County Championship: Devon Conway hits 88 however Leicestershire hit again in opposition to Somerset

Devon Conway averaged 63 in the three-match Test series with England

LV= County Championship Group Two, The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton (day one):

Somerset 242-7: Conway 88, Davies 65; Griffiths 3-48, Davis 2-40

Leicestershire: Yet to bat

Somerset (1 pt), Leicestershire (2 pts)

Scorecard

Leicestershire fought back after tea as Somerset closed on 242-7 after a rain-interrupted first day at Taunton.

New Zealand Test opener Devon Conway hit 88 on his red-ball debut as he and Steven Davies (65) put on 143 for the first wicket.

Will Davis (2-40) struck twice as Leicestershire, without seven players self-isolating because of Covid-19 protocols, reduced the hosts to 182-4.

Gavin Griffiths took three quick scalps as Somerset lost seven wickets for 81.

After making 200 at Lords in his first Test match knock for New Zealand, and averaging 78 in the T20 Blast, Conway continued his stunning summer, hitting 15 fours before spinner Callum Parkinson bowled him through the gate.

He had looked…

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