The two sides gave a total contrast in what they produced with the ball in their respective first sessions of the day. Gloucestershire squandered the new pink ball on day one with some very wayward bowling, with far too many deliveries heading down the legside, allowing Northants’ openers to get their side off to a flier. On day two, their bowlers then ripped through the Gloucestershire line-up, with Ben Sanderson exceptional in taking 5-16. The visitors were condemned to their third-lowest total against their hosts as a result and, not surprisingly, were forced to follow-on and despe...