BEN COAD shone with ball and bat as Yorkshire sought to stay afloat at Lord’s.
First, Coad sparkled in his main forte with four wickets as Middlesex made 246 in reply to Yorkshire’s first-innings 159. With Jordan Thompson, who captured 5-80, Coad kept Yorkshire in the game as the hosts - 84-2 going into day two - achieved a first innings lead of 87. He returned 4-59 from 20 overs and then struck an unbeaten 38 from the No 9 position, from just 28 balls with seven fours, as Yorkshire closed the day on 216-7, a nuisance lead of 129.
Having bowled Nathan Fernandes on the first evening, Thompson had Mark Stoneman and Stephen Eskinazi brilliantly caught low down at second slip by Adam Lyth before returning to have Toby Roland-Jones caught-and-bowled and then bowling Ethan Bamber to just pip Coad to the five-wicket haul. Du Plooy and Josh de Caires led the way for Middlesex, batting with great positivity.
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