Fit Document – LEICS vs NHNTS 14th Fit, April 26 – 29, 2024

Northamptonshire 337 for six (Homosexual 88, Bartlett 71*, Procter 64) vs Leicestershire

Homosexual’s 88 from 110 balls was once the day’s maximum crowd pleasing batting efficiency however Bartlett’s unbeaten 71 and Procter’s 64 from 164 had a lot to commend them for grittiness as the house aspect’s bowlers, whilst dear within the morning, did in the end cause them to paintings onerous for his or her positive factors.

Scott Currie and Tom Scriven completed with two wickets every however on-loan seamer Ben Inexperienced was once unfortunate to not have any good fortune, whilst England leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed, returning to county responsibility for his 2d look of the season, was once impressively tricky to attain in opposition to.

Homosexual was once the dominant determine in a morning consultation through which Northamptonshire had been the transparent winners. Leicestershire, who additionally recalled Matt Salisbury for the injured Ben Mike, made just one leap forward after skipper Lewis Hill had received the toss.

The house assault struggled with period and line now and then and each Homosexual and opening spouse Ricardo Vasconcelos, either one of whom have began the season neatly, hungrily took merit. If there was once one thing for the bowlers in a green-tinged pitch it in large part proved elusive. Northamptonshire had been 60 with out loss within the first hour.

Through lunch they’d 128 at the board however had surrendered one wicket, Vasconcelos dropping his off stump to an inswinging ball from Scriven however Homosexual, despite the fact that just a little streaky on two or 3 events, in particular in opposition to Scriven, had appeared in deep trouble best when Currie sponsored up an excellent forestall at 3rd slip with a shy on the stumps that may have run him out for 41 had it hit.

The 24-year-old left-hander cashed in two suits in the past with a career-best 261 in opposition to a Middlesex assault suffering with the Kookaburra. He reached 52 from 61 balls and appeared just right for a 6th profession hundred right here. On the other hand, after expanding his boundary rely to 16, he fell on 88 quickly after lunch when Currie driven one thru with some additional tempo and bowled him off an inside of edge.

The guests suffered every other blow when their Indian Check batter Karun Nair, who additionally has a double-hundred underneath his belt this season, was once brushed aside for 18, Salisbury discovering a skinny outdoor edge to have him stuck to start with slip, by means of the gloves of ‘keeper Ben Cox.

Leicestershire bowled with higher keep an eye on within the center consultation than they’d earlier than lunch, with Currie specifically bowling some spectacular spells that deserved extra good fortune. But they discovered themselves up in opposition to two cast adversaries in Procter and iciness signing Bartlett, who had added 66 in just a little underneath 20 overs when tea arrived at 242 for three, Procter having posted his fourth fifty-plus rating in 5 innings.

With Ahmed rising to his activity as a foil, giving little clear of the pavilion finish, and Currie proceeding to bend his again on the Bennett Finish, drive endured to construct at the fourth-wicket pair after tea and it was once Ahmed who in the end break up them, bowling Procter with a ball the left-hander formed to chop however didn’t take a seat up for the shot.

Leicestershire made the guests paintings onerous for his or her runs however now not as soon as within the day did a leap forward suggested a flurry of fast wickets. Bartlett now had James Gross sales for corporate, and every other 46 runs had been chipped out earlier than the brand new ball introduced a 2d wicket for Scriven, who discovered the brink with a good looks, Louis Kimber taking a just right, low catch to start with slip. Bartlett, in the meantime, had finished his first half-century for his new county from 114 balls, however Northamptonshire misplaced Saif Zaib earlier than the shut, neatly taken by way of Cox off Currie.