The climate gods smiled on Lancashire as play started beneath clear blue skies with the solar shining. It regarded ultimate batting situations and there have been few alarms for Jennings and Jones as they constructed on a stand that had reached 29 by shut of play on day three.
Jennings slashed the primary boundary of the day via cowl off Matt Taylor and Jones quickly confirmed optimistic intent too, hitting the left-arm seamer for successive boundaries within the fifth over of the day.
Gabe Bell bowled a tidy spell from the Ashley Down Highway Finish, however when he was changed by Will Williams one other Jennings boundary took the runs wanted to beneath 100.
Gloucestershire made a breakthrough within the thirteenth over of the day when Jones performed defensively to a ball from former Lancashire seamer Williams that left him and edged to second slip the place Cameron Bancroft took a cushty waist-high catch.
At 121-4, Lancashire required an extra 81 runs, with Jennings a reassuring presence within the center. However Gloucestershire thought that they had him caught behind off Henry Brookes with the rating on 125, however umpire Ian Blackwell had signalled a no-ball.
Quickly afterwards, Jennings accomplished a 138-ball half-century together with eight fours. However he misplaced one other companion with the full on 143 as Matty Hurst, on eight, miscued an tried shot via the leg-side off Bell, who had switched to the Pavilion Finish, and was caught at mid-wicket.
If Gloucestershire sensed an opportunity, it was snuffed out by Arav Shetty, who supplied optimistic help for Jennings in a match-clinching stand, which had added 45 valuable runs by lunch, taken at 188-5, with solely 14 wanted and the onerous work achieved.
Nonetheless Gloucestershire refused to give up and the second over after the interval noticed Shetty bowled by off-spinner Ollie Worth with 10 nonetheless required. George Balderson was nearly run out taking a fast single to get off the mark, simply making his floor on the bowler’s finish.
A Jennings boundary to nice leg off Worth calmed any nerves and 4 byes down the leg facet ended the match at simply earlier than 13:55 BST.
It was a contest a number of seam bowlers may look again on with delight. Lancashire’s Balderson and James Anderson had match figures of 9-109 and 7-63 respectively, whereas Gloucestershire Matt Taylor returned 7-105.
The guests had each trigger for satisfaction at a stable all-round efficiency marred by the intense accidents to Ajeet Singh Dale (hamstring) and Luke Wells (dislocated shoulder), whereas Gloucestershire may take some comfort from being much more aggressive than of their opening two Championship fixtures, which each led to innings defeats.
