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- Updated: July 20, 2016
Leicestershire 122 for 5 (Robson 49*) trail Gloucestershire 183 (Taylor 51, Raine 4-57) by 61 runsScorecard
Seamers dominated the opening day of the County Championship match between Gloucestershire and Leicestershire at Cheltenham as 15 wickets fell.
Ben Raine claimed 4 for 57 to help bowl out the hosts for 183 after Leicestershire had elected to field. Jack Taylor top scored with 51 and there were two wickets each for Richard Jones and Neil Dexter.
The visiting batsman found it no easier on a lively pitch and plunged to 86 for 5 in reply, David Payne and Josh Shaw taking a brace of wickets apiece. Leicestershire closed on 122 for 5, Angus Robson unbeaten on 49.
Pace bowlers on both sides profited from swing and seam movement, despite sunshine and blue skies for most of the day.
The tone was set in the opening over of the game when Clint McKay had Chris Dent caught behind for a duck. Dent had been announced as Gloucestershire’s wicketkeeper for the match after …
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