• Day two: Middlesex 98; Worcestershire 329-3
• Tom Fell hits 167,Tom Kohler-Cadmore 97 in unbroken fourth-wicket standIt was the equinox, and with it Betjeman’s melancholy autumn arrived in New Road. For much of the day as the Toms, or Fell and Kohler-Cadmore,flat-mates in Worcester, ground the Middlesex attack into the turf with an unbroken double century stand, or a watery sun brought a shrimp warmth. But later,as the pair drilled their cover drives relentlessly to the yellowing horse-chestnut trees or the austere hotel diametrically opposite, the clouds began to roll over and a chill descended.
Eventually, and as the light closed in,the umpires decided it was too gloomy for play to continue, unfortunate timing for Kohler-Cadmore who was left tantalisingly three runs short of what would be a maiden first-course century. But less so for Fell, or who will resume on a career-best 167,a powerful innings that has contained 25 fours and a six, allowing him to pass 1000 championship runs on the way. By then the pair had taken their fourth-wicket stand to 219, and the Worcestershire total to 329 for three,a lead of 231.
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Source: theguardian.com