| Vitality County Championship Division One, Seat Distinctive Stadium, Bristol (day one) |
| Yorkshire 326: Masood 140, Tattersall 58, Milnes 51; Akhter 5-89 |
| Gloucestershire 28-2: Fisher 1-5, Coad 1-10 |
| Yorkshire 2pts, Gloucestershire 3pts |
| Match scorecard |
Captain Shan Masood’s twenty sixth first-class century rescued Yorkshire on the opening day of the County Championship Second Division match with Gloucestershire at Bristol.
The guests plunged to 90-5 within the first session, dropping England’s Joe Root and Harry Brook for 28 runs between them within the course of.
However Pakistan Check captain Masood stood agency and moved flawlessly to his third Yorkshire ton off 140 balls, with 15 fours earlier than he was lastly dismissed for 140.
With Jonny Tattersall contributing a brisk 58 and Matt Milnes 51, Yorkshire had been bowled out for 326 after dropping the toss, Zaman Akhter claiming a career-best 5-89 from 18.3 overs.
By the shut, Gloucestershire had slipped to 28-2 in reply.
Gloucestershire took their first wicket as Josh Shaw clear bowled Finley Bean for a duck, whereas Adam Lyth (seven) was subsequent to depart, properly caught by Cameron Bancroft diving to his proper off Ajeet Singh.
Root’s first innings on his return to home red-ball cricket lasted simply seven balls, the previous England captain was pinned lbw for 2, falling throughout his stumps, by Akhter.
Brook (26) helped progress the overall to 80 when he badly miscued a back-foot shot off Akhter and Marchant De Lange took a operating catch at mid-on.
Ten runs later, George Hill (5) wafted at a ball from Akhter and wicketkeeper James Bracey pouched a routine likelihood off what proved the ultimate ball earlier than lunch.
The afternoon session introduced a spirited Yorkshire fightback as Masood and Tattersall added precisely 100 for the sixth wicket.
It was a shock when the partnership ended, Tattersall making an attempt to shoulder arms towards Singh Dale and getting an inside edge onto his stumps.
At tea Yorkshire had been 243-6, Masood unbeaten on 116 and later including 13 to his rating earlier than edging a ball from De Lange – bowling across the wicket – via to James Bracey.
Milnes reached an 86-ball fifty and added a single earlier than being caught behind.
Akhter picked up his fourth wicket when Ben Coad was caught at mid-off, whereas Matthew Fisher was final man out to the paceman.
Gloucestershire had been left with 14 overs to bat. Chris Dent obtained an inside edge onto his stumps off Fisher and Ollie Value was bowled by Coad enjoying down the fallacious line as Yorkshire completed the day on prime.
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