Tattersall tightens Yorkshire grip at Grace Road
Jonny Tattersall's century was his fourth in first-class cricket
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Vitality County Championship Division Two, Leicester (day two)
Leicestershire 98: Cox 51*; Coad 5-15, Fisher 3-38 & 35-2 Fisher 2-18
Yorkshire 379: Tattersall 126, Fisher 88; Scriven 4-103, Ahmed 3-60
Leicestershire (3pts) trail Yorkshire (6pts) by 246 runs with eight wickets standing
Yorkshire remain on course for a victory they believe will put them on course to secure promotion despite bad weather washing out more than half of the second day of their County Championship match at Leicester.
Leicestershire will resume on day three at 35-2 in their second innings, trailing by 246, after Yorkshire posted 379 following an excellent 126 from captain Jonny Tattersall and a career-best 88 from pace bowler Matthew Fisher, who also claimed both Leicestershire wickets.
Rain forced the players off shortly before 14:00 BST and they were unable to return.
Ahead of this fixture, head coach Ottis Gibson predicted one win from his side's final three matches would be enough for a top-two finish, even though they trailed second-placed Middlesex by a point going into this round.
Leicestershire's hopes of limiting Yorkshire's lead after they were dismissed for 98 on day one went unfulfilled in an opening session dominated by a 138-run ninth-wicket partnership between Tattersall and Fisher.
They were not parted for an hour-and-a-half until home skipper Lewis Hill belatedly recalled Rehan Ahmed into the attack.
The England wrist spinner was successful with his fourth delivery as Tattersall's fine innings ended with an edge to slip and finished with 3-60.
The Yorkshire captain had completed his second hundred of the season in the sixth over of the morning from 170 balls.
The pitch appeared to offer far less to the bowlers than it had 24 hours earlier, when the first dozen overs of the morning saw Leicestershire lose seven wickets for 15.
The corresponding period this time resulted in Yorkshire adding 51 without loss as Fisher posted his maiden first-class half-century for the county.
Fisher and Ben Coad added another 31 from just 26 balls before Ahmed dismissed the former, helped by a sharp catch by wicketkeeper Ben Cox.
Seamer Tom Scriven, still searching for his first five-wicket haul in first-class cricket, finished with 4-103.
Leicestershire slipped to 34-2 shortly before the rain arrived, Fisher continuing his productive day by removing opener Rishi Patel, who was leg before playing a horrible hoick across the line.
Partner Ian Holland was more cautious but departed quickly nonetheless, caught at first slip.
Report supplied by the ECB Reporters' Network
