a with another adjective well now actually goes Brown and bowls to chasz and there’s an appeal for leg before pitched outside leg might well have gone on to hit leg stump but definitely pitched outside leg to to me but it looked to be a little bit of seam movement back into the left under there yeah and that certainly was a leg by and is so signaled by umpire Harley but certainly pitched outside leg he’s coming over the Wicket to the left handers is so another quick look at that one oh yeah a little bit outside leg on you’re not going to get those from up by heartly 410 for four as brown is in short pulled by Harris over Square leg for a massive six wasn’t too much wrong with the bouncer as bouncers go maybe wasn’t high enough but you’re bowling against an Australia test opener who is on 207 when you’re seeing it like he is yeah on a good pitch it’s tough to bow it anywhere by the looks of it so far with Harris you’ve got to be um 85 Plus really and brown with respect to him isn’t quite that sort of pace and Harris put that firmly over the boundary at Square leg and it’s a longish boundary 416 for four Brown chased is in again BS full slower ball looking for the drive slightly deceived and uh comes off a thickish inside part of the bat rolls out towards midon for Harris who is uh well I mentioned earlier his best score was 250 best first class score 250 not out he was on about 170 at the time suddenly he’s on 213 and it’s well with seems only a few months ago he was on 170 as well he really is accelerating now thoroughly enjoying himself out there Brown kicks up his heels runs in balls to him again slightly slower ball held back outside off stump and looking to cut it away had to wait for it and Madson able to get across some backward point to make the stop 416 for four Remains the score full of Tricks Pat Brown got some very good balls good change UPS in his in his Armory and the back of his hand when he bows that slower one slow think he’s got a knuckle ball which is very good he got a lot of wickets for that in that T20 season and uh a few years ago and also a back of the hand and he goes again slower ball to Harris again it pitches a long way outside leg stump thumps into the PAD as Harris is playing too soon trying to clip it away Brown turns in vain appeal but he knew his fate straight away I suspect umpire Harley is one of those umpires who when he’s turning if if he’s not interested in a pill he’s already walking away isn’t he and as the bowler turn you no straight you’re not going to get it yeah end of the over 416 for four yeah a good over there from Pat Brown is uh although the the for six yeah although it did go for six it was a it was a good over some change UPS change of pace and length um very clever bowling he is just slightly unfortunate that Harris was at the time on 207 KN out and uh and tued into it to put himself on 213 now off 300 balls as uh Thompson to continue from the city end trascas shapes up just looks to TU it into the leg side not enough on it to uh to beat Dave Lloyd there at uh short midwicket dot ball apparently he’s a season ticket holder is D absolutely is yeah yeah Thompson in Again full maybe a slight bit of hold there maybe something just happening for the spinner travus defended tentatively into the offside um yeah Dave loves his football really does he’s a and he’s a good footballer himself is Dave Thompson in quicker ball this time bit flatter trascas on the back foot punching out to Mid off um just some change UPS from from both ends here um Thompson first two balls normal Pace normal length trying to look for a bit of turn and that one just a bit flatter as he’s in again back to the stock ball which trascas manages to beat Dave Lloyd at midwicket this time to get a single out to long gone I suspect long gone and long off will now be posted for Harris just looks like it’s going to spread out a little bit we’ve got a uh almost a sunflower of fielders Now Thompson in flat it’s a reverse sweep from Harris it doesn’t manage to beat Point did well to hit it considering uh Thompson obviously saw it early and and bowled it a lot flatter and quicker playing with a lot of freedom now Harris Thompson in again flatter and outside off this time it’s hit very very well it looks like they’re just going to take the single there out to the Deep man on the cover boundary Harry came again getting a bit of work out there covering some yards a decent over from um Thompson there just two singles from it but haris has kept the strike I was suggesting Fletch earlier that that the amount of sand on the Outfield can’t be great for the ball I mean I mean you know when you see the sand popping up every time it rolls across the Outfield bounces across the Outfield almost you would imagine it’s taking certain amount of the yeah I mean I’m not sure how much of the immediate impact yeah you know after um after making contact this s’s going to make but certainly over over time it will it will beat the ball up brown then is into Harris slower ball baling Harris waiting for it tried to clip it away through midwicket gets a handshake from Pat Brown which is really nice to see and a handshake indeed from a number of the darbishire players but uh superb innings for Marcus Harris comes to an end 214 made of 33 deliveries he’s hit to 26 fours and a couple of sixes as well to go with it taking full advantage of the one of two little pieces of luck 30 had he was dropped at least four times we reckon however he did play beautifully as well hit some wonderful shots and has put lerer in pretty much in control of the direction of the game anyway 418 for 4 becomes 418 for 5 Harris goes for [Applause] 214 great Innings there for Marcus Harris not quite managing to get up to the PB as we mentioned earlier was 250 not out 214 of 303 balls first game with the Dukes bit of rain about yesterday got through a very very tough period towards the end of the day as it started to get dark yesterday and uh certainly cashed in today with a few chances dropped from Derby but a very very good Innings as we say possibly chanceless for his last maybe 120 runs it’s supp be those who say well wonder why Brown doesn’t use more of his variations early on but you need the batsman to be giving you a bit of the charge for them to be effective don’t there’s no there’s no point bowling sort of series of slower balls if they’re not trying to hit them out the park really yeah and there’s you know there’s so many factors to it the uh the pitch doesn’t look like it’s too good for slow balls you know Derby uh notorious for a lot of carry and a bit of grass on the Wicket so the the slow balls are not really going to grip um and like we say you know if that’s why white ball Cricket you see a lot of variations because the batsman are coming at you and uh you want to deceive them and and throw their through the ball before it’s got to him whereas red ball Cricket batsman more often than not wait for the ball to come to and play it late which is exactly what happened there Harris threw the shot too early it was a good slower ball from Pat Brown has his first Wicket of the game he runs in looking for a second B to Ben Cox and again I think that was a touch of slower slightly slower delivery as well it might just have moved a fraction straightened a fraction it was it was a touch short Fox played it comfortably enough pushing the delivery out into the off side now they’ll be old friends presum at least old teammates of course um I don’t know what the relationship but exactly they must have he must have bow to Ben Cox’s a fair few times in the Nets you would imagine Ben Cox of course the former a former long standing werer Wicked keeper as brown is in to him down the leg side got that one wrong brown but Cox hasn’t been in long enough to get anything on it tried to tried to flick it away down the leg side as he stepped inside the line didn’t get anything on it taken by guests of course moving to his left behind the stumps so 32 needed from 10 overs and what three balls three balls for Lester sh if they are going to get that fifth batting bonus point and I’m sure that is very much on their minds Brown in bold it’s a little bit short Cox though is still looking to get for oh Paul Fielding for once by Harry K just took his eyes off the ball there no real excuses because it was running across the square towards him and uh as a consequence Cox can get off the mark and does takes one it was a surprise to see that you know despite the drops I think Daria fielded very well um and also considering the Outfield being uh slightly bumpy with the uh with the efforts of of drainage around the Square um and it also been quite soft in the Outfield and a lot of sand has been put down they fielded quite well extraordinary amounts of sand Brown in past onire Harley bows full slower ball looking for the yor dips in late he’s just got into this rhythm of slower balls now brown and he is deceiving the bat I mean they are still although trasis has been in a while Cox has only just come in they are still looking for these runs Le so they are still looking to be positive to get to this last batting bonus point I think that one was the knuckle wall yeah but it looked a dip and swing actually which is some skill to do with a slow ball now there is one ball to come beg your pardon so it wasn’t quite the end of the over Brown is in again similar sort of delivery this time trasis is forward getting just about to the pitch of the ball but uh plays it respectfully enough bounces down into the pitch stopped by Brown in his follow through end of the 100th over of the leester Innings so even I can work out that their run rate is 4.19 which is decent yes very good anything over fours is very good in in red ball Cricket isn’t it yeah very good good over there from Pat Brown picking up the Wicket of Harris as we uh as we see the replays there the um the leg stump flying out the ground even though it was a slow ball which I think tells you how soft the uh the ground is under foot um just because they anchored the the stump isn’t particularly anchored strongly yeah as uh Thompson continues uh changing over the Wicket now to a right-handed Cox he’s in balls stop ball slightly outside the line of off stump trying to turn it back in as uh Cox defends on the front foot they’ve still got a couple of people out here on the leg side um presuming that Cox is going to come out and try and play his shots I think Lloyd has had has had the word there because Thompson turning quickly to get back to his Mark and Lloyd is saying got to get on with this a little bit he’s over rates wise I me think about the overrate yeah as uh it stands at minus minus two on the scoreboard as we see there Thompson in again slightly Fuller Cox’s able to drive lloy diving to stop it there with the cover of mid off as well um nearly pushed it for one um Cox sets up again slight squat in his stance it’s back of a length defended back to the bowler do ball Cox just asks heartley there if there’s two left in the over which he uh is told yes there is Thompson in again to bowl that one of two it looked to be a little bit of grip there from a straighter line catches the inside half of coxy’s bat and that’s a single into the leg side good running by trascas as he comes on strike for the last ball of the over Thompson back round the Wicket slight field change here is anal comes from what was the legs side to uh Ben Cox over to the legs side for Liam tavasz out to The C Corner boundary he’s not quite there yet but Thompson in on balls F and punched out to Mid off for a d ball that’s just one from the over from Thompson good good over m 30 off n then for leerer obviously um four wickets between darbishire and two more bowling bonus points but just one Wicket for a second so they’ll be hopeful of that at least you would think yeah Browns are bowling as well as he has in this game at the moment 16 overs were 1 for 72 for him taking a two for 83 from 25 Connor’s two for 99 from 23 Brown is in and Bows onto the legs of Cox whipped away down towards wide long leg takes the first one quickly but picked up cleanly enough down there on the wide long leg boundary I think it’s think is it Donal down there now see from this distance it is in Iron Donald gets his throw away and keeps Cox to the one 421 for five trasis looks around him sees a deep Square no deep midwicket though might fancy trying to put one or two over there and goes Brown bow driven is he going to get down to it no he’s not mid off I can’t get there and it’s going to roll away to the long off boundary for four Sam Connors he couldn’t get there either I thought for a minute the man straightish at mid off might just get his diving LS ree it is out there he’s an athletic Fielder he put in the dive couldn’t quite get there so nice piece of placement and indeed timing by trasis moves on to 32 45 for five so Roman is going to join us next week let suppor us for a couple of days against Northampton full day work mate yeah in goes in goes Brown b a little bit short and do we give Trav is the benefit of saying he just dropped his hands on that one or did he have a little feel for it bit of both I think um yeah if you’re on Liam’s side you say he dropped his hands if you’re on Pat Browns you say no he had a little poke at that one didn’t get the edge though went through two guest a little bit of movement away there from Pat Brown I’m still not sure having seen the replay where they just dropped his hands in time it just went on with the angle from Over the week Brown turns runs in and B slow a ball and trasis doesn’t try and clip it away through midwicket which Marcus Harris tried to do Harris saw it he held back on the shot but it was so slow he just one even then he was through it too soon 425 for five 25 needed by ler so they should get there off 8.2 overs they’d be disappointed if they didn’t Brown is in and bold little bit short doesn’t really get up dug out rather by chasz turned out towards Square leg and again ler she won’t be entirely displeased to see a little bit of uneven bounce yeah it’s uh it’s the first one we’ve really seen go uh anything but what it should and uh yeah maybe just maybe the pitch is starting to offer a little bit more for the bowlers those stasher sporters inclined to criticize David Lloyd for for bowling first should know that Lester I think would have done exactly the same I think so given the conditions Brown is in and bowls slow a ball cut away saw it very early I think there Ben Cox out towards the point boundary but it goes more or less straight to Harry k out there so Cox has to settle 41 keeps the strike though move moves a to four 427 for five eight overs remain 23 needed by Lester ship one preferably from garbish point of view two wickets needed in terms of maximizing their bonus Point return from the Innings as Thompson’s going to continue he’s b a good spell since coming back um currently not for 58 off his 10 overs now maidens that’s dragging it back a bit cuz he was 3 five or five it’s it’s been tough it’s uh you know I mean compared to last week where it it was certainly spinning conditions at uh saf fire Gardens um conditions have changed almost Polar Opposites but he’s he’s bowled well this spell coming back as uh the first ball of the over there is fallen and defended straight back to him from Cox there a little game inside the game here 23 runs for the full batting points for Leicester sh needed in this what is now 7.4 that’s full down leg side Cox misses the sweep and uh tidy taken by guests behind the stumps never easy than on Thompson certainly seems to be trying to get through his overs a little bit quicker it’s just back of a length there Cox defending out into the offside yeah certainly is and Cox has taking his time but Thompson’s ready as he comes in now pulls out I’m not sure what end that was pulling out I’m not sure if it was Thompson not sure if it was Cox I feeling it was the batsman Cox yeah think maybe not quite ready as Thompson’s trying to get on with it for the overrate as he bowls again a good ball slight bit of uh straightening off the pitch there but defended by Cox yeah we can certainly see Thompsons getting ready far earlier to bowl his balls as in again Cox is sweeping has that picked out the Gap in the leg side no it hasn’t there’s good Fielding out there very good Fielding by I think Pat Brown who was in the middle of a in the middle of a spell and Fielding like that it’s very good a very good athlete is Pat Brown and a as you said Rich a very very good arm coming in just keeping it to a single hit that very well Cox a good sweeper of the ball good player of spin as uh like we said it’s a single so trascas is on strike for the final ball of the over Thompson in slightly straight and it does seem there’s a little bit of spin there not too much to trouble trascas but just a little bit as the pitch is getting older that’s over now not for 59 off 11 Thompson Bowling very well this second spell seven overs then 22 runs should be emphasize should straightforward but uh these two well I was going to say experienced players this is Liam trasis any 28th first class game so those terms yeah the confidence he’s got I think but yeah you you’d never guess that he’s he’s only played that many games he has been around first class Cricket if you like for much much longer has played many more one day games Pat Brown continue this uh spell is in from the race course end bols on off stump played back down the pitch by Ben Cox Liam travas just sort of jumps over the ball just in case Lis Reese at midon wasn’t wasn’t running across wasn’t alert but Reese was alert Sam Conor is doing a sort of bit a few balanced stretches liberally covered in grass and mud stains thrown himself around the field stretches from side to side as brown probably coming to the end of his spell is in drops it fraction short back goes Ben Cox punches it away through the offside Connor is after it looked as though K might be able to cut that off running across from cover he couldn’t in the end Connor has to pursue it from mid off and by the time he picks up and Returns the ball Cox has turned and completed two he moves on to 7 430 for five