da bwin： Stuart Lampitt and Alamgir Sheriyar bowled Worcestershire to a first inningslead of 151 on the second day at Bristol
Richard Latham26-May-2001Stuart Lampitt and Alamgir Sheriyar bowled Worcestershire to a first inningslead of 151 on the second day at Bristol.But, with most spectators expecting Graeme Hick to enforce the follow-on,the skipper decided against it and was one of the batsmen to fall as hisside struggled to 21-2 in their second innings by the close.Gloucestershire must have been relieved after their woeful batting displayof the afternoon on an easy-paced pitch.Lampitt claimed 5-22 from 12.5 overs, sent down in two spells, whileSheriyar returned 3-46 from 21 overs. Both seamers were accurate and in goodrhythm, but that hardly accounted for the home side plunging to 67-5 inreply to 326.Jeremy Snape showed that runs could be made with the right application,hitting 69 off 122 balls, with 10 fours, after coming in at number seven.He was last man out, chopping a ball from Lampitt onto his stumps, with hisside still two runs short of avoiding the prospect of being asked to batagain.With the weather still overcast, the final 13 overs of the day were alwaysgoing to be testing for the batsmen, which made Hick’s decision a surprisingone.Anurag Singh soon edged Jon Lewis to slip and the captain himself had madeonly two when pinned lbw by James Averis. Presumably, Hick felt the pitchwas deteriorating, but that can be a dangerous assumption at Bristol.The day had begun with Worcestershire adding only 28 to their overnightscore of 298-6 as Lewis made good use of the new ball to claim three of thelast four wickets for figures of 5-71.