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Cronje’s maiden county ton
Hl LONDON. May 13:
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, .--.I captain Han-Cronje hit his J lie m championship 11 . -v lor Leicestershire on Friday lo give his new EnglislL coumy the chance of saving their match against Kent, reports Reuter.
Cronje hit an unbeaten 120 as Leicestershire, needing 426 to avoid the follow-on reached 227 for four in reply to Kent's ^nammoth first Innings of 575.
He added' an unbroken 70 for the fifth-wicket with Phil Robinson (25 not out) after having put on 108 for- the third-wickej with James ■Whitaker (34).
Earlier. Kent captain Mark Benson fell eight short of the second double hundred of his career, run-out by Cronje as the home side rallied tip their highest-ever score al 'Canterbury thanks to a niitlh-wickct stand of 95 between Min Patel (56) ’find’ Martin McCague (35).
Al Bristol. Gloucestershire openersiTony Wright and Dean Hodgson amassed an opening, paruiership of 361 to shatter a copjtty . record. lliat had stood for 27 years.
Wright'' hit a career-best 1993 and Hodgson 148. passing Gloucester's previous best County championship first-wicket stand by 46 runs.
Hodgson was first out after hitting 15 fours, while former captain Wrighl hammered four sixes 'and 17 fours »as Gloucestershire , finished on 388 for three to go some way to making up for the.first day Wash-oui.
A calf strain failed to stop Neil Fairbrothet racing to the 32nd century of his career — despite needing to use three runners - — as Lancashire moved into a commanding position against champions ’ Warwickshire at Old Trafford.
Fairbrother (129) teamed with new Lancashire skipper Mike .Watkinson (91) for a fifth-wicket stand worth 136 as the home side closed on 352 for seven, a lead of 90..
Al Chesterfield. Yorkshire were 90- for eight in their second innings after rain ended play for the day after lunch, giving Hie team a lead of 127 after Derbyshire had added ' 18 runs to their overnight total to reach 140.
Devon Malcolm picked up three of Hie Yorkshire wickets as the collapse took the two-
day tally of wickets lo 26.
Ai i lie Oval. England vicecaptain Alec Slewart Was dropped twice on his way to an unbeaten 147 that steered
Surrey to 288 for one. a lead of 1.7 runs at the close against Durham.
Jason Pooley hit an unbeaten 100 and fellow opener Mike Gatting 70. the pair sharing a stand of 120 as
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Middlesex reached 230 for four to take control at Worcestershire, who had crashed to 193 all out.
At Swansea. Sussex paceman Ed Giddens took five for 71 off 25 overs as Glamorgan struggled to 173 for eight in their first Innings in a weather-affected clash.
Earlier on Thursday. Derbyshire's South African Test batsman Daryll Cullinan broke an index finger and Yorkshire captain Martyn Moxon broke his right thumb as last bowlers wreaked havoc at Chesterfield.
The pair were Injured on a pitch of unpredictable bounce as 17 wickets tumbled on the opening day of the four-day county championship match
between Derbyshire and Yorkshire.
Yorkshire subsided from 94 lor three to 177 all out but they hit back swiftly to reduce the home side lo 122 for seven at the close.
Derbyshire captain Kim Barnett rated the pitch as "awkward". Rather than dangerous. although no batsman was ever settled as the ball lifted sharply from a full length.
Moxon had his thumb broken in the fifth over of the day by a lifting delivery from Devon Malcolm.
Malcolm took three for 69 and fellow England paceman Phillip DeFreitas captured three for 24. while all-rounder Dominic Cork gave effective support with two wickets, including Australian Michael Bevan for nought.
Derbyshire were undermined by England pace bowler Darren Gough (3-30), and all the Yorkshire seamers were backed up by brilliant slip catching from Da-vid Byas. who clung onto four chances.
Culllnari. who has been showing impressive early season form, suffered his broken . finger when he was struck on the. right hand by a Gough delivery.
Injury-hit champions Warwickshire, without five regulars including captain Dermot" Reeve and South African fast bowler Allan Donald, stunned Lancashire at Old Trafford.
The title holders, spurred by an opening stand of 96 between Andy Moles (51) and Wasim Akram (38). and later by a hard-hittjng 47 from Douglas Brown, fought their way to 262 ail out.
Brown then had England captain Mike Atherton lbw for four and Gladstone Small sent back John Crawley for five to leave Lancashire on 16 for two at the close.
Captain Mark Benson and Netl Taylor both’lt centuries as Kent put Leicestershire to the sword at Canterbury.
The home county lost inform opener Trever Ward without a run scored, but Benson and Taylor put on 192 for the second-wicket.
Taylor hit 127. in the process becoming the first Kent player to score a century before lunch in 16 years, and Benson went on to an unbeaten 159 as Kent reached 387 for four at the close.