it’s been a good spell of bowling a good partnership from uh Brown and Thompson here just just pulling back over the last 10 overs pulling back the run right and uh Brown obviously managing to pick up the Wicket of Harris break a partnership elbow swinging Brown is in and balls again a fraction short Cox goes back and just turns it towards midwicket LS ree has to move to his right to field from a widish midon position Cox can pick up one does he moves on to eight for 31 for five single saving field for the most part with the sweeper out to square on either side of the Wicket plus a third man and a long leg brown into the left-handed trasis balls outside of St trasis looking to drive he’s got that one through and that might just have enough legs to go to the extra cover B no it won’t L ree is going to pick it up about a foot or stop it anyway drag it back about a foot inside the ropes down there at wide long off and Liam trasis has to settle 43 moves on to 36434 4 five nice piece of timing though from trasis and for all its softness Roman it Outfield is not slow is it no actually a slope down yeah it’s certainly it’s skipping across a lot better than it was yesterday um a few balls yesterday just getting caught up in a layer of sand and then uh moisture in the Outfield Brown in little bit short pulled down towards deep backwards Square by Ben Cox didn’t really get up too much but Cox played it well didn’t try and over hit it could have easily pulled over the top of that ball didn’t and uh just a single there is the Fielder out there deep deep Square moves on to 9 43545 they will want this extra Wicket darisha if they can get it at least one another bowling bonus point would be at least something from what has been a lot of hard work for them Brown is in to trasis slower ball floats up rather trasis leans forward gets to it just about on the full but low down on the backat doesn’t quite time it tries to turn it past Connors at midon but as I said doesn’t time it in comfortable stop for Sam Connor end of the 104th over of the Innings 435 for five 15 off six is the equation as far as leerer are concerned a good over there for for leerer um no boundaries but as uh I think my MTH is right in saying seven off the over which is certainly uh certainly helped that push for the fifth batting Point uh which they will receive at 450 as long as they get it within the 110 overs which looks likely now as uh as Richard said 15 off six overs now needed as Thompson continues back of a length into Cox turns it into the legs side fielded by Madson do ball and I think the main focus now for darbishire is run rate and trying to get them two wickets to get him the extra point Thompson in again it’s a reverse s from Cox looks like it was gloved and it’s gone about a yard in front of him and stopped as uh Brooke guest walks around the Wicket and and retrieves it tick has been swinging his arms a bit but I’d be a little bit surprised if he comes back on oh certainly with the with the overrate looking like oh slightly in the air from Cox there off back of a length from Thompson but uh well safe as no fielders are in the ring on that line as uh again Harry Kane Fielding out there as I said earlier getting his yards in he’s uh he’s been patrolling that boundary for some time now um as definitely tickner seems like he’s warming up and Connor’s also a couple of overs ago we saw stretches as Thompson’s in and fall into the leg Side by trasca do ball smiles a lot BL TI I don’t know if you had a chance to have a word with him at all but he Jolly chap yeah I’d love to have a chat with him seem’s a very good guy as a sweep shot attempted by travus there and a uh a half-hearted appeal from Thompson as he uh I think he knew that it was going down legs side there on the angle from around the Wicket yeah seems a very good guy very good bowler for sure um I’d love to have a chat with him about bowling as uh Thompson’s in again and full defended by travas that’s over and maybe just the one from it I think Rich it was they have overs in hand though L they no need to panic five overs remain now 14 needed so uh really a couple of decent shots and you’re pretty much there aren’t you yeah maybe just one boundary away to be a bit more comfortable but well bold Alex Thompson just a single as Roman said 60 off 12 for him now it’s partnership worth 18 81 between Harris and travas is the big one 153 between Harris and hansam Victoria teammates must be used to fting together I’m sure they have for hours and hours and hours over the past few years Lis Reese he’s getting the honor and privilege of bowling from the race course and taking over from Pat Brown decent spell that from from Brown used all his one day Wilds to keep leester scoring rate and he did pick up Leer’s main man in this Innings and anyway Marcus Harris so over the Wicket goes Rees and bowls to Ben Cox edges straight between the Wicket keeper and Madson who’s standing at second sliping instead of first down to the third man boundary for four well nothing really much has gone darvish’s way behind the stumps at any rate and and that is another that it was a catchable height but it absolutely bisected mess’s Madison and guest almost perfectly straight through the middle it’s never nice to see that as a bowler it’s a it’s a moral Victory but four runs 440 for five that will ease any lesser ship con turns about that 450 Reese is in again Cox having got that slightly fortuitous boundary just pushes forward to that one on off stump little bit of shape back into the right hander and oal bounces across from cover to field bit cloudier now it’s cold out there though isn’t it yeah well we were we were blessed with a bit of sun for uh 40 minutes or so not long ago and like you say the clouds have just come over again slightly dark cloud above uh above her edge but nothing too nothing too bad ree is in it swings it swings in down the leg side perhaps it sounded a little bit Woody that but um either way umpire heartley actually he gestures that it was going down the leg side or arguably had pitched outside leg let us see what the gesture means when we see the replay it was going down leg Yeah too too much yeah y so he might he might be blunt Peter Harley but he he’s usually he’s one of the he’s very experienced umpire obviously but he’s he’s usually usually gets it right ree is in ball swings again on driven for four though just over pitch from Lewis Rees who puts his head to one side in disbelief there and it was squeeze past Brown at Mid on leester Now One blow away from that fifth batting bonus Point certainly that their biggest Innings so far of the season and there was some talk after the first two games from from the captain and and and and indeed I think in the Chang g from from the head coach about i f Tom was saying if if you’re going to have the pie have all the pie absolutely which was a phrase I hadn’t sort of a description I hadn’t really heard before obviously meant if you get in you’ve got to go on and um well they’ve pretty much done so in this game Reese is in again to Cox who’s forward respectfully and carefully on off Stomp and uh slightly resigned Lewis ree just sort of kicks slightly at the air and turns walks back 444 for five how nice is it seeing a seeing a ball still swinging at 25 overs alri yeah yes as opposed to the the cabar which didn’t didn’t swing very much at all at all no at any stage in go Reese balls turned off his legs down to long leg by Ben Cox there is a long leg so it is going to be just the single now is that down Roman to the conditions is it down to the lack of skill of the of of the of the bowlers what’s it what’s it down to no certainly would have put it down to a lack of skill um it’s you know I think conditions don’t help um as we’ve seen over the past couple of weeks it’s it’s been quite damp and with a cookable ball as soon as the uh soon as any moisture hits it it can uh it can swell makes it very tough for bowling and it won’t swing and uh yeah not easy as as we’ve seen with the scores over the past uh over the past few weeks a lot of runs being scored um individuals cashing in on what seem to be flat pitches early in the season and uh and like we say with a cooker a ball not moving as much as what the Dukes does they’ve cashed in as Thompson continues now from the city end back of a length there and Cox has punched out into the offside not timed it as well as he’d like to but they’ve scampered through for a single and good running there from both Cox and trascas beautifully done that by the way you’d never know that we were all mess I was messing around in front of you you’re becoming uh proficient marous it takes leester to uh within four runs now within a boundary of of getting that extra batting Point as Thompson’s in full slightly straightens off the pitch travus forward and defending on to 36 now trascas Cox on to 20 for those interested I’ve been sitting at the back of the box terrified basically watching Burton Albin but they’re 3-1 up on reading are they yeah we see there slightly wider ball from Thompson slower pace and there seemed to be a little bit of grip a little bit of movement off the pitch and travus didn’t see that a little bit of Bounce and uh it ballooned up and fell short of Wayne Manson who who didn’t manage to get a hand on it and they’ve they’ve got through for two through uh through the point line there um something just happening over the last last few overs with a ball we saw with Pat Brown moving the ball LS ree is still swinging the ball and Thompson seems to be getting some bounce and spin from his tall off spinning action as he bows another ball there slightly flatter this time into uh into the pads of trascas who doesn’t manage to get his single spair tickner’s round Fielding very quickly I know he’s a shorter bowler trascas he might be interested certainly he be happy with what he’s seeing the odd ball straightening the odd ball bouncing as Thompson’s in again slightly flat and travasos is on the back foot defending this time like uh like me and Rich have said though he’s pulled it back very nicely Thompson he’s not for 63 of 12.5 now coming in for his last ball flat again into the pads of trascas and uh again fielded by by uh Blair tigner for a DOT ball um yeah he’s he’s bowled very very nicely uh a lot of control there from from Thompson some good Pace changes and uh like we said that the pitch just seems to be lending itself to the bowlers over the last few hours I don’t know whether that’s just a little bit of pressure’s being built up and the batsman are not looking to be as attacking as free um or whether the pitch is actually changing I hope it’s not changing [Laughter] it was interesting because last week spoke to Mickey Arthur at the end of the game and asked him about Alex Thompson said it’s all very well having conditions in your favor but you’ve still got to take advantage of them which he clearly did with 12 wickets in the match as Lewis ree begins a new over bowling to Ben Cox who drives that up to Sam Connor at Mid off what over we oh there’s plenty in that’re easily going to do it now leester Shan two more runs for the uh maximum batting bonus points uh it would be remiss not to say that Derby were also winning at Cambridge however because Peter are winning at Bristol rowers they won’t be able to be promoted today they could actually be promoted on Tuesday night without playing here’s Lewis ree over the Wicket and balls and that one is pushed out into the offside by Cox picked up by an oal there’s no run if I’ve just seen here on my phone some Premier League action our our physio Ryan Smith is a massive blades fan Sheffield United they’re currently half time 2N down to Burnley yes it’s not been the greatest of uh seasons for Chris Wilders boys I noticed he was on television the other day saying how he how bright the future was Reese is in and Bows wide of the off it just holds its line and goes through to Brook guest huge score at pron Park Wimbledon losing 2N you can make the rest of yourselves Portsmouth who got promoted as champions in midweek unsurprisingly a losing at home today that always seems to happened and that might have been the odd celebration you can’t blame him absolutely not why wouldn’t you have to a 406 Game season or 44 Game season this one is going past the edge of Cox’s bat LS ree he often looks Crest Fallen when that happens but he just sort of stops at the end of his follow through and his head slumps that was a good delivery from the left armor just monitoring what’s happening on radio Darby now Richard’s gone to do his halftime in the rugby update for radio Leicester I will have something at halim in the well Derby I think have got to halim by the sound of it uh yes they have leading one nil as that’s a full toss from Lewis Ree and Cox misses out rather as he pushes it straight up to uh some Connor at Mid off 448 for five I think uh the only two results possible now are Lester should win and a [Music] draw that would be my guess anyway Cricket will be Cricket though Anything Could Happen yeah well yes true I don’t know were you talking about the football no no [Laughter] definitely the cricket that was a Paul outside the off stump from LS ree goes through to the keeper 4:00 T here set in stone not sure why they are at halim at Burton albian with Burton leading 3-1 it’s me the last time they won at home was the 20th of January they’ve lost eight in a row since then I’ve seen most of them I didn’t see the one on the 20th of January he’s tough and I’m not here not there today as tough tras you and sorry absolutely fine absolutely carry him well first uh first ball of a new over there from Thompson who uh like I say is is Bing a very good spell here a very tight spell coming back from uh his first spell which wasn’t as tight as he wanted to be he started off with a DOT and this one slightly short slightly wide and slapped through to the cover boundary by tavasz for a single takes leester shut within one now of getting that maximum batting Point they’ve got 1.4 overs to do it so seems very very likely even though the last over there from L ree was a [Music] maiden Cox now to face Thompson slightly flatter and there it is full batting points for Lester ship as we see on the balcony there the uh the Leicester sheads acknowledging the uh the full batting points and uh what’s been a very very good effort from uh leer Sher helped by a Harris double hund who uh fell not too long ago to Pat Brown doing a very good spell again for darbishire as uh Thompson slightly fall and slightly straight fielded by Blair tickner there at Short fine leg um who just seems he’s led the ball over to David Lloyd there at midwicket slightly short and I think it’s hit Lloyd on the knee and everybody’s having a good laugh um full This Time Again from Thompson as David Lloyd fields and it seems his knees fine they do seem a great bunch of lads the the Derby Lads you know I think 108 overs in and 450 for five here you wouldn’t blame any team for being being a bit tired and and a bit quiet but they seem brilliant their energies have been up and fair play to them uh as the last ball of the over there gets tucked over to long gone for a single as travas keeps the strike well you know what they say never judge a pitch until both sides are batted on it exactly as it stands darish would need to get to uh 250 minimum Richard’s disappeared again he must be fancy in another uh update unless he just wants to listen to the rugby said Tigers versus Northampton isn’t it today is it I think so big game okay little rivalry yes just going to have a look here to confirm that I think I overheard someone saying it earlier more of a sales sharks man myself I went to watch them last winter not winter just gone winter before saw saw them play in Europe this season one game I saw them play Leicester last season I’d very rarely go but well for anybody who does want to knowe um Northampton versus leester tigers Northampton at home of course they do currently uh ree begins at you well but that one swings and Carries on swinging past the off stump of Liam trasis no run Tiger’s currently leading 106 at halftime there which they’ll be very happy with Northampton town at home as well so that’s at Northampton yeah noron town are also at home today to exor city but they started at 2:00 almost finished there exitor down to 10 men winning by two goals to one this could be the last over before might get another one in maybe as Rees is in a ball to trasis and oh he almost plays on there he actually dabbed it into the ground and went past his leg stump how on Earth that hasn’t dislodged something I’m not entirely sure never nice as a b than that one when you realize you played it slightly too late and it’s through no felt of your own really the with the momentum of the ball coming from the bowler it it will always roll back then you start flailing your legs around desperate attempt to kick it away I’ve seen so many people before now kick it onto their stumps when it wasn’t even going anywhere near it ree is in and that one is past the off stump yes Nigel and through to the Wicket keeper sorry I’m just on air production just listening to uh my Saturday afternoon Oppo Aaron Webster summarizer at Burton Al talking about the first half he sounds nervous even though it’s 3-1 reys on his way in again from the race course ballls to trasis who’s caught behind is he no he’s not the umire has kept his hands in his pocket Reese was convinced he he hit the ground at the same time the ball was close to the edge edge of the bat that might have been the noise that the darbishire fielders heard trasis was going nowhere and he’s every right to stand his ground of course yeah I think with the with the movement away from the batsman there from ree with it being so full yeah it may have just uh it may have just foxed the fielders there that that they thought a Nick had happen or even squeezed it as it up yeah absolutely absolutely Pat Brown gives the uh gives the ball a Polish as a look up towards us with a look of resignation on his face I am about to do an update has Reese bols and that one is defended back down the pitch and there is no run here we go then