The Cricketer wraps up the best of the action on day two of the third round of LV= Insurance County Championship matches in 2023
Worcester (second day of four): Gloucestershire 231, Worcestershire 118-7 - Worcestershire are 113 runs behind with three first-innings wickets remaining
Worcestershire and Gloucestershire were left frustrated by the weather after day two of the LV= Insurance County Championship match at New Road was abandoned without a ball being bowled.
Heavy morning rain left the outfield saturated and umpires Chris Watts and Ian Blackwell called off play for the day at 1.15pm.
Finlay Bean fell for 49 (Getty Images)
Cardiff (second day of four): Durham 382-6 v Glamorgan
No play was possible on day two of the LV= Insurance County Championship match between Glamorgan and Durham in Cardiff.
Rain arrived moments before the start of the day and persisting throughout the afternoon. There was the occasional dry spell but never for long enough for the covers to be removed with the umpires calling time on the day at 3.40pm.
Sussex and Yorkshire battled it out on day two (Getty Images)
Hove (second day of four): Sussex 361 v Yorkshire 216-7 - Yorkshire trail by 145 runs with three wickets remaining
Sussex had the better of a very competitive second day of this LV= Insurance County Championship match, scoring 361 thanks to a spirited last-wicket stand and then reducing Yorkshire to 216 for 7.
On a good pitch, the Sussex bowlers were at Yorkshire from the start of their innings. Ollie Robinson, in a vigorous opening burst in the first of what is expected to be four Championship appearances before the Ashes series starts, was unlucky not to dismiss Finlay Bean in his first over. Having positioned Ali Orr at leg-slip he then induced Bean to play the ball there, only for the fielder to put down the straightforward chance. In Robinson’s next over he again had Bean dropped by Orr but this time it was only a half-chance.
Bean and Adam Lyth figured in an otherwise composed half-century stand but then, immediately before tea, Lyth was lbw to Nathan McAndrew for 24 off 48 balls. Lyth was shouldering arms and the ball appeared to be on the way to clipping the top of his off-stump.
Yorkshire lost their second wicket just after tea when Saud Shakeel was surprised by one that straightened from Henry Crocombe and flicked his off bail as he took his bat away.
Bean and Dawid Malan were impressive in another half-century stand before Sussex captain Cheteshwar Pujara, perhaps encouraged by the presence of two left-handers, turned to his off-spinner, Jack Carson, who enjoyed almost immediate success.
He had Bean, who was coming forward to attack, caught behind for 49. And four overs later Carson struck again when Malan chopped onto his stumps. Robinson then bowled George Hill through the gate and Yorkshire were 158 for 5. Dom Bess pulled Crocombe to Carson to deep midwicket and finally Carson bowled Shai Hope with one that kept low.
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