Matt Lamb battles to give Bears a lead
Matt Lamb top-scored with 65 as Warwickshire were made to battle hard for first innings lead on the second day of the Bob Willis Trophy match with Gloucestershire at the Bristol County Ground.
Going in with his side 55-3 in reply to 210, Lamb faced 193 balls and hit 12 fours to help the visitors to 230-8 at the close of a day of attritional cricket on a slow pitch that made anything but slow scoring difficult.
The start of play had seen Oliver Hannon-Dalby complete career-best figures of 6-33 from 23.3 overs by taking the two remaining Gloucestershire wickets after they resumed their first innings on 191-8.
Tom Smith ensured the home side of a batting point with 24 not out, but Josh Shaw and Matt Taylor fell to the tall seamer, again bowling accurately from the Ashley Down Road End. It was Hannon-Dalby’s first six-wicket haul in a first class innings.
Warwickshire’s reply began poorly when Rob Yates and fell Sam Hain with just 15 on the board.
Opener Will Rhodes made 41 while Michael Burgess (28) offered Lamb some support.
Tim Bresnan was looking to follow up a century on debut for the visitors and the former England all-rounder looked more comfortable than most as he ended unbeaten on 34 at stumps. But Matt Taylor struck twice in the penultimate over of the day for the hosts.
