Finlay Bean 135 puts Yorkshire on top despite Adam Finch five-for

Worcestershire 46 for two Yorkshire 407 (Bean 135, Lyth 79, Hill 53, Finch 5-100) by 361

Bean’s third century of the season helped shepherd the Tykes to 4 batting factors on one other truncated day’s play in between the showers. The 21-year-old profited from being dropped twice on the opening day and hit two sixes and 17 fours in his 180-ball knock.

The partnership of 177 with Adam Lyth was Yorkshire’s greatest opening stand for seven years.

Worcestershire fought again with Finch, who had conceded 48 runs in 5 overs on the opening day, taking 5 wickets to complete with 5 for 100. However Matthew Fisher and Ben Coad picked up a wicket apiece to scale back the house aspect to 46 for two from 13 overs by the shut to keep up Yorkshire’s grip on proceedings.

Bean progressed from the Underneath-14s by the Yorkshire age teams and represented England Underneath-19s however opted to maneuver away from cricket and left the Tykes on the finish of the 2020 season. He determined to present cricket a second crack and final summer season hit 441 for Yorkshire 2nd XI towards Nottinghamshire Seconds at Notts Sports activities Membership.

It was the best ever particular person rating in 2nd XI Championship cricket and earned him a rookie skilled contract at Headingley.

Bean scored his maiden first-class ton within the opening sport of the season towards Leicestershire at Headingley and adopted it up with one other within the final Championship match with Gloucestershire on the identical floor.

Yorkshire resumed on 154 for 0 however Adam Lyth added solely two to his in a single day 77 earlier than he was lbw to a supply angled in from Ben Gibbon.

After a prolonged stoppage for rain, Bean accomplished his century when clipping Finch off his legs for 2. It got here off 140 balls with 15 fours and Worcestershire had been left to rue placing down probabilities provided by Bean on 28 and 41 on day one.

Former Yorkshire allrounder Matthew Waite had been the choose of the Worcestershire bowlers on the opening day and he gained some tangible reward with two wickets in two overs. James Wharton pushed ahead to his third ball of the day and was lbw after which South African worldwide Ryan Rickelton survived solely 10 balls on his Tykes debut and his twenty seventh birthday.

He reduce Waite for 4 however pushed ahead to the subsequent supply and keeper and compatriot Gareth Roderick held a cushty catch.

Bean went onto the offensive towards left-arm spinner, Josh Baker, twice slog sweeping him for six. However his positive knock ended when he tried to work Finch to leg and was lbw.

The wickets started to tumble after tea with Jonny Tattersall lbw to Finch after aiming a blow by midwicket. George Hill accomplished a 55 ball half century earlier than being bowled when driving to present spinner Baker his first scalp. There was extra pleasure for Finch when Matthew Fisher was strangled down the leg aspect.

Ben Coad and Matthew Revis batted freely so as to add 69 in 13 overs and take Yorkshire to inside run of a fourth batting level earlier than the previous lobbed up a catch to mid-off off Gibbon.

A fourth wicket for Finch adopted when Mark Steketee was comprehensively bowled and he accomplished his five-for as Revis holed out to mid-off. It adopted on from his maiden five-wicket haul towards Glamorgan at Sophia Gardens in Might.

Worcestershire went into bat with 21 overs remaining and opener Roderick quickly fell to Fisher as he nicked a ball that nipped away to Bean at third slip. Wharton then held onto a pointy probability at quick leg after Worcestershire captain Jake Libby flicked Coad off his legs.