Leicestershire v Gloucestershire: County Championship Division Two – http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Leicestershire-c807 fail to avoid follow-on
Leicestershire were forced to follow-on against Gloucestershire in a match of the County Championship Division Two at the County Ground, Bristol in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 on Friday, September 9, 2011.
Earlier, the home team had scored 394 runs in their first innings after the Leicestershire’s skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Matthew-Hoggard-c1926 opted to field first at the toss.
The highlight of the Gloucestershire’s innings was the performance of Alex and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Will-Gidman-c2793, as the brother batted brilliantly. The latter was the top scorer of the innings with an unbeaten 85 runs whereas Alex was not far behind, collecting 81 runs.
Leicestershire failed to make an impression once they came out to bat. The team got off to a miserable start in the innings, losing opening batsman Will Jefferson early. He was sent back to the pavilion off the very first delivery of the innings, getting
out for a duck.
The second wicket partnership of 44 runs between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Greg-Smith-c1508 steadied the innings for the visitors, but the pair failed to make most of the start they got to their respective outings.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Smith-c90598 got out after collecting 33 runs with the help of five boundaries. Just two runs later, Boyce was also sent back to the pavilion after adding just 10 runs to the total, leaving the team in a spot of bother.
Middle-order batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Taylor-c66127, who managed just one run in his short stay at the wicket.
Leicestershire were in deep trouble at that stage of the innings, losing half their side for 49 runs on the board.
However, wicketkeeper batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Edmund-James-Eckersley-c55124 and middle-order player Wayne White put together 81 runs for the sixth wicket partnership, rescuing their side from trouble.
White got out after collecting 37 runs with the help of seven boundaries, as he failed to capitalise on the start to his innings. Eckersley top scored the innings with 39 runs, but the entire team was dismissed for 135 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/David-Payne-c1336 was in menacing form, picking up six wickets in the innings, helping his side impose the follow-on on the opposition.
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