Kohli announces next World Cup will be his last; County Championship title race, third day – live

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” Somerset’s slim rubric hopes fizzled similar level cider successful Taunton,” writes Julian Menz.

“I’ve ne'er been to Taunton, and my lone transportation to Somerset is the Glastonbury festival (hence maine being good acquainted with level cider etc), and foolishly volunteering to transportation my one-year-old girl (who could locomotion btw. Just lazy :) up the Tor due to the fact that her mum said it mightiness beryllium ”spiritually bully for her”.

“Anyway, I retrieve watching Somerset astatine Lord’s with my begetter arsenic a kid, and him telling maine astir Botham and Richards. They didn’t triumph it backmost then, and, adjacent arsenic a Londoner, I was hoping they’d yet get that monkey disconnected their backmost this year.”

The publication was written truthful nicely excessively with the last lucifer against Surrey astatine Taunton. Still, gives america thing to anticipation for adjacent year.

In the runners-up games:

Yorkshire request 158 to bushed Notts, who person folded similar a insubstantial napkin successful these past 2 games. Notts each retired 85, 5 for Jack White, 4 for Ben Coad.

And each powerfulness to the Toms astatine Taunton, wherever Lammonby has notched up 150 and Abell 101. Somerset 311-3 way Surrey by 111 which looks similar a high-scoring draw.

Blimey Hampshire! They are present 3 for 4 chasing 437 against Hampshire. Tom Price 3 for one. Out with a bang I suppose.

Essex are pursuing on astatine Sophia Gardens aft being bowled retired for 129 (Ul Hassan 5 for 14) and person reached the heady heights of 19 for 0.

Right, to the other matches. In Division Two:

At Old Trafford wherever I could truly bash with Lancs lasting each time truthful I tin ticker immoderate unrecorded cricket tomorrow, a bully commencement has turned successful a acquainted way. Now 52 for two, Jones tally out, Jennings caught disconnected Parkinson.

Things are looking rosy for Kent successful the plot of England, Glos 129-4 pb by five. Milnes has 3 wickets.

But Middlesex are 12-2 successful their pursuit of different 122 astatine Lord’s, keeping Northants successful the promotion race. Both wickets for Harry Conway.

And Ben Allison has 4 wickets for 11 arsenic Worcestershire look to decorativeness their play with a bang. Derbyshire limp to 37 for four, needing different 296 for victory.

There’s a truly bully crowd successful astatine the City End, basking successful the Birmingham sun. Three slips hold arsenic the umpires analyse the ball. But it is fixed backmost to OHD.

A 100 for Saif Zaib - Middlesex request 134 to win.

Middlesex dropped Saif Zaib twice successful the 90s, and the 20-odd runs helium added afterwards whitethorn person fixed Northamptonshire a sniff of victory. It’s a beauteous time for batting though, and the hosts should sound disconnected their people of 134 - but alien things person happened. The 28-year-old Zaib batted exceptionally good and his household were successful the pavilion to spot him scope a landmark period astatine Lord’s.

With an hr gone, let’s person a speedy rotation astir the grounds:

Hold that thought! Bamber grabs another, a spectacular drawback by Will Young astatine 3rd slip, with an outstretched near hand, plucked from the aerial similar a passing feather successful the wind. Leicetershire 84 for seven.

Oooof, of each people Olly Hannon-Dalby can’t clasp connected to a spot from Ben Green which skews up and into the prima and comes down implicit his shoulder. Holland plays and misses astatine Woakes adjacent ball.

Whether Stokes volition beryllium disposable is an absorbing one, spot Matt Hughes’ portion here.

And another! A bouncing Warwicks observe arsenic Ben Cox gets an extracurricular borderline which is plucked from his nostrils by Sam Hain. Cox retired for two. A 67th wicket for Bamber. Leicestershire 74 for six.

“Just telephone it the Chris Woakes end,” says Ali. A 2nd wicket of the greeting for Woakes, who present has 3 for 31 successful the Birmingham sunshine. Tattersall obligingly edges to Rob Yates, different for his grounds fig of gaffe catches successful a 14 season-match. Leicestershire 74 for five.

Chris Woakes is flying aft different wicket. Photograph: Philip Brown/Getty Images

Have conscionable had a flick through Ali’s caller publication connected Chris Woakes (out October 22). Feels lovely, large pics and beauteous intro.

Budinger was giving Woakes immoderate humpty past nighttime and successful the 3rd implicit contiguous helium nipped successful and took the apical of disconnected stump. Woakes wheeled away, arms out, aeroplane celebration. Leicestershire 69 for four.

Virat Kohli to play his past 50-over World Cup

Virat Kohli, with 54 centuries the starring century-maker successful ODIs, has announced that the 2027 World Cup, successful South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia adjacent October, volition beryllium his last.

He has already retired from T20 ⁠internationals and Test cricket .

Kohli has 14,941 ODI runs, 2nd lone to ⁠Sachin Tendulkar and won the World Cup with India astatine location ungraded successful 2011, but mislaid to Australia successful 2023.

The 2027 contention volition beryllium his 5th rodeo and helium said it was a pugnacious gig.

“The strength of a 50-over World Cup is greater than anything. Because now, it’s astir 10 games astatine a Twenty20 level of intensity,” helium said.

“But you are playing 2.5 T20 games successful 1 day. And to support that strength for 10 games successful a large tourney and World Cup is simply a large deal. Also now, it’s successful overseas conditions. It takes a batch retired of you.”

Virat Kohli has his eyes connected 1 much World Cup prize. Photograph: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images

Wow – Ethan Bamber has bowled much overs than anyone other successful Div One this year! And 66 wickets successful his pouch to number for it. He takes the shot astatine the property container end.

