All eyes had been fastened on former Australia captain Steve Smith when he batted for English county Sussex for the primary time, of their Division Two match at Worcester.
Smith’s three scheduled Division Two appearances forward of this summer time’s Ashes have raised eyebrows, and he was quickly within the firing line after the guests misplaced two fast wickets on the second morning.
Just as he was discovering some rhythm on Friday, although, Smith fell for 30 to a debatable lbw name off the bowling of Josh Tongue.
Smith had confronted a dozen deliveries with out scoring, however he duly took benefit from his thirteenth ball – brief and extensive from Ben Gibbon – to get off the mark by chopping for 4.
He seemed to be warming to his work by clipping then pulling Tongue for leg-side fours however he was maybe unlucky the umpire’s finger went up after being struck effectively above the knee roll whereas already on his toes.
It was left to Sussex captain Cheteshwar Pujara to attain a nice 136 in Sussex’s 373 all out. Worcestershire reached stumps on 1-34 – trailing by 75 heading into day three.
If Smith performed second fiddle to Pujara at Worcester, the day’s star efficiency got here from Australian quick bowler Michael Neser at Headingley.
The 33-year-old, ignored of this summer time’s Ashes touring celebration, confirmed the selectors what they might be lacking as he claimed career-best figures of seven for 32 off 11 overs to assist skittle Yorkshire for 106.
He additionally took the highlight away from the returning Jonny Bairstow, who made made an unbeaten 20 in his first aggressive innings after greater than eight months out injured.
But he may solely watch on from the non-striker’s finish as Neser ripped by means of his colleagues at Headingley.
Boasting a first-innings lead of 139, Glamorgan reached 2-57 of their second innings earlier than the climate introduced play to an early end.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
