Night watchman Liam Norwell had done the essential job of surviving through to the close on Monday evening, but his achievement on the third day was far beyond what anyone could have expected.ĭerbyshire had used five bowlers before the first hour was up - an indication of Gloucestershire's positive intent - with the more orthodox and experienced Chris Dent prepared to play a supporting role to the Dorset born bowler. Gloucestershire began the morning with a deficit of 334 on first innings, and still needing 135 runs to avoid the follow-on. Listen to the thoughts of centurions Liam Norwell and Chris Dent here : Having post a first innings score of 563, Gloucestershire's overnight lead is 119, just enough to potentially trouble Derbyshire on the last day. Hamish Marshall and Kieran Noema-Barnett then further accelerated the scoring rate as Gloucestershire accumulated 453 runs in the day before Howell was last out just before the close. Norwell completed his maiden hundred, and became the first night watchman in Gloucestershire's history to pass three figures, while Dent constructed a composed century, going on to make the top score of 180. Gloucestershire's overnight pair of Chris Dent and Liam Norwell gave this Championship game a real change of gear on the third day at the Bristol County Ground. Read the match report from the day below! He also became the first Gloucestershire nightwatchman to score a century On this day (April 19) in 2016, Liam Norwell (102) made Gloucestershire history by hitting his maiden century in any form of cricket going in as night-watchman against Derbyshire at the Bristol County Ground. On This Day - Norwell makes history in torrent of runs
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