Leicestershire 23 for 0 path Gloucestershire 368 (O Value 85, Lamb 70, Dale 52, Wright 3-40) by 345 runs

Ollie Value celebrated his twenty second birthday with a career-best top quality rating as Gloucestershire fought again strongly on the second day of the LV= Insurance coverage County Championship match with Leicestershire at Bristol.

Struggling at 118 for 5 early within the morning session, the hosts battled arduous to submit a primary innings whole of 368, Value contributing 85 off 172 balls, with 12 fours.

The was additionally a career-best 52 from Ajeet Dale, sharing a ninth-wicket stand of 111 with Danny Lamb, who marked his Championship debut for Gloucestershire with a battling 70, together with three sixes.

By the shut, Leicestershire had responded with 23 for no wicket from 5 overs.

Gloucestershire started a day twice interrupted by showers on 108 for 3, with Value on 26. They misplaced skipper Graeme van Buuren to the primary ball of the morning as he edged good size ball from Chris Wright to wicketkeeper Peter Handscombe.

With solely ten runs added, James Bracey was pinned lbw on the again foot by the correct Wright, who was the choose of the Leicestershire assault with three for 40 from 23 overs.

Value edged Josh Hull simply in need of first slip earlier than citing his half-century off 91 deliveries, with 9 fours. On 55, he was dropped at slip by Colin Ackermann off Callum Parkinson.

By then Ollie had been joined by elder brother Tom, who contributed 20 to a sixth-wicket stand of 46 earlier than edging a back-foot shot off Tom Scriven to slide the place Ackermann pouched the prospect.

A Value boundary to 3rd man off Scriven took him previous his earlier finest first-class rating of 68, made in opposition to Yorkshire at Headingley final season.

Tom hit his maiden first-class century versus Worcestershire at New Street in April and Ollie regarded set to comply with his sibling to the milestone when reaching lunch on 83, with Zafar Gohar having helped take the rating to 208 for six.

However after including solely two within the afternoon session, Value feathered an tried pull shot off left-arm seamer Hull via to Handscombe to make it 217 for seven.

Gloucestershire regarded at risk of failing to assert a batting level 5 runs later when…

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