Ollie Value scored his sixth first-class fifty on day twoLV= County Championship Division Two, Seat Distinctive Stadium, Bristol (day two)Gloucestershire 368: O Value 85, Lamb 70; Wright 3-40Leicestershire 23-0: Patel 10*Leicestershire (3 pts) path Gloucestershire (3 pts) by 345 runsMatch scorecard
Ollie Value celebrated his twenty second birthday with a career-best firstclass rating as Gloucestershire fought again strongly on the second day of their County Championship match with Leicestershire at Bristol.
Struggling at 118-5 early within the morning session, the hosts battled laborious to submit a first-innings complete 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 23-0 from 5 overs.
Gloucestershire started a day twice interrupted by showers on 108-3, with Value on 26. They misplaced skipper Graeme van Buuren to the primary ball of the morning as he edged a great size ball from Chris Wright to wicketkeeper Peter Handscomb.
With solely 10 runs added, James Bracey was pinned lbw on the again foot by the correct Wright, who was the choose of the Leicestershire assault with 3-40 from 23 overs.
Value edged Josh Hull simply wanting first slip earlier than mentioning 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.
An Ollie Value boundary to 3rd man off Scriven took him previous his earlier finest firstclass 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 seemed set to observe his sibling to the…
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