Bob Willis Trophy Digest: All the action on day two of the third round

The Cricketer catches you up on all the latest developments on a weather-interrupted second day of the third round of Bob Willis Trophy fixtures

NORTH GROUP

Headingley (second day of four): Yorkshire 288-4 vs Derbyshire

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Dawid Malan moved from 145 to 153 not out during the only over possible on day two of his competitive home debut as Yorkshire and Derbyshire were frustrated by the weather at Emerald Headingley.

Rain and bad light is threatening to ruin this third round Bob Willis Trophy clash between the two teams with 100 percent records at the top of the North Group.

Derbyshire lead the way by four points in the bid for top spot, but Yorkshire have had the better of play so far in advancing to 288 for four from a total of 79 overs.

Left-arm quick Michael Cohen bowled the only over of the day, which was initially delayed until 3pm due to rain.

Trent Bridge (second day of four): Nottinghamshire 268-2 vs Lancashire

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No play was possible on the second day of the Bob Willis Trophy match between Nottinghamshire and Lancashire at Trent Bridge.

Five inspections took place and play was not abandoned until 4.30, when it was decided that the ground was too wet to allow any cricket to take place on Sunday.

The weather forecast for the next two days is not particularly promising but it is hoped that at some stage Nottinghamshire will resume on 268 for two in their first innings with Ben Slater on 111 not out and Joe Clarke unbeaten on four.

^{Riki Wessels was in the runs against his former county...}

Leicester (second day of four): Durham 227-6 vs Leicestershire

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Rain and bad light meant only 22.3 overs were possible, during which 51 runs were scored and three wickets fell, on the second day of the Bob Willis Trophy first-class match between Leicestershire and Durham at the Fischer County Ground.

After the morning was lost to the weather, play began shortly before one o'clock, and Durham quickly lost the wicket of opener Alex Lees, who had added just two to his overnight score of 62 when the left-hander got a thin edge to an out-swinger from Foxes' seamer Tom Taylor and was caught by wicketkeeper Harry Swindells.

Lees was replaced by Jack Burnham, who hit six boundaries, five sweetly struck through the off-side, in going to 31, and who had built an unbroken partnership of 43 for the fifth wicket with Gareth Harte (14 not out) when the light closed in again and the umpires called an early tea.

On the return – again delayed – Burnham edged a Will Davis out-swinger to second slip, where Colin Ackermann took a neat catch low to his left, and two balls later Harte edged a fine delivery from Gareth Griffiths, Swindells taking the catch two handed to his right.

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CENTRAL GROUP

Northampton (second day of four): Worcestershire 219 vs Northamptonshire 90-4

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Riki Wessels has a storied history of playing against Northamptonshire and he penned another paragraph on the second morning at Wantage Road to help give Worcestershire the upper hand after day two. His 88 in 78 balls hauled his side to 219 before Northamptonshire closed 90 for 4 as rain took out the final session.

Wessels has always gritted his teeth a little firmer against the county he was forced to leave in 2010 due to visa issues and whom sacked his father Kepler as coach mid-way through the 2006 season.

It helps that he possesses tremendous ball-striking with which to channel that ire and struck 12 boundaries to give Worcestershire a useful score on another Wantage Road pitch offering help for the seamers. Without him, they would have very little after slipping to 84 for 5 and losing their last five wickets for only seven runs in 30 balls.

^{Ian Holland took six wickets for Hampshire}

Sophia Gardens (second day of four): Glamorgan 80-5 vs Gloucestershire

When heavy rain brought a premature halt to proceedings in Glamorgan’s first game at their headquarters fort eleven months, the home team were struggling in their first innings against Gloucestershire’s five-man seam attack.

After two sessions, the home team had laboured to 80 for 5 from 48 overs - a run rate of just 1.6 runs an over, after Chris Dent, the visitors’ captain, had no hesitation in inserting the opposition under cloudy skies and on a greenish pitch that had been covered for some time after the first day had been washed out.

The bowlers rewarded their captain by bowling a full length, and with two left-arm seamers and three others of the right-arm variety, Glamorgan’s batsmen were given no respite. They were so disciplined that only two boundaries were struck in front of the wicket throughout the 48 overs.

Edgbaston (second day of four): Warwickshire 121 vs Somerset 214-6

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Somerset remain well on course for a third successive Bob Willis Trophy victory despite rain holding up their advance against Warwickshire on the second day at Edgbaston. 

On a murky day in Birmingham, rain wiped out the first session completely and interfered with the second and third so that 55 overs were lost from the day, but Somerset dodged the showers to take their first innings to 214 for six - a lead of 93.

^{Laurie Evans, back at Surrey on loan from Sussex, made his first half century for the county for a decade}

SOUTH GROUP

Hove (second day of four): Sussex 155-6 vs Essex

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Simon Harmer produced another impressive performance for champions Essex on a rain-affected second day against Sussex in the Bob Willis Trophy at Hove.

The South African off spinner bowled 16 overs unchanged to pick up two more wickets to add to the 20 he has already taken in Essex’s previous matches against Kent and Surrey.

He sent down nine maidens and removed skipper Ben Brown and Delray Rawlins with Sussex 155 for six from 61 overs when rain drove the players off just before lunch.

The rain eventually gave way to bright sunshine but after a second inspection at 5pm umpires Ian Gould and Mark Newell decided there would be no further play because of a wet outfield with the run-ups a particular concern. Just 31 overs had been possible.

Arundel (second day of four): Surrey 130-8 vs Hampshire

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Ian Holland secured his maiden first-class five-wicket haul but Hampshire's dominance was thwarted by the rain at Arundel in the Bob Willis Trophy.

All-rounder Holland, who had taken four wickets on the first day, added Laurie Evans and Gus Atkinson to his total to take his analysis to six for 39.

Sussex loanee Evans had scored his first half-century for Surrey since 2010 but his side remained in trouble on 130 for eight but rain only allowed 16 overs on day two.

Canterbury (second day of four): Middlesex 123-6 vs Kent

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Kent’s bowlers enjoyed the best of a second dreary day as visitors Middlesex stumbled to reach 123 for six after 61.5 overs of the first innings and at the mid-point of this rain-ruined Bob Willis Trophy clash in Canterbury.

 

Having lost 80.3 overs to bad light and showers on Saturday, the two south group sides sparred for runs and wickets throughout an overcast morning session before rain returned three overs after lunch to wash out another 46 overs from the match.

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