any minute now and we’re approaching T here leers year 451 for five they’ve got maximum batting bonus points uh but darbishire have picked up a wicket since we last Spar and it was Marcus Harris who’d been dropped four times Well Pat Brown took things matters into his own hands and knocked out his leg stump he made 24 26 fours and a couple of sixes in that uh since then Liam travas was on 40 and Ben Cox is on 21 have added 33 for the sixth Wicket uh we’re closing in on two perhaps one more over before the next interval and leester a 451 for five I don’t need to listen to that anymore I can watch a bit of the listen to a bit of the football at during T I think Roman this will be the last over before T yeah definitely Le ree just quick enough uh by possibly 20 seconds um in his over to get the uh the extra over in which will be good for Derby I think with the over rate being minus two still as uh Thompson’s in and it’s slight drag down slightly straight and misses the hip and bat of benock collected by Brooke guest who despite the drop has kept very well especially up to the stumps to the Spinners Thompson in flat and slightly short as Ben Cox pulls it away bottom half of the bat so it’s gone quite fine towards deep Square um and that is only a single collected by Harry came overthrown but back very well strength there did he Harry he’s only a small man short but he’s got a lot of power in that right arm absolutely a slight field change with the right hand left hand combination of Cox and trascas as Thompson’s in full straight and defended by trascas who’s looked looked very comfortable since coming to the crease couple of uh couple of balls from the outside half of the bat but he defends with very soft hands so uh he’ll be saying that’s that’s more him than the bowler as again defending with soft hands slightly wider to the offside this time from Thompson but comfortable as ever from trascas two balls left of this session then coming up to T as Thompson continues round the Wicket it’s full again and it looks like it’s just taken a little bit of uh little bit of grip there from a from a full length um almost two full to to trouble travus as it took the outside off of the bat and squirted away to Madson at point and what is surely the last ball of the session well bowled from Thompson full straight defended from trascas and the umpires have called T you see the players flooding over now towards the Pavilion leerer will be happy with that session despite losing uh Harris um trascas finishes on 40 not out of 72 balls and Cox 22 of 30 eight uh during well the last 10 minutes Leicester should managed to get to the uh fifth batting point which they wanted within the 110 overs we’re now at 111 overs 452 for five your mass is much much better than mine because you have to think about these things but I reckon that that’s 143 runs in the afternoon session having added 141 runs in the morning session which is a couple of very and it’s a slightly extended session cuz it’s 4:00 and and 10 1 but that’s a decent effort isn’t it yes yeah certainly it’s um well it’s just just shy of um of five and over I think um or like you say with the with the extended sessions I think an extra 10 minutes on the sessions making up for time that was lost yesterday um the uh the Run rate may be closer to 4 and a half maybe low Falls but uh very good nonetheless um the first Jukes ball game back uh since last season obviously the first two games been with cooker um it’s been it’s been a good battle it’s been a good battle it’s been a good game um like we say Harris got on top there for 200 runs and batted very well despite the uh missed chances from Derby they’ve they’ve clawed it back well over the last hour uh Thompson there coming in with a with a very good spell I’m not sure whether it was it a spell of 10 uh around about that certainly yes so certainly I think it was around 10 overs for 30 uh which as a spinner on a wicket that doesn’t seem to be offering a great deal for Spinners is a a great effort from him his confidence will be high uh today we are T we’re going to take a short break now 452 for five Liam trasis on 40 Ben Cox on 22 39 overs in the final session which is terrific news for everybody um leer very much on top here darisha hanging in there uh five bonus points to lesters one bonus point to darbishire in the in the first Innings 111 overs have gone now Roman Walker thank you very much for uh your time thanks for having me i’ really enjoyed myself always good to hear from uh from the players we had uh with Zack Chapel yesterday morning Roman uh this afternoon who knows we’ll be with us tomorrow might be both of them together we can just leave them to get on with it absolutely not sure I’m not sure my heart could stand leaving the pair of you together 450 452 for five at T will’ll be back in about a quarter of an hour e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e come welcome back to the county ground in Derby for the final session on day two of darish County championship match against leer who have 452 for five on the board and they’re batting on Liam trasis 40 Ben Co on 22 their partnership worth 34 just one Wicket this morning that of Lewis Hill for 47 and two this afternoon Peter hansam 468 and Marcus Harris it was dropped four times uh for 24 I think not not I’m not caveat that because to take anything away from the uh from the double hundred either it’s more the fact that he was dropped on one and 12 and 26 uh and 88 uh not by the same person either it has has to be said they spread it around Liam tavasz has also been dropped he was on 10 rishie Patel was dropped he was on nine it makes quite a difference really doesn’t it certainly has in this game M Donald and uh guest behind the stumps Lis Reese from the race course end is in and bowling very wide outside off stomp was doing close to being a wide that wasn’t it he would have thought there have been a few but umpire heartly aware we have 39 overs to bowl tonight pledge it is 421 which suggests even if Alex Thompson bowls a few of them or less should declare I think it’s an if um we are going to be somewhere close to 7:00 light permitting flood lights not withstanding they’re not on at the moment because it’s fine Rees is in dies a death the ball into the gloves of Brook guest having started outside off stump taken low down he gave the impression and I think it it was just an impression really of of having had trasis caught behind in the in the in the final over uh of of the0 so to speak in which might have picked up another bowling bonus point but it it was bat against ground as Reese is in B swings pleasantly back in towards the right-handed Ben Cox who plays it firmly but without any aggressive intent out to Alex Thompson at midon Lloyd throws the ball from midwicket to Thompson at Mid on quite hard and uh absolutely winced there THS his hands should be fairly warm having been inside in the Pavilion and I’m sure got some hand warmers in but it is chilly out the Reese in balls lovely delivery pushed across the right-handed Cox just started to swing in that held its own off the seam and uh Cox drawn into pushing rather vaguely at the ball didn’t take the edge no look for Reese so far the KCK takers two for Connors two for tickner one for Pat Brown I couldn’t I was doing the update for BBC Radio Leicester eventually happened because the the rugby was ongoing and then’ been injury and they can go forever their hares they had the time on in go Ree and Bs back foot defensive shot solid enough from Cox I couldn’t remember Pat Brown’s first name just had old brown to just say happens it couldn’t remember for some reason reading have got a penalty at Burton that’s not good is it not good and uh it’s been scored that’s worse isn’t it Burton three reading now oh few Nails being bitten at the pelli in goes Reese balls a little bit short on off stump and Cox just defends it out into the off sunl where anos daral is the Fielder what will lesa’s attitude be suggestions from their supporters one or two of the supporters they should come in and give it a whack for half an hour before declaring I think they’ll just be inclined to keep going to be quite Hest because there is little in the pitch that said unless they get bowling on it they’re not going to find out are they but true hard to to sort of see any other result than a a draw in the game especially with a slightly brackets increasingly iffy close brackets forecast for Monday Alex Thompson begins a new over from the city end bowling to Liam tavasz who got guides it down to backward point where Lewis Reese does the fielding and there’s no run of course subject to change should also be added to that with a little asterisk the forecast can be wrong of course as travas steps back and pushes this out into the offside for another single he moves to 41 253 45 but if they had 20 more overs as heish suggests and we to get another 80 runs you know 53540 they still get 16 overs tonight yeah absolutely a lot of overs you’re s of going to not take a weather forecast into consideration really here’s Thompson in um balls t to the leg Side by Cox there’s no run at these two at the moment not showing any great no massive aggression is there aggressive Intent no haris was fun for a while as he yes decided to cut loose yes don’t mind that and comes Thompson again and Pauls that is turning to the legs side they are going to go through for a quick single this time uh David L JS to get the ball he was concerned that his glasses were going to fall off the back of his cap wonder what he was hanging on to there was it was the the Sunny’s off the back yeah they’re still there B has been wearing them today fairness as Thompson around the wicked ball strikes the pad of trasis half an appeal shamam was singularly unmoved height wasn’t the issue there was it hit him outside he did step across and comes Thompson again and balls and this time trasis bit of a Leading Edge up towards long off for a single seen the replay just sliding on down the leg your replays are in front of mine then I miss that well no I didn’t miss it it’s going to happen in a few minutes time 455 for five trabas moves on to 42 at the end of the over Cox has 23 partnership wor 37 we have 37 overs left today the game is very much in leti’s hands at this point the direction of the game isn’t it it’s yeah yeah you would think they’ still be pretty confident about saving it the game on an unresponsive track reys into the left-hander ooh does have a little feel for as it swings past didn’t bounce outside again as flet said it stayed a little bit low well it keeps doing that yes unless sh really might kick themselves if um they were to run out of time and the ball would to be seriously misbehaving sometime late tomorrow Reese in bows Pleasant shape to the delivery Fuller travas is leaning out more or less got to the pitch didn’t put any weight into the shot they just poked it rather out too Dar in the covers 42 tavasz hoping for a second half century in as many innings for leria Roman Walker threatening to come back again tomorrow must have enjoyed himself I said Zach Zach chap been in on day one we’ll just put those two together and we’ll go out for a walk that could be dangerous though in goes Reese balls again nice shape to the delivery but deasis gets to it again and uh pushes it firmly out to Mid off Zach might return tomorrow or is is have we seen the back of him for no ask if he wants to do another stint yes there is a risk element there isn’t there but no I’m not sure I could put them both together if I’m technically in charge of this operation is Ree Fuller straighter this time played firmly out to Mid on by trasis well having Roman is capable of um invective remember at Oak last year when Le were playing wer and it it got quite feasty Roman was 12th man and um it being a sort of public school he got a looking for a word other than refined crowd but um it was and Reese is in and balls on driven but again straight to Connors at mid on by trasis but Roman got involved in quite a tasty little U chat as he ran out with the drinks for one of the one of the Leer batters and with the wera slip C and told him what he thought of him in words that echoed around the cloistered halls I don’t mind a bit of that though is you an apology in goes Ree and B still by trasis but again dark can get across some extra cover to make the stop so nice shape to these deliveries from from LS Reese but just isn’t quite enough sort of pace or nip to really trouble the batsman too much end of the over that said only uh a single from it if that 455 for five dvas is 42 Cox 23 in the game just post T although it is relatively early three overs have been B but at the moment not really going anywhere no the the um over rate is level again now so everybody can rest easy yeah job done in that respect yeah there’s Alex Thompson from the city end bowling to Ben Cox who sweeps and misses it Bales whipped off by Brook guest but half his Pad as well as his back foot behind the line hit straight young man mid on and mid off both up there were singles there aren’t there and more as he does hit straight there we go six runs out towards long on and clearing the Rope by some considerable distance it also cleared the advertising board so into the car park now or did it hit the uh not sure it’s gone that far the dog’s okay you was very close I think that went into the car par oh no it didn’t the bottom of the stairs bottom of the stairs underneath the the Chairman’s box there at the right hand end as we look that little Gap isn’t there but there is a gate there so the easiest way to access the car park of course is over the big pile of sand but that would be cross batted slightly t20s are good good to see one plug in there when it’s straight into that into the sand B in 4 61 for five now Cox moves on to 29 umpire shamam just in expects the ball way Madson stays out on the boundary at long on and Thompson is in again and he goes for the reverse sweep does Cox I’m not sure that’s the way forward in under any circumstances in Red Bull Cricket but uh it’s the modern way I’m told there are people in club Cricket doing it now here is Thompson again that’s a flatter delivery in it cut out towards the cover boundary where it’s filled by Sam Connors who finds himself out there underneath the old scoreboard Cox moves on to 3462 for five is it being mastered in club Cricket have you seen it played successfully yeah a couple of times I don’t see much Club Cricket but yeah this one is a quicker delivery at seemed to me it’s usually a third man and a long leg in club Cricket so yes yeah its value in in those terms might slightly they want to they just want to do it yeah yeah exactly yeah tick the warming up as in comes Thompson again that one is just batted backward a square on the off side uh it was the final ball of the over as well he’s starting to rack up the overs now Alex Thompson 17 overs for 77 making a bit of a mess of his seasonal average Bol have scored against Port Vale which is interesting at both ends of the League One Table it’s all getting rather sweaty our old friend Callum Parkinson will be delighted Bolton season to get holder as will my son who isn’t the Bolton season to get but his Bolton fan he plays football on a Saturday so can’t remember where they are today he didn’t inherit trir then well no he was born in Bolton so I’ve got no complaints there Reese want to see where you live don’t you but way you born is in the balls down the Wicket goes Cox gets to the pitch of the ball carves it away over Extra cover for four Reese has been um relatively economical 13.1 overs so 13 overs none for 21 now 13.1 none for 25 so even now he’s on less than two runs in over which is a pretty decent effort in the circumstances he might suffer a bit here if Cox can get a hold of him 466 for five Reese is in again little bit short pulled by Cox but he’s raising his eyes to the heavens in irritation because he’s seen there’s a tick knat down there at Deep backward square and it’s gone more or less straight to him so just the single for Ben coock moves on to 30 5 he’s uh rapidly closing on trasis he’s on 42 467 for 5 still got the two slips Reese and he comes to trasis who tries to swing it away it’s up in the air it’s going to drop short of tickner but I think saw it fairly late it was wide swinging delivery reaching for it travas got a sort of top Edge really towards the bottom of the bat if that makes sense the bat being more or less horizontal at the time because he was reaching for it and it went out towards tickner but he a long way away from the bat and it dropped 10 yards or so short of the New Zealander so just a single to trasis but signs of aggression now from the leers players indicating that they the 50 partnership has come up there as Reese is in and Bs and outside off stomp foolish and missed by Cox reaching for it trying to play a similar shot to that which he played early in the O earlier in the over and sort of carve it inside out through the covers cuz he was reaching for it missed it big puff of dust as he hit the hit the ground taken by guest guest suggesting changes to Lloyd who is at midwicket all sorts of semaphoring going on between the the two of them no obvious results in terms of changes to the field Reese in two Cox who’s driving perfectly orthodoxly and D Reaching Across to his right as he ran across to make recover got a hand to it slowed the ball down I think Connors would probably have gotten across to cut it off uh as it is Connor had to put on the brakes turn and come back for the ball so to speak and the single that resulted was probably the one that would have resulted anyway Cox on to 36 for 69 for five left-handed travus comes to strike reees in to him he’s forward relatively tentatively pokes it out towards an and although the ball isn’t exactly trickle towards him but bounces fairly gently dar forming the long barrier still is manag manages to sort of fall over as he does so as though he was knocked over by the force of the shot which just about had enough power to reach him think it was the the F that belly had enough effort to get to him did it he was anticipating it coming