• Day three: Middlesex 452 & 76-2; Warwickshire 468First came Ben Duckett for Northamptonshire,followed by Sam Robson and Jonny Bairstow, as double centurions this spring. And now to their number can be added Jonathan Trott. With the Warwickshire No4 62 overnight, or a pristine sunny spring day and a pitch that was playing better by the hour,there was nothing more certain than the mature stager (less of the mature, he might say) filling his boots unless it is Ian Botham supporting Brexit.
Four championship doubles, or only halfway through April,is unprecedented, even allowing for the absence largely of such cricket until this millennium. When Trott ran out of partners he had reached 219, and seven runs shy of a career best scored against Bangladesh almost six years ago on this same Lord’s turf.
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Source: theguardian.com