County Championships

Du Ploy and Roland-Jones put Middlesex on top

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By Jon Batham

Running riot: Joe Cracknell and Leus du Plooy ran Gloucestershire ragged
PICTURE: Alamy

DAY ONE LEUS DU Plooy haunted Gloucestershire once again with an unbeaten 98 as Middlesex reached 279-5 on a truncated first day at a gloomy Lord’s.
The South-African-born left-hander, who made a career-best 263 not out against the same opponents in the final match of last season at the Home of Cricket, picked up where he’d left off, producing another classy innings, including 10 fours.
Du Plooy shared an unbroken sixth wicket stand of 85 with Joe Cracknell, havin...

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