County Championship: Yorkshire beat Gloucestershire by six wickets as Dawid Malan and Harry Brook star

Harry Brook followed up his first-innings century with an unbeaten 56 to guide Yorkshire to victory

LV= County Championship Division One, Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol (day four)

Gloucestershire 227 & 359: Bracey 177, Patterson 4-43

Yorkshire 376 & 213-4: Malan 65, Brook 56*, Singh-Dale 2-30

Yorkshire (22 pts) beat Gloucestershire (3 pts) by six wickets

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Dawid Malan and Harry Brook struck half-centuries as Yorkshire sealed a six-wicket victory over Gloucestershire in their season-opening fixture.

Malan hit 65 at a run-a-ball before Brook took charge, guiding the White Rose home with an unbeaten 56.

Gloucestershire had earlier set them a tricky target of 211 thanks to James Bracey’s career-best 177.

But, despite losing early wickets, Brook and Harry Duke (17 not out) wrapped up the visitors’ win.

Resuming with their lead only just into three figures, Gloucestershire set out with attacking intent as Bracey and Zafar Gohar went for their shots and stretched the seventh-wicket…

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