Northants had been 36-2 however Ricardo Vasconcelos stayed in to steer them out of a difficult scenarioLV= County Championship Division One, County Floor, Northampton (day one)Northamptonshire 86-2: Vasconcelos 37*Nottinghamshire: But to batMatch scorecard
Ricardo Vasconcelos and Saif Zaib shared a 50 partnership as Northamptonshire recovered from shedding two early wickets earlier than rain curtailed the opening day of their County Championship Division One match in opposition to Nottinghamshire.
Vasconcelos – having been dropped twice as he progressed to 37 not out – batted proper by way of the morning session at Wantage Street so as to add precisely 50 for the third wicket with Zaib, who posted an unbeaten 22.
That stand enabled Northamptonshire to succeed in lunch at 86-2, with Luke Fletcher and Dane Paterson taking a wicket every, however additional progress proved unimaginable after a heavy downpour through the interval left the enjoying floor saturated.
Umpires Neil Pratt and Richard Illingworth deserted play for the day shortly after 15:00 BST.
Regardless of lacking England tempo duo Stuart Broad and Olly Stone from their bowling assault, Nottinghamshire skipper Steven Mullaney opted to insert the house aspect after successful the toss.
Emilio Homosexual, again on the prime of the order after a knee damage had dominated him out of Northamptonshire’s first 4 matches this season, displayed no indicators of rust as he dispatched Fletcher to the fence 3 times.
Nonetheless, Fletcher probed away to get his man, shifting one away to seek out the sting into Joe Clarke’s gloves and that dismissal, together with a constant spell from first change Paterson, stifled the scoring charge.
Paterson picked up the guests’ second wicket with a wonderful supply that seared again a protracted method to crash into Sam Whiteman’s off stump – and they need to have had a 3rd after squandering two alternatives to take away Vasconcelos.
Brett Hutton spilled a routine slip catch after the left-hander wafted exterior off stump at Lyndon James and he was afforded a second life when Clarke…
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