• Yorkshire 593-9dec; Hampshire 141-5
• Bairstow hits 246 and Plunkett 126Yorkshires grip on their County Championship opener tightened on the moment day at Headingley through career-best scores from Jonny Bairstow and Liam Plunkett that vaporised a depleted Hampshire attack in a brutal morning assault.
With the floodlights on and the scoreboard spinning like a fruit machine,only the red ball and white clothing distinguished the pair’s 227-speed stand from a Twenty20, with 246 for Bairstow, and his third first-class double hundred,and 126 from the No8 Plunkett, an 82-ball century and his first in championship cricket. Related: Stuart Broad and Steven Finn find their rhythm for Notts and Middlesex Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com