da cassino online： Paul Pollard and a determined innings by David Leatherdale took SecondDivision front-runners Worcestershire to 232-7 in their championship matchagainst Essex at Chelmsford
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Paul Pollard – highest score for Worcester
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Paul Pollard and a determined innings by David Leatherdale took SecondDivision front-runners Worcestershire to 232-7 in their championship matchagainst Essex at Chelmsford. They came together at 75-3 and shared afourth-wicket partnership of 117n in 49 overs.
Pollard followed his two half-centuries in the previous game by making 77,his best score for Worcestershire since coming to them from Nottinghamshiretwo years ago. He was at the crease for 255 balls in 315 minutes beforefalling to 18 year-old fast bowler Andrew McGarry in his first championshipmatch. Leatherdale was equally adamant in scoring 62 with five fours and asix. McGarry had a happy debut – he had been brought into the team onlybecause Ashley Cowan and Ricaldo Anderson were injured – in bowling 16 oversfor just 29 runs. His first seven overs cost 11 runs during the course ofwhich he had Philip Weston caught and in his third dismissed Ryan Driver,and concluded by having Pollard l.b.w.”It was a superb effort by the lad” said Geoff Arnold, the Essex bowlingcoach. “He put the ball in the right areas and got his reward. Obviously hehas got the ability to make a name for himself in the game, but it is up tohim to work hard and make the best of it.”