da aposte e ganhe： Chris Liptrot playing his first County Championship match took 5 for43 for Worcestershire against Warwickshire at New Road
da brwin： Staff and agencies22-Aug-2000Chris Liptrot playing his first County Championship match took 5 for43 for Worcestershire against Warwickshire at New Road. Warwickshireended the day at 140 for 8 in 51.2 overs in answer to Worcestershire’s338. The rookie fast bowler took the first three wickets inthe space of 10 balls and then returned to consume Mike Powell (75) andKeith Piper.Resuming the day at 231 for 5 with Vikram Solanki on 113 and wicketkeeper Steve Rhodes on 20, Worcestershire reached 338, Solanki making160 in 241 balls and Rhodes making 46 in 137balls. Their partnership was worth 112 runs in 34 overs. Ed Giddinsended with figures of 4 for 75.Solanki when dismissed was 20 runs shy of 1000 first class runs in theseason. “I didn’t know I was 20 runs short. That’s pleasing, but Iwould have liked to have gone past the 1,000 already. Let’s hope Iscore a few more and get past it pretty soon”, Solanki said. He alsoadded “It’s nice to score runs at any time, but when you go in to batin a situation like that it’s always good to get a few” referring tohis team’s position of 8 for 3 on the opening day.It was the first time Worcestershire had passed 300 in a first inningsat New Road this season.
