County Championship: Essex put Gloucestershire in trouble
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| LV= County Championship Division Two, Bristol (close, day two) |
| Essex 319: ten Doeschate 73, Foster 63, Cook 48; Howell 3-50 |
| Gloucestershire 116 & 126-3 (f/o): Klinger 62 not out; Napier 1-16 |
| Gloucestershire trail by 77 runs |
| Essex 6 pts, Gloucestershire 3 pts |
| Match scorecard |
Essex took 13 Gloucestershire wickets on day two in the Championship match at Bristol to put themselves on top.
Graham Napier claimed 4-27, including three wickets in five balls to wrap up the hosts' first innings, as they were skittled for 116 - a deficit of 203.
Essex enforced the follow-on and soon had Gloucestershire 10-2 as Napier and Jamie Porter took a wicket each.
But Michael Klinger hung in with a gritty 62 not out as the home side closed on 126-3, still trailing by 77.
| Jamie Porter - a rising star? |
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| Porter, 22, took a wicket with just his fifth ball in senior cricket when he removed Kent's Darren Stevens in September 2014. He has 30 wickets at an average of 19.83 this season. |
Gloucestershire, who began their first innings after the start was delayed until 11:45 BST, lost five wickets before lunch as the impressive Porter (3-30) and Ravi Bopara got the ball to nip around.
Wickets continued to tumble after the interval as Napier bowled a typically full and straight line to clean up the tail with three wickets - all bowled - in an over.
Following another top-order collapse, Klinger's second-innings knock gave Gloucestershire hope of avoiding an innings defeat, as he shared an unbroken fourth-wicket stand of 61 with Ian Cockbain (25 not out).
