da bwin： Australian all-rounder Ian Harvey bowled Gloucestershire to the brink ofvictory over Sussex on day three of the CricInfo Championship seconddivision match at Cheltenham
da winzada777： Mark Easterbrook29-Jul-2001Australian all-rounder Ian Harvey bowled Gloucestershire to the brink ofvictory over Sussex on day three of the CricInfo Championship seconddivision match at Cheltenham.Harvey claimed all three of his second innings wickets in a fiery, four-overpost-tea spell of 3-4 as the visitors went from 213-2 to 244-6.But Chris Adams, with 122 not out, and Mark Davis, with 32 not out, then puton an unbroken 71 for the seventh wicket as Sussex, 353 behind on first innings, closed on 315-6.Sussex had resumed the day on 160-8 in their first innings and the last twowickets fell for just seven runs as Billy Taylor and James Kirtley fell toslip catches off Martyn Ball and Harvey respectively.Harvey’s figures of 18.5-13-13-3 were exemplary on a ground with shortsquare-side boundaries, and the Australian was just as effective in thesecond innings.Home captain Mark Alleyne provided the initial breakthrough when he hadMurray Godwin lbw for 12, but Richard Montgomerie and Adams then shared asecond-wicket stand of 125 before the former was caught and bowled by Ball.Montgomerie’s 107 was his sixth Championship hundred of the season and his173-ball innings contained 19 fours.Adams played equally well, but he could only look on in despair as wicketstumbled after tea.Harvey struck twice in three balls in his opening over after the interval,as Bas Zuiderent and Michael Yardy fell to catches by Alleyne at second slip.Umer Rashid then edged James Averis to wicket-keeper Jack Russell, as heattempted to cut, and Matt Prior was caught by Jeremy Snape at gully off Harvey.Gloucestershire appeared set for a three-day victory, but Adams and Davisresponded with some determined batting.Adams reached his 194-ball century with a cut for four through the coversoff Ben Gannon and has so far struck 19 fours and three sixes.
