Northants gain upper hand

Visitors held up by the rain

Last updated: 7th August 2008

Rob White Northamptonshire

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Northamptonshire 292-5 (R A White 73, M H Wessels 61, S D Peters 50, I D K Salisbury 4-79) v Warwickshire

Northamptonshire batted solidly to put themselves in a strong position after a rain-affected first day against Wawrickshire at Edgbaston.

After winning the toss, the visitors were strongly-placed at 292 for five when heavy rain arrived to wipe out the day's last 24 overs.

Northants' only regret against an innocuous-looking bowling attack was that, while four of their top five reached 48, none went on to play a really big

innings. All perished carelessly before they reached 75.

Niall O'Brien (48) and Stephen Peters (50) put on 96 in 29 overs but both fell in the final 10 minutes before lunch.

Ian Salisbury, who had removed both O'Brien and Peters, took the wicket of David Sales in the sixth over after lunch, but Rob White and Rikki Wessels came to the visitors' aid as they added 83 in 19 overs.

However, once again Northants lost two quick wickets, with White (73) becoming Salisbury's fourth victim and Wessels (61) holing out to Navdeep Poonia off Neil Carter.

Lance Klusener and Nicky Boje then added 32 before the deluge arrived.