Adam Lyth, Finlay Bean pile on the runs for Yorkshire on truncated day
Yorkshire 154 for 0 (Lyth 77*, Bean 69*) vs Worcestershire
Adam Lyth and Finlay Bean posted Yorkshire’s highest opening stand for six years on a truncated day one of many LV=Insurance County Championship match with Worcestershire at New Road.
The duo placed on an unbroken 154 in 33.3 overs after being put into bat in what seemed to be useful circumstances for seam bowling.
Lyth and Bean cashed in on some wayward bowling and in addition profited from three dropped catches.
It was Yorkshire’s finest begin to an innings since Shaun Marsh and Tom Kohler-Cadmore placed on 162 towards Surrey at The Oval in 2017.
Rain prevented any play after 2pm for 3 and 1 / 4 hours and there was simply time for 12 runs to be added in 3.1 overs earlier than unhealthy gentle ended proceedings.
Lyth will resume tomorrow on 77 from 108 balls having hit 15 boundaries with Bean 69 not out from 97 deliveriesd with 10 fours.
Yorkshire handed a debut to South African worldwide keeper-batter, Ryan Rickelton, who has been signed for 3 Championship video games as a substitute for Shan Masood after his recall by Pakistan.
Dom Bess was named within the Tykes squad for this recreation however has been re-signed for Somerset on a short-term mortgage.
Worcestershire have been with out skipper Brett D’Oliveira due to the approaching delivery of his second baby however Jack Haynes returned after lacking the earlier Championship recreation towards Derbyshire with a knee damage.
Apart from a few early edges, Lyth and Bean scored freely towards the Kookaburra ball which is once more being trialled on this spherical of Championship matches.
The pair confirmed loads of aggressive intent and have been additionally gifted too many ‘4’ balls and the half-century stand got here up in solely 11.2 overs.
But additionally they obtained a serving to hand from the Worcestershire fielders as a trio of catches have been spilled in fast succession.
Bean survived an opportunity to gulley on 28 after which on 41 was put down at first slip off Matthew Waite.
Former Yorkshire all-rounder Waite, who signed a three-year contract at New Road final winter, was the decide of the house assault.
He suffered extra frustration as one other alternative went begging with Lyth on 41 spilled at second slip.
To rub salt into his wound, Lyth then cracked the subsequent ball by way of the covers for 4 to finish 13,000 first-class runs.
Bean was first to his half-century – off 67 balls – when he lofted Joe Leach over gulley for his ninth boundary and Lyth off drove the identical bowler for his tenth 4 to finish a 75 ball fifty.
Yorkshire plundered 132 runs off 27 overs within the morning session however after that the weather solely allowed two extra transient intervals of play.