In reply to the Leicestershire entreaty question BTL, we deliberation they person appealed everything but the lone points apt to beryllium overturned oregon semi overturned are 8 points, which volition marque nary quality to the relegation battle. If anyone thinks different, bash driblet maine a line.

Huge applause and cheers for Warwickshire who huddle successful beforehand of their fans. Chris Woakes stretches and turns.

There are tons of clinks and bangs from the gathering enactment for the caller Radisson edifice that volition beryllium unfastened successful clip for the Ashes adjacent year. The matching basal should beryllium acceptable for the commencement of the Championship season.

Football tennis present for immoderate precise jolly Bears, a mean footwear astir for the Foxes.

“Morning Tanya! “Morning Mes!

“I deliberation each the property container volition similar this.”

Good to spot Douglas Jardine fielding connected the boundary.

I sneaked into Lord’s for an hr yesterday evening to spot Northants deed immoderate what-ho sixes. I discovered Gary Naylor and immoderate lime barroom successful the property box, some were a pleasure. The aged crushed was looking lovely, with a bully scattering of radical successful to lukewarm their bones with sunshine and cricket for the past clip till April.

A large stat from Oscar from The Cricketer: Kent are astir to beryllium promoted with the lowest fig of wickets to rotation successful the country.

Warwickshire adjacent connected title, Kent pb promotion race

Warwickshire made serene advancement towards a ninth region title rubric connected a cloudy time astatine Edgbaston. A hold for autumnal mid-morning atrocious airy successful Birmingham curtailed their advancement concisely successful the archetypal league but skipper Ed Barnard and Sam Hain were arsenic unbothered by the lingering nimbus arsenic they were Leicestershire’s bowlers.

Barnard fell caught down for 88 but Hain was the past antheral retired for 142. Ethan Bamber and Chris Woakes struck successful fading airy to permission Leicestershire 55-3 and inactive adrift by 192 runs. A 3rd two-day triumph successful a enactment was kiboshed by aboriginal evening gloom but Saturday volition surely spot Warwickshire clinch the 2026 trophy.

Somerset’s slim rubric hopes fizzled similar level cider successful Taunton, their nonaccomplishment to instrumentality a 3rd bowling bonus constituent arsenic Surrey amassed 422 meant that Warwickshire tin gully and inactive instrumentality the spoils.

Last season’s winners Nottinghamshire reduced Yorkshire to 179 each retired successful their archetypal innings. Olly Stone sent Jonny Bairstow’s mediate stump for the benignant of cartwheel Simone Biles would beryllium arrogant of arsenic helium took 5 wickets astatine Trent Bridge. However, atrocious quality filtered done successful the day that Stone was injured – reportedly a hamstring – and it was superior capable for him to beryllium instantly withdrawn from the match.

Asa Tribe fell abbreviated of a treble period successful Cardiff but his 184 helped Glamorgan amass 505 successful their archetypal innings against Essex who past collapsed astatine the ft of the upland connected 100 for seven. Sussex are good connected apical of Hampshire astatine Southampton, Jaydev Unadkat’s 5 for 32 saw the location broadside skittled for 128 successful effect to 244.

In Division Two, a defiant period from Ben Compton astatine Canterbury kept Kent’s promotion prospects successful the equilibrium arsenic they made 353 and past took 2 Gloucestershire wickets to permission the visitors 63 runs shy.

Fellow promotion chasers Northamptonshire fought backmost to 249 for 7 against Middlesex but a slender pb of 97 runs volition request to thicken connected the hob if they are to acceptable a challenging chase.

Durham defied immoderate mizzly Manchester upwind and Lancashire’s bowlers to station 493 successful their archetypal innings. Worcestershire are successful power against Derbyshire, wherever a fourth-innings pursuit of implicit 300 already looks retired of reach.

Overnight scores

Division One

Cardiff: Glamorgan 505 v Essex 100-7

Essex way by 405 with 3 wickets left

Utilita: Hampshire 128 v Sussex 244 & 216-5

Sussex pb by 332 with 5 wickets left

Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire 251 & 55-3 v Yorkshire 179

Nottinghamshire pb by 127 runs with 7 wickets left

Taunton: Somerset 222-3 v Surrey 422

Somerset way by 200 runs with 7 wickets left

Edgbaston: Warwickshire 372 v Leicestershire 125 & 55-3

Leicestershire way by 192 runs with 7 wickets left

Division Two

Canterbury: Kent 353 v Gloucestershire 229 & 61-2

Gloucestershire way by 63 runs with 8 wickets left

Old Trafford: Lancashire 10-0 v Durham 493

Lancashire way by 483 runs with 10 wickets left

Lord’s: Middlesex 255 v Northamptonshire 103 & 249-7

Northants pb by 97 with 3 wickets left

Worcester: Worcestershire 214 & 203-9 v Derbyshire 88

Worcestershire pb by 329 runs with 1 wicket left

Preamble

Good greeting from Edgbaston and invited to the penultimate time of the season! It’s truthful crispy with greeting acold that the information antheral is successful gloves, but the prima is retired and Warwickshire’s players are successful the middle. Olly Hannon-Dalby, successful mid-calf magnitude socks that marque him look arsenic if he’s conscionable raced backmost from school, is gingerly turning his limb over.

Thanks truthful overmuch to Jim for covering (gorgeously) the archetypal 2 days of this last round, I consciousness similar I’m sneaking successful during the 3rd enactment and everyone has already eaten the Maltesers. Warwickshire request conscionable 7 wickets this greeting to wrapper things up and enactment their paws connected the 2026 title. It’s been a agelong roadworthy since April 3, but they’re astir there.

Play starts astatine 10.30 americium present and astir the grounds. Do articulation america for 1 last Saturday of cricket.