Finlay Bean went previous his earlier first-class greatest rating of 53LV= County Championship Division Two, Clear Slate Headingley, Leeds (day one):Yorkshire 285-3: Bean 118, Malan 91*; Finan 2-71Leicestershire: But to batYorkshire 1 pt, Leicestershire 1 ptScorecard
Yorkshire’s Finlay Bean struck the primary century of the county season – and the primary of his brief profession – to convey an optimistic begin to one other season of uncertainty at Headingley.
The 20-year-old opener, taking part in simply his fourth first-class match, struck a splendidly composed 118 from 149 balls because the Division Two favourites piled up 285-3 in 60 overs of a weather-affected opening day. England’s Dawid Malan appears to be like set to affix Bean on day two, ending with a assured 91 not out.
It was a much less memorable day for England’s record-breaking 18-year-old leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed, who turned the nation’s youngest males’s worldwide in all three codecs over the winter however got here crashing again to earth with a bump. In unhelpful circumstances he was taken off after a chastening first over was clattered for 22 by Bean, belatedly re-emerging simply earlier than the shut for one more transient spell.
Bean’s knock introduced a much-needed feelgood issue to a county who have been relegated final season and start the 2023 marketing campaign in opposition to the backdrop of a attainable factors deduction. Having accepted 4 fees of historic racism, they await the sanctions of a cricket self-discipline fee.
Bean, greatest identified for a file knock of 441 in final summer season’s second XI championship, gave a promising glimpse of the long run.
With native heroes Joe Root and Harry Brook on IPL responsibility and Jonny Bairstow solely match sufficient for a lunchtime web session following his leg break, his stand of 165 with Malan steered he is able to decide up the slack.
Leicestershire made a courageous name to bowl first and drew first blood when one other teenager, 6ft 7in seamer Josh Hull, pinned Adam Lyth lbw for 21 along with his fourth supply in first-class cricket.
Whereas Lyth had been responsible of a pair…
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