| Vitality County Championship Division One, Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol (day three) |
| Yorkshire 326& 434-6 dec: Lyth 113, Brook 68, Root 51 |
| Gloucestershire 263 & 97-4: O Price 44*; Fisher 1-8 |
| Gloucestershire (4 pts) need another 401 runs to beat Yorkshire (5 pts) |
| Match scorecard |
Adam Lyth’s hundred and half-centuries from England’s Joe Root and Harry Brook strengthened Yorkshire’s grip on the third day of the County Championship match at Gloucestershire.
The visitors ran up 434-6 before declaring in the final session, setting their opponents a highly unlikely 498 to win. Lyth top-scored with 113, while Root contributed 51, Brook 68 and George Hill 58.
By the close, Gloucestershire had slumped to 97-4 with Ollie Price unbeaten on 44.
Lyth was unbeaten on 39 when play began and soon moved to a flawless fifty. Finlay Bean went to a half-century off 78 balls before Lyth struck three fours through the off-side against Marchant de Lange.
He survived a confident appeal for a catch behind off De Lange when on 93 before reaching a 120-ball hundred.
The opening partnership had reached 180 when Gloucestershire skipper Graeme van Buuren struck to pin Bean lbw. It was 194-1 at lunch, with Yorkshire leading by 257.
Lyth fell to a catch off Van Buuren and the Gloucestershire skipper claimed a third wicket when first-innings centurion Shan Masood was brilliantly stumped by James Bracey.
Yorkshire were 272-3 and Root progressed serenely to fifty but fell to more Bracey brilliance as the wicketkeeper dived full-length to hold a one-handed leg-side catch off Zaman Akhter.
Brook went to a chanceless half-century and was unbeaten on 51 when tea was taken at 365-4 but was later caught at deep midwicket off De Lange.
Yorkshire batted on and Hill reached fifty before being caught at wide long-on off Price.
Gloucestershire’s second innings started poorly when Chris Dent directed a Ben Coad ball straight to Bean at leg-slip.
Cameron Bancroft and Price added 41 until the former was caught behind aiming to drive Matt Milnes. Miles Hammond raced to 35 but was caught at midwicket by Brook off Dan Moriarty and nightwatchman Josh Shaw fell lbw to Matt Fisher.
Report supplied by ECB Reporters’ Network.
