Ben Coad takes five wickets for rampant Yorkshire CCC

YORKSHIRE enjoyed a morning to remember at Grace Road as five wickets for Ben Coad – and three for the returning Matty Fisher – saw them bowl out Leicestershire for a paltry 98.
Yorkshire's Ben Coad. Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWpix.comYorkshire's Ben Coad. Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWpix.com
Yorkshire's Ben Coad. Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWpix.com

Coad took 5-15 from 10 overs and Fisher 3-38 from eight as the hosts were dismissed on the stroke of lunch.

Only an unbeaten 51 from Ben Cox averted complete disaster for the hosts, who slumped to 15-7 on a green pitch designed to produce a result.

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Leicestershire need to win to gatecrash the promotion picture but Yorkshire it was who won a key toss, allowing Coad and Fisher to make hay beneath grey and gloomy skies.

The pair found just enough movement with the Kookaburra ball, with a combination of consistent lines and lengths and some indifferent shots contributing to the clatter of wickets.

Jordan Thompson and George Hill were the other wicket-takers for Yorkshire, who went into the match third in Division Two, one point behind Middlesex in the second and final promotion place.

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