There were plenty more twists and turns in the latest round of the County Championship which edges ever closer to the halfway stage. With big wins for Essex, Kent and Lancashire, find out who performed well enough to merit selection in our county team of the week.
1. Hasan Azad (137 & 100*)
Notched his maiden first-class century on day one for the Foxes and followed it up with his second on the final day. Alongside fellow centurion Neil Dexter, the pair recorded Leicestershire’s highest ever second-wicket stand (320) in the County Championship, eclipsing the 289* that Chris Balderstone and David Gower shared against Essex at Grace Road in 1981.
1️⃣ @countychamp second wicket record
1️⃣ first-class career best
1️⃣ maiden first-class century
2️⃣ centurions?? Very well played @dexy214 & @Bat_Pad_Man
? #foxesfamily pic.twitter.com/Dw5KSvtIYB
— Leicestershire CCC (@leicsccc) 17 June 2019
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2. Chris Dent (176)
In response to the Foxes’ mammoth total of 487, captain Dent played the anchor role superbly and partnered with Ryan Higgins to give Gloucestershire a lead of 84 on what proved to be a batters’ deck at Grace Road.
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3. Neil Dexter (180)
Crashed 27 fours and a six at Grace Road as Leicestershire racked up a huge first innings score of 487 against Gloucestershire.
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4. Joe Denly (8 & 167*)
The South African was the stand-out performer of the week and instrumental in the capitulation of Hampshire’s batting line-up in both innings. After taking his 29th first-class five-wicket-haul in the first innings, the Essex offie led his side to an innings victory in Hampshire’s second innings with 7-38, which left him with match figures of 12-61.
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10. Graham Onions (3-19 & 5-38)
The combination of Onions and Anderson proved far too much for Derbyshire, who narrowly avoided an innings defeat to Division Two table-toppers Lancashire. The former England seamer, who is featured in July’s issue of the Wisden Cricket Monthly, ripped through the home side’s top order in the second innings to claim match figures of 8-57 and a 29th first-class five-for.
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11. James Anderson (5-18 & 4-29)
It’s safe to say that 28 wickets at an average of 8.64 isn’t bad form to be taking into a home Ashes series, and Anderson continued his domination of Division Two batsmen with another strong display against Derbyshire. After sending down 17 first-innings overs for just 18 runs including five wickets, the Lancashire seamer fell narrowly short of 10 wickets in the match in a dominant performance by the Red Roses.
Oh Jimmy Jimmy! ?@jimmy9 took match figures of 9/47 against @DerbyshireCCC in the @CountyChamp. ?
? #RedRoseTogether pic.twitter.com/mjzYpg4lFK
— Lancashire Cricket (@lancscricket) June 20, 2019
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