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Century for Allison as Essex dig in against Hants
Rothesay County Championship Division One, Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford (day one) Essex 292-8: Allison 101, Critchley 71, Harmer 45; Abbott 3-24 Hampshire: Yet to bat Essex (1 pt), Hampshire (2 pts) Advertisement Match scorecard Charlie Allison made it back-to-back centuries as he steered Essex into a commanding position on the first day of their County Championship match against Hampshire at Chelmsford. Before his 140 against Surrey last month, Allison's highest first-class score was 28. But the 20-year-old right-hander followed up his heroics at the Oval with 101 as the competition resumed after its break for the T20 Blast. He was the senior partner in a 107-run seventh-wicket stand with Simon Harmer, 16 years older, that carried Essex towards 292-8 at the close after they chose to bat. Allison also put on 66 for the fifth wicket with Matt Critchley, whose 71 came from 104 balls and included nine fours and a six. Advertisement Kyle Abbott took three wickets to lift his season's tally to 35, but Hampshire let slip their morning advantage as a blustery, overcast day gave way to bright evening sunshine. Initially, it looked as if Essex's travails of late – one win across both formats this summer – were being lain bare on a green wicket that gave encouragement to Hampshire's seam attack. By midday Essex had lost three of their top four. Paul Walter mistimed a flick off his legs low to a diving Ali Orr off Abbott, Dean Elgar was beaten for pace by John Fuller, and Jordan Cox ducked into a short ball from Eddie Jack and spliced the ball high to Fuller at third slip. The premature departures did not preclude Essex handing county caps to the latter pair during the lunch interval. Former captain Graham Gooch handed one to Elgar, while Cox received his from Jason Gallian, previously his cricket master at Felsted School, now chairman of the cricket committee. Advertisement Back in the middle, Critchley was putting behind him his struggles with the bat in the T20 Blast. He contributed 38 of the 53-run fourth-wicket stand with skipper Tom Westley which included a six over long leg off Liam Dawson, and a well-timed sweep for four, also off the England white-ball spinner. Westley was more circumspect, though the four fours in his 77-ball 28 were venomous in their execution and included one from his first ball through mid-wicket off Abbott, and an imperious pull against Fuller. However, he departed lbw to one from Abbott that might otherwise have just clipped the top of the stumps. Under gathering grey clouds, Critchley reached his half-century from 84 balls amid a flurry of boundaries, the milestone four pulled through mid-wicket off Felix Organ. Another time he went in tiptoes to late-cut Jack to the third-man rope. Allison kept pace with Critchley, and he launched Dawson effortlessly over extra cover for a six that brought up the fifty partnership in 13 overs. He hit another straight over the same bowler's head. However, the stand was worth 66 when the wily Dawson had Critchley playing over a shorter-pitched delivery which looked as if it might have missed leg stump. Advertisement Abbott had figures of 3-12 from 13 overs when he had Michael Pepper edging to the wicketkeeper. But that just brought together Allison and Harmer for a patient partnership that steadied Essex and ultimately gave them a measure of control. Harmer brought up the hundred partnership in 33 overs when he swatted Jack to the mid-wicket boundary. But with Allison on 99, he turned the ball to square leg, the pair hesitated and Harmer sacrificed his wicket as Jack's throw went to the bowler's end. Allison duly reached his century from 188 balls with 11 fours and two sixes, but one run later he dragged on to Organ and was bowled off the last ball of the day. ECB Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
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Century for Allison as Essex dig in against Hants
Rothesay County Championship Division One, Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford (day one)Essex 292-8: Allison 101, Critchley 71, Harmer 45; Abbott 3-24Hampshire: Yet to batEssex (1 pt), Hampshire (2 pts)Match scorecard Charlie Allison made it back-to-back centuries as he steered Essex into a commanding position on the first day of their County Championship match against Hampshire at his 140 against Surrey last month, Allison's highest first-class score was 28. But the 20-year-old right-hander followed up his heroics at the Oval with 101 as the competition resumed after its break for the T20 was the senior partner in a 107-run seventh-wicket stand with Simon Harmer, 16 years older, that carried Essex towards 292-8 at the close after they chose to bat. Allison also put on 66 for the fifth wicket with Matt Critchley, whose 71 came from 104 balls and included nine fours and a Abbott took three wickets to lift his season's tally to 35, but Hampshire let slip their morning advantage as a blustery, overcast day gave way to bright evening it looked as if Essex's travails of late – one win across both formats this summer – were being lain bare on a green wicket that gave encouragement to Hampshire's seam midday Essex had lost three of their top four. Paul Walter mistimed a flick off his