County Championship: Glenn Phillips’ century places Gloucestershire in command towards Kent

Gloucestershire’s Glenn Phillips hit 15 fours and one six on the way to a century

LV= County Championship Division One, The Spitfire Ground, Canterbury (day one)

Gloucestershire 388-7: Phillips 125, Hammond 66; Milnes 3-76, Stewart 2-74

Kent: Yet to bat

Gloucestershire 4 pts, Kent 2 pts

Scorecard

Glenn Phillips’ century helped Gloucestershire seize the initiative on day one against Kent as the bottom two teams in County Championship Division One faced off at Canterbury.

The rock-bottom visitors recovered from being put in and reduced to 46-3 to reach stumps on 388-7 and eyeing maximum batting points for just the second time this summer.

They were indebted largely to an imperious 125 from Phillips, on his maiden first-class appearance of the summer, with able support in the form of a half-century from Miles Hammond and Oli Price’s career-best unbeaten 48, compiled on his 21st birthday.

On a warm day, Kent won the toss and raised a few eyebrows when they elected to bowl first, but they were…

The post County Championship: Glenn Phillips’ century places Gloucestershire in command towards Kent appeared first on CaymanMama.com.

from CaymanMama.com https://ift.tt/kranfuq