cricket Australia XI 176 for 9 (Hearne 106*, Cook 4-15) England Lions 223 (Davies 54, Gannon 5-27) by 47 runs
Cook has established himself as one of the most prolific seamers in the Rothesay County Championship, having taken over 300 first-class wickets at an average of under 20, and the 27-year-old Essex man showed his class on ground Australian by reducing the hosts to 18 for four.
Three of his wickets were trapped behind the wicket, as he sometimes operated at four slips, and he found enough movement to catch this season’s Sheffield Shield leading run-scorer, Henry Hunt, in front.
James Rew took a fine diving catch down the leg side to remove 20-Test veteran Peter Handscomb before Hearne, who is yet to make a first-class century, effectively counterattacked with an unbeaten 106 off just 62 balls.
Davies had earlier won the toss and hit four sixes in a 57-ball fifty at the top of the order, achieving his milestone by sending spinner Corey Rocchiccioli over the midwicket fence.
Warwickshire team-mate Hamza Shaikh was the next top scorer with 34 patients, while fellow teenager Freddie McCann added 30.