legs low to a diving Ali Orr off Abbott, Dean Elgar was beaten for pace by John Fuller, and Jordan Cox ducked into a short ball from Eddie Jack and spliced the ball high to Fuller at third premature departures did not preclude Essex handing county caps to the latter pair during the lunch interval. Former captain Graham Gooch handed one to Elgar, while Cox received his from Jason Gallian, previously his cricket master at Felsted School, now chairman of the cricket in the middle, Critchley was putting behind him his struggles with the bat in the T20 Blast. He contributed 38 of the 53-run fourth-wicket stand with skipper Tom Westley which included a six over long leg off Liam Dawson, and a well-timed sweep for four, also off the England white-ball was more circumspect, though the four fours in his 77-ball 28 were venomous in their execution and included one from his first ball through mid-wicket off Abbott, and an imperious pull against Fuller. However, he departed lbw to one from Abbott that might otherwise have just clipped the top of the gathering grey clouds, Critchley reached his half-century from 84 balls amid a flurry of boundaries, the milestone four pulled through mid-wicket off Felix Organ. Another time he went in tiptoes to late-cut Jack to the third-man kept pace with Critchley, and he launched Dawson effortlessly over extra cover for a six that brought up the fifty partnership in 13 overs. He hit another straight over the same bowler's head. However, the stand was worth 66 when the wily Dawson had Critchley playing over a shorter-pitched delivery which looked as if it might have missed leg had figures of 3-12 from 13 overs when he had Michael Pepper edging to the wicketkeeper. But that just brought together Allison and Harmer for a patient partnership that steadied Essex and ultimately gave them a measure of brought up the hundred partnership in 33 overs when he swatted Jack to the mid-wicket boundary. But with Allison on 99, he turned the ball to square leg, the pair hesitated and Harmer sacrificed his wicket as Jack's throw went to the bowler's duly reached his century from 188 balls with 11 fours and two sixes, but one run later he dragged on to Organ and was bowled off the last ball of the Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
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26-05-2025
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Surrey v Essex, Yorkshire v Notts, and more: county cricket day four
Update: Date: 2025-05-26T09:18:00.000Z Title: Sunday's round-up Content: Josh Hull hurtled back to catch Tom Hartley off his own bowling and Leicestershire romped to their fifth victory of the season, all in three days, floating yet further ahead at the top of Division Two. Keaton Jennings batted until shortly after tea for a valiant 112 for Lancashire, but from there Rehan Ahmed and Hull wrapped things up. There wasn't even time for Leicestershire to take to take the new ball. Matt Kuhnemann, at Sophia Gardens for one game only prior to the World Test Championship final, filleted through Middlesex to finish with career-best figures of six for 53, ushering Glamorgan to their third win a row. A barnstorming 57 from Toby Roland-Jones ensured Glamorgan would have to bat again – but only just. Tom Lammonby eased Somerset to an uncharacteristically calm victory over Durham at Chester-le- Street. His unbeaten 104, and 73 from Tom Abell, smoothed Taunton brows on a pitch where 31 wickets had fallen over the first two days. Jack Carson collected five for 26 – his best figures of the summer – as Sussex romped to victory over Hampshire at Southampton. There was joy for Essex's Charlie Allison who crunched 140 – a maiden first-class hundred – at the Oval. Allison, whose previous highest score was 28, batted beautifully and, together with fellow 20-year-old Noah Thain, painted a pretty picture for Essex's future, as Surrey were set 418 for victory. Ben Compton did his best to hold the fort against Derbyshire, 156 in the first innings followed by 49 in the second as Kent were forced to follow-on. Yorkshire, set 463 to win, were beguiled by Nottinghamshire's Liam Patterson-White who grabbed three for 25. Cameron Green scored a fabulous 118 as Gloucestershire made a brave declaration against Northamptonshire. Update: Date: 2025-05-26T09:18:00.000Z Title: Scores on the doors Content: Division One Chester-le-Street: Somerset 172 and 174-3 BEAT Durham 277 and 159 by seven wickets. Southampton: Sussex 297 and 23-1 BEAT Hampshire 154 and 165 by nine wickets. The Oval: Surrey 279 and 32-0 v Essex 217 and 479 Surrey need 386 to win New Road: Worcestershire 181 and 57-2 v Warwickshire 227 and 280 Worcs need 270 to win Headingley: Yorkshire 159 and 176-5 v Nottinghamshire 228 and 393-8dec Yorks need 287 to win Division Two Derby: Derbyshire 587-5dec v Kent 326 and 157-3 Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan 383 and 8-0 BEAT Middlesex 155 and 235 by ten wickets Grace Road: Leicestershire 457 BEAT Lancashire 206 and 248 by an innings and three runs. County Ground: Northamptonshire 469 and 158-4 v Gloucestershire 379-8dec Update: Date: 2025-05-26T09:18:00.000Z Title: Preamble Content: Hello! It's a beautiful Manchester morning, everything three times more alive after the rain, and we roll into this last day of the spring block of matches. Do join us, play starts at 11am.
