da 888casino： Russell Warren hit 194 to allow his Northamptonshire captain David Ripley tomake a challenging declaration on the third day at Old Trafford
da imperador bet： Andy Wilson17-Aug-2001Russell Warren hit 194 to allow his Northamptonshire captain David Ripley tomake a challenging declaration on the third day at Old Trafford.Warren’s innings ensured that Northants cruised past a target of 451 toavoid the follow-on with five wickets to spare, although he missed out onthe second double century of the match – and his career – when a defensivepush at Chris Schofield trickled back on to his stumps.Ripley, who had supported Warren in a sixth-wicket stand of 116 until hewas bowled by Gary Yates for 43, then declared 105 runs behind on 495 foreight, to throw the ball back into Lancashire’s court.They reached 64 without loss at the close, leaving them 169 ahead, but areunlikely to take any chances today on such a good batting pitch, especiallyagainst one of their relegation rivals.Andy Flintoff had given Lancashire the early breakthrough they were lookingfor, having Tobin Bailey caught at slip to leave Northants 248 for four -still 203 short of that follow-on target.But Graeme Swann joined Warren to add 104 for the fifth wicket, reaching anentertaining half-century from 69 balls with his second six.Even when Swann went caught behind off John Wood for 54, Northants were notout of the woods but Ripley and Warren steered them sensibly to safety.Warren reached his second century of the season from 166 balls and wasclosing in on his career best of 201 not out against Glamorgan in 1996 untilhe was bowled by Schofield. His 194 came from 316 balls with 26 fours and asix.Schofield ended with two for 72 from 21 overs and there were also twowickets each for Lancashire’s other spinners, Gary Keedy and Yates,although none of them was particularly impressive.Crawley then added an unbeaten 41 to the 280 he had scored in the firstinnings, surviving 23 overs with Mark Chilton with no serious alarms.
