Northamptonshire v Gloucestershire - County Championship Division Two - Day 2 – Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Northamptonshire-c824 411 v Gloucestershire 156/6 (42.0 ov) - Gloucestershire trail by 255 runs with 4 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
In the ongoing County Championship Division Two tournament, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gloucestershire-c785 trail by 255 runs with four wickets remaining in their first innings against Northamptonshire in the four-day match being played at County Ground, Northampton.
Northamptonshire, who had chosen to bat first after winning the toss, resumed their first innings with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Charles-Lennox-James-c44309 Hall to add more runs to their overnight score of 302 runs.
However, the skipper failed to leave an impression as he perished after scoring only a run, leaving his side standing on a total of 309 runs.
With five wickets down already, the batting side needed to bat with a bit more composure in order to post a score near 400 to gain an upper hand against their rivals on a batting track.
With a score of 322, the side suffered the loss of their second wicket of the day when wicketkeeper/batsman, D Murphy, hit the showers after batting an innings of eight runs.
APR Gidman then gifted his team the prized wicket of Coetzer, who was dismissed after clobbering an innings of 96 runs that made him the second highest scoring batsman from his side after http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jamie-Dalrymple-c1658 Middlebrook, who amassed a mammoth innings of 121 runs.
CD de Lange then took charge as he knew that his side needed someone to stay on the wicket long enough to post a comfortable total.
Northamptonshire’s lower-order exhibited resolve as the batsmen batted with zeal in a bid to neutralize the fielding side.
The Norths finally ended their innings after belting a total of 411 runs with CD de Lange unbeaten on an impressive knock of 40.
With a massive total mocking them right in their faces, Gloucestershire, began their innings but lost their first wicket with only 13 runs on the board as BAC Howell had his stumps uprooted by Burton for four runs.
While the top and middle-order failed to give an intimidating performance, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Marshall-c74817 were the only two batsmen who gave the fielding side tough time as they jabbed knocks of 42 and 49 to play an important role in helping their side pile 156 runs for the loss of six wickets at the end of the day’s play.
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