Gloucestershire v Leicestershire - County Championship Division Two - Day 2 – Live Score and Update
Leicestershire 162 v Gloucestershire 40/2 (18.0 ov) - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gloucestershire-c785 trail by 122 runs with 8 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
In the four-day game between Gloucestershire and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Leicestershire-c807, in the ongoing County Championship Division Two, Gloucestershire trail by 122 runs with eight wickets remaining in their first innings, after posting 40 runs in response to the first innings tally of 162 amassed by their opposition on July 19, 2012, at College Ground, Cheltenham.
Having the first day of play lost to rain, fans were least expecting such a belligerent performance from both sides, which left them captivated.
After Leicestershire had won the toss, the side chose to bat first, but the decision proved fatal as they lost their first wicket with nothing on the board, loosing the services of opener GP http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Smith-c90598 (0) on the last ball of the first over.
Then with a score of 11 runs, they lost their second wicket and then their third with 13 runs on the board, as MA Thornely perished for three and EJH Eckersley departed after belting eight runs.
With three wickets down, before expected, this was a testing time for the batting side. Tough times bring out the best in some players, as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jon-Lewis-c1726 Cobb forged collaboration in order to neutralize the threat ahead of them.
The two took the score to 61, after which the skipper took his bow on scoring 23 runs.
MAG Boyce then crafted another stiff partnership alongside Sarwan, as the two batsmen exhibited their superiority, proving just too good for the opposition, as they took the score to 118 runs, before DA Payne grabbed his first wicket of the day by dismissing Boyce, after the batsman had amassed an innings of 22 runs.
Sarwan was then the next man to lose his wicket, as he was also dismissed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Payne-c81269 after having smashed an innings of 50 runs.
ID Saxelby then destroyed Leicestershire by exhibiting a phenomenal bowling performance, finishing with figures of six for 48 runs in 13.5 overs.
Beginning their batting, Gloucestershire, failed to jab a massive opening stand as their first wicket fell with only 13 runs on the board. And then suffered the demise of their second wicket with 36 runs on the board, as they ended the day with opener JN Batty unbeaten on 11 and DA Payne on one.
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