http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Leicestershire-c807 v Essex - County Championship Division Two - Day 3 – Live Score and Update
Leicestershire 372 & 148/3 (40.4 ov) v Essex 409 - Leicestershire lead by 111 runs with 7 wickets remaining
Hosts Leicestershire are in a dominating position in the four-day match against Essex by securing a 111 runs lead at stumps on the third day of play with seven wickets in hand at Grace Road, Leicester.
Resuming their first innings from 239 runs for the loss of five wickets, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Essex-c783 gave a befitting batting performance by posting a staggering first innings tally of 409 runs in response to the first innings total of 372 runs posted by the hosts.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BT-Foakes-c48804 was joined by skipper JS Foster to unravel a stupendous batting partnership that not only prevented the team from faltering on a low total, but also gave Leicestershire a tough time in the middle, who got clobbered to boundaries on numerous occasions.
The two batsmen, played the innings like a one-day event, as they wanted to post maximum number of runs before the end of the innings, and this approach was without a doubt the right thing to do as holding off the bowlers would not have helped, as it was imperative to keep the run rate ticking.
Finally after posting 326 runs on the board, the partnership broke on the wicket of Foster, who found his way back to the pavilion after jamming a knock of 26 runs.
With Foster sitting out on the benches, Foakes also perished after belting an astounding innings of 93 runs, leaving his team on a tally of 369 runs.
The side then managed to reach a tally of 409 runs, after sustaining a bowling onslaught from Wayne White who opened the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gates-c58585 of h**l upon the batting side by taking five wickets.
Coming out to bat in their second innings, the hosts lost their first wicket with 20 runs on the board.
With two wickets down on 29 runs, opener WI Jefferson middle-order batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RR-Sarwan-c2371 hammered astounding knocks of 49 and 61 to end the day with 148 runs on the board for the loss of three wickets.
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