more quickly down he went down he went 469 for five at the end of the over Alex Thompson to continue from the city end my oh not on for ages yet yeah now we got a while before the fulltime whistle is blowing as this one is pulled into the leg side on the way out to Pat Brown that was a touch Clubby wasn’t it yeah fetched it wasn’t a SLO cuz he didn’t put his full weight into the shot but how good’s Pat Brown’s arm by the way yeah I know wow can Chuck it from anywhere he’s a really good Fielder he played for wers from the T20 here last season and caught Wayne Madson an absolute this one is driven down the ground uh long on and long off our back trying to work out who that is I think it I think it’s an iron Donald yes it is he’s a long way away and it’s getting gloomy Here Comes Thompson again 471 for five that one is swept it’s up in the air though but it’s gone over the head of the man close in and uh out towards Harry came as the batsman come through for two just checks the edges of his Bat does Ben Cox who’s on 39 now from 56 deliveries trasis 44 from 87 as in comes Thompson again and BOS that one is swept but straight to Harry came this time darish are almost waiting for whatever happens next as well now aren’t they feels that way indeed we all are is up to Le now try and dictate the course well they can dictate the course of the game two people out on the balcony there’s Thompson balls and that one is cut away by trascas he’s run the first one quickly won’t get back for a second though as Harry K comes around his throw is not bad either and uh they go through for another single for 75 for five trasis on to 45 Thompson comes in again and balls swept once more This Time by Cox out towards Harry Kane just Thompson whichever batsman’s on strike and Harry Kane playing at the moment end of the over 41 to Cox 45 to trasis 476 for five with a round 2 hours or so to go yeah 33 overs and um an hour past the point at which te would normally be taken it’s normal though isn’t it really I suppose I suppose what else would you be doing on a Saturday evening not much to be fair exactly Rees and Lloyd in discussions the overate having been dealt with time is uh their friend again slow things down a little bit no close catches now obviously other than Brook guas behind the stumps run saving field for LS Reese as he comes in B short pulled around the corner by Ben Cox and he’s got it between the two fielders down there he sort of pulled it off the front foot rather there sat up quite nicely for him quick hands Cox into the 40s on to 41 now the scores this season it’s just his third Innings again he’s got an in each time 32 against Yorkshire and 28 against Sussex now 45 against stasher so he’ I’m sure dearly like to go past 50 and goes Reese balls to him tries to turn it into the leg side as it bounces and swings a little bit comes off oh I was going to say oh the glove judging by the way shook his left hand there certainly unire Harley didn’t signal I was going to say Thad just shook his left hand slightly there bounc a fraction more than he expected gently out towards the vacant squar leg area moves on to 46 so he’s overtaken tavasz remarkably former durman Waits with bat raised as Reese is in him balls on towards Midland leg doesn’t swing too much leans forward trasis and rather wisly plays it out towards midwicket where Dar is the waiting Fielder along the ground so no chance but no run either heavier clouds beginning to drift away now sort of Northeast towards Nottingham sorry Southeast I should say in goes Reese and it’s driven slightly wider delivery should pick up a couple play tikno reaches down long way to reach down he’s a tall man with his with his left hand but makes no mistake gets away gets his throw away trasis picks up a couple moves on to 47 here re over because it’s the first time he would have overtaken Cox so he so he just overtakes Cox in his turn re overtakes I suppose he probably can I think he can reack yeah I don’t think he has no the first time in goes LS Reese foolish onto leg stump and turned nicely by trasis out through midwicket should pick up a couple and does moves on to 49 485 for five I think sort of to a certain extent number of runs in the first Innings is now kind of irrev I don’t think that will be their target I don’t think I’ll be thinking well let’s get 550 or something like that or 500 or or whatever I think they’ll be thinking in terms of overs left to them tonight and there a lot actually 32 after this one Luis Reese is in short in the air pulled out towards Square leg and cour Trav Vasquez has hold out on 49 Howry came down there little bit of a top Edge sort of quick hands from trasis and uh unfortunately from his point of view he once again Falls before what could have been an important Landmark he goes for 49 Court k b re and looks like I was going to say is that the Declaration no it’s not everybody just seemed to be heading that way towards the Pavilion but doesn’t actually look that way no it isn’t so 485 46 trasis goes caught came bold Reese first Wicket for LS Reese but the game goes on yes and on and indeed on was a a steady catch out in the deep in the Gloom it can’t be easy to see the ball when it comes out of the sky like that but he got underneath it nicely and not a problem in the end for Harry K as uh b b Mike comes out pretty decent Nick and can hit the ball a long way when he’s in the mood can chesus is 49 came off 91 balls and included six fours nice little innings for the team though did exactly what uh what was required and now Ben Mike can have a swing if he fancies it a bit the non-striker said that the last ball of the ls ree over I’m getting all sorts of instructions here it’s driving me mad some of them aren’t for me either you’re getting the studio Direction in your ears eh well no no I can I can get rid of that oh okay but no on WhatsApp we’re doing this we’ll do that in the sport group 485 for 6 W be too long be 5:00 before I next this first delivery of a new Thompson over is defended by Cox out into the offside Dal waits for the ball almost waits for the ball to stop before bending down to pick it up and Thompson’s ready again he’s in a flatter delivery rather dragged down really and it goes out into the leg side there’s a slight misfield there from uh Pat Brown but don’t be taking the Pat Brown arm on almost and uh Cox out at the far end Cox’s almost headed put his head right reaching back to the crease his head was absolutely almost at floor level wasn’t it and the ball bounced just next to it he’s got a helmet on but cheapers he certainly wouldn’t want to be taking on theat Brown arm despite the misfield don’t run on a misfield I’ve been told many many times and I probably told it to people a number of times as well 486 for six Co on to 47 Ben Mike on strike and he just guides this out into the offside there’s a comfortable single for him there is and dar leaves it for Sam Connors to pick up Mike’s Off the Mark 487 for six the overall run right still in excess of four and over which is good going they’ve gone on with it of last issue especially today as that one is clubbed Down The Ground by Ben Cox I don’t know if you made a note of I make it 100 41 runs in the morning and 143 in the afternoon which is which is decent isn’t it yeah from our last sh perspective this next delivery is pushed straight back to the bowler by Ben Mike Alex Thompson one ball of his 19th over still to be bold he’s gone for 87 so he has clawed it back a bit but he’s in again and bows and almost gets the ball underneath Ben Mike’s bat there as he takes a stride down the pitch and tries to drive it away gets the toe into of the bat and goes nowhere and Thompson’s 19th over has come to an end by on one Cox on 48 488 for six and we have 31 overs left always take two off whatever we say that’s how many overs leish will have to bowl at the darbishire batsman a little bit later on today which I’m sure they will I was going to say perhaps he should say if they choose to do you think I think if they’re back until the close then then that’s over cautious well it’s I don’t think caution comes into it I think it’s just whether they really do believe they can bowl daro out twice LS ree is in bowling outside off stump Cox steers it away in the air through Point almost off the front foot out towards the boundary C comes into field Cox takes one moves on to 49 Blair tickers New Zealand not having a good time against Pakistan in ra pindy all right they are 86 for9 in the T20 don’t know what the pitch is like there but um Pakistan I suspect will fancy their chances of chasing that down a m plag sorry I could look that it myself but Reese is in Ben Mike it swings in Mike slightly loose flicking it or trying to flick it away down the leg side it took a thickish Inside Edge and ran down to Long Leg rather than backward Square where Mike was aiming but got enough on it Reese’s hands started to go into the air sorry I was say darish openers close your is for a moment Muhammad Amir who was due to be playing for darbishire right now three overs two for 13 He is due to be here for the last six matches of the T20 Reese is in drops a fraction short Cox weights on the back foot turns it out towards backward Square wants a second but he’s going to have to settle for one no there is another one there because it’s an overthrow it’s shot low through Brook guest gloves and although Wayne Madson was right behind him backing him up and about 10 yards away it’s somehow evaded Matson as well C had to complete the Fielding Cox holds his Bat up to the lerer balcony because that is a maiden first class half century for leria I should say in leria colors perhaps for Ben Cox so he’ll feel good about that he’s 51 not out of 65 balls four fours and one six and he’s retained the strike with that overthrow the first of the Innings round the Wicket goes reys BS an attempted reverse sweep that could have been caught by guest diving away to his right he got something on it I’m certain and uh Reese H his can’t believe it hands into the air because although guest had to dive it was at a lovely height about 3 feet off the ground and he would really have fancied his chances of taking that down it went well number six is it only six um yeah behind the stumps there haven’t been any drop in front of the they’ve all been behind haven’t they yeah they’ve all been behind that was that was an interesting one that back over the Wicket goes Rees and balls thick outside edge sort of semi- deliberately played by Ben Mike down through the vacant sort of second stroke third slip areas down towards third man takes one cuz he EV he got into a great position to take the C catch didn’t he but it just sort of went in and popped out again so I suppose it is a chance yeah if you get there you know got a good hand to it to write it down now I suppose yes chances missed part seven was Ben Co was it it was he’s on strike as ree goes around the Wicket to him he tries to swing it away gets her top Edge goes over the wik keeper down to the boundary for four more well ree has got his hands on his hips in in mid pitch and scratching the back now he scratches the back of his head just the figures for um Ben Cox’s 50 there [Music] 6541 well make that now 665 one with a very fortuitous four indeed and lestera two away from the five 498 for six off 120 that’s the seventh dropped catch we reckon so there’s argument about one but I maintain that one too well I thought it carried yeah I thought it did don’t care what the other people say no we neither of neither of us yeah well that’s exactly it that’s exactly it couldn’t agree more so Thompson with his 20th over bowling from the city end balls to Ben Mike who drives the ball up towards longam there a slight fumble but just the single taken as it gets drier and drier I think there’s more and more sand coming up when the when the ball bounces on the Outfield isn’t it there’s certainly more today than there was yesterday as Thompson is in again it’s a full delivery it’s pulled around the corner uh by Ben Cox as a sort of shy at the stumps from Lewis ree at non-striker’s end to which Cox was running but 500 is up you don’t say that many times in the course of a season 500 in the 121st over I’ll work out the latest 100 in a moment as this one is lifted out towards wide long on there’s a Chase around the boundary and there’s a a slide in Vain by an iron Donald and Ben Mike moves on to eight we’re not going to see all 11 get to double figures cuz I don’t think we’re going to see all 11 bat looks unlikely but I suppose you never know if we do I don’t think they’ll all get to double figures no it doesn’t look that way which is a real shame padag tail out in the Outfield excellent just down below is right in front of me as this next one he’s driven for four more runs by Ben Mike this time out towards Extra cover in front of to the East Midlands demolition stand and back to back boundaries for Ben Mike moves him up to 12508 for six now I think they’ve got enough just a hunch as somebody might say here is Thompson again balls and that one is turned into the leg Side by Mike he’s put it into sort of No Man’s Land out there but they’re going to settle for a single as Pat Brown comes in off the boundary to do the Fielding 509 for six one more ball of Thompson’s over left and then we will have 29 remaining in the day cuz there’s no point in declaring Midway through an NOA because you lose those deliveries as well as Thompson is in and bals and it’s defended by Cox straight back to Alex Thompson and Cox says 12th Mana fancy a drink which suest yes he doesn’t want to stop instructions do you think well he called him on how long his magnificent hair as well by the way Ben Cox well he’d be delighted to hear you say so I think any hair is magnificent though In fairness but died in an aggressive Blondy white isn’t it that is beautiful absolutely beautiful I wonder what color of his hair is now he’s removing a a sleev sweater which also suggests that they’re not going to go off anytime soon Josh Hull bringing on the drinks he looked to be in he looked to be bowling really nicely out there in the middle during the interval so he will surely come into contention for next week’s game against northamptonshire at Grace Road a point of difference oh he swings it arm at a fairly Lively pace and being the height he is as well can get some good bouns too coming up to 5:00 is it so it is so what is there Joy at the pelli coming to end not yet there’s another 3 minutes of added time to be played Derby County have beaten Pat Brown BS in his pool as far as midwicket yeah Derby County won one nil peterb won two Bristol rows and Bolton beating Port Bale 2 Port Bale are down bad news for those um from Staffordshire of those veiled supporters from that neck of the woods nobody else cares the Wembley of the uh Midlands wasn’t it ground bur Brown is in BS Mike is careful and defense plays it very correctly back foot back down the pitch towards Pat Brown who has been has bowled well today much much more impressively rather more impressively anyway uh it has to be said that he bowled yesterday and indeed this morning this afternoon got his Wicket yeah really good slower ball runs in and B and that is another slower ball Mike sees it early and just dabs it out into the offside invites Cox to consider the possibility of a single Cox says I don’t think so as it’s gone more or less straight too alal and sends Ben Mike back into his crease he’s the right man to be bowling in these sort of conditions in this sort of situation Pat Brown when the Batters are trying to get on with it because few ball slower balls more effectively and he goes balls outside off stump again slower ball waited for it and dabbed out into the offside by Mike but only as far as Wayne Madson why maton doesn’t find himself at backward Point very often generally in the slips or in T20 cricket out in the Deep long on Long off that kind of area key key positions in the T20 cricket P Brown longish run but it’s up on his toes as he wants in now ball slower ball slugged back P him rather um baseball style if you like by by Ben Mike horizontal bat but hitting through the offside very straight back down towards mid off not as cleanly as he would have liked moves on to 14 510 for six hey Lots he time at the perally brown BS helped on its way around the corner by Cox and that’s going to go for four the efforts at at Long Leg of an iron Don not withstanding and he there were Splendid efforts he put in the full length dive and did get a right hand to it but Brown is looking rather sort of accusingly at him but he couldn’t have tried harder and he did pretty well to get a right hand to it I think it he probably slight disbelief that Cox placed it as well as he did just sort of went down on one knee and slog swept it around the corner so Cox into the 60s on to 61 514 for six after 122 overs but nowan win I will never be allowed back and they are winning is it they’ won yeah oh they’ve won that’s it then yeah yeah what are you going to do in the winters now well I’ve got to go to Fleetwood next Saturday but yeah I’ll never be allowed back into the P Stadium though we’re there for the awards night on Wednesday which is going to be an interesting evening I’ve got will have an update soon after 3 minutes past 5 which it already appears to be I’m not sure that they’ve handed back as this next one is turned into the leg side first ball of a new Thompson over by mik moves on to 15 515 for six Thompson on his way in once again Cox pulls it into the leg side off the toe of the bat and it goes in front of square out towards uh Brown possibly uh yeah I think so yeah want to take that arm leave you momentarily long on and long off both back on the ropes as in goes Thompson and bowls to Mike who sort of Maneuvers the ball half a step forward and just pushes it gently to Lloyd at midwicket Thompson steps in and bowls Mike is forward dropping it out into the offside wants a quick single but Dar would love to have seen him try Cox held up his right hand policeman style traffic policeman style to to Mike send him back into his ground Thompson is in quicker ball on to mid and leg and Mike can