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Roundup: aggravated Gloucestershire make Durham wait<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n

Rain rudely interrupted the County Championship<\/a> on bank holiday Saturday but there was evening controversy at Chester-le-Street. Kasey Aldridge had bowled Durham<\/strong> to almost-victory with four for 47, giving him nine wickets in the match, leaving his side four to win. But with the floodlights on and filthy skies, Gloucestershire<\/strong> refused to bowl spin and the umpires said it was too dark for pace.<\/p>\n

Mark Alleyne, the Gloucestershire<\/a> head coach, explained: \u201cForty-five minutes before we lost the last wicket, it was too dark to play, which would have been consistent with all the other days that we played.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was really surprised that Carse was allowed to bowl to [James] Bracey at the time. He got him out, then took off straight away. So, yeah, we had probably 50 minutes of cricket there that we probably shouldn\u2019t have done.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey asked if we would bowl our spinners to finish the game. Of course, we said: \u2018No, we\u2019ll bowl our quick bowlers,\u2019 in which case it became bad light, so we\u2019ll come back tomorrow.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, we\u2019ve been outplayed, of course, but there\u2019s certain parts of the game that we feel we were really hard done by some really poor decisions, in my view, and I hope they get a chance to look back at those, but one of the poorest is playing in the light that we did for so long.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, with that in mind, we thought we\u2019d hedge our bets and see if it might rain all day tomorrow, so you never know.\u201d<\/p>\n

At Scarborough, over 31.5 overs, Leicestershire\u2019<\/strong>s Sheridon Gumbs and Rishi Patel saw off the best that Yorkshire<\/strong> could throw at them on a damp bowler-friendly day. A draw looks almost inevitable, offering some succour to both sides trying to escape the drop.<\/p>\n

After a four-hour rain delay at Sophia Gardens, Sonny Baker quickly polished off Glamorgan<\/strong>, to finish with four wickets (over three days), and Hampshire<\/strong> held a one-run advantage on first innings. Nick Gubbins and Ali Orr made a confident start to the second innings, racing to a 70 run stand until an unimpressed Gubbins was given out lbw to Mir Hamza.<\/p>\n

There was no play at all at New Road, Northampton, Derby, Edgbaston, Hove and Chelmsford.<\/p>\n

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