Crane's Maiden Century Denied at 100th Hurdle

The perfect start to his season in the unlikely fashion of prowess with the bat seemed unbreakable. In fact, when Andy Gorvin chipped Josh Davey to mid-on to bring Ryan Hadley to the crease boasting an average of four-and-a-half whilst Crane sat on 88, it looked like only the six-foot-five seamer who had shown against Notts his only efforts with the bat would be to not die wondering could be the person to deny a maiden career century.

Out of his 213-ball innings, only one ball before his dismissal did Crane look like he wasn’t on top. Even against the second new ball, there was no threat to Crane’s wall of defence. Davey magically found a ball to nip away and square Crane up, just avoiding the outside edge, but that was it in 212 deliveries.