County Championship Division Two, Leicestershire v Northamptonshire - Day 1 - Live Score and Update
Northamptonshire 99/3 (31.2 ov) v Leicestershire - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Leicestershire-c807 won the toss and elected to field
Another match on the first day of the four-day match in the ongoing County Championship Division Two that got wasted by rain was between Leicestershire and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Northamptonshire-c824, where Northamptonshire while batting first could face only 31.2 overs before play had to be abandoned due to heavy showers at Grace Road, Leicester.
This was not the first occasion when fans had to prematurely leave the ground, as rains washed out most of the county matches last week and with the way showers poured on Wednesday; things are not looking any brighter for these ongoing games.
Perhaps it is finally time for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 and Wales Cricket Board to seriously start considering the use of domed grounds in order to avoid rain from interfering with the games.
This will ensure competitive cricket to flourish in the country, helping younger players groom well before making an international debut.
Meanwhile, in Wednesday’s game, Leicestershire after winning the toss, chose to field first as it seemed that the team was not willing to test its batsmen under a cloudy weather.
Northamptonshire had no other option but to pray for an act of God to get them through the day, which actually did happen as they lost only three wickets before play was called off with rain coming down hard enough to prevent the match from being continued.
Earlier, Northamptonshire openers SD Peters and RI Newton failed to put up a show as the opening partnership ended with only one run on the board as Newton fell on nil.
This start was enough to rattle any side, but Northamptonshire exhibited supreme resolve as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Woods-c98113, as the duo took the tally to 74 runs, before Leicestershire saw the back of Peters, who fell after scoring an innings of 32 runs.
DJG Sales was then the next man to walk back to the pavilion after moulding an inning nine runs off 18 deliveries.
At stumps, Coetzer was handsomely unbeaten on 43 alongside AG Wakely on five runs, as the side piled a tally of 99.
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