The third round of the county championship ended yesterday, with Nottinghamshire and the Sussex the first leaders of Division One, and Leicestershire and Kent opened the way in division two.
Here are nine things Wisden The editor’s cricket correspondent, Lawrence Booth, learned.
1 – Surrey left in a tower
It was quite difficult to win three headlines in a row championship – but four is so difficult that there is not even a driver nickname for that.
The highly of Surrey’s high -end score in Hove leaves them without victory for their first three games, and languid in seventh place in Division One.
If they want to imitate the last team to win four inheritance – Yorkshire, on each side of the Second World War – they will have to rediscover their talent for having taken 20 cheap counters, and this was difficult when their main Spinner is Dan Lawrence, the six counters cost 60.
So far this season, they have conceded 582 for six against Essex, 219 and 300 for five against the Hampshire and 435 against Sussex.
Surrey started his quest for a fourth title of successive champion with three draws
They had trouble doing team bowls, with the Spinner Dan Lawrence on average 60 with the ball
Sussex opener, Tom hatred
2 – Lancashire’s difficulties are bare
It turns out that Lancashire is not shoo-ins to promote that some of us imagined. After hanging on to Northampothire at Old Trafford, they were grateful for the rain against the Leicestershire to Grace Road.
Their striker was reasonable, with Marcus Harris, Keaton Jennings and Josh Bohannon in the races.
But with the exception of a pointed spell of Tom Aspinwall at the Middlesex tail, their questions had trouble: second in their averages is Tom Bailey, with six counters at 36 years old.
Lancashire’s quieurs have been struggling so far this year while they are trying to bounce back to the division a
3 – Ahmed tries his luck
Does Rehan Ahmed make the jump to a real versatile? The start of the season’s conditions, as well as the success of the sailors of Leicestershire, limited it to 32 overtime of leg buyers, which gives a single counter.
So, a full credit in management for having thought laterally and having offered it the possibility of opening the striker.
He responded with a second boost 77 out of 59 bullets against the Derbyshire, and now a hundred three hours against Lancashire.
A spinner that can turn it in both directions and beat? It looks like the kind of cricket player in England dreamed.
The versatile Leicestershire Rehan Ahmed thrives in his new role of opening drummer
4 – Crawley continues to be a concern
Zak Crawley obtained a little sympathy after being incredibly caught up against the Gloucestershire after the ball is ricochet of the shift to the goalkeeper.
His half-century of the second cycle to save Kent from an embarrassing defeat in Canterbury temporarily calmed the concerns about his test place, but his record for this season remains disappointing: 145 points in the division two to 29 years.
This follows a miserable winter in which he became a toy for Matt Henry of New Zealand and was abandoned by Sunrisers Eastern Cape during the SA20.
Zak Crawley endured a difficult start for Kent, and his form is a concern for England
5-Will England be influenced?
In ancient times, the selectors would have simply chosen a form in the form of the form to go first with Ben Duckett against Zimbabwe next month, and there is no shortage.
Crawley’s teammate, Ben Compton, held Kent’s first rounds together in Canterbury with 178, while the forgotten Dom Sibley followed his hundreds of twins against the Hampshire with 82 against Sussex, for whom the quick emerging Tom hatreds struck 174 (to go with 141 against Somerset).
Then there is the equally forgotten haseeb haeed, which carried its bat for 138 while Nottinghamshire took control against the Warwickshire, before the rain extended them.
And what about Alex Lees, fresh from 172 against Yorkshire? But will England be influenced?
With the pressure on Crawley Rising, Dom Sibley is one of the many fitness operators on the circuit
6 – Unknown hero of Northampothire
Is there a county cricket player more busy than Luke Procter? Not only does he captain a team from Northampothire looking for a new breath under Darren Lehmann, but he opens both the striker and the bowling alley – and does it pretty well.
In Derby in recent days, he started with figures for three for 61, then scored 150 to set up an advance of 193.
A bruised heel limited its contribution in the second rounds, when the rain helped the Derbyshire from a point to disturb.
The skipper of the Northampothire Luke Proctor (on the left, raising the bat) continues to shine with the bat and the ball
7 – Bashir lacks time
Shoaib Bashir’s experience does not work. Loaned by Somerset to Glamorgan for the start of the summer, he finished yesterday’s match against Middlesex at Lord’s with a two -countered seasonal transport at 152 each, with an execution rate of 4.23.
April in England (and Wales) is not a place for a spinner, but even so, they are not figures to scare in the hearts of India or Australia, which are both faced with series of five tests against England this year.
The loan spell of three shoaib Bashir games in Glamorgan produced two counters at 152 points each each
8 – The non -wearing star of Essex
The fact that Sam Cook is aligned for the start of the test against Zimbabwe is a reminder that Jamie Porter, his opening partner of the new Essex ball, remains among the best couturers in the country.
And with Cook rested for the visit of Worcestershire, Porter took it upon him to play Essex at their first victory of the season, taking six for 52 in the second rounds and by demanding the crucial counter – Ethan Brookes for 88 – to finish a stand of last 64 counter with Jacob Duffy (which ended up not going out).
England has probably exceeded carrying by, but the career figures of 528 counters at 23 suggest that it was not lucky.
The shape of Jamie Porter shows us why he is among the best unpaid sailors in the country
9 – Green reminds us of his class
If he can stay in shape, the Australian versatile Cameron Green will be a big obstacle to the hopes of the ashes of England this winter.
Signed by the Gloucestershire thanks to the generosity of a mystery donor, Green started with 112 against Kent in Canterbury, stopping only to withdraw from the injury, briefly, after having failed the single which spoke of its century.
The only pity was that Gloucestershire opted for conservatism, creating their opponents 413 in a little more than one session – and ending with six counters, when they would have easily had time for the 10. The English cricket does not sometimes be helped.
The Cameron Green century for Gloucestershire was a sign of warning for the hopes of the ashes of England
The Antilles have cruelly denied
Thanks to the 2019 World Cup final, you will have heard of Boundary Countback. But how about hitting a six too early? Because it was the crime that cost the Antilles a place in the Women’s World Cup for the first time in 25 years.
Need 167, quickly, to beat Thailand and revise the Bangladesh on the net race rate, they reached 162 for four in 10.4 overshadows, at what stage their only hope was to strike the two following balls for four and six in this order.
Instead, Stafanie Taylor struck Phannita Maya for six, finishing the match and leaving the Antilles 0.01 of a race behind the Bangladeshis.
Madly, 168 for four out of 10.5 overtime was not good enough, but 172 for four 10.6 would have done the work: in other words, four, then six, would have seen the Antilles qualify. It can sometimes be a crazy sport.
Women in the West Indies were sorely denied a place in the World Cup for the first time in 25 years
Gibraltar super-nan
One of the best parts of the Almanack edition of Wisden Cricket, published this week, is to compile the index of unusual occurrences.
This year includes “Grandmother made her international debut” and tells the story of Gibraltar Wcomkeeper Sally Barton, a former Christian missionary in the Congo speaker and mathematics at LSE who won her first cap at the age of 66 334 days.
She did not take a catch or a bat in one of her six T20 internationals, but missed one of the openers of CNOCHé, which is more than you or me.
Indian Wonderkid makes his mark
This chronicle closely followed Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s career, 14, who played his first IPL match on Saturday for Rajasthan Royals, and struck his first ball on additional coverage for six.
He also struck his fourth for six, before falling for 34 out of 20 – the beginning, we hope, of an extraordinary career.
