Sunday 31 August 2014
Yorkshire edge first day of Roses clash
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| Sidebottom's early wickets gave Yorkshire the perfect start. |
Yorkshire made the better progress on the first
day of their Roses match against Lancashire, closing on 61/0 after they
successfully bowled their hosts out for a sub-par score of 278 at Emirates Old
Trafford.
Half-centuries from Luis Reece (53) Ashwell
Prince (53) and Tom Smith (57) help Lancashire to recover after they found
themselves 0/2 after the first three balls of their innings after they had won
the toss and elected to bat first.
Ryan Sidebottom collected both of these
early wickets and went on to claim figures of 3-42 as he led Yorkshire’s
efforts with the ball, before Adam Lyth (25) and Alex Lees (36) posted an
unbeaten stand to see the visitors to close of play unscathed.
Paul Horton found himself trapped lbw with
only the second ball of the innings and when Usman Khawaja edged behind for a
first-ball duck, Sidebottom found himself delivering a hatrick ball to Prince.
He and Reece then started to rebuild the
innings, aided by a short boundary to one side of the wicket. The pair went on
to share a stand worth 96 for the third-wicket as Lancashire pulled themselves
back into contention.
Having reached his half-century in 57
balls, Prince displayed the level of class needed to save his side from an
embarrassing capitulation, but his dismissal revealed a degree imprudence.
Attempting a reverse-sweep off Adil Rashid,
Prince played the ball onto his stumps, handing Yorkshire a much-needed
breakthrough with the hosts on 96/3. Reece soon followed his former batting
partner, reaching his own fifty in 90 deliveries before lunch.
After making good progress before the
interval, Reece became Sidebottom’s third victim when he was out lbw to the
second ball after lunch. Steven Croft had played well before lunch and
continued to make progress, now joined by Alex Davies (35) and the duo shared
48 runs for the fifth-wicket to help boost Lancashire’s total in the afternoon.
The in-form Croft appeared to be heading
for a half-century of his own, but was to be undone by a swinging delivery from
Jack Brooks (3-64) as he fell lbw for 38.
Davies then gave Richard Pyrah (1-35) his
first and only wicket of Lancashire’s innings when a cover-drive found the
hands of Jack Leaning, as the hosts reached 194/6.
The all-round contributions of Tom Smith
continue to be vital for Lancashire as he once again contributed vital middle-order
runs to keep Yorkshire at bay. He was assisted well by Stephen Parry (17) and
their partnership worth 44 runs proved crucial in the context of Lancashire’s
innings.
Smith reached the third fifty of the
innings in 86 balls as he and Parry saw Lancashire to their first batting bonus
point before tea. Once again, the interval brought success for Yorkshire as
Parry was out lbw to Brooks who thenbut Brooks claimed the pivotal wicket of
Smith with Lancashire on 267/8.
The final three Lancashire wickets fell for
18 runs as Rashid (3-77) claimed the final two wickets, removing Glen Chapple
(9) and Simon Kerrigan (0), with Tom Bailey unbeaten on 7.
Yorkshire’s reply proved that Lancashire
had underachieved in their innings as the visitors finished the first day with
all ten first-innings wickets in hand as they look to build a sizeable lead tomorrow.
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