County Championship: Cheteshwar Pujara gives Sussex a platform against Gloucestershire
County Championship: Cheteshwar Pujara gives Sussex a platform against Gloucestershire
LV= County Championship Division Two, Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol (day two) Sussex 302-4: Pujara 99*, Coles 74; Zafar 2-67Gloucestershire: Still to beatSussex 2pts, Gloucester 1pt Match Scoreboard
After a delayed start at 1.50pm BST due to a saturated outfield, the visitors took their first set total of 47-1 to 302-4, India Test star Pujara leads the way with 99 not eliminated, one shy of his 58th class first-class, while Tom Alsop contributed 67 and James Coles a career high of 74.
Zafar Gohar was Gloucestershire's most successful bowler with numbers from 2 to 67 but even her efforts on a docile surface could not unsettle the patient Pujara, who in the end had faced 190 balls and hit 13 fours and a six.
Warm sunshine and a drying breeze eased fears of a second day wash, after only 16 overs were possible on the first day before persistent heavy rain only creates occasional water on an already wet outfield.
Referees Billy Taylor and Mark Newell ruled that play could resume after inspections at 11:00 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 1:20 p.m.
Gloucestershire skipper Graeme van Buuren opted to open the bowling with left arm spinner Zafar and it paid quick dividends.
Ali Orr, after adding five to his overnight score of 31, went to sweep the first ball of the third and only managed ' to make a slight take on wicketkeeper James Bracey.
After going 11-34, Alsop survived a strong chance from Miles Hammond at the ravine off Marchant de Lange, the ball stabbing the defender's fingertips on the way to the third-man boundary.
He was all the luck the Sussex southpaw needed to make it to fifty, on 123 balls, with six fours.
LV= County Championship Division Two, Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol (day two) Sussex 302-4: Pujara 99*, Coles 74; Zafar 2-67Gloucestershire: Still to beatSussex 2pts, Gloucester 1pt Match Scoreboard
After a delayed start at 1.50pm BST due to a saturated outfield, the visitors took their first set total of 47-1 to 302-4, India Test star Pujara leads the way with 99 not eliminated, one shy of his 58th class first-class, while Tom Alsop contributed 67 and James Coles a career high of 74.
Zafar Gohar was Gloucestershire's most successful bowler with numbers from 2 to 67 but even her efforts on a docile surface could not unsettle the patient Pujara, who in the end had faced 190 balls and hit 13 fours and a six.
Warm sunshine and a drying breeze eased fears of a second day wash, after only 16 overs were possible on the first day before persistent heavy rain only creates occasional water on an already wet outfield.
Referees Billy Taylor and Mark Newell ruled that play could resume after inspections at 11:00 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 1:20 p.m.
Gloucestershire skipper Graeme van Buuren opted to open the bowling with left arm spinner Zafar and it paid quick dividends.
Ali Orr, after adding five to his overnight score of 31, went to sweep the first ball of the third and only managed ' to make a slight take on wicketkeeper James Bracey.
After going 11-34, Alsop survived a strong chance from Miles Hammond at the ravine off Marchant de Lange, the ball stabbing the defender's fingertips on the way to the third-man boundary.
He was all the luck the Sussex southpaw needed to make it to fifty, on 123 balls, with six fours.
