County Championship 2022 | Division Two Round-up, July 13

The tenth round of 2022 County Championship Division Two continued with Day 3 on Wednesday, July 13. Here is a look at the significant events of the four matches played across England. 

Sussex vs Leicestershire

The Leicestershire batters extended their overnight score of 159-1 past the 500-run mark, losing just three more wickets.

Louis Kimber, Colin Ackermann and Wiaan Mulder all plundered hundreds, with the latter two set to resume Leicestershire's innings on the final day.

Brief scores:

Sussex: 588 (142.5)

Tom Alsop 150, Delray Rawlins 75

Callum Parkinson 5-128, Colin Ackermann 2-69

Leicestershire: 529-4 (143)

Colin Ackermann 167*, Wiaan Mulder 129*

Steven Finn 3-81, James Coles 1-141

Leicestershire trail by 59 runs

Middlesex vs Worcestershire

Middlesex batters managed to add only 60 runs to their overnight score of 180-6.

Worcestershire, in their pursuit of 238, seemed inspired by England's BazBall approach as they manufactured a remarkable run-chase on Day 3.

Opener Ed Pollock clubbed a 77-ball-113 at the top of the order as his side overhauled their target within just 47 overs.

Brief scores:

Middlesex: 188 (59.1)

Luke Hollman 62, Tom Helm 50*

Joe Leach 3-58, Josh Baker 2-29

Worcestershire: 191 (58.5)

Ed Barnard 69*, Josh Baker 36

Toby Roland-Jones 4-60, Tim Murtagh 3-40

Middlesex: 240 (80.3)

Luke Hollman 46, Umesh Yadav 44*

Dillon Pennington 3-54, Josh Baker 3-62

Worcestershire: 238-3 (46.4)

Ed Pollock 113, Brett D’Oliveira 33* 

Umesh Yadav 1-25, Tom Helm 1-53

Worcestershire won by seven wickets

Glamorgan vs Nottinghamshire

Glamorgan declared their second innings at 421 for five on Day 3. Two magnificent centuries from Edward Byrom and Sam Northeast ensured the Cardiff-based cricket club of such a formidable total. 

Chasing a target of 455, Nottinghamshire lost their opener, Haseeb Hameed, for just 1. They could add only 19 runs to the board before stumps on day three and require another 436 runs to manufacture a record run-chase on Day 4.  

Brief scores:

Glamorgan: 318 (84.2)

Sam Northeast 56, Kiran Carlson 46

Brett Hutton 4-76, Steven Mullaney 2-42

Nottinghamshire: 285 (86)

Matthew Montgomery 80, Haseeb Hameed 70

Michael Hogan 4-47, James Harris 4-65

Glamorgan: 421-5d (101.3)

Edward Byrom 144, Sam Northeast 105*

Patterson-White 2-116, S Mullaney 1-45

Nottinghamshire: 19-1 (9)

Ben Slater 15*, Matthew Montgomery 3*

Michael Hogan 1-4

Nottinghamshire need 436 runs to win

Durham vs Derbyshire

Derbyshire batsman Leus de Plooy and Brooke Guest charted imperial tons to propel their side to 329-6 after the early setbacks they had endured late on Day 2.

Durham's Chris Rushworth collected four wickets amidst the run-fest day, thus completing his 10-fer in the game. 

Brief scores:

Derbyshire: 283 (92.1)

Leus du Plooy 122*, Anuj Dal 90

Chris Rushworth 7-44, Stanley McAlindon 2-63

Durham: 296 (85.2)

Tomas Mackintosh 51, David Bedingham 45

Toby Pettman 3-44, Alex Thompson 3-48

Derbyshire: 329-6 (105)

Leus du Plooy 134, Brooke Guest 116

Chris Rushworth 4-44, Matt Salisbury 2-71

Derbyshire lead by 316 runs