Dent, Hammond set Gloucestershire basis earlier than Parkinson hits again
Gloucestershire 280 for six (Dent 85, Hammond 52, Parkinson 3-45) vs Durham
Matt Parkinson claimed three wickets to halt Gloucestershire’s progress on day one in every of their LV= Insurance County Championship Division Two conflict towards Durham at Seat Unique Riverside.
Chris Dent impressed on the high of the order with a resolute knock of 85, whereas Miles Hammond provided a change of tempo with a blistering fifty to steer the guests to 170 for two earlier than Parkinson led the Durham fightback.
The legspinner eliminated Hammond, Grant Roelofson and James Bracey and Matthew Potts added the scalp of Dent to scale back Gloucestershire to 280 for six earlier than rain introduced a untimely finish to day one.
Gloucestershire received the toss and elected to bat beneath the solar at Seat Unique Riverside. Potts and Ben Raine had been on their mettle with the Kookaburra ball from the off towards the guests’ opening partnership of Dent and Ben Charlesworth, beating the bat on a number of events with out reward within the first half hour. Potts’ persistence earned him the breakthrough with the wicket of Charlesworth, who clipped a tame drive straight to Parkinson at mid-on.
The morning session belonged to Gloucestershire as Dent confirmed his class on the crease to fend off harmful spells from Durham’s potent assault, that includes new signing Migael Pretorius. Dent and Ollie Price placed on 66 and seemed primed to take the guests into lunch one down, however a lapse in Price’s focus handed Pretorius his first Durham wicket.
Dent needed to wait till after the interval to attain the one required to carry up his second fifty of the season, and his knock continued to supply a precious basis for the Gloucestershire innings. Whereas Dent was reserved in his method, Hammond took the assault to the Durham bowlers after lunch. The right-hander launched back-to-back sixes into the leg-side boundary towards Parkinson as he raced to fifty from 43 balls.
But, Parkinson would halt his cost for 52 as Scott Borthwick claimed a superb catch over his head at cowl, which modified the momentum of the session. Dent had pissed off Potts within the morning session and their duel continued into the afternoon earlier than the England seamer produced a magnificence to seek out his outdoors edge for a powerful 85.
Roelofsen and Bracey pressed Gloucestershire to their first batting level, though each had been then bowled by Parkinson to open up the tail for the house aspect. Zafar Gohar and Josh Shaw had been left to rebuild the innings earlier than rain ended the day with the guests 20 runs shy of a second batting bonus level.