Gloucestershire 28 for two path Yorkshire 326 (Masood 140, Akhter 5-85) by 298 runs
Mark Alleyne solely needed to wait till the fourth ball of the sport for Gloucestershire take their first Championship wicket since his return to the membership as head coach. The membership’s former trophy-winning captain noticed Josh Shaw clear bowl Finley Bean for a duck with an excellent size ball.
The supply set the tone for a wonderful pre-lunch session by the house seam assault. Adam Lyth was subsequent to depart for seven, effectively caught by Cameron Bancroft diving to his proper at second slip off Ajeet Singh Dale with the full on 19.
Root’s first innings on his return to home red-ball cricket lasted simply seven balls. Absent from the Championship for almost two years, the previous England Take a look at captain had made solely two when pinned lbw falling throughout his stumps by Akhter.
Brook obtained off the mark with a 4 pushed via mid-off and appeared to be settling in when pulling Akhter for six over mid-wicket. However, having helped progress the full to 80 and his personal rating to 26, he badly miscued a back-foot shot off Akhter and Marchant de Lange took a operating catch at mid-on.
Ten runs later, George Hill wafted at a ball from Akhter and wicketkeeper James Bracey pouched a routine probability off what proved the ultimate ball earlier than lunch.
The afternoon session introduced a spirited Yorkshire fightback as Masood and Tattersall, who spent a quick spell with Gloucestershire in 2021, added precisely 100 for the sixth wicket.
Masood was first to 50, off 83 balls, whereas Tattersall required solely 50 deliveries to succeed in his half-century, hitting 10 fours and proving cruel on something dropped quick.
It was a shock when the partnership ended, Tattersall trying to shoulder arms in opposition to Singh Dale and getting an inside edge onto his stumps. At 190 for six, Yorkshire required extra from Masood and got a lift when Matt Milnes was dropped by Bancroft at second slip off Akhter earlier than he had scored.
At tea, Yorkshire have been 243 for six, the unflappable Masood unbeaten on 116, having survived only one scare when nearly run out on 90 by Graeme van Buuren’s direct hit on the bowler’s finish after calling for a fast single to mid-on.
The 34-year-old left-hander nearly departed for 127 quickly after the interval when Ben Charlesworth failed to carry a pointy slip probability, Akhter once more being the unfortunate bowler. Masood added 13 to his rating earlier than edging a ball from de Lange, bowling across the wicket, via to Bracey.
By then Yorkshire have been 285 for seven. Bancroft was at fault once more, dropping Matt Fisher at second slip earlier than he had scored off de Lange earlier than Milnes reached a useful 86-ball fifty. He added a single earlier than being caught behind aiming to drive de Lange to make it 292 for eight.
Akhter picked up his fourth wicket when Ben Coad was caught at mid-off, aiming to clear the ropes. Fisher did precisely that with a brutal pull shot off de Lange earlier than being final man out to Akhter, who totally deserved his five-wicket haul, having bowled with tempo and accuracy.
Gloucestershire have been left with 14 overs to bat. Chris Dent obtained an inside edge onto his stumps off Fisher and Ollie Value was bowled by Coad taking part in down the fallacious line as Yorkshire completed the day on prime.