just go back and work it sufficiently wide of David Lloyd who slides as he goes across the field he lost his footing there that batsman had no intention of going for a second but Lloyd showed willing so to speak Mike on to 16 Thompson steps in and B SLO swept High over midwicket and we’re getting close to that big pile of sand but doesn’t quite plug right into it into the car park it goes it’s thrown back and six to Ben Cox he moves on to 68 523 46 that’s Ben Cox’s second maximum to go along with 6 fours he’s faced 72 balls now for his 68 the Umpire Peter Hartley wanders out with his gauge bat gauge and says yeah that would be I don’t know what happened um with that incident at Essex one of the Essex batters failed B his Bat failed a gauge test there was some suggestion of potential punishment I have heard know more about that if you have let us know at Fletch sport or at Fox comms 2424 I’ve been bumped off the opener because Barby goal scorer was ready to talk to them I was never on it I’m not on till 20 pass I might get on by six enzel Moresco Dan what’s his name is it Mel the coach of the tigers not quite sure no idea Brown is in bows outside of stum just waiting for it Ben Mike dabs it down through the vacant Gully down towards third man that um spear like throw comes in from Thompson thuds into the gloves oh oh I thought he was walking off there but all Cox is doing is throwing something to here comes a message Wayne Madison it’s gloves gloves is it well was he carrying them before he must have been he must have had two pairs of gloves with him seems slightly absurd um yeah not quite sure why no me neither Brown is in to Cox’s short oh good bounce there and got in position to then realize it wasn’t going to quite get up as much as he thought so he went down on on one knee left knee and had to lean away as the ball went to sort of past his chest stroke chin area 524 for six Mike 17 Cox 68 so this partnership’s racing on as well 39 off 32 balls Brown is in balls another bouncer Cox sees it early one for the over this is umpire hotley his leans backwards on that occasion didn’t really have to B at the knees and didn’t the last century up to 500 it’s taken me a while to find it because I didn’t make a note of the first one uh came in 2 24 hours so pretty sharp the old four and over keeps bit more than just a fraction more Brown another bouncer this time it is hooked just keeps control of the shot though it could easily have top edged that it was a decent bouncer again from Brown and Donald comes running up excuse me from long leg to field CU he made sure he controlled the shot but it didn’t go very quickly down towards him one taken Cox on to 69 number of overs left would be 24 if they were to pull out at the end of this over Brown bouncer Mike just uh pulls out of uh any thought of a shot so to speak he stayed on the back fo just turned his head away Ben Cox had his had his Bat measured by umpire Harley a little while ago did you see that seen too much of that I I was just saying that there was the Essex batter who whose bat failed it but I don’t know whether there any there were any repercussions there was some talk about points reduction was talking about 10 but I haven’t seen anything Brown into Mike going for the pull it wasn’t the short ball thick Inside Edge onto the pad perhaps or thigh pad bounced out into the offside and there’s no run so decent over in terms of restricting the Run scored off it by Pat Brown he’s bow at 20 overs now one for 93 his figures beginning to be something of a uniformity about the figures really two for 99 of 23 Connors two for 83 of 25 tickner one for 93 off 20 for brown Dar none for 73 off 17 ree one for 47 off 16 he’s kept it the r down Thompson none for 107 after 21 sport professional sport Glory last week handful of dust the next and he’s going to continue from the City end he’s in and Bows to Ben Cox who lifts this one high into the sky who’s going to come around and catch this one it looks like it’s Pat Brown oh he’s dropped it of course he has no it’s his it’s it was a he took a chunk out of the ground oh he took it yes he took it thought for a moment I saw this little dark Clump come up and it’s a fine catch by Pat Brown because Brown is a terrific Fielder Pat Brown takes the catch apologies to the Brown family and uh out goes bad Mike he sort of slid on two knees and and a big piece of turf came out of the ground in front of him which looked like the ball bobbling in front of him didn’t it and it was H it was not no well I’m pleased that it wasn’t clearly but uh they’re now 526 for six as Ben Mike is caught it’s a first Wicket for Alex Thompson in the second inning it was it was what was it I believe it goes for 70 it was so I got it hopelessly wrong other than that other than the fact the catch was held and it was the the batsman I’ll uh I’ll go now bet be coach yeah so that’s Ben Mike dropped by now I’ve got a tickle dear oh dear really good catch it was Alex Thompson Bowling there wasn’t it it was yeah never any doubt one out of 38 B 69 of 76 balls six fours and two sixes probably but don’t take my word for it for goodness sake I think um the scorers may have been deceived as well because they gave uh Cox the Run momentarily on the scoreboard ah so wasn’t just me then it wasn’t that’s that’s a fairly uh scant consolation it was a sort of ball shaped diot wasn’t it just thought he’d shelled it I genuinely thought he’d shelled it I’m I’m not safe to be on the airwaves oh first next first ball two that’s the new man isn’t it we haven’t seen uh haven’t seen him before Ben green no number on his back of course no put in printing one really how long’s he here for three games oh yeah don’t bother printing a number second delivery to him he’s turned into the leg side he’s off The Mark with a single Brown is the Fielder picks it up cleanly throws it in well as I try and redeem myself that’s the point at which sports extra usually come over this incompetent commentator at Derby comes uh Thompson it’s clipped into the leg Side by Mike and there is no run just a just another Ben to add to the mix Ben Mike Ben green course Benny Green the famous uh jazz musician as this one is cut away by Ben Mike the two batsman almost Collide in mid pitch but they do get through and negotiate away around each other and get through for another single he was a big cricket fan wasn’t he Benny Green wrote a number of cricketing books I’m fairly sure I think so it as tops you don’t look convinced as oh my word Ben green has absolutely smashed that delivery and he has found that Gap and it’s in the car park it’s missed by a gentleman in the car park with a black bag and one of the Stewarts has picked it up so he can throw it back and it missed the pile of sand unfortunately I thought that was straight plugging straight into it dying to see brown digging into that he’s throwing it back but he’s throwing it straight into the back of the advertising boards gentlemen so he’s got to go and fetch it again now he his second throw is not much better there’s the there’s the catch and there’s the piece of turf on the replay on the big screen in my defense it’s a fairly poor defense if I’m honest it’s a long way away well that’s not good either is it 533 for S now green three away from join the double figure Club very exciting that would only leave scriven and Curry so green has faced three balls for last sh and he’s seven not out his third warer clubbed it for six yeah that was a big six as well I do my update now oh yeah doesn’t happen often I leave you in fletch’s capable hands Anything could happen now I have no idea what’s going on Les is your 533 for 7 I think we can safely say that that is correct it’s Ben Mike on strike I’m confident in that as well and here’s Pat Brown from the race course and bowling to him and he whips this one into the leg side for a single looks like Mitch Wagstaff it is mitchw Staff coming in off the boundy 12th man so that was uh a fairly successful delivery negotiated by Fletcher d and it puts green who’s got a big number n if n is indeed a number next to his name on the big scoreboard the main scoreboard and on the uh old scoreboard as well as brown is in and balls it’s a short delivery and he has a a go at that trying to pull it into the leg side but misses goes through to the Wicket keeper Brook guest he’s a very lonely man is Brook guest now nobody anywhere near him David Lloyd just looking at the ground contemplating life seven dropped catches as brown is in a slower ball pushed into the offside by Green up towards midf and there’s no room ball delivered to Pat Brown by Lewis reee Here Comes Brown again as Richard said a fairly lengthy run up he’s in and balls another slower ball pushed into the offside by Green 24 overs to go after this one today so if leera pull out looks like they’re heading towards 550 certainly they cannot lose from here 534 for 7 Brown is on his way in again in and balls attempted pull actually hits the hip of green did he get a little Edge into his hip well he clearly did because umpire Harley has given it as a run and he moves on to eight 535 for7 Richard still remarkably in his uh coat next door think it’s that cold if I’m honest inside chil outside as Brown’s on his way in again balls this one is heaved into the leg side in front of square around goes Sam con to do the Fielding now then the throws on its way but the batsman were quick between the wickets Mike picks up a couple moves to 21 and leer should to 500 and 37 for S at the end of Alex Thompson’s 22nd over one for 115 his figures so 13 wickets for the season 537 for seven we be talking to Aaron Webster on BBC Radio Derby fairly shortly so that’ll be worth listening to there we go if he says anything about me I’m having him next one is pulled around the corner off a hip there’s a going to be shot the stumps by Lewis ree but they’re through for a leg by 538 for seven what’s happening here umire shamanam just getting back into place David Lloyd practices his bowling and Thompson comes in that one’s heaved into the leg side out towards hurry K on the Bounce by Ben Mike he moves to 22 539 for seven Thompson in again balls and that one is lifted out into the leg side in the air that’s an excellent piece of work by Pat Brown in the Deep he is really a good Fielder HS the ball back in they go through for just won remarkably 540 for seven that was magnificent from Brown in comes Thompson again and this one is lifted oh I think he got a hand to it David Lloyd they’ve come they’ve run one they’re going coming back for the second on the Pat Brown arm which is dangerous and that’s probably as disappointing as disappointing a uh throw that Pat Brown has produced 542 for s in comes Thompson BS this one is slapped straight back to him by Mike Fields it in his follow through final ball Thompson’s 23rd over after which there will be 23 left Mike settles over his P now in comes Alex Thompson City end bows Mike heaves that down the ground that’s gone a long way it was momentarily he looked interested I think it’s gone over the roof of the members Pavilion and that is a big big hit from Ben Mike it’s enormous he moves on to 30 has it gone over the roof no not quite it’s dropped down just underneath the Chairman’s box 548 for seven with 23 overs left in today today’s play Green has nine I’m not entirely sure why they’re batting on here leester sh if I’m honest they’ve probably got enough with 548 runs already in the bag and David Lloyd brings himself on 11 runs off that last over including the leg by Alex Thompson’s figures 23 overs one for 125 548 47 yeah I’ll be doing an update for BBC Radio Derby in a moment and comes David Lloyd and bows and it’s driven down the ground for a single uh yes leuch of 549 for seven I’m not entirely sure why they’re batting on Dom uh there are 22 overs and five balls left in the day’s play they will declare at some point they’ve already got enough uh Darby should have taken a couple of wickets since T Liam travas caught on the boundary by Harry K off the bowling of Lewis ree for 49 and Ben Cox a brilliant catch in the Deep by Pat Brown who’s a wonderful Fielder off the bowling of Alex Thompson 12 wickets for Thompson in the match down at Glamorgan his bowling figures today 23 overs no maidens one for 125 that’s what sport can do to you two wickets a piece for Blair tickner and Sam Connor one each Brown Reese and Thompson leer batting on here with 22 hours and four balls remaining in the day’s play now they’re 553 for seven thank you in comes David Lloyd in a balls a full delivery almost sneaks under Ben Mike’s bat there not quite so 553 for seven his partnership’s 28 off 20 green 10 off 10 Mike 34 of 31 so they’re getting a move on here are the leerer batsman as Lloyd is in and that one is fogged Down The Ground by Ben Mike around the boundary comes Lewis ree puts in the tumble almost crashes into Sam Conor’s Bowers and they get back for two more and Mike moves to 36 555 for seven all the fives it’s the 30th time that Leicester should have scored 350 or more runs in the first Innings against darbishire they didn’t lose any of the previous 29 games when they scored 350 or more I’m indebted to David Griffin as uh this one is driven Down The Ground by Ben Mike who’s looking for a quick fire half centry here I fancy this time he just gets a single down to Lewis Ree moves to 37 556 for seven I’ve just told bsy radio leicster listeners that I’m guessing that ler will have sort of 16 17 overs at gire tonight which would give them another maybe four of this but yeah does seem a bit Superfluous now Lloyd in and balls a short delivery it’s pulled into the leg side it’s going like a rocket and beats Anish Dal who’s running around the boundary goes for four more Ben uh Ben green out moves on to 14 that was looks quite good doesn’t he violently struck fine by Green 560 for seven did you hear the whole of that stat which is which was David Griffins it’s the 30th time Leicester should have scored 350 or more in their first Innings against darbishire uh in the previous 29 games leerer didn’t lose one of them I think that’s fair to say that they’d be disappointed to lose this game from here no but what I’m saying is that they’re now 200 runs be beond the highest score at which they’ve never lost yes it seems yeah the argu the argument is really if you’re going to if they were going to pull out they should have pulled pull down 450 as soon as they’ got their maximum batting bonus points then you that that’ll do we’ll we’ll have a go but yeah does feel a bit um Overkill potentially know potentially 560 for 7 Thompson probably feels it’s a bit over kill one for 125 for him now he’s going to come around the Wicket to Ben Mike on 37 JS in and BS outside off stump Mike slaps it away through the vacant cover area down towards um Connors Who’s down there at Extra cover I would imagine one or two of the delish Bowers now looking forward to getting into the um showers Thompson is in ball down the Wicket Oh I thought he’d missed it there green he didn’t just got an Inside Edge as he swung mightily at it and guess couldn’t affect the Stomping because it squirts out into the onside and green picks up a somewhat fortuitous single moves on to 15 Thompson steps in and bowls Mike tries to Club him over midwicket but the ball Runs Out along the ground towards deep midwicket but the way it does so it was almost a continuous line of sand being thrown up as as it did that was remarkable cuz it’s been throwing up sand when it bounces but now it’s throwing up sand when it rolls Thompson is in outside off stomp green tries to slap it away through the offside but he kind of stepped away it’s cuz it’s getting drier it must be mustn’t it I could well it yes else it’s an aw a lot of sand on this Outfield now but it has rendered it playable for this game Thompson is in down the Wicket bowls wide green has to reach for it but does get something on it and manages to sort of rather smear it away through the vacant mid off area down towards Madson who’s a long off and take one tickness showing a bit of willing by uh moving his shoulders compson is in Mike goes back thumps it down towards Madison who stops it on the bounce running in from long off Mike takes one keeps the strike moves on to 40 565 for seven 21 overs remain would be 19 if the Declaration were to come now it is not coming yet Alex Thompson came into the uh match with the after that 12 Wicket H down at Glamorgan with a bowling average of 16.7 five his average now is 25.3 which is still pretty decent it is yes for a spinner in April as David Lloyd hands umpire Harley his sweater presumably his cap he’s going to continue his fourth over three overs for 26 so far for the darash ship Skipper who’s got his hands on his hips at the moment because uh Ben Mike is getting himself dressed again there we are he’s ready flexes his knees once as Lloyd is in and he tries to drive well he does drive it down the ground he didn’t really get hold of it though they’re going to come back for the second here as L ree picks up has to sort of run around the ball with for the left arm throw looks absolutely baking out there in fact it’s absolutely boled yes it is very cold isn’t it yeah very cold indeed what say about about 11 degrees possibly feels like six in the wind good running weather as Loy is in now that this has been launched down the ground as he got the legs to get all the way it’s gone over Sam Conners and it has gone all the way out to long on into the supporters down to our right hand side in the little stand there and uh it’s six more to Mike who moves to 48 573 for seven they wouldn’t dare declare on him now let just record score against up did Mr Griffith information available very very straightforwardly I think that might take me a minute or two though worry going between as Lloyd is in and this one always a plan Falls over Ben Mike into the offside desperately tried to get some Bat on Ball to a delivery that was wide of the off stump didn’t quite managed to do it and uh gets back to his feet flet was not speaking figuratively there he literally fell over yes he did fall over and comes Lloyd again and this is an under Edge or an Inside Edge into