The Cricketer wraps up the best of the action on day one of the 14th round of LV= Insurance County Championship matches in 2023
Cardiff (day one of four): Yorkshire 330-3, Glamorgan
Glamorgan's slim promotion hopes were further diminished as Yorkshire took control on day one of their LV= Division 2 County Championship clash at Sophia Gardens.
After defeat at Worcester last week, the Welsh county have to win their penultimate match with a full set of bonus points and hope that other results go their way if they are to remain in the promotion picture.
But that looks unlikely after Yorkshire closed on 330 for 3 at stumps with captain Shan Masood unbeaten on 113 and Finlay Bean hitting 11 fours on his way to 93 on a slow pitch that offered little assistance for the bowling side.
The White Rose county, who beat Derbyshire at Scarborough last time out, are aiming for a second successive victory as they look to climb off the bottom of the table.
Matt Salisbury put a frustraing red-ball campaign behind him with a day one five-for (David Rogers/Getty Images)
Hove (day one of four): Sussex 262, Leicestershire 68-2 - Leicestershire are 194 runs behind with eight first-innings wickets remaining
A season's best 5 for 73 by fast bowler Matt Salisbury gave Leicestershire the early advantage against Sussex in a County Championship match they must win to keep up their chances of promotion from Division Two.
Fynn Hudson-Prentice’s determined 65 from No.7 held up Leicestershire for a while at Hove but the visitors were still happy enough, after putting Sussex in, to bowl them out for 262 and then score 68 for 2 in reply in 21 overs' batting before the close, with opener Rishi Patel finishing unbeaten on 36 – exactly the score he needed to complete 1,000 championship runs for the season.
Sol Budinger fell early for a duck, skying a pull at Ari Karvelas high to mid-wicket, but Patel continued to impress in what has been a breakthrough season for the 25-year-old former Essex player, who is averaging more than 50, and Leicestershire’s only other wicket to fall was that of Lewis Hill, caught off Tom Haines' medium pace swingers for 11.
On a hard-fought day, the 30-year-old Salisbury brushed off a disappointing new ball spell, when 28 runs came from his first four overs, to take the prized wicket of Cheteshwar Pujara on his return to the attack before lunch and then, in the afternoon, also remove James Coles for 44.
And there was more to come from him at the start of the final session when Salisbury reacted well to hold Hudson-Prentice’s leading edge off his own bowling before dismissing Henry Crocombe LBW for six and Karvelas brilliantly held by a diving Colin Ackermann at second slip for 18.
Anuj Dal pegged Gloucestershire back witht wo late wickets to finish with 3 for 42 (Dan Mullan/Getty Images)
Bristol (day one of four): Gloucestershire 333-6, Derbyshire
Ollie Price's third first-class century put Gloucestershire in a strong position on the opening day of the County Championship match with Derbyshire at the Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol.
The 22-year-old followed up Championship hundreds against Yorkshire and Worcestershire this season with a career-best 125 not out, receiving excellent support from captain Graeme van Buuren (78) in a fifth-wicket stand of 157, which helped their side close on 333 for 6.
Ajut Dal was the most successful Derbyshire bowler with three for 42 from 16 overs. But it was a draining day in the field for the visitors in energy-sapping heat.
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