West Country Cricket Thread - 2016

Marcus Trescothick has confirmed he will play his 25th season for Somerset after signing a new one-year contract.
Trescothick, 40, made his Somerset debut in 1993 and is closing in on 25,000 first-class runs. Earlier this season he equalled Harold Gimblett's record of 49 centuries for the county. This summer he has scored 978 at 54.33 in the County Championship.

 

Warwickshire beat Somerset by eight runs in the semi-final of the Royal London Cup at Edgbaston
Warwickshire 284 for 4 (Bell 94*, Hain 86) - Somerset 276 for 9 (Trego 58, Davies 46, Patel 5-43)

 

Somerset beat Yorkshire by ten wickets at Headingley
Somerset 390 (Gregory 73*, Trescothick 73, Allenby 50, Sidebottom 5-51) and 44 for 0 - Yorkshire 145 and 286 (Lehmann 116, Plunkett 73, Lyth 49, Leach 6-64)

 

If Middlesex defeat Lancashire today, the title is as good as theirs. If Lancashire do not succumb, however, then Middlesex, Somerset and Yorkshire will contest what could still be a wonderful climax to the Championship season next week
Somerset, by virtue of a win achieved with a day and 8.3 overs to spare, have cut the margin to second-placed Yorkshire to a single point. Middlesex could lead by 20 points if they beat Lancashire. The advantage, variously, would reduce to nine points if they drew, and four if they lost.

Come on the Red Rose!!!!

 

Steve Davies, the former England wicketkeeper, is expected to join Somerset after calling time on his Surrey career.
Surrey announced on Wednesday that Davies will leave the club at the end of this season after he turned down a new two-year contract because he wants to revive his wicketkeeping career.
Davies' path to a wicketkeeping role he surprisingly relinquished at the start of the 2014 season is currently blocked at Surrey by Ben Foakes, whose development as a keeper-batsman has made him a possible selection as a back-up wicketkeeper for England's Test tours of Bangladesh and India this winter.

 

Northants beat Gloucestershire by 114 runs at Wantage Road
Northants 326 (Newton 130, Wakely 104, Payne 4-57) and 376 (Levi 95, Duckett 70) - Gloucestershire 261 (Payne 56, Keogh 4-67) and 327 (Hankins 116, Mustard 79, Sanderson 8-73)

 

Division 1 Table
Middlesex - 213
Yorkshire - 204
Somerset - 203

Remaining Fixtures both starting on Tuesday 20 September:
Middlesex v Yorkshire at Lords
Somerset v Nottinghamshire at Taunton

The equation for Somerset is simple - win the game against Nottinghamshire and see what happens at Lords

 

Somerset seam bowler Tim Groenewald, all-rounder Roelof van der Merwe and batsman Johann Myburgh have all signed extended contracts with the county

 

Somerset beat Nottinghamshire by 325 runs at Taunton
Somerset 365 (Hildreth 135, Rogers 132, Ball 6-57) and 313 for 5 dec (Rogers 100*, Davies 59, Trego 55, Patel 3-95) - Nottinghamshire 138 (Bess 5-43, Leach 3-42) and 215 (Root 66*, Leach 4-69, Van der Merwe 3-59)

 

Middlesex beat Yorkshire by 61 runs at Lords
Middlesex 270 (Gubbins 125, Brooks 6-65) and 359 for 6 dec (Malan 116, Gubbins 93, Eskinazi 78*) - Yorkshire 390 (Bresnan 142*, Rafiq 65, Hodd 64, Roland-Jones 4-73) and 178 (Bresnan 55, Roland-Jones 6-54)
Middlesex win the County Championship

 

Durham beat Hampshire by six wickets in Southampton
Durham 361 (Richardson 99*, Clark 58, Stokes 50, Wheal 4-39, Dawson 4-100) and 297 for 4 (Stoneman 137, Borthwick 88) - Hampshire 411 (Vince 92, Smith 90, Dawson 62, Adams 53) and 245 for 9 dec (McManus 67, Pringle 7-107)

Hampshire Relegated

 

Final Table - County Championship Div 1

Middlesex - 230
Somerset - 226
Yorkshire - 211
Durham - 200
Surrey - 182
Warwickshire - 176
Lancashire - 165
Hampshire - 155
Nottinghamshire - 124

 

Final Table - County Championship Div 2
Essex - 235
Kent - 212
Worcestershire - 203
Sussex - 192
Northamptonshire - 184
Gloucestershire - 183
Leicestershire - 182
Glamorgan - 148
Derbyshire - 119

 

Winners and Losers 2016:

County Championship Div 1 Winners - Middlesex
County Championship Div 1 Relgated - Nttinghamshire & Hampshire
County Championship Div 2 Winners & Promoted - Essex (only 1 team promoted)
County Championship Div 2 Wooden Spoon - Derbyshire
Royal London Cup Winners - Warwickshire
Nat West T20 Winners - Northamptonshire

Most County Championship Div 1 Runs - K Jennings (Durham) 1548
Most County Championship Div 2 Wickets - J Patel (Warwickshire) 69
Most County Championship Div 2 Runs - B Duckett (Northamptionshire) 1338
Most County Championship Div 2 Wickets - J Leach (Worcestershire) 65