the ground back towards David Lloyd and uh there is no run on this occasion Cricket archive password has been up it’s all been re renewed I’ve tried this match but it hadn’t last time to try again the special ones as Lloyd goes and it’s a full toss and it’s bunted out into the offside they’ve run the first one quickly it’s Pat Brown’s arm they’re taking on Ben Mike wants to come back for a second I think he’d have been out for 49 y had he done so well I I think that green would have been out I don’t think they’d have crossed no one it was that too yes that is true was not the man to take on Mike moves to 49 as I say 474 for seven as in comes Lloyd and balls there a swing in the Miss from Green and it goes through to Brook guest are they going off now look they’re going off now it yes they are well have declared everybody on 574 for 7 it means we’ll have 18 overs remaining in the day’s play which is an unusual number uh 574 for seven with Ben Mike on 49 yeah cheers skip I suppose he had his chance had he been on 99 they might have G him another over but 49 and green on 16 16 off 17 uh 15 deliveries I beg you pardon Ben Mike’s 49 off 41 one and uh just to complete the numbers Ben Mike hit three fours and two sixes and green hit one of each 14 and six and they declare on 574 for seven which is almost certainly going to be enough uh as far as highest team totals by leer against darbishire in 2017 surely you remember this one Richard 6 centuries 619 in 2017 that was in May uh there was centuries for aan for uh Cosgrove and for yeah 118 for aiman 188 for Cosgrove and 158 for Easley they made 619 darbishire replied with 533 with centuries for godlan and ther and a 97 from G Wilson and uh Leicester should then batted in the second Innings they made 217 for3 declared uh and darbishire batting for the uh draw managed to do so without the loss of any wickets then he had 10 overs I think it was complete waste of time really uh and this game could go the same way or it might not and you’ll find out how the last 18 overs of today go in about 8 or n minutes time for for sh for for e spe s for for [Music] [Music] pleas for he back [Music] welcome back for 18 overs of cricket in the uh darish Saturday evening sunshine or lack off at the moment but it’s bright enough um West is having declared on 574 for7 potentially enough about 2 hours ago so 425 to save the FL one scriven balls the first over and the first delivery from the cityan ball goes outside of does absolutely nothing and through to the keeper Ben Cox wearing his floppy sun hat it’s a sh there isn’t a bill next to him also wearing a floppy Sun hat’ be nice to have had Bill and Ben together well Tom’s scribing on his way in and balls ball pushed out to the offside by Harry K who’s on strike after leester sh signed Ben green for these three games and he was lined up next to Scott Curry brenty was very keen that we should sign Andrew Tai so he could Ty green [Laughter] curry just for a game just so just so the scorecard could could could read Ty Green very good there is scri he’s edged it and oh he’s been given leg before Wicket he’s been given leg before Wicket I thought it was an edge it wasn’t taken cleanly by Cox but it didn’t matter because darish are not for one in reply to 574 for seven Harry Kane goes for a three ball duck wouldn’t you just know it Harry came and he went yeah that’s an original I’m sure it isn’t but even so those of us who are only here once can’t miss our opportunity in that respect I’m sure you used it many many a time never have you not no oh no yeah it just seemed to slide on didn’t it and um maybe come back a little bit at him it looks pretty yeah pretty pretty close seemed to play Down the wrong line and um he heard the celebrations Harry came he was looking down at the appeal we marking his guard but uh he knew it was going to go and here’s David Lloyd well the darish skipper who uh there’s only one way to bat really and that is aggressively which could be interesting Arisha already staring down the barrel long long way to go well there’s another 17 and a half hours to go tonight what did you say for the following I’m going to have to write that down now 4 and 25 isn’t it 25 thank you I’m not really good at that kind of uh thing so David Lloyd takes guard the darish skipper uh leester you have taken I have had all 11 batsman reach double figures they did it’ve done it twice once in the early 20th century the last in 1936 for future reference as Tom scribens on his way in balls to David Lloyd down the leg side tried to flick it away it’s taken by Ben Cox and the absence of Chris R it be interesting to see who who does share the new ball with Tom scriven the green might might get it it’s been Curry up to now or once I think Salsbury but SSB absent as well scrib is in and balls that’s turned into the leg side for the first run for darbishire in there second in Innings Liam tasis does the Fielding Lloyd off the mark darbishire one for one brings Lewis ree onto strike for the first time time in the darish at second Innings first Innings second Innings blind me see who’s warming up if anybody the candidates Curry Mike or green presumably open up with a bit of spin from the race course then has scriven in ball to the left-handed reu leaves that one alone outside the aump goes through to the keeper end of a successful first over for leer Harry came L before Wicket for n third ball darisha one for one David Lloyd With The Run Reese it’s faced one delivery Ben Mike certainly yeah hands his cap to umpire Harley swings his arms well he should be still pretty warm having gone into the Pavilion on 49 not out not 10 minutes ago full of adrenaline leis Hill Le’s captain at Mid off Marcus Harris at midon scriven going to go to midwicket three slips and Gully long leg and point make up the field Mike this is really straight run comes in from the race course andon ball slightly short of a good length and up on his toes Lloyd plays it solidly and competently and firmly out to towards Extra cover Hill having moved to his left to field the ball and throws it to Harris and hands straight back in pockets and is chilly out there I keep laboring the point it won’t help any swing no no that is true that’s for sure these sort of temperatures Mike kicking up his heels runs away from us and balls down the leg side good take by Ben Cox two-handed away to his left of course anything that sort of concerns meily about the absence of right but both both sort of scriven and might obviously trying to bowl sort of quickly really and it’s not necessarily the scriven really did swing the ball very effectively last season at a lively lck you know they trying to get him to Bow quickly really at sort of half a yard as they saying goes but whe then then loses a little bit of movement anyway Mike in bows outside of stump and uh left very safely by Lloyd Cox one of those um cricketers who favors the sun hat under all circumstances all the other leer players and surprisingly have their green caps on because they’re warm they so I don’t blame them at all don’t know whether they are still wool these days but wool is involved I’m sure I’m sure there’s a touch of wall there hint wall Mike is in balls to Lloyd who’s going to pick up another single there as he pushes just wide of hillo has to scramble across to his left doesn’t pick up the ball cleanly oh it’s a no ball he bowled a lot of those last week Ben Mike I think there were 12 no balls they bowled against Sussex at least 12 no balls so I suspect that may not be the last all runs gratefully received of course so three from the delivery instead of just the one and he’s got the left-and Reese to bowl at now Mike is in and bows and Reese is beaten outside off stump they did effectively in the first game against Yorkshire against because they have I think have several left-handers towards the top of the order they worked hard on bowling around the Wicket to the left-handers so wouldn’t be surprised to see me Mike move around but if he keeps bowling like that he can keep bowling over on just outside off stump just nibbled away didn’t quite take the outside edge Reese weights looking over his shoulder at Ben Mike who balls to him squared up a touch by that one but got plenty of bat on it as he blocked it back foot out into the offside runs it out towards Point there’s no run do you have another update no that’s it are you finished that apparently is it Tiger’s lost I’m afraid so there’s much there’s many it’s a long postmortem whing and nashing of teeth yes because they is that that is that it’s not terminal for anything that was it apparently oh was it as in their chances of now qualifying for the top four and now very very slim all right apparently Mike is in again to ree oh he was a little bit stepping across on that and hands started to go into the air both in front and behind the wickets got a thick Inside Edge onto the pad and the ball rolls slowly out into the on side end of Ben Mike’s first over he’s conceded three runs from it and darbishire trailing by 570 which means they’re four for one yes seventh in the table Blaster tigers in a table of well there is only 10 10 exactly yeah used to be many many more before three went by the wayside sail who play tomorrow below them yes wer and them wasps in comes Tom scrib turned nicely into the leg Side by David Lloyd he’ll come back for the second he might have to hurry Lewis ree as the ball is thrown towards him he did a very good job of getting himself between the stumps and the ball and the ball did hit him I don’t think the uh the fielders were particularly disturbed by that six for one Lloyd on to four and comes scriven again and balls that was turned into the leg side fielded by Ben Mike midwicket the Leer slip Cordon Lou Kimber at First Peter hansam at second Scott Curry at third and rishy Patel at Fourth they can keep those there forever yeah certainly deep into tomorrow you would have thought as scriven his in and balls down on the leg side that’s a disappointing delivery from scriven all three have been down there haven’t they really in this over so far not taken cleanly by Ben Cox moving to his left on this occasion Curry’s a very tall slip field isn’t they down by his boot laces he’ll do well to get it he crouches down with the other three slips and Ben Cox as scriven comes in and balls to Lloyd who pushes this one out into the offside it’s fielded there by Ben green and there’s no run two [Music] balls left until the end of the third over of darvish’s innings after which there will be 15 left in the day l and it’s uh almost 7 almost 6:00 in comes scribing again and that strikes uh David Lloyd mid ships he doesn’t bat an IID six for one it’s Welsh they used to hardship without generalizing it anyway scribing turns at the top of his Mark final ball of his second over one for three his figures at the moment this hasn’t been the most threatening of overs that’s a another ball that’s very straight turned into the leg Side by Lloyd and it’s 6 for one after three hours yeah the sun is out and um there’s no one at home we are going to be here for oh yeah another hour for sure Le she don’t pull the overs particularly quickly so 700 p.m. don’t bow any more no balls Ben was delate in comes Mike B to the left-handed Reese who leaves outside of stum Wishy Patel is the r and ARA the ler just slip Cordon rather lost his place in in the slip CT first or second throughout much of last season rishy Patel but hanscams move away from Wicket keeper position means he takes one of them and Kimbers Lou kimer got a very good pair of hands at first slip as Mike goes in and ballls clipped out through midwicket nicely by LS ree 44 just there to be hit away he sort of dismisses the ball from his presence Reese yes there’s a slightly disdainful air when he plays some of his shots especially those through the leg side and he was there to be hit but put it away got stylishly just continuing where left off at Cardiff where he was 91 nod out at the close did get a you have to be dismissed no he got a duck in the first Innings okay I’m no longer required Mike is in two Reese pushes it across him but too wide and Reese has nothing to do with it let’s it bounce through to Cox on the Pat Brown catch to dismiss Ben Cox m I’m just going to further my defense here okay uh the boys in the uh in the Stream room thought he dropped it and the boys in the Press Room thought they that he dropped it as well scor did and scorer thought he so it was just you just you you had complete faith in Pat Brown well my eyesight as much as anything okay I have my glasses on so I why is her all right with the glasses on but clearly not Mike is in bows outside of some better length but again far too wide and again re has nothing to do with it just struggling a little bit for his line at the moment Ben Mike wonder if you think about coming as a round as I say that was one of the things he emphasized talking to him after the game at Yorkshire that that he worked on coming around to left-handers which he’s not doing at the moment standing in the shadow of the flood lights or one of the flood lights of course stretch right across the ground turns runs athletically in and bows that’s a better line on middle middle and off Reese defends it very solidly drops it down out into the offside Hill comes running into field the ball having come to a complete standstill by the time he arrives Pell claps his own together fourth slip standing very close Curry’s quite deep at third Rel relatively speaking Mike is in balls goes past the outside as and the appeal for a catch behind nobody’s too sure there might have been might have been bat on to pad something like that one of two of the slips went up straight away but Mike certainly didn’t and uh in those circumstances he of turned and sort of raised a hand Without Really shouting at umpire heartly he knew the noise if there was a noise wasn’t from ball on bat better better end to the over then than the start though 10 for one after four darish there’s almost no point in shouting at umpire heartley uh the Yorkshire middle sex game at Lords will be over tomorrow goodness Yorkshire 125 for six in their second innings leading by 38 let show it lawns in a couple of weeks time bit of a turnup as Tom scrib begins a new over from the city end and it’s wide of the Austin goes through to the keeper left alone by David Lloyd 237 for two at wage Road Trail by 34 against GL Morgan and Sussex at 226 for three trailing glou by 191 at ho so those two games look like there are plenty of runs in it so middle sex could steal a March and lestera let’s not forget that the victory if they can win here game being set up nicely at kerster beautiful dinners as this next delivery from scriven is pushed up to midon by David Lloyd and again there’s no R Marcus Harris does the Fielding on this occasion Durham 268 for5 in their second Innings leading by 30 128 having bold was sh out for 184 first time around he’d think they’d be favorites there not a git bless him are 12 for one in their second Innings trailing Somerset by 249 at taon gives me no pleasure as scriven is in oh gets a little Inside Edge into his Pad there as he goes for an expansive looking Drive David Lloyd but that will be the way he bats Better or Worse sorry 136 without loss Trail Kent by 108 at Canterbury six in a very strong position at Chelmsford a 376 for9 that’s a lead of 230 against Lancashire and Hampshire at 139 for one in their first Innings they Trail warshire by 316 at Southampton scriven is in and this time Lloyd gets the full face of the bat on it plays it back to the bow who bends down picks up with his left hand 10 for one here darbishire trailing leer should by [Music] 564 after leerer declared their first Innings on 574 for seven after this next couple of deliveries we’ll have 13 hours left this evening the time we get to the end of it it’ll be tonight scriven is in balls to Lloyd pushes this up towards mid off on this occasion again there’s no run ball is picked up by the skipper Lewis Hill there still a few Spectators in a lot of people like to leave Cricket grounds around this time of the night or the evening rather it’s an entire gang of leersia people at the uh farther end of the ground one two three six of them in various Shades of Gray not quite 50 as that one is turned into the leg Side by David ly the he calls Lewis ree through for a quick single throw comes in and misses the stumps from Liam tavasz and they do complete the single successfully Lloyd on five Reese has four it’s 11 for one darbishire after five overs 13 to go good over from Tom scriven there plenty of questions in it just the the last ball that strayed towards leg stumps an entire Army of leers your players at the far end Look Back Room staff and oh that’s the gang to which you refer assorted others just to the left of the permanent temporary St as we look that is the U yes dressing room presumably then is must be empty with the exception of the 12th man completely empty Ben Mike is into Lloyd goes for the drive thick Inside Edge could easily have played on there didn’t went behind the stumps between the stumps and the wicked keeper very close to the stumps and trickles on down towards long leg and when things aren’t going for you could easily have chopped on didn’t so well darish will feel and I suspect rightly that the duer few lucky breaks things didn’t go their way in the field perhaps they’ll go their way with bat in hand sure it was entirely down to luck no but one of two that dropped short might have gone in Mike is in outside off stump cut out tries to fly it away through the offside there get a touch on that it looked to it bounced well short of the keeper didn’t he but it looked and he’s looking at the bottom of his Bat so reys still back and it it was slightly loose off the back foot wasn’t it of threw the bat at it rather Cox probably did well to stop it given it it where it bounce he’s pointing at the spot which is sort of um maybe three two two feet three feet in front of Lou Kimber diagonally in front of Cox would have been a miracle catch if he’d been able to get there Mike is in this time reys is more circumspect and lifts his Bat over over