Debutant McGarry worries Worcester
Paul Pollard and a determined innings by David Leatherdale took Second Division front-runners Worcestershire to 232-7 in their championship match against Essex at Chelmsford
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19-Jul-2000
Paul Pollard - highest score for Worcester Photo © CricInfo |
Paul Pollard and a determined innings by David Leatherdale took Second
Division front-runners Worcestershire to 232-7 in their championship match
against Essex at Chelmsford. They came together at 75-3 and shared a
fourth-wicket partnership of 117n in 49 overs.
Pollard followed his two half-centuries in the previous game by making 77,
his best score for Worcestershire since coming to them from Nottinghamshire
two years ago. He was at the crease for 255 balls in 315 minutes before
falling to 18 year-old fast bowler Andrew McGarry in his first championship
match. Leatherdale was equally adamant in scoring 62 with five fours and a
six. McGarry had a happy debut - he had been brought into the team only
because Ashley Cowan and Ricaldo Anderson were injured - in bowling 16 overs
for just 29 runs. His first seven overs cost 11 runs during the course of
which he had Philip Weston caught and in his third dismissed Ryan Driver,
and concluded by having Pollard l.b.w.
"It was a superb effort by the lad'' said Geoff Arnold, the Essex bowling
coach. "He put the ball in the right areas and got his reward. Obviously he
has got the ability to make a name for himself in the game, but it is up to
him to work hard and make the best of it."