Bears fall short with bat as Kyle claims six wickets
KYLE Jarvis took six wickets in an innings for the second Specsavers County Championship match running to give Lancashire the advantage after day one against Warwickshire at Emirates Old Trafford.
Jarvis returned six for 67 from 18.2 overs as the Bears were bowled out for 200 on the stroke of tea after electing to bat.
They slipped from 89 for three at lunch to 119 for eight before Jeetan Patel and ninth-wicket partner Olly Stone shared 76 to limit some of the damage.
Lancashire then lost Haseeb Hameed, Alex Davies and Dane Vilas cheaply as they replied with 112 for three from 33 overs.
Zimbabwean Jarvis claimed all six wickets in the afternoon, having improved significantly from his morning new ball spell.
All 10 Warwickshire wickets fell from the Statham End of the ground, with stand-in captain Ryan McLaren claiming four for 45 from 18.
There were signs of uneven bounce when bowling from that end, but certainly not enough to warrant a side being bowled out for 200.
McLaren trapped Dom Sibley lbw offering no shot for one in the third over before getting opposite number Jonathan Trott and former Bears skipper Ian Bell caught at second slip by Jos Buttler for four and 14 as the score fell to 41 for three.
After Patel’s late 47, opener Andy Umeed’s 44 was the next best score.
He played patiently, having already succeeded against Lancashire this summer, but he was the first of the seven afternoon wickets to fall as he was caught behind off a Jarvis delivery with extra bounce.
That was the first of four wickets in 24 balls for Jarvis, who had Tim Ambrose caught behind, Keith Barker lbw and Matthew Lamb bowled before both Patel and Stone were dropped during their stand.
Jarvis returned to the attack and had Stone caught behind for 32 before bowling Patel in the 63rd as he played across the line shortly after a batting point had been secured.
Hameed then fell for 15 in the 14th over of Lancashire’s reply when, stuck on the crease, he edged Chris Wright to Umeed at first slip.
Umeed also took the catch, albeit at the second attempt, to help Ryan Sidebottom get rid of Davies for 20 in the 17th – 44 for two.
Stone, having signed from Northants and playing his first Championship match since May of last year following injury, then took his maiden first-class wicket for the Bears when he bowled Vilas with 80 on the board. Liam Livingstone will begin day two on 41, alongside night-watchman Stephen Parry on 15.
Warwickshire first-team coach Jim Troughton said: “To get to three down at lunch was pretty even. We wanted to get their seamers tired with there only being three, so it was a bit soft how we were 30 for five or something after lunch.
“They bowled well, but we didn’t have that skill to stem the bleeding. Jeetan did well and Olly. That was a good effort to get us to 200.
“The key for us is to keep attacking the stumps. If we do leak a few runs, I’m not too fussed.”