the line of the ball the ball sort of glinting with its gold leing on it rather pleasingly in the Sun but for how long yeah exactly yeah yeah yeah I think speaking to Pat Brown the close be fascinated to ask him about the Outfield and its effect on the ball the sand if I remember Mike is in and balls hit in the air and caught caught at midwicket well whether it’s stopped on Lou Reese I’m not sure but I talked about the way that Reese sort of plays a little bit sort of disdainfully especially off his legs usually times it beautifully didn’t on that occasion whether he turned his bat face on the ball a little bit too quickly who knows but it lobbed up in the air moress straight to midwicket scriven I believe is the catcher and he won’t get many more comfortable catching than that trasis was the catcher I beg your pardon trascas was the catcher at midwicket well goodness me 12 for two Dar is it a bit tired that shot perhaps he’ve been out there long old time LS Ree and he can put his feet up for a bit now yes I’m not sure he wants to but he no not in those circumstances 12 for two in all sorts of trouble here darish is when Madson walks out to the middle this couldn’t be going much worse from a darish perspective still 12 overs and two balls to go today who knows how many down they could be given the scoreboard pressure and some good bowling and people taking catches when that was have’ dropped that we might as well have retired from first class Cricket but right just seemed to stop on him a touch didn’t it and uh just chipped it straight to him it’s a remarkable dismissal really so Wayne Madson I seem to have spent much of the last I’ve said this before 12 years watching Wayne Madson bat scoring runs against leerer well they they’re needed badly from his side’s point of view in this game at the moment all he guess he’ll be intent on he’s just surviving the next few deliveries four slips go down as Mike is in bows to M almost Ys him as he leg before he’s gone leg before first ball it was the Yorker and it was a super delivery and Madson was literally failed he tried to get the B down on it in time couldn’t thed into the into his toes into his shoes I think and um leerer are all over darbishire at the moment 12 for three R mson first baller and given the number of innings he’s had he’ll have had a few of those down the years but I said they were in trouble a few moments ago Brook guest will be next man in then an iron Donald who’s an attacking middle- order batsman then ano Dar the allrounder Thompson Brown Connors and tickner they could best to follow on tonight could they it’s surely an unlikely Prospect but Mike took the pitch out of the equation there didn’t he just yeah it was a terrific good swinging let’s have a look at the replay I’d rather not was magnificent yeah tow Crusher horrible delivery from the batsman’s point of view yeah back back foot his right foot and uh Plum absolutely in front there looks back in sorrow rather than anger I’ll put it out there now daish’s lowest score against leerer uh it was at Queens Park in Chesterfield in 1905 36 you you were going to write that down for a minute wait you’re not bothering now not on a p like like this surely surely just saying surely so Ben Mike is on a hattick we can look up her lerer hat tricks for against uh leerer probably have been one or two over the years but I don’t know whether Ben Mike’s got a first class hattick the man who’s going to try and stop it is Brooke guest five slips now or four slips in a gully Marcus Harris having come out of midon and gone into Gully so no midwicket scriven goes around to widish Mid on Ben Mike on a hattrick in from the race course and balls full but outside off stump and guess can get forward to the pitch of the ball and stroke it defensively out to Mid off but Ben Mike a double breakthrough in the over no wonder he’s getting congratulated by his teammate starish after six overs 12 for three big job for Lloyd and guest to do here for the remainder of the day’s play 12 overs to go tet in a whole heap of trouble hasn’t been a bad day for leer so far no no it’s been decent it’s been decent bowling bonus Point already good grief yes there’s Tom scriven one for four from his first three overs bows to David Lloyd who uh turns that down towards fine leg it’s going to come back for the second as well Lloyd might have to hurry now the throw isn’t the best from Ben Mike who’s probably still thinking about two wickets and two balls Lloyd moves to eight darisha up to 14 for three if well it is up but only marginally all sorts of um disbelieving comments coming in mostly unrepeatable say a couple gone here comes scribing and balls to Lo who turns that one nicely out towards the square leg boundary travus is giving Chase Ben Mike is helping him out as well Mike picks it up on the boundar edge and they’re going to come back for a third run two pretty much on leg stump or outside leg stump to start scriven over after the previous over have been pretty good Lloyd moves into double figures darish a 17 for three brings Brook guest onto strike he just faced the one delivery at the end of the Ben mik [Music] over still four slips in place and there will be forever I imagine guest Waits now as scriven bows Tri and he defends it straight back to the bowler and there’s no run guest who himself was unbeaten at the end of the game against GL Morgan on uh oh dear I shouldn’t have started that sentence before I turn the page over should I really where did we get to 72 having added 146 for the fourth Wicket with Lewis ree there was the nichest of Niche stats came out of that game at the end you might not be surprised to know it was one of Mr Griffin’s scriven scriven is in balls that one just about kept out by Brook guest played it into the leg side trasis does the Fielding uh Rees and guest became the first darbishire batsman to score a sentury stand in the last Innings of the of one season and the first Innings of the next WoW against the same team because darish have played Morgan at the end of last season final game and the first game that they actually played this season in comes scri and balls oh goes past the edge oh Brook G back he’ll tell you we pulled it inside the line I would argue otherwise I think goes through to benock Pakistan have beaten New Zealand you won’t be surprised to learn now seven Wicks 90 92 for three off 12 Here Comes scribing again 17 for three balls and again it’s the inside half of brought guest bat that pushes it into the leg side Alexander asked the lack of scoring could this be the responsibility of the batting coach or does this fall on to Mickey Arthur I should imagine both Ben Smith is the new darbishire batting cou he yeah arrived from northamptonshire in the winter via New Zealand via Ireland via leerer VIA everywhere Ben man absolutely He he’ll come up and talk to us at some point perhaps not now uh at 17 for3 but but’ll come up and talk to us over the course of the Season Ben Mike is in balls on off stump to David Lloyd who pushes it out towards point and trasis makes something of a meal of attempting to field it away to his right as a consequence it runs 10 yards further he says it moved on Bounce oddly Lloyd picks up a couple of unexpected bonus runs moves on to 13 out of 19 for three yeah I think I’d be saying it moved oh I see yep now moved that yeah hit a div it yards mik is in and bold L Clips it in the air for a few feet but bounce well short in the end of Ls Hill who makes a sort of similar meal out of Fielding but does field it scrambling away to his right sort of takes a chunk out of the uh Outfield suspect that’s not the first or last time that’ll be said this season here unless we suddenly get a drought jammed his left knee into the ground there mik is in again and balls very straight and Lloyd covers up pushes it at a much more comfortable pace and indeed direction towards Hill picks it up and throws it to Harris to do a spot of gentle cleaning as much as polishing I would imagine at this stage 10 and a half overs I don’t think I’ll do a clip tonight for tomorrow to go tonight for gar this this pair to survive Mike is in to Lloyd who is solidly behind that one on the walk B in front of almost both pads really sort of French Cricket almost shot there in the end that was the sort of finishing stance leans on his Bat leading Wicket taker for ler this season Ben Mike as you would expect the only b in a couple of innings 7 he has now in he goes and bowls Lloyd is clipping nicely away off off Midland leg out towards midwicket think it’s got the legs to go the distance it does go the distance and Ben green receives the ball back from one of the the posy of Lester Sher I was going to say dressing room attendance but that sounds like they should be white coats or something like that doesn’t it the backup back room staff that’s better the Asda kit Asda kid but looks like looks like the green and gray of Asda doesn’t it shopping Asda wait wait joking yeah don’t think Lester’s got waitr anymore they closed it how’ you manage gave up I don’t know do manage have to travel distances Lloyd is in sorry Mike is in you see you put me off there b to Lloyd who leaves outside off stump he remains on 17 not out carrying his team at the moment 17 not out out of 23 for three Brook guest has yet to score Adam new asks on uh on X when does the white ball stuff start yeah I’m with you there uh May the 30th is the answer at Northampton uh two days before Blast Off not that long actually two days before blast off oh the before the actual sort of ceremony ceremon everybody leester should will play before that as well should play leer at blast off oh is that the day is that the nonsense at Edge Bast here’s Tom scri in and Bows to Brook guest I shouldn’t say nonsense we’re on the official stream but it is nonsense we up first then I would assume we are yeah I hope so because Birmingham versus whoever darash should play uh Lancer the day after at lunchtime at Old Trafford your days will be finishing pleasantly early then Old Trafford oh well you well no that’s that’s good for me yeah there not much good for the supporters I don’t think but mind you after the evening Saturday night at Leicester we play Chesterfield in the afternoon the next day as scriven comes in and bowls to guest who pushes this up to midon and there’s no run but yeah it is early we just had to uh schedule it at the same time as the T20 World Cup just to make a terrible mess of everything really make sure that that T20 blast isn’t uh as strong a competition as it might be with all the top Internationals in uh the West Indies and the United States of America in their plastic grounds scriven is in and balls and guest pushes it out into the offside Keen to get off the mark he it’s now faced eight deliveries there yet to score a run that one is pushed out but too hard and there fought too close to the fielders on the offside 23 for three lending further uh backing to the fact that lesia pulled out far too late Ben green is starting to warm up a little he’s got a good Tash as scriven is in and that one is guided back with a square on the offside by Brook guest and he is off the mark with a couple of runs Ben green does the Fielding 25 for three eight overs 9 overs rather and two balls remaining so there’s four SL CS a point a widish mid off possibly an extra cover a mid on a midwicket long leg scriven is in to ball to guas that was a very much a Leading Edge out into the offside again it’s filled by the new man green without any drama and it remains 25 for three in reply to leti’s 4 574 for seven Yes you heard right not been a good day for darbishire a very good one though for leer scriven balls to guest again pushes out into the offside again it’s green who does the fielding and again there is no runers the over comes to an end five overs 1 for 11 Tom scriven 25 for3 darish Lloyd on 7 and guest on two so Ben green who’s a solid figure of a man plenty of hair as he takes his cap off and the Tash that clearly is the look The Gypsy look sort of I do like the Tash is perhaps in Vogue among professional cricketers at the moment right armor over over the Wicket not quite as tall but not entirely unlike um tickner to look at yeah let’s see what what the action is but he’s going to have four slips as well as you would expect so first ball for leester in goes green and balls very short pulled for four well quickly onto that was Lloyd saw it very early indeed and uh swivel pulled it over it a fairly safe shot as well over midwicket and it ran out to the boundary dropped little bit sh plugged a bit but still had more than enough to get over the ropes so Green’s first ball goes for four yeah he was on to it quickly wasn’t he very quickly indeed was saw it early moves into the 20s Lloyd Green is in him again a little bit short but it’s a better better line there’s a bit bit of Bounce there and up on his toes Lloyd not not a tall man he is Welsh we continue not to generalize brackets generalize like M all the way through the game in goes green balls again that same s similar length just short of a good length and Lloyd stays on the back foot as he did the previous delivery blocks it out into the offside more Welshman in this game than in the one that Nick Webb’s watching Morgan at Northampton this is Green’s 16th first class game which isn’t much he’s taken 10 wickets and has a best of three for 31 and he goes and balls outside off stomp comfortable leave broad shouldered yeah he he’s a big man for Lloyd did get to the crease at the end of the lerue Innings 16 not out hit one enormous six in fact it was his third ball hit for six runs in and Bows two Lloyd onto his legs and turned very comfortably down to wide long leg takes the single Tom scriven down there front of um a sparsely occupied East Midland demolition stand 1 2 3 4 and then in the other Corner five one gentleman being unsociable he didn’t want to sit with anybody he’s safe in there is he Green in Bow straighter this time and Lloyd sorry guest just turns his wrist on that defensive push into the on side so not too much wrong with the over but um no beating of the bat as far as green was concerned just getting into his rhythm 30 for3 I don’t know what you’re worried about Fletch these two have added what 18 already Lloyd playing well 22 out of 30 bigant Lloyd he hasn’t gone into his shell no I don’t think he will either this is very much him as Thomas krion continues from the city end balls to LY goes back into his crease and punches the ball out towards the extra cover boundary it won’t get all the way there because it be chased down by Lewis Hill and they come back for a second I don’t normally take photographs but I’ve just been sent one by my daughter of pron Park in the Glorious Sunshine looking Splendid yes not a not a cloud in the sky in burken head unsurprisingly beautiful place got a love home 32 for three as scriven is in and that one is pulled into the leg side for four more I say four more for four it’s a nice shot though and uh Lloyd in very much David Lloyd fashion has raced on to 28 from 34 balls amid the Carnage he darish of 36 for3 he is counter punching and doing so in some style that was beautifully hit away he run himself second Innings Morgan dear oh dear never a single one then he had to go around the bowler and he was late setting off but apart from that he he didn’t look very happy with himself and then the Glamorgan players gave him a send off 36 for three scriven is in and balls to Lloyd who defends this one up to Mid on be interesting to hear if don’t know they ever possibly can but the background story to that then that that that departure if they gave him the Ascend off yes say I did ask him about how weird it was leading team down the steps at safire Gardens without a daffodil on your shirt he gave me very short shrift was more than happy to carry on answering questions about other stuff scriven balls and that one is defended by Lloyd up to Mid on again including about his beloved rexon which he did answer give me a very full answer about how pleased to be avoiding the playoffs and all sorts does he have a strong well shck or not really does yeah I don’t think I’ve ever spoken to him yeah but you can you can tell from their accents both he and aniron Donald are from Wales as scriven balls that’s turned into the leg Side by Lloyd almost on the move as he played that shot there is no run as he played it straight to Marcus Harris who earlier today that was brilliant really 214 from 302 deliveries he was dropped four times but eventually bowled by Pat Brown scriven final ball of his sixth over in amb balls that one is turned into the leg side again by David Lloyd trasis does the Fielding eventually stopped the ball sufficiently well that it was never going to get Beyond him guest has two it’ll be on strike Lloyd has 28 and darash are 36 for three seven overs to go we could potentially have another four tomorrow can we oh yeah so could be another long one Al so Ben green tosses the ball from hand to hand he’s got his leester shirt out outside of his trous as he comes in and bowls to Brooke guest it looks a slightly different game when you’re bowling it guest compared to Lloyd who is sort of bristling with Defiance and belligerence David Lloyd very much prepared to take the fight back to leester sha guest being somewhat more tentative circumspect perhaps is a better word in goes green balls to him he leaves outside off stump I think L brast has to have immense powers of concentration to keep Wicket last season he was batting at three he has dropped down to five this season but even to B at five is is quite the effort it is when you’re coming in at 12 yes the three is it so that doesn’t help equivalent of coming in at three almost he waits with bat raised as green is in him he’s driving straight into the middle stump at the uh obviously at the non-striker’s end green picks up the baale which had headed in his Direction and hands it back to umpire Harley y picks up the ball tosses it to Ben Mike who is coming in a little bit of a Polish now back in Green’s hands shortish run and he goes and balls oh that’s a decent shot for leg before no says umpire heartley might