A mix of rain and unhealthy gentle annoyed Northamptonshire after they’d taken a strong grip on their Division Two match with Leicestershire within the County Championship.
At stumps the house facet have been 356 runs behind on 97-2 of their first innings.
George Bartlett posted his maiden hundred for Northamptonshire and completed unbeaten on 126 – with 18 fours and a six – because the guests started the second day by scoring 116 in 14 overs to safe most batting factors, earlier than declaring on 453-7.
Chris Tremain (37), in his ultimate match for the county earlier than returning to Australia, and Lewis McManus (28 not out) backed up Bartlett’s positive innings, earlier than stalwart seam bowler Ben Sanderson provided the bonus of an enormous wicket in his first over as Australian opener Marcus Harris was dismissed for a duck.
Sanderson discovered the sting because the left-hander, who made a double hundred towards Derbyshire final week, pushed at a ball exterior off stump to be caught behind with out scoring.
Rishi Patel, aggressive as standard, discovered the boundary 5 occasions in six professional deliveries dealing with Luke Procter however succumbed to the all-rounder’s subsequent one, propping ahead to defend however feathering an edge via to McManus.
Leicestershire, for whom Louis Kimber is unbeaten on 47, have been trying torebuild when gloomy situations compelled the gamers off the sector in mid-afternoon by no means to return.
Solely 37 overs had been doable and with moist climate forecast for day three this can be one more match destined to finish in a draw.
