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Live: Yorkshire Men v Sussex, Rothesay CC, Day Three
Yorkshire and Sussex have reached day three of the Rothesay County Championship fixture at Headingley. Fin Bean scored a second-day century to give the White Rose a platform with the bat in their first-innings reply to Sussex's 502. Follow this page for live updates.
Yorkshire 199-2, 64.4 overs
Fin Bean lbw Fynn Hudson-Prentice, 105.
Angled into the left-hander and struck in line. An excellent innings comes to an end.
Joe Root comes alongside Sam Whiteman, who has 77.
Up and running
Sam Whiteman and Fin Bean have scored a single off each of the first two balls of the day, from Fynn Hudson-Prentice, moving to 74 and 103 respectively.
Yorkshire’s score 194-1 in the 61st over.
But we have a delay, with Tom Price going down holding his right ankle at deep backward square-leg. He’s up now but has hobbled off the park.
Would be surprised if we don’t have an injury substitution coming in shortly.
Having looked at the replay, he just goes over on his ankle. He actually did well to stop the boundary having gone down like he did.
Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWPix.com.
Sam Whiteman played nicely for his 73 yesterday, but his innings was interrupted when he was hit a painful blow in the box by Henry Crocombe.
Last night, batting coach John Sadler said with a smile: “He certainly went down, didn’t he. But they breed them tough in Australia. Well, Australia and South Yorkshire, anyway.
“It’s always funny when it happens to somebody else, isn’t it?
“Bessy was in there laughing this evening, which was great, because it was Bessy who got hit twice there against Hampshire.
“I think his box, he signed it and gave it to the physio.
“I don’t know what condition Sam’s box is in yet. But, no, he took a bit of time out, the physio looked after him, and I think everything’s still in place!”
Good morning...
From Headingley, where it’s dry but overcast ahead of day three.
We’re all set for an 11am start, with Yorkshire on 192-1 in reply to Sussex’s first-innings 502 all out.
Fin Bean 102 not out and Sam Whiteman with 73 unbeaten shared an unbroken 175 for the second wicket.
It was a Yorkshire record partnership for that wicket in first-class matches against Sussex, beating the 171 shared between FS Jackson and David Denton at Sheffield (Bramall Lane) in 1904. Quite the pair to beat!
They will be looking to plough on this morning and go from there.
Clearly, with the likes of Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow to come, the White Rose could still put some pressure on Sussex at the back end of this game. Equally, early wickets this morning and Sussex will feel the same.
Realistically, the draw is still the white hot favourite given the placid nature of the pitch.
You can read our report and reaction piece – with batting coach John Sadler – from day two via the links below.
You can also read the report and reaction piece – from head coach Rich Pyrah – following our women’s stunning Roses win at Emirates Old Trafford yesterday.
