Chapple passes milestone as Lancs take charge.
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| Chapple passed 900 first-class wickets today at Liverpool. |
Despite further rain delays at Aigburth, Lancashire enjoyed the majority of the second days play, as their captain, Glen Chapple, passed 900 first-class wickets. Gloucestershire finished the day four down for 143, but in hindsight this may have been a lot worse given their position at 66-4.
Resuming the second day on 175-4, Lancashire still had a great deal of work to do, but Simon Katich and Steven Croft had enjoyed an unbeaten stand of 85 yesterday before rain hit Liverpool. As Lancashire passed their first batting point, both batsman approached their respective milestones, but four runs shy of a century Katich fell to Craig Miles.
Miles was perhaps the star player of the day, in spite of Chapple's accomplishments, finishing with figures of 6-88 as he bludgeoned through the home sides middle-lower order.
Suddenly from being 209-4, Lancashire slumped to 222-8, losing four wickets for just 13 runs. Croft reached his second fifty in two matches from 86 balls, but after he was dismissed it appeared that the hosts would fall agonisingly short of 250.
Chapple made his first contribution of the day by adding 14, but at 244-9 the next batting point seemed far away. However, thanks to a tenth-wicket stand worth 66 runs between Kyle Hogg (45) and Simon Kerrigan (21*), Lancashire were able to add a further two batting points as they finished on 310.
The visitors made a less than impressive start to their innings, with the captain Michael Klinger giving Chapple his 900th wicket at 4-1. Lancashire made further progress when the remaining opener, Chris Dent also fell to Chapple, with Gloucestershire now on 43-2.
Lancashire made further progress, reducing their guests to 66-4, as Hogg and Wayne White shared a wicket-a-piece. But thanks to Alex Gidman (54*) and Benny Howell (32*) Gloucestershire were able to add 77 runs.
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