LONDON, CMC – West Indies fast bowler Alzarri Joseph followed up his half-century with a brace of wickets to help Worcestershire take control of their County Championship clash with Nottinghamshire here yesterday.
The 24-year-old claimed two for 33 from 18.4 overs as Notts folded for 276 after resuming the morning at New Road well placed on 99 without loss.
Forced to follow on, the visitors ended day three on 87 without loss, still trailing by 73 runs heading into today’s final day.
But even though Slater departed and Joseph then quickly accounted for Ben Duckett for five, Notts still put up a resistance by marching to 164 for two.
Two sudden collapses then put paid to their innings, however. First, they lost three wickets for eight runs in the space of 27 balls to slump to 172 for five.
And after Hameed added 89 for the sixth wicket with Tom Moores who blasted 62 off 71 balls with nine fours and three sixes, Notts lost their last five wickets for 15 runs with Joseph bowling number 11 Dane Paterson for a first ball ‘duck’ to end the innings.
At the Rose Bowl in Southampton, Joseph’s Test skipper Kraigg Brathwaite found himself faced with the familiar challenge of batting to save a game, after Gloucestershire capitulated in their first innings for 320 and were also asked to follow on against Hampshire.
Resuming on 114 for two with Brathwaite dismissed late on Friday’s second day for 60, the visitors climbed to 283 for five before losing their last five wickets for 37 runs, to concede a first innings deficit of 150 runs.
In their second turn at the crease. Gloucestershire were 14 without loss with Brathwaite unbeaten on 10.
At Lord’s, Kemar Roach’s Surrey crashed to a ten-wicket defeat to Middlesex after losing seven wickets for 25 runs to fall for 130 in their second innings, after resuming on 105 for three.
The hosts needed just 15 balls to get the 18 runs required for victory with Roach going wicket-less.
At Canterbury, Barbados and West Indies fast bowler Miguel Cummins made 19 in a defiant last wicket stand of 36 with Matt Milnes (17 not out) as Kent were bowled out for a paltry 169 after resuming on 85 for four, falling behind by 356 on first innings to Lancashire.
Following on, Kent piled up 209 for one behind captain Daniel Bell-Drummond’s unbeaten 108 in a 176-run, opening stand with Jordan Cox (80).
