County Championship 2021: Group 3 roundup, Wednesday, 7 July

Jul 08, 2021

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County Championship Group 3 roundup.

Lancashire v Kent, Old Trafford

Kent 74 (Stevens 19; Anderson 7-19) and 149/8 (Leaning 53*; Hartley 4-42) drew with Lancashire 259/9 (Wood 63*; Quinn 3-37).

Jack Leaning stood unflustered against Lancashire attack, playing 199 balls for an unbeaten 53 to salvage a draw for Kent. Earlier, Lancashire declared their innings on 259/9.

Having conceded a deficit of 185 runs, things got worse for Lancashire when they lost both openers in quick succession. Joe Denly then edged one to Dane Vilas. Kent were 40/3 at this point.

Leaning then held the innings but wickets kept falling from the other end. James Logan joined Leaning out in the middle and played 57 balls to force a draw. Tom Hartley picked up four wickets.

Sussex v Glamorgan, Hove

Sussex 226 (Ibrahim 58; van der Gugten 3-45) and 263/6 decl. (Brown 100*; van der Gugten 3-94) lead Glamorgan 215 (Lloyd 38; Carson 3-39) and 154/5 (Ingram 27; Carson 3-61) by 122 runs.

Sussex rode on Ben Brown’s unbeaten 100 to set Glamorgan 275 on the final day at Hove. Resuming on 111/4, Alastair Orr made 80 before getting lbw off David Lloyd. Brown took 134 balls to get to his century and declared straightaway.

Sussex bowlers, led by Jack Carson, kept striking regularly but there was not much time for them to wrap up the innings. Glamorgan made 154/5 before the play was called off.