A searing burst from Josh Tongue put Nottinghamshire back in the box seat after Worcestershire fought back well on the second day of their County Championship match at New Road.<\/b><\/p>\n
Nottinghamshire’s first innings lead was restricted to 25 after they were bowled out for 207. <\/p>\n
Freddie McCann defied for 56 but Tom Taylor took 4-70 and Ben Allison 3-41 while wicketkeeper Gareth Roderick took five catches.<\/p>\n
The game had evened up but Worcestershire closed the second day on 93-5 after Tongue took out the top three in a fiery burst of 9-1-24-3. <\/p>\n
With the pitch still helping seamers, Nottinghamshire will not want to chase many in the fourth innings, but are well-placed to push for a win to keep them on the shoulders of leaders Surrey ahead of their mouthwatering meeting at The Oval next week.<\/p>\n
Nottinghamshire resumed on the second morning on 46-1 to find the pitch still lively. Allison soon produced a perfect away-cutter that Ben Slater edged to Roderick.<\/p>\n
McCann and Joe Clarke (34) added 50 in 17 overs before McCann, having gritted out a valuable half-century, drove at a wide ball from Matthew Waite and Roderick accepted another catch. The slip cordon remained on high alert. <\/p>\n
Jake Libby, at second, pouched Jack Haynes off Allison. Clarke dug in for 122 minutes before nicking a waft at the same bowler.<\/p>\n
From an uneasy 121-5, the title-chasers were rebooted by Lyndon James’ punchy 42-ball 35 but Taylor ended the counter-attack by inducing another nick and pinned Liam Patterson-White lbw two balls later. Kyle Verreynne (26) steered his side in front then edged Taylor to second slip.<\/p>\n
Former Pears pair Dillon Pennington and Tongue added a handy 23 before falling in five balls, the former lbw to Allison and the latter supplying Roderick with his fifth catch, off Waite.<\/p>\n
With the game so evenly-poised, a mammoth evening session \u2013 49 overs \u2013 promised to be pivotal. Only 36 were possible before bad light intervened but Nottinghamshire made serious inroads.<\/p>\n
Tongue trapped Rehaan Edavalath lbw and dismissed Libby, caught at second slip, with a brutal lifter.<\/p>\n
Catching of similar quality followed from McCann, a one-handed, diving grab at second slip to remove Dan Lategan off James.<\/p>\n
Tongue then knocked out Kashif Ali’s off-stump and James hit Brett D’Oliveira’s. <\/p>\n
At 68-5, Worcestershire were in danger of speeding to a defeat which would pretty much seal their relegation but Roderick and Ethan Brookes stayed firm until the light closed in to keep this fascinating match very much alive.<\/p>\n
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