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This round of Championship cricket, squeezed between the T20 Blast, has the novelty of being the first of two this summer which will use the Kookaburra ball. They were prescribed by the Strauss report, in an attempt to reduce reliance on the swing and seam of the Dukes and encourage fast and spin bowling.
One day in, with seven centuries on the board but five teams bowled out in less than a day, it seems too early to make a call. Finlay Bean and George Hill made the most of a good Headingley pitch, a swift outfield, and some wayward Gloucestershire bowling, to rock to sparkling centuries and put Yorkshire in a dominant position.
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