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25-05-2025
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Allison hits century as Essex set Surrey huge target
Rothesay County Championship Division One, Kia Oval (day three)Essex 217 & 479: Allison 140, Walter 118, Thain 50, Westley 50; Worrall 4-77 Surrey 279: Curran 70, Clark 54, Rajitha 5-87 & 32-0 Surrey (4 pts) need 386 to beat Essex (3 pts) with 10x wickets standingMatch scorecard Charlie Allison, a 20-year old with a previous first-class best of just 28, hit a memorable maiden hundred to stun champions Surrey at the brilliant 140, in his sixth first-class match, helped Essex rack up a second innings total of 479 and leave Surrey with an unlikely victory target of 418. By stumps, in eight overs' batting, they reached 32 without six-pronged pace attack was neutered on an easing pitch, leaving Rory Burns's side facing a stiff final day battle for a draw to maintain their unbeaten start to the County Championship the end of the innings, Colchester-born Allison hit a weary Dan Worrall for two sixes over long on and there were also 19 fours in a 235-ball epic spanning just over five remarkably, had come in on a pair after being caught behind off New Zealand Test all-rounder Nathan Smith from his fifth ball in Essex's first nine previous first-class innings, since making his debut last month, he had made only 154 runs at an average of when he tucked his 185th ball to deep mid on and sauntered for a single, Allison was coolness personified as he initially hardly reacted to his achievement until removing his helmet and raising both arms in the air to acknowledge generous applause from the third day Thain, his contemporary from Essex age groups and recent England U19 teams, gave Allison a bear hug and the pair then continued an impressive seventh wicket stand that eventually raised made 50 before holing out to long off and, earlier, Allison had helped Tom Westley – who fought hard for his own 50 – to blunt a Surrey attack already up against it after Paul Walter's superlative 118 on day had resumed 133 ahead on 195-2, and Dean Elgar (64) could not believe it when he attempted to square drive a full ball angled across him by Worrall and succeeded only in slicing it all the way to third man where Smith took the was fortunate to get off the mark with an inside-edged four, the ball narrowly missing off stump as he tried to square cut a delivery from Worrall that was too close to him for the the youngster settled his nerves by soon hitting Smith beautifully to the cover boundary, his second scoring shot, and then taking further fours off his pads against Jamie Overton and through extra cover off Tom even touched 88mph in a pacy spell in which he was always in the mid-80s, but Westley was equal to the challenge with fours through extra cover and tucked neatly off his pads. On 35, Westley survived a difficult low chance to Sam Curran, diving to his right, as he clipped Lawes off his legs but the Essex total had moved on to 266-3 by the time Surrey took the second new ball 20 minutes before Clark, nursing a sore toe, was brought on for his first bowl of the day immediately after lunch and, with his 10th ball, he had Westley athletically caught by Kurtis Patterson – diving to his right – at point. Worrall then pinned Matt Critchley leg-before for four, nine runs later, and at 294-5 it seemed as if Surrey were back in the game with almost five sessions Pepper, however, hung around to make 18 in a 49-run stand with Allison, until Curran – finally thrown the ball for the 50th over of the day – struck with his seventh delivery to have Pepper caught Allison and Thain capped a brilliant day for Essex by staying together for almost two hours after Pepper's dismissal 45 minutes before tea. Allison finally miscued a swipe at Clark, giving a simple return catch as the last few Essex wickets fell in a flurry of slogs, but whatever he goes on to achieve in his cricket career he will never forget this Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
