Matthew Prior Matthew Prior has taken his chance at Lords with 126*. He also kept wicket very well on a notoriously hard ground to keep wicket on.
Essex County Cricket Club Essex, chasing down 278 with 4 and a half overs to go, and 9 wickets in hand, thanks to a superb opening pairing of Mark Pettini (103* from 103 balls) and Varun Chopra (102 from 127 balls).
Owais Shah Owais Shah has failed to take the initiative in his second ever test match for England. This is a real shame as his average in the county game for Middlesex has been top notch (95 after 6 innings).
Tom New Tom New has got himself another duck this season while opening the batting for Leicestershire. That’s his 3rd duck in his last 5 innings for the foxes. Still, he’s only 22 so has bags of time to perfect the art of batting.
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club Gloucestershire were bowled out for a measly 85 after winning the toss and deciding to bat first! Woops!
Michael Di Venuto Another Aussie Michael Di Venuto gets a quick 204 off of 248 balls.
Robert Key Robert Key, the only man to fill an English Cricket Helmet, gets 169 off 279 balls.
Thomas Lungley 28 year old seam bowler Thomas Lungley gets 4 wickets and 5 wickets in the first and second innings respectively to help beat Leicestershire in a shortened game.
Ravi Bopara Ravi Bopara gets 101 runs off of 101 balls to see Essex past Ireland in one of the only finished games in this weekend’ s one day games.
Craig Spearman Craig Spearman breaks his foot and is out for 6 weeks. This puts him out for the first phase of the 20 twenty cup.
Tim Ambrose Warwickshire’s Tim Ambrose scored an unbeaten 251, supported well by team mate Jim Trougton (162) against Worcestershire this week at New Road (Worcestershire).
Younis Khan Yorkshire and Pakistan’s Younis Khan scores 106 followed by 202* in his 2 innings’ against Shane Warne’s Hampshire.
Simon Katich Forgotten Australian Simon Katich scores 221 for Derbyshire, supported well by fellow Aussie, Ian Harvey (153). Ian Harvey now qualifies as a British National (watch this space!).
Michael Vaughan Michael Vaughan set to miss the first test against West Indies at Lords, 17th March.
Surrey Cricket Club Surrey Slump to a 3rd defeat in a row in the county Championship, only days after posting a World Record score in the one day game.