County Championship: Northants earn first-innings lead against Gloucestershire
LV=County Championship Division One, College Ground, Cheltenham :Rickelton 95, Procter 78; Zafar 4-93Ryan Rickelton fell five runs short of a century as Northamptonshire built a first-innings lead over Gloucestershire on the second day of the County Championship match at Cheltenham College.
Overcast conditions offered encouragement to the home seam attack when Northamptonshire began the day on 30 without loss. There were plenty of sweetly-timed drives from both Test players, Young moving to a 109-ball half-century with a straight six off Zafar. Rickelton was given a life on 88, driving a wide ball from Higgins to short cover where Miles Hammond spilled a chance he would have expected to take.
Rickelton departed having taken his run tally in seven Championship innings for Northamptonshire to 471 at an average of 78.5.
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