just have been outside the line was a good shout though look good from here didn’t it it did directly was it back PAD as well let’s have a a look see but for me might just have been outside the line stream is a fraction behind so oh yours isn’t I’ve just seen it oh I’m not telling you though right well I shall see it in in a moment green is in again again oh going for the drive and thick inside edging it there guest it can only have been outside the line yes it’s a good shout is it wasn’t a bad shout that one but yeah can only have been outside the line just got outside he is a a not outter umpire Harley and he lived up to his reputation there to see slow motion replay here Jeep is that one far away very good shot it was turned down in goes green ballls down the leg side guest steps inside the line and watches it through two behind the stumps and by heartly tosses Green his uh Lester sh cap it is the end of the over a maiden over and uh wasn’t that far away from being a wicked Maiden but far enough that’s all it needed to be 36 for3 got it hi said that looked more out than madson’s which uh I think he suggested was missing lag I thought it really I’m not sure no I’m not well per heartley isn’t so maybe he’s even things up a bit there and we’re going to see a change of bowling Scott Curry from the uh City end just has a couple of practice deliveries and he’s on his way into B David Lloyd is on 28 Curry balls strikes him on the pad it’s an appeal for like before Wick umpire Shan mam says no going down like my reaction also thought I heard a couple of noises but um certainly plenty of doubt about it one way or other or perhaps both ways starish don’t need any more wickets to fall tonight there are five hours and five balls remaining I’m not suggesting for a minute that there won’t be as this next delivery is cut away off an edge but he’s hit it in between the slip cordon and the man at point and it’s Ben Mike who’s going to fetch the ball from the boundary yeah a long way down legs side actually the lbw shout Long Way inch or two but Lloyd moves to 32 from 40 4043 darbishire trailing by a mere 534 runs now almost down to the psychological 500 Mark as Curry is in and that one is defended by David Lloyd and there’s no and he picks the ball up and rather unnecessarily tosses it to Ben Cox the Wicket keeper why do they do that I’ve got no idea just the three slips for Scott Curry who’s at the thick end of two days with his feet up in the changing rooms and that one is pushed out by Lloyd into the offside easy this first class Cricket lck is it couple of meals feet up racing post it tb7 on the tally back to the 70s defle fagg in one hand pin in the other Jack Simmons oh he’s no he’s dropped the ball it’s it’s slipped out the back of his hand and gone out to midon that was an attempting I wonder if he was attempting a slower ball out of the back of his hand there or it’s just slipped was he’s not quite as good as uh Pat Browns was it no what happens there if it’s anyway I’ll come to that in a moment this time it’s defended by Lloyd and he’s pushed up to Mid off what happens if it slips out the back of your hand like it did there Brook guest is out of his ground backing up because he thought but his arms already come over hasn’t it it’s that it’s that strange one it’s not quite uh running the non-striker out guess did actually reach back into his place to make sure his Bat was back down but um it wouldn’t have been a deliberate attempt they wouldn’t appeal Curry balls pulled into the leg side it actually wasn’t hit as well as I thought it had been and uh it brings up a huge puff of dust it’s a bit like um when you see on television they’ve come back for two incidentally Lloyd’s moved to 34 42 for3 when they H hone in on television at a test match and the ball goes through the surface and there’s a puff of dust comes up it’s like that every time the ball lands in the Outfield there because it’s h drying out by the minute I wouldn’t say that it was completely dry yet but it is drying out that was the end of the over there are five to go 42 for three Lloyd on 34 guest on two he didn’t land far beyond travas is that three or three feet above his head and landed five or six feet behind him first one he’s not really connected with nicely Lloyd they were to get Lloyd before the close leester sh they really would be cocko he’s watching now as green goes in and bowls two guest who defends off off stump drops it out into the offside in a magnificent tweet from carile City Football Club play in the northern League I think possibly the they exist we hope the uh Wick wand’s fan who turned up our ground found his way safely to the car United Stadium BL be as a taxi driver in goes green and Bs guest is forward solidly enough slightly off the inside part of the bat ball rather skews out into the onside no run partnership worth 30 now for the fourth Wicket and guest very much playing for the close Lloyd still belligerant green is in balls maybe a slightly slower ball there and green hands started to go into the air as guest got forward looking to drive and again it’s not coming out of the middle as far as Brook guest is concerned won’t be too worried about about that at this stage it’s all about survival as far as he is concerned and he has 4.3 overs to survive get through to the close green is in BS foolish got forward solidly to that one on off stump again plays it out to Harris at Mid off no run very economical run Ben green those following The Saga of my telephone it’s now back in the city of Derby and he goes balls outside of stump a leave from guest safe enough I should be reunited with it in the morning I have missed it good to know I have missed it back in the city of Derby but where I I don’t want to say I don’t want to lose it again accessible clearly yes yes secret location green balls guest is a solid in defense green is settled into a good line and length here not trying to bowl too quickly attacking the stumps the off stomp in particular guess though was equal to it green has both three overs two of them have been maidens none4 five and one very decent like before shout turned down just four to go how are we doing what’s the time qu 7 it’ll be 7:00 yeah when we finish Liam tavasz is going out to the midwicket bound there’s a huge expanse of green in the leg side now travus has gone a long way uh as that Curry begins a new over from the city end first ball of which is pushed back towards him it’s actually fielded by Marcus Harris at midon coming around and there’s no run Harris he won’t be surprised to learn unless just Sport AS is the man I will speak to at the end of play you got a slightly easier interview than me then Curry is in that’s wide of the off stom left alone by David Lloyd makes me smile because Ashley was here thinking about an interview I did with Ben Smith at the end of the first season when I was on commentary when Ben was head coach and leer had been completely blown away by darer in two days flat two days wondered to cross sheepishly towards Ben Smith what do you want me to say bless him Curry’s in that one’s turned into the leg side off potentially a thigh pad by David Lloyd and it is indeed a leg by 43 for three it was actually I’m pretty sure it was the last game of the season and Fest de ban summoned up something to say had been a horrible season what can you say darish aren’t going to break their duck anytime soon you wouldn’t have thought as this one strikes the pad of of Brook guest and he’s been given out he took a lot of thinking from umpire Shan Mam and he threw his head back there Brook guest he didn’t think he was out it’s difficult for a batter I know but the Umpire straight away after a little bit of thought sends Brooke guest on his way for two and darish a 43 for four well I would posit that there have been better shouts than that certainly the green shout was better it looked highish I didn’t oh actually fair play um it didn’t go as high as I thought it had I thought it hit him a little bit higher than that it looked about the knee roll on the right pad we’ll have a look at the the replay and he is yeah no fair play it was a good sh he’s in front finger went up it was a here we go here’s the replay his only argument was that it might just have been outside the line I suppose but I think it was pretty much in line with off stump and Curry Sam Conners come to the party is the night Watchman I think we can probably now reasonably safely say it’s been Lester’s day need did that we yeah just to tip it their in their favor yeah the balance the balance is um just just just gone their way it’s lyd is there it’s already an uphill battle to save the game isn’t it they’re almost relying on Monday being Dreadful weatherwise 43 for four the last team to win here was werer around about this time last season Here Comes Curry and Bs two Connors that one goes down the leg side did he get anything on it no well he got a thigh pad on it or a pad and it’s four leg buys signaled darbishire hurtling towards a half century 47 for four trailing by 527 it’s about this time that I always think about the people who say why aren’t you more positive it’s a bit tricky bit tricky 47 for four strike rate for this partnership is 400 though there you go always finding a positive Connor’s waits as Curry bolstr and he gets B behind that one pushes it up to Mid on and it’s the end of the over 47 for four with three to go I do entirely sympathize the occasionally you get a representative not just the supporters but somebody from the club will sort of say well got to be positive got to be you know we’re here to tell a story really just to say say what is happening not a great deal to be positive about from these two days sometimes you can have good days sometimes you can have or or bad things can happen and and you just have to say when when they are not positive you can’t spin every you think I know but I also watch Burton H but positive you get paid to do both indeed goes green and bowls to Lloyd Lloyd very much a positive in this inning so far the skipper leading from the front he’s 34 not 35 not out now all but 13 of the runs going to say out of 48 for four had Lloyd gone early really would be a what I was going to it is a mess at 48 for four but halfway here is the shout from somebody in the leerer side as in goes green and Bs that’s very wide outside off stump wrong line and Connors can and does leave happily surprised they didn’t send Blair tickner out to the night watch you go pro come on the best amongst us how you go you play test Cricket off you go he’d to come up with a big smile on his face yes he would green is in bows looking for the York didn’t quite get it right was zeroing in on off stump but wasn’t quite full enough halfway tonight again they’re obsessed with the half getting that one more wicket green is in and Bs on off stump doesn’t exactly plunge forward but it’s a good stride gets in I would say that back in 2020 I watched Sam Connor score five in a last Wicket stand of 80 with Leah deploy at Trent Bridge which went a long way to uh helping darish at beat Nottingham Shire second Innings knock from uh dominantly Finn hunson princes got them over the line green is in balls that’s a decent shot Philip before immediately Peter Harley doesn’t walk away but he shakes his head and that well we’re waiting see he was a little bit on the Move sort of walking for shuffling forward there and no big stride anything like it both feet were were moving forward rather there got down like would be my guess green is in balls Connor’s reaching for that one a bit thick inside EDG he’s going to pick up a single probably was but again wasn’t a bad sh no no was sh didn’t actually walk away he he he dained to actually stay in place and shake his head indicates it was quite close yeah no it was close was just going on down it’s sufficient to persuade umpire heartley not to raise the finger end of the over 49 for four 12 balls for these two to survive now when he has to survive the next six and get a single on the final ball Sam Conners and he will have done his job due to the uh bizarre way in which Cricket operates if they lose a wicked in the final over you don’t get to Bow the rest of it never quite understood that it’s going be a short leing place no there isn’t oh yes there is Ry Patel yeah rishy Patel tried to get his helmet on while he still had his sunglasses on which was an interesting move didn’t work now he’s handed them to a member of the slip Cordon he’s in at short leg then as Curry is in and Connor’s pulls straight to rishy Patel on the bouns he’s not quite short he’s he’s a little bit deep for a short leg isn’t he really two two two strips back yeah short leg should be another 3T closer but he’s still quite close he hasn’t got his pads on has he no so perhaps he’s just being touch cautious as towel pushed down the front of his pants as well as cury BS is pushed out into the offside I’d want more than a tow I see yeah but I put it down he’s done it on the field obviously I wasn’t in the changing rooms earlier trying to uh spy on what he had down his trousers I want to make that perfectly clear 49 for four four more balls to survive for Sam con going to get a single off the fourth of those four balls that would be excellent Curry is in and balls and just about gets his Bat on that one pushes it up to midon didn’t was the FA Cup semi final today yeah it was one of them the traditional 530 FA Cup semi-final kickoff there a Premier League match starting at 7:30 tonight catch the second half depends who it is do I want to watch it who is it wolves and somebody Arsenal can’t be yeah it could be Arsenal I suppose couldn’t it here comes Curry and balls that one is pushed out into the outside once again it is wolves and Arsenal there was no run 49 for four two balls left in the over heav defeats in the Premier League for Luton and Sheffield United today and forers fieldtown chief executive and and Commercial manager will’ll be presumed two points two points from safety with two games to go Huddersfield is this next delivery from Curry is a short one could have done with that one being the last ball of the over to keep Connors down on strike H Town in in a wee bit of bother at the bottom of the championship Burton staying in the championship would be deal for me cuz Huddersfield Sheffield Wednesday and rotheram are the three teams who occupy the bottom three places I don’t mind that as away trips oh I see as far as proximity is concerned that would be ideal if you could just sort that out for me final ball of the curry overa is clipped up towards midon it’s a maid NOA and uh darbishire will be no more than five down at the end of day two because we’re about to see the final over of the day Curry three overs two maidens one for six earlier Ben Mike four overs 2 for 14 Tom scriven six overs one for 17 the only bowler who hasn’t got a wicket he’s been perhaps a little unfortunate not to have on his Ben green been quite impressed by by what I’ve seen of him there’s something sort of vaguely sort of both a m that sort of slightly musly labored run running and uh there is a little bit of shape to the delivery but uh also a certain amount of mullet going on yeah well both that his days didn’t they with with a mullet green runs in from the racecourse end and bowls very wide outside off stump and Lloyd steps forward and watches it go through into the gloves of Ben Cox taken almost in front of first slip by Cox it’s going to have to be very wide from by heartley to Signal wide I suspect well try as they might the players haven’t managed quite to get to 7:00 yet giving it a good go four minutes or three and a half minutes to go as green goes in and bowls again outside off some fraction closer couple of inches closer but still by no means close enough to persuade Lloyd it’s worth playing a shot at it and he doesn’t 49 in for four in reply let remember the Leer just 574 425 to avoid being asked to bat again green rather Lumbers in balls down the leg side helped on its way for four puffs of oh I’m saying that but no it is puffs of a sand coming up with every bounce but green puts his hands to his eyes in dis made just straightened up his line but the ball didn’t Swing Away got the old one to move away from the right-hander but not on that occasion the 50 the darbishire 5050 gets um semi-ironic I suppose Round of Applause but Lloyd has played very well he’s 39 not out of 51 balls green is in to him slightly squared up but he’s going to pick up another run there as he pushes it wide on four slip through the Gully along the ground TR Vasquez who’s sweeping away on the offside boundary runs across some Fields Lloyd picks up one and uh oddar now his job is done just two balls to go on what has been a very long day of cricket here in cor County ground just the county ground oh I beg you pardon okay just cuz it’s still yeah they haven’t taken them off they haven’t taken them off green is in to Connors who’s solid forward and off stump back up the pitch it goes to Ben green giv did a Polish on the bottom of his shirt he a Lester shirt wonder if he can keep it as a souvenir as when he goes back to Somerset I was going back in the club shop it’s still got the tags in I think I can just see them at the back there yep every penny absolutely absolutely come on Greeno there somebody so short leg has gone in four slips and a short leg final ball of the day green is in to Sam Conners who’s beat or did he play inside the line of it either way it went past the outside edge but that ladies and gentlemen is the end of a long day cricket and as far as Lester are concerned a successful day Cricket they took their score onto 574 having begun the day what was it 168 for two yes so um a successful day with the bat and followed by a successful day with the ball darbishire close on 54 for four yeah congratulations to Marcus Harris on his magnificent 214 and to the Leicester chowers who have uh well one for scriven two for Mike and one for curry uh we will be back because we’re contractually obliged to be tomorrow morning at just before 11:00 for day three darbishire have an awful lot of work do their Trail lerer by 520 runs see you tomorrow e