COUNTIES CRICKET Championship round two team news
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- Created on Sunday, 23 July 2023 05:58
- Last Updated on Monday, 24 July 2023 08:07
- Published on Sunday, 23 July 2023 05:58
- Written by PAUL BOLTON National Counties Cricket correspondent
Off-spinner Edavalath, 19, who made his first-class debut against Derbyshire last month, will be making his National Counties debut and batter Cullen his first appearance of the season for Herefordshire.
Ben Chapman-Lilley, Nick Hammond and James Rudge all return having missed the draw with Oxfordshire at Eastnor.
Cheshire give a debut to wicketkeeper/batter Owen Feakes, who captains Flowery Field, with former Glamorgan batter Joe Cooke set for his first Championship appearance for them having played 10 times in the competition for Hertfordshire.
Former Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Hampshire slow left-armer David Wainwright makes his first appearance of the season as Cheshire’s red ball professional.
Oxfordshire give a Championship debut to Gloucestershire seamer Jared Warner, who has already featured for them in white ball cricket this season, against defending champions Berkshire at Thame.
Aston Rowant opening batter Ollie Ebsworth-Burland makes his seasonal bow at a ground on which he has made two centuries and a fifty at Church Meadow. This will be just the sixth Championship match that Ebsworth-Burland has played but his fourth at Thame.
Berkshire will not need reminding of the damage that Ebsworth-Burland inflicted on them at Thame two years ago when he followed up 81 in the first innings with a century to set up a 283 runs victory.
Oxfordshire batter Marcus Campopiano is missing this weekend as he is playing for Italy in the ICC World T20 European Qualifier tournament in Edinburgh.
In Western Division Two Shropshire welcome back batters George Hargrave and Ollie Westbury for their match against Cornwall at Bridgnorth.
Both made centuries when the sides last met at Bridgnorth two years ago with former Worcestershire man Westbury getting his for Cornwall.
Jack Home and Luke Thornton make way from the side that spent most of the three days of a rain-ruined draw with Wales NC confined to the pavilion at Brymbo.
Cornwall again include Kent all-rounder Alex Blake, who made a century on debut against Dorset, and welcome back all-rounder Tommy Sturgess from injury in place of Liam Weeks.
Wiltshire begin their three-day season against Wales NC at Corsham where former Glamorgan batsman Tom Cullen will be a familiar face to the visitors.
Wales have named an unchanged squad from the one that drew with Shropshire.
Durant Cricket National Counties Championship
July 23-25 (11am)
Eastern Division One
Sleaford Lincolnshire v Suffolk West Bromwich Dartmouth Staffordshire v Buckinghamshire
Western Division One
Alderley Edge Cheshire v Herefordshire Thame Oxfordshire v Berkshire
Eastern Division One
Bishop’s Stortford Hertfordshire v Cumbria Bedford School: Bedfordshire v Northumberland
Western Division Two
Bridgnorth Shropshire v Cornwall Corsham Wiltshire v Wales NC
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