da apostebet： Hundreds from Chris Taylor and Jeremy Snape, plus a half-century from Kim Barnett, powered Gloucestershire to 415-5 on the opening day of the CricInfo Championship second division match with leaders Sussex at Cheltenham
Mark Easterbrook27-Jul-2001Hundreds from Chris Taylor and Jeremy Snape, plus a half-century from Kim Barnett, powered Gloucestershire to 415-5 on the opening day of the CricInfo Championship second division match with leaders Sussex at Cheltenham.Sussex captain Chris Adams chose to field first, but saw his decisionbackfire as his team put down four catches and struggled to stem the flow ofquick runs on a fast-scoring ground.To add to their woe, wicket-keeper Matt Prior departed midway through thesecond session with a injured thumb on his left hand, which had beensustained in the third over as he made a legside stop from a James Kirtleydelivery.Adams took over behind the stumps and held the catch that ended Barnett’s accomplished innings of 79, which contained 14 fours and came from 135 balls.Dominic Hewson and Matt Windows fell for ten and 22, to Kirtley and Adamsrespectively, and Mark Alleyne soon followed Barnett back to the pavilionwhen he was caught by Bas Zuiderant at slip off Mark Robinson for one.That left Gloucestershire on 193-4, but thereafter there was no stoppingTaylor and Snape as they peppered the short, square-side boundaries in afifth-wicket partnership of 204.Taylor brought up his second hundred of the season and the third of his career with a cut four to backward point off Kirtley.He was finally undone shortly before the close when he drove a low returncatch to spinner Mark Davis, having struck 25 fours and one six in his 226-ball innings of 140.Snape, who has prospered since being moved up to six in the order over thepast couple of months, brought up his century with a single to long leg inthe penultimate over of the day, bowled by Umer Rashid.He finished on 100 not out, with 11 fours and two sixes so far in his 155-ball innings.