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

Leicestershire 97 for two (Kimber 47*) path Northamptonshire 453 for 7 dec (Bartlett 126*, Homosexual 88, Procter 64) through 356 runs

A mixture of rain and unhealthy gentle annoyed Northamptonshire when they had taken a forged grip on their Department Two fit with Leicestershire within the Energy County Championship on the Uptonsteel County Floor, the place the house facet are 356 runs at the back of on 97 for 2 of their first innings.

Chris Tremain (37) and Lewis McManus (28 no longer out) subsidized up Bartlett’s high quality innings, sooner than stalwart seam bowler Ben Sanderson equipped the bonus of a giant wicket in his first over as Australian opener Marcus Harris used to be disregarded for a duck.

Leicestershire, for whom Louis Kimber is unbeaten 47, had been taking a look to rebuild when gloomy stipulations pressured the gamers off the sphere in mid-afternoon by no means to go back. Simplest 37 overs were conceivable and with rainy climate forecast for day 3 this can be but some other fit destined to finish in a draw.

Having closed the outlet day on 337 for 6, Northamptonshire had hopes of securing possibly two extra batting bonus issues through achieving 400 inside of 110 overs, despite the fact that a chilly, cloudy morning made for climate stipulations that had been rarely excellent. Additionally, the Leicestershire bowling assault fancied they may perform a little injury with a ball that used to be nonetheless quite new.

Within the match, the primary hour may just rarely were a lot more one-sided as Bartlett and Tremain, adopted through McManus, picked off obstacles at will to most sensible 450, thereby accumulating the utmost 5 batting issues. The house assault had struggled for consistency now and then on day one and once more bowled too many free deliveries.

Tremain, in his ultimate fit for the county sooner than returning to Australia, muscled 37 from 44 balls, with six fours and a booming instantly six off Tom Scriven. McManus deployed a spread of inventions sooner than slog-sweeping Rehan Ahmed for 6 to succeed in the objective with two balls to spare, completing with an unbeaten 28 from 15. Ahmed picked up a moment wicket when Tremain discovered the fielder at deep midwicket however the England spinner’s figures took a dent with 28 conceded off his closing two overs.

Bartlett, who reached his maiden Northamptonshire century from 180 balls when he drove Scott Currie for his fifteenth 4, additionally slog-swept a most off Ahmed for a last boundary rely of 18 fours and a six.

The primary of 2 stoppages for rain induced a declaration through skipper Luke Procter, and then the wicket of Harris within the first of 8 overs conceivable sooner than lunch in Leicestershire’s answer capped a greater than ample opening consultation for the guests. Sanderson discovered the threshold because the Australian left-hander, who made a double hundred in opposition to Derbyshire closing week, driven at a ball outdoor off stump to be stuck at the back of with out scoring.

Some other rain bathe behind schedule the resumption through 35 mins, a wreck within the climate permitting some other 15.1 overs sooner than heavy cloud made it too gloomy to proceed, albeit two and 1/2 hours sooner than play used to be in any case deserted for the day.

Kimber, short of a ranking, used to be 3 wanting a forged half-century however he had misplaced second-wicket spouse Rishi Patel after a stand of 57.

Patel, competitive as standard, discovered the boundary 5 occasions in six authentic deliveries dealing with Procter, however succumbed to the all-rounder’s subsequent one, propping ahead to shield however feathering an edge thru to McManus.