Muyeye gives Kent glimmer of hope against Worcestershire
Tawanda Muyeye tailored a maiden double century of sparkling quality to lift Kent from the depths of the doldrums to a lead of 77 and a hair’s breadth of a chance going into the final day. Muyeye, who came to England as a refugee from Zimbabwe, was in sparkling form, threading the innings together with stout support from Harry Finch, and jigging with joy as he reached 200. He was finally caught for 211 off 279 balls in the final over of the day. “Some of the boys have never seen me that happy because I’m usually quite reserved and quite quiet,” he said afterwards. “I struggled a lot [this season] and I just never ever saw any light at the end of the tunnel…for me to play like that over the last two days has made me so happy.”
Nineteen-year-old Daniel Hogg grabbed four wickets on his first-class debut to help Durham stride towards victory at Chester-le-Street. Hogg was given the new ball in the absence of Neil Wagner with a shoulder injury, and chipped away as Notts were asked to follow on. A doughty partnership of 96 between Matthew Montgomery and Jack Haynes frustrated Durham in the afternoon, but an evening wobble left Notts still 90 runs adrift with only four wickets remaining.
Runs a-go-go at Bristol where both Ben Charlesworth and James Bracey made delightful career-best double centuries. The pair enjoyed Leicestershire’s bowling on a pancake pitch during a stand of 290. It was Bracey’s fourth century of a prolific summer.
On-loan spinner Jack Morley gave Derbyshire real hope of a red-ball win at home for the first time since August 2019. Morley grabbed three for 35 to leave Glamorgan seven wickets down and still 25 runs behind. Meanwhile Yorkshire could smell salty victory at Scarborough, though Sussex fought valiantly. They need another 75 to win, eight wickets left.
Alex Davies smashed an unbeaten 109 at a damp Edgbaston to give Warwickshire a lead of 277 going into the final day, though thoughts of a declaration might be muddied by the memory of Somerset chasing down 410 at their previous meeting. Rain continued to thwart Essex’s hopes down in Southampton. Tom Westley declared at 438 for eight but Toby Albert and Nick Gubbins then drew the shutters for Hampshire. Only 10.2 overs were possible at The Oval where leaders Surrey winkled out Luke Wells.
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A day of rain and double centuries, with Derbyshire in sight of a home red-ball win at last. We’ll be back tomorrow, thanks for all your messages – good night!
