County Championship: Josh Bohannon’s 231 places Lancashire on the right track to beat Gloucestershire

Josh Bohannon also scored a century in the pre-season game against Loughborough University

LV= County Championship Division One, Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester (day three)

Gloucestershire 252 & 67-3: Hammond 24*, Dent 19; Anderson 1-9

Lancashire 556-7 dec : Bohannon 231, Vilas 109; Zafar 4-135

Gloucestershire (3 pts) trail Lancashire (6 pts) by 237 runs

Scorecard

Josh Bohannon amassed Lancashire’s highest ever score against Gloucestershire to put his side on course for victory at Old Trafford.

The 25-year-old converted his overnight century into a career-best 231, sharing a fourth-wicket stand of 214 with skipper Dane Vilas, who hit 109.

That enabled Vilas to declare at 556-7, with Gloucestershire trailing by 304.

James Anderson then took his first wicket of the summer as the visitors lost their top three to close on 67-3.

The Red Rose began the day with an advantage of just 37 runs, but Bohannon and Vilas rapidly stretched that further, batting together throughout the morning session.

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