County Championship 2022 Division I | Hasan Ali rattles the stumps of Gloucestershire wicket-keeper James Bracey
On the culmination of Day 3 of the fixture between Lancashire and Gloucestershire, the latter is trailing by 237 runs and is in a spot of bother for the final day.
At this moment, The Gloucestershire are 67/3 with Miles Hammond and captain Graeme Van Buuren at the crease. However, the team lost their experienced campaigner on the brink of the final session.
The Pakistan pacer Hasan Ali bowled a searing yorker to rattle the stumps of wicketkeeper James Bracey and celebrated in his own style. The Lancashire official Twitter account posted the video of the same ball and captioned it, “NEW STUMPS, PLEASE!”
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Earlier, Lancashire had declared on a mammoth total of 556 on the board, with a doubleton from Josh Bohannon and a century from captain Dane Vilas. For Gloucestershire, Pakistan all-rounder Zafar Gohar finished with figures of 4/135.
In response, Gloucestershire got off to a great start and consolidated against the likes of James Anderson, Hasan Ali, and Saqib Mahmood. However, Hasan broke their opening stand on a score of 119 by dismissing Chris Dent for 52 off 123 balls.
This wicket certainly opened the floodgates for the batting team, as the other bowlers chipped in with Ali to keep putting the pressure with their proficient line lengths. Ultimately, the Bristol-based side were dismissed for a total of 252. In this pursuit, Hasan picked up a total of six wickets and finished with figures of 6/47 off 17 overs.
Day 4 can prove to be critical for both teams to secure a victory. If the Lancs manage to dismiss the Gloucs, they will make it 2 out of 2 in their 2022 campaign and put up a strong case for the top position in the points table.
On the other hand, the key batters, Hammond and Buuren, will have to put up strong resistance for the visitors in the first two sessions of Day 4 to evade the loss. The team has already featured in 2 matches, with 1 loss and 1 which ended as a draw.
