Day 2 Round Up and Reactions SpecSavers County Championship Division 2

by Alastair Symondson Tuesday 25 September 2018

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Here are all the Division 2 match updates and reactions from Day 2, in the final round of the 2018 SpecSavers County Championship.

Warwickshire v Kent Edgbaston, Birmingham 10:30 AM

Kent 167 (Keith Barker 3-31 , Chris Wright 3-29 , Olly Stone 3-36) and 38-1

Warwickshire 380 (Will Rhodes 110, Dom Sibley 119; Joe Denly 3-48, Harry Podmore 3-67)

At the Close - Kent trail Warwickshire by 175 runs with 9 wickets remaining

?? @DomSibley on his third ?? in four innings and the strong position the Bears find themselves heading into day three. ??#YouBears #WARvKEN pic.twitter.com/skS5oKwCzK
— Warwickshire CCC ?? (@WarwickshireCCC) September 25, 2018

Warwickshire - Will Rhodes, Dominic Sibley, Ian Bell, Jonathan Trott, Sam Hain, Tim Ambrose(wk), Keith Barker, Chris Wright, Olly Stone, Jeetan Patel(c), Ryan Sidebottom

Kent - Zak Crawley, Sean Dickson, Joe Denly, Heino Kuhn, Sam Billings(c)(wk), Ollie Robinson, Darren Stevens, Grant Stewart, Harry Podmore, Matt Henry, Adam Riley

Northamptonshire beat Sussex by 6 wickets at the County Ground, Northampton

Sussex 118 (Ben Sanderson 4-32) and 222 (Luke Wells 50, Harry Finch 63; Ben Cotton 5-48)

Northamptonshire 171 (Ollie Robinson 4-55) and 172-4 (Ben Curran 83*, Adam Rossington 51*; Ollie Robinson 3-48)

Result - Northamptonshire beat Sussex by 6 wickets

#EnjoyYourWins - a great way to end 2018! pic.twitter.com/ilCwmTxBdo
— NCCC (@NorthantsCCC) September 25, 2018

Northamptonshire - Ricardo Vasconcelos, Ben Curran, Charlie Thurston, Alex Wakely(c), Adam Rossington(wk), Luke Procter, Rob Keogh, Ben Cotton, Brett Hutton, Nathan Buck, Ben Sanderson

Sussex - Philip Salt, Luke Wells, Laurie Evans, Harry Finch, Michael Burgess, Ben Brown(c)(wk), Delray Rawlins, Chris Jordan, Ollie Robinson, Danny Briggs, Abidine Sakande

Glamorgan v Leicestershire Sophia Gardens, Cardiff 10:30 AM

Glamorgan 359 (Kiran Carlson 83, Craig Meschede 55, Timm van der Gugten 50; Gavin Griffiths 3-71) and 106-4

Leicestershire – 132 (Graham Wagg 3-25)

At the Close - Glamorgan lead Leicestershire by 333 runs with 6 wickets remaining

REPORT | It was a bowling day in Cardiff as 16 wickets fell for the addition of 266 runs, but @HarryDearden97 top-scored for the Foxes with a fine 48 ?? #followthefoxes

Read more here ?? https://t.co/MyhMhKr8my pic.twitter.com/DQrqGZFAFy
— Leicestershire CCC?? (@leicsccc) September 25, 2018

Glamorgan - Stephen Cook, Nick Selman, Jack Murphy, Kiran Carlson, Jeremy Lawlor, Chris Cooke(wk), Craig Meschede, Graham Wagg, Timm van der Gugten, Kieran Bull, Michael Hogan(c)

Leicestershire - Ateeq Javid, Sam Evans, Colin Ackermann(c), Mark Cosgrove, Harry Dearden, Lewis Hill(wk), Ben Mike, Callum Parkinson, Tom Taylor, Gavin Griffiths, Dieter Klein

Durham v Middlesex Emirates Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street 10:30 AM

Middlesex 121 (Matthew Salisbury 6-37) and 255-2 (Nick Gubbins 90*, Stevie Eskinazi 96)

Durham 310 (Michael Richardson 50, Gareth Harte 112; Tim Murtagh 4-56)

At the Close - Middlesex lead Durham by 66 runs with 8 wickets remaining

Impressive century for @HarteGareth but Middlesex fight back to close ahead by 66

?? https://t.co/wEmVFzgEza #ForTheNorth pic.twitter.com/8Ei48TVE8W
— Durham CCC ?? (@DurhamCricket) September 25, 2018

Durham - Cameron Steel, Alex Lees, Gareth Harte, Michael Richardson, Ryan Davies, Paul Collingwood(c), Stuart Poynter(wk), Mark Wood, Barry McCarthy, Matthew Salisbury, Chris Rushworth

Middlesex - Sam Robson, Nick Gubbins, Stevie Eskinazi, Dawid Malan(c), Max Holden, Robbie White(wk), James Harris, Martin Andersson, James Fuller, Ethan Bamber, Tim Murtagh

Derbyshire v Gloucestershire AAA County Ground, Derby 10:30 AM

Derbyshire 184 (Luis Reece 59; Craig Miles 5-50) and 157 (Alex Hughes 55*; Craig Miles 3-46, Ryan Higgins 3-17)

Gloucestershire 163 (Luis Reece 7-20) and 29-2

At the Close - Gloucestershire need 150 runs to win

REPORT: @lreece17 takes career-best 7-20 as #DCCC end Day Two in a good position ??

Read ?? https://t.co/xNkMDgtEVT #WeAreDerbyshire #DERvGLO pic.twitter.com/sOW9NqjI1V
— Derbyshire CCC (@DerbyshireCCC) September 25, 2018

Derbyshire - Billy Godleman(c), Luis Reece, Wayne Madsen, Tom Lace, Alex Hughes, Matthew Critchley, Harvey Hosein(wk), Anuj Dal, Hardus Viljoen, Tony Palladino, Lockie Ferguson

Gloucestershire - Miles Hammond, Chris Dent(c), James Bracey(wk), Benny Howell, Jack Taylor, Ryan Higgins, Ben Charlesworth, Craig Miles, David Payne, Matt Taylor, George Drissell