Eng Test prospect Gay hits fighting fifty on Lions' opening day
England Test prospect Emilio Gay scored a half-century for England Lions on day one of their four-day game against a Cricket Australia XI in Perth. The Lions made 299 in the first innings, with Gay top-scoring with 87-ball 78. He was Durham's leading run-scorer in the County Championship this year, finishing with an average of 45.42 and scoring four centuries.