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South Africa’s Andrew Hall is on strike against Brett Lee at the Wanderers stadium in Johannesburg. The ball is bowled and Hall tucks it into the leg side before setting off for a gentle single. As he jogs to the other end he hears a belated cheer from the crowd. Confused, he looks around to see the big screen…

Ben Charlesworth and Zaman Akhter then served up further defiance in an unbroken partnership of 38 for the seventh wicket as the home side made the most of the 52 overs available to improve their position after the first session had been washed out. When Gloucestershire eventually resumed their first innings on 82 for 3…

Miles Hammond and Graeme van Buuren registered half-centuries as Gloucestershire assumed a position of strength on day two of the Vitality County Championship Second Division match against Middlesex at the Seat Unique Stadium in Bristol. Responding to the visitors’ first-innings 203, the home side advanced their score to 271 for 6, a first-innings lead of 68, on a…