By Richard Rae
DAY ONE
A RECORD-BREAKING opening partnership between Cameron Bancroft and Ben Charlesworth saw Gloucestershire dominate the opening day at Grace Road.
The pair put on 316 after the visitors were put into bat by Foxes skipper Lewis Hill, beating the previous record opening partnership against Leicestershire in first-class cricket, the 315 put on by Herbert Sutcliffe and Len Hutton for Yorkshire in 1937.
Bancroft’s 160 was his second century in as many innings, and his 28th in first class cricket. Charlesworth’s 126, with ten fours and six sixes, was his ...
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