County Championship 2026

[Arthur Crabtree]

Fairly even morning between Yorks and Championship draw machine Surrey. Still no Benco... but Root and Brook are playing! Bairstow at six never makes runs these days (not his fault) but at least he makes the scorecard look good.

[Arthur Crabtree]

England watch: J-Rew is back at four. Robbo has an early wicket and not giving away runs. Stokes has one also- Zac Crawley!

Ex-England watch: Still no Woakesy for Warks.

[Durhamfootman]

Fairly even morning between Yorks and Championship draw machine Surrey. Still no Benco... but Root and Brook are playing! Bairstow at six never makes runs these days (not his fault) but at least he makes the scorecard look good.

the officials will have an area of the concourse roped off to stop punters walking across his line, should he decide to pop out the back of the pavilion for a fag

[Arthur Crabtree]

Fisher didn't even make my England watch, but he's just dismissed Honest Joe.

[andy]

Essex have started much better after lunch got Holland early and the run rate back down to 4.6 an over

[andy]

Snater gets budinger! 190-4

[Arthur Crabtree]

Brook out for a quick 7.

[andy]

Something in the lunch at Chelmsford? Leics 5 down

[Durhamfootman]

Fisher running through the England middle order..... sorry, I mean the Yorks middle order

[Durhamfootman]

Not something you see very often

some contractors have come on to put some cats eyes down the middle of the Beckenham pitch

this will get a top pitch rating, because there is absolutely nothing there for the bowlers.... nothing

[Arthur Crabtree]

Crawley's out though!

[Arthur Crabtree]

Bairstow at six never makes runs these days.

Hmm. Bet I don't win the lottery this week.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Leics having a miserable day v Essex. Cook 3-18.

Yorks well placed v Surrey also, which is a surprise.

[Durhamfootman]

Yorkshire, with England boys a plenty, giving Surrey, also with England boys a plenty, a right good pummelling

For the second time this season, overnight rain fettles day 3 of kent/durham. Bad news for Durham last time, good news this time. Still, if we can lose 8 wickets in a session batting for survival on a day 4 pitch, then losing 15 wickets in a whole 4th day should be achievable

[Durhamfootman]

An 8 wicket match haul, combined with Durham almost certainly not having to bowl a second time, ought to leave Ben Sanderson on top of the div 2 wicket taking table going into the CC break, unless Methuselah can find another 6 wickets from somewhere tomorrow