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Glamorgan took their overnight lead over Sussex onto 154 runs at Blackstone Academy. 19 year old Australian fast bowler Justin Beaton was the most successful of the ten bowlers used by the home side with 4 for 83.

Henry Cullen’s 234 in this week’s match between Worcestershire and Northamptonshire is the highest score ever by a Worcestershire player in the Second Eleven Championship

Century for Stevie Eskinazi for Middlesex against Yorkshire at Merchant Taylors’ School. He reached his ton off 176 balls with 14 fours.

Worcestershire have beaten Northamptonshire by an innings and 263 runs at Dunstable Town CC. There were three more wickets for Seb Allison in the host’s second innings while the top scorer was the former Surrey batsman Krish Patel with 49.

Ali Orr made 136 off 156 deliveries as Hampshire increased their lead over Somerset to 437 with 6 wickets still remaining if required. Joseph Eckland made 50.

Middlesex made 494 all out in their first innings but still trail Yorkshire by 88 runs. Stevie Eskinazi made 170 while 18 year old Charlie Taylor took 4 for 73 for Yorkshire.

Yorkshire will begin the final day of the SEC season with a 225 run lead over Middlesex with 2 wickets remaining at Merchant Taylors’ School. Skipper Yash Vagadia, who also represents Northumberland, made 58.

Sussex will have it all to do in their game against Glamorgan when play resumes tomorrow at Blackstone Academy. Despite half centuries from Charlie Tear and Dan Ibrahim, his second of the match, they lead by only 89 runs with 2 wickets remaining.

Hampshire look likely to end the SEC season with a win over Somerset at Taunton Vale tomorrow. The home side, chasing a mammoth target of 516, had lost 3 wickets for 63 by the close.

Last two Sussex wickets added only 10 runs to their overnight score leaving Glamorgan needing exactly 100 to win at Blackstone Academy.

Thilan Walallawita took 6 for 84 as Yorkshire were bowled out for 282 in their second innings with half centuries for Yash Vagadia and Harry Duke. Middlesex require 371 off a minimum of 70 overs to end the season with a victory.

Glamorgan have beaten Sussex by 7 wickets at the Blackstone Academy. Wales National Counties batsman Harry Friend top scored in Glamorgan’s second innings with 36.

A fifth wicket partnership of 158 between brothers George and Josh Thomas proved insufficient to save Somerset from a 259 defeat at the hands of Hampshire. Dom Kelly and Finn Gordon each took three wickets in the Somerset second innings.

The final SEC match of the season had a thrilling finish after Middlesex successfully chased down a target of 371 against Yorkshire with three overs to spare. Aaryan Sawant ended unbeaten on 173. Blake Cullen supported him with an innings of 56.

Each day over the next week or so I’ll review the 2024 second eleven season.

First thing to do at the end of the second eleven season is to thank the umpires, scorers, groundsmen and everyone involved with the clubs and other grounds that staged matches.

Nottinghamshire finished top of the 2024 Second Eleven Championship table followed by Essex and Hampshire.

The top three run scorers in the 2024 Second Eleven Championship were Yorkshire’s Harry Duke with 826 runs, Surrey’s Josh Blake with 755 and Warwickshire’s Chris Benjamin with 750.

It’s the third successive year that a wicket keeper has topped the run scoring table in the Second Eleven Championship. Dane Schadendorf in 2022, Josh Blake in 2023 and Harry Duke in 2024.

Jamal Richards was the leading bowler in the 2024 Second Eleven Championship. The Essex fast bowler took 39 wickets and he was followed in the list of wicket takers by two spinners, Thilan Walallawita of Middlesex and Fateh Singh of Nottinghamshire with 36 and 33 respectively.