The Division Two of the ongoing 2022 County Championship continued with three matches on Friday, July 22. Here is a look at how each of the three games panned out before stumps on the final day.
Derbyshire vs Nottinghamshire
Derbyshire reached 79-0 before stumps on Day 3. On the fourth day, they extended their total to 249-4 before players shook hands for a draw.
Openers Luis Reece and Harry Came cracked sparkling half-centuries and formed a 161-run opening stand for the hosts.
Brief scores:
Nottinghamshire 1st inn: 618-8d (134)
Ben Duckett 241, Haseeb Hameed 196;
Ben Aitchison 3-119, George Scrimshaw 2-73
Derbyshire 1st inn: 318 (111.5)
Brooke Guest 109, Wayne Madsen 74;
Luke Fletcher 3-44, Steven Mullaney 3-51
Derbyshire 2nd inn: 249-4 (f/o) (97)
Luis Reece 86, Harry Came 70;
Dane Paterson 2-62, Ben Slater 1-23
Match Drawn
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Middlesex vs Sussex
After gaining a handy 38-run first innings lead, Sussex batted out the entire day on Day 4 to reach 181-9.
Tom Clark and all-rounder Aristides Karvelas piled up half-centuries while Middlesex’s Tom Helm claimed four wickets.
The match eventually ended in a draw.
Brief scores:
Sussex 1st inn: 523 (162.2)
Cheteshwar Pujara 231, Tom Alsop 135;
Tom Helm 5-109, Toby Roland-Jones 2-75
Middlesex 1st inn: 485 (124.5)
John Simpson 109, Toby Roland-Jones 85;
Bradley Currie 6-93, Aristides Karvelas 2-72
Sussex 2nd inn: 181-9 (78)
Aristides Karvelas 57, Tom Clark 56;
Tom Helm 4-37, Sam Robson 1-3
Match Drawn
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Leicestershire vs Glamorgan
Colin Ingram and Sam Northeast plundered runs in a heap on Day 3 as the duo mounted a 306-run stand for the third wicket.
Chasing Leicestershire's first innings total of 584 and being reduced to 9-2 at one stage, Glamorgan hammered 452 runs on the day to extend their total to 563-5.
Sam Northeast is unbeaten on 308 and will resume his innings on Day 4 alongside Chris Cooke.
Brief scores:
Leicestershire 1st inn: 584 (148)
Wiaan Mulder 156, Ben Mike 91;
Andrew Salter 4-158, Michael Hogan 3-88
Glamorgan 1st inn: 563-5 (129)
Sam Northeast 308*, Colin Ingram 139;
Chris Wright 3-74, Roman Walker 1-63
Glamorgan trail by 21 runs