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Northants 251 and 66-3 Yorkshire 136 and 546-3 dec: Adam Lyth and Alex Lees join ...

Edit The Independent 02 Jun 2014
Accolades don’t come much higher for Yorkshire batsmen than to be spoken of in the same breath as Percy Holmes and Herbert Sutcliffe, which is why Adam Lyth and Alex Lees will feel particularly proud of what they achieved in the course of around 26 hours before Lees put the ball in the hands of mid-off to be out for 138 at 2.15pm on Monday....

Openers Adam Lyth and Alex Lees pile on runs to keep Yorkshire on course for Championship victory at Northants

Edit York Press 02 Jun 2014
Yorkshire opener Adam Lyth ... Double centurion Lyth and centurion Lees shared 375 inside 119 overs of their second innings, also representing Yorkshire’s highest stand since Percy Holmes and Herbert Sutcliffe shared a record 555 against Essex in 1932. Lyth’s 230 off 398 balls was his second career double, while Lees’ 138 was his first Championship ton of the summer ... Jack Brooks picked up the other ... ....

Northants v Yorkshire: Tykes press for win after Lyth double century

Edit BBC News 02 Jun 2014
Opener Adam Lyth made a superb 230 as Yorkshire put themselves firmly on course for victory over Northants. The left-hander's first-wicket stand with Alex Lees was ended on 375 when Lees was caught at mid-on for 138 ... Lyth and Lees soon established a new Yorkshire first-wicket partnership record against Northants, surpassing the 279 by Percy Holmes and Herbert Sutcliffe in 1919 ... Also related to this story ... Share this story ... print. ....

Yorkshire batter Northamptonshire as Adam Lyth and Alex Lees break free

Edit The Guardian 02 Jun 2014
• Yorkshire 136 & 546-3; Northamptonshire 251 & 66-3. • Openers build highest partnership of the summer so far ... Photograph. David Rogers/Getty Images Europe ... For good measure, among a plethora of statistics, it was the fourth highest opening stand in Yorkshire’s history , although there was some way to go before Percy Holmes and Herbert Sutcliffe would have been worrying about their famous 555 ... Sign up for the Guardian Today ... ....

Northants v Yorkshire: Lyth & Lees hit centuries for visitors

Edit BBC News 01 Jun 2014
Yorkshire atoned for their first-innings batting failure as Adam Lyth and Alex Lees turned the tables on Northants on day two of their Division One match at Wantage Road ... Did you know? ... They need a further 43 runs on the third day to beat Yorkshire's first-wicket record stand of 279 against Northants, set by Percy Holmes and Herbert Sutcliffe in 1919 ... print. ....

Yorkshire openers hit unbeaten 237 to turn screw on Northamptonshire

Edit The Guardian 01 Jun 2014
• Yorkshire 136 & 237-0; Northamptonshire 251. • Adam Lyth and Alex Lees set highest opening stand of 2014. Adam Lyth, left, and Alex Lees shared a record breaking partnership for Yorkshire against Northamptonshire. Photograph. Andy Kearns/Focus Images Limited ... Now they will have their eyes on Yorkshire’s record for the wicket against Northamptonshire which has stood since 1919 when Percy Holmes and Herbert Sutcliffe put on 279 ... ....

How I fell in love with cricket statistics

Edit The Guardian 31 Mar 2014
The immutable nature of numbers can prove attractive to some young cricket fans. In 1981, Gary Naylor was one of those fans ... Who were Vijay Hazare and Gul Mohammad and where was Baroda? Were Percy Holmes and Herbert Sutcliffe not gruff supervisors in an ITV sitcom as I would have guessed, but two real-life openers who once added 555? And what unimaginable circumstances led to Alan Kippax and Hal Hooker putting on 307 as the last pair?....
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