CCD1: Yardy and Zaidy fight for Sussex' survival against Somerset
Tuesday 15 September 2015 00:05, UK
Ashar Zaidi and Michael Yardy made unbeaten half-centuries as Sussex fought back impressively in their crucial LV= County Championship game against Somerset at Hove.
A win for either side, who started the game level on 176 points, should preserve Division One status and Sussex will probably feel more satisfied after day one, having reached 303-6 at stumps.
Seventh-wicket pair Zaidi and Yardy added 131 in 29 overs unbeaten, at nearly five runs an over, with Zaidi leading an impressive counter-attack with 90 off just 93 balls, including 15 fours and a six off Jim Allenby.
Yardy, playing his last game on home soil before retirement, gave him excellent support with an unbeaten 60 from 123 deliveries - with eight fours.
At the Ageas Bowl, Jimmy Adams hit fifty in tricky conditions as relegation-threatened Hampshire edged the first day against champions Yorkshire.
Opener Adams batted throughout the morning and half of the afternoon to build Hampshire a platform of 219-4 at the close. The south coast county realistically need to win at least one of their last two games to beat the drop.
Elsewhere, Tom Fell was cruelly run out for 83 as Worcestershire reached 223-4 from 83 overs on the first day against Durham at Chester-le-Street, having helped add 93 for the fourth wicket with partner, Tom Kohler-Cadmore,
There was no play between Warwickshire and Nottinghamshire at Edgbaston due to rain.
