The Cricketer wraps up the best of the action on day two of the 11th round of LV= Insurance County Championship matches in 2023
Derby (day two of four): Derbyshire 443, Durham 364-4 - Durham trail by 79 runs with six wickets remaining
Alex Lees won the race to become the first player to score 1,000 County Championship runs this season as Durham hit back on the second day of the LV= Insurance match against Derbyshire at Derby.
The England batter scored the 84 needed to reach the milestone and went on to make 171 from 210 balls and share a record-breaking stand with David Bedingham who was out for 138.
The pair added 305 from 333 balls for the third wicket, a new Durham record, and at stumps on day two the visitors were 364 for 4, 79 behind Derbyshire's first innings 443.
Josh Tongue was back in action for Worcestershire (Gareth Copley/Getty Images)
Headingley (day two of four): Sussex 216, Yorkshire 286-4 - Yorkshire lead by 70 runs with six wickets remaining
Adam Lyth's excellent 115 - his second County Championship century of the season - underpinned a dominant Yorkshire batting display as they seized control after two days against Sussex at Headingley.
The former England opener, 35, led the county's 286 for 4 response to Sussex’s inadequate first-innings 216 after the visitors elected to bat on a pitch they believed would get worse but has got much better.
Lyth's 31st career first-class century included 18 fours in 175 balls and was ably supported as opening partner Fin Bean made 45, South African overseas batter Ryan Rickelton 46 and England white-ball star Dawid Malan 51.
Adam Lyth cashed in at Headingley (Stu Forster/Getty Images)
Leicester (day two of four): Worcestershire 178 & 169, Leicestershire 110 & 114-7 - Leicestershire need 124 runs to win
Worcestershire need three more wickets to improve their Division Two promotion chances and dent Leicestershire's after day two of their County Championship at Oakham School proved no less eventful than the first.
It closed with Leicestershire, 88 for 8 in their first innings overnight, 114 for 7 in their second when bad light brought play to an early close, with Worcestershire bowled out for 169 in between.
After 18 wickets on day one, 19 followed on day two, among them a couple for Josh Tongue, released from England duty at Old Trafford to rejoin his county team-mates here.
David Lloyd perished for 81 at the hands of Tom Price (Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images)
Cheltenham (day one of four): Glamorgan 152-2 v Gloucestershire
Only 40 overs were possible on the opening day of the 2023 Cheltenham Festival where Glamorgan closed on 152 for 2 in their County Championship match with Gloucestershire.
Rain and bad light frustrated players and spectators at the College Ground after an opening stand of 111 between David Lloyd and Zain ul Hassan, who batted through the morning session.
Lloyd led the way with an exuberant 81 off 102 balls, with 13 fours, while ul Hassan contributed a solid if less fluent 30 from 103 deliveries.
Off-spinner Zafar Gohar and seamer Tom Price were the Gloucestershire wicket-takers after they had lost the toss.
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