Warwickshire rattled by Middlesex
A round-up of all the action from the opening day of the latest round of County Championship matches
Cricinfo staff
27-Apr-2005
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Warwickshire 18 for 2 trail Middlesex 298 (Joyce 92, Styris 53) by 280 runs
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A bad day just kept getting worse for Nick Knight as Warwickshire saw a commanding position evaporate at Edgbaston. Knight missed the first 50 minutes of play after being stuck in a motorway traffic jam, and ended the day as one of two cheap wickets for Alan Richardson, a former Warwickshire player. While Dougie Brown, the vice-captain, was at the helm things went well as Middlesex rwere reduced to 56 for 4. The recovery was started by Scott Styris who played a very attacking innings - 52 of his 53 runs came in boundaries - and was continued by Ed Joyce, who showed more of his impressive form from last week's century at Lord's. Heath Streak, who had taken much of the punishment from Styris, returned to end a useful knock from Ben Scott (37), and most of the Warwickshire attack chipped in before one of their own gave them a shock in the closing overs.
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A bad day just kept getting worse for Nick Knight as Warwickshire saw a commanding position evaporate at Edgbaston. Knight missed the first 50 minutes of play after being stuck in a motorway traffic jam, and ended the day as one of two cheap wickets for Alan Richardson, a former Warwickshire player. While Dougie Brown, the vice-captain, was at the helm things went well as Middlesex rwere reduced to 56 for 4. The recovery was started by Scott Styris who played a very attacking innings - 52 of his 53 runs came in boundaries - and was continued by Ed Joyce, who showed more of his impressive form from last week's century at Lord's. Heath Streak, who had taken much of the punishment from Styris, returned to end a useful knock from Ben Scott (37), and most of the Warwickshire attack chipped in before one of their own gave them a shock in the closing overs.
Glamorgan 238 for 9 (Wallace 86*, Hemp 60) v Surrey
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An injury-hit Surrey attack made the most of a pacey Cardiff pitch to gain the better of proceedings on the opening day. They got off to the best possible start when Matthew Elliott fell to the first ball, a delivery from Jimmy Ormond taking the shoulder of his bat to gully. After a rally from Iain Thomas and David Hemp, the early introduction of Nayan Doshi paid dividends as Thomas was caught at slip before Tim Murtagh struck twice. However, Surrey's injury problems got worse as Murtagh limped off midway through his ninth over. Mohammad Akram took on the extra responsibility and ran through the tail before Surrey were held up by a last-wicket stand between Mark Wallace and Simon Jones. Wallace showed some of his great potential as a batsman, marshalling valuable runs from the tail. He was not afraid to play his shots, three times clearing the ropes.
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An injury-hit Surrey attack made the most of a pacey Cardiff pitch to gain the better of proceedings on the opening day. They got off to the best possible start when Matthew Elliott fell to the first ball, a delivery from Jimmy Ormond taking the shoulder of his bat to gully. After a rally from Iain Thomas and David Hemp, the early introduction of Nayan Doshi paid dividends as Thomas was caught at slip before Tim Murtagh struck twice. However, Surrey's injury problems got worse as Murtagh limped off midway through his ninth over. Mohammad Akram took on the extra responsibility and ran through the tail before Surrey were held up by a last-wicket stand between Mark Wallace and Simon Jones. Wallace showed some of his great potential as a batsman, marshalling valuable runs from the tail. He was not afraid to play his shots, three times clearing the ropes.
Sussex 116 for 2 v Nottinghamshire
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Sussex recovered from a shaky start to end a rain-marred opening day with a useful first-innings foundation. After choosing to bat first they lost Richard Montgomerie early, caught at slip by Stephen Fleming off Ryan Sidebottom. Ian Ward had battled away for over an hour when he was trapped lbw by Mark Ealham. But then Michael Yardy, the form man for Sussex after hitting two centuries in the first two Championship matches of the season, and Murray Goodwin combined in an unbroken stand of 78 for the third wicket, Yardy passing 2000 career runs in the process.
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Sussex recovered from a shaky start to end a rain-marred opening day with a useful first-innings foundation. After choosing to bat first they lost Richard Montgomerie early, caught at slip by Stephen Fleming off Ryan Sidebottom. Ian Ward had battled away for over an hour when he was trapped lbw by Mark Ealham. But then Michael Yardy, the form man for Sussex after hitting two centuries in the first two Championship matches of the season, and Murray Goodwin combined in an unbroken stand of 78 for the third wicket, Yardy passing 2000 career runs in the process.
Kent 66 for 2 v Gloucestershire
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Jon Lewis enhanced his England prospects with another penetrative opening spell when play finally started at Bristol a little after 4pm. Lewis induced David Fulton to edge to second slip in the first over and soon had Martin van Jaarsveld taken in similar fashion. van Jaarsveld's wicket was particularly pleasing after the form he had shown last week, striking two centuries in his first Championship game for Kent and 69 not out in the National League. However, after those two early strikes Kent consolidated through Robert Key and Matthew Walker. They had to battle hard but successfully saw off the new ball, and will aim to build on their 48-run stand in the morning.
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Jon Lewis enhanced his England prospects with another penetrative opening spell when play finally started at Bristol a little after 4pm. Lewis induced David Fulton to edge to second slip in the first over and soon had Martin van Jaarsveld taken in similar fashion. van Jaarsveld's wicket was particularly pleasing after the form he had shown last week, striking two centuries in his first Championship game for Kent and 69 not out in the National League. However, after those two early strikes Kent consolidated through Robert Key and Matthew Walker. They had to battle hard but successfully saw off the new ball, and will aim to build on their 48-run stand in the morning.