ed bragg marked his second eleven championship debut for worcestershire seconds by picking up two wickets on a severely truncated second day against northamptonshire at the county ground, northampton.
bragg, part of the 2018-2019 academy intake at New Road, accounted for openers rob newton (15) and emilio gay (18) after the home side had been put into bat.
the all-rounder, who played for the successful under-17s side in the ecb royal county cup two weeks ago, came on first change when play got underway in the early afternoon and ended with figures of 6-1-22-2.
bragg, who also featured for the seconds in the t20 against warwickshire at stourport last week, has developed as a pace bowler during the past 12 months.
he showed his prowess as a batsman with a century for the academy against northants in the final game of last season.
josh breed – 1-16 in four overs – claimed worcestershire’s third success of the day in dismissing richard levi (22).
but only 22 overs were possible before bad light and rain ended play and northamptonshire closed on 92-3 from 22 overs.
after a blank first day yesterday, pat brown and dillon pennington shared the new ball and bowled spells of 7-2-21-0 and 5-0-23-0 respectively.
