County Championship Division 1 Thread 2016

[Arthur Crabtree]

Middx intacto though. Looking like a win for the top two, unless Tahir causes some mayhem.

[budgetmeansbudget]

And the pitch at the Oval is as flat as a halibut that has been run over by a steamroller.

[Arthur Crabtree]

In his sixth game of the season, Azeem Rafiq has two wickets at over 100. So the seamers are going to have to do it for Yorks.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Three lbws to Sidebottom this morning. Yorkshire might be top for a couple of hours.

[Arthur Crabtree]

And the pitch at the Oval is as flat as a halibut that has been run over by a steamroller.

That's got you a wicket!

[budgetmeansbudget]

And the pitch at the Oval is as flat as a halibut that has been run over by a steamroller.

That's got you a wicket!

One of the four that will probably fall all day.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Yes, it seems a bit flat...

[Arthur Crabtree]

Four for Ball. Only 139 to get. Middx will win this by four wickets.

[budgetmeansbudget]

Compton run out.

[budgetmeansbudget]

Notts relegated.

[Aidan11]

Newell Out!

[Arthur Crabtree]

Yorkshire's squad for the second v third clash tomorrow at Headingley against Somerset.

Gary Ballance, Tim Bresnan, Jack Brooks, Andrew Gale ©, Andrew Hodd (w), Alex Lees, Jake Lehmann, Adam Lyth, Steven Patterson, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Ryan Sidebottom, David Willey.

Rashid is back. I'm expecting Plunkett and Willey to be left out.

[hopeforthebest]

Yorkshire's squad for the second v third clash tomorrow at Headingley against Somerset.

Gary Ballance, Tim Bresnan, Jack Brooks, Andrew Gale ©, Andrew Hodd (w), Alex Lees, Jake Lehmann, Adam Lyth, Steven Patterson, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Ryan Sidebottom, David Willey.

Rashid is back. I'm expecting Plunkett and Willey to be left out.

Andy Hodd is doing a fine job as stand in for Bairstow, Yorks will have to keep him interested if they want to hang on to him. Being in the shadow of another keeper is not a great place to be. I would expect they will find a place for Plunkett, probably that of Patterson.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Bairstow will be lost as a Yorkshire player after this season, much as Joe Root has, so Hodd may continue as a first teamer. Alternatively, Yorks could look for a keeper who can bat in the top six (I think Steve Davies is available?). Tim would look a lot better coming in at seven.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Hodd has 309 runs this season, and one fifty, averaging under 30. Rated a good keeper though.