Cricket Australia XI 176 for 9 (Hearne 106*, Cook 4-15) Trail England Lions 223 (Davies 54, Gannon 5-27) by 47 runs
Cook has established himself as one of the best seamers in the Rothesay County Championship, averaging more than 300 first-class wickets under 20, and the 27-year-old Essex man proved his class on Australian soil with 18 for four against the hosts.
Three of his wickets came behind the wicket, as he operated with four slips at times, and he found enough movement to trap this season’s Sheffield Shield top run-scorer Henry Hunt Plumb.
James Rew took a good diving catch on the leg side to remove 20-Test veteran Peter Handscomb before Hearn – who is yet to score a first-class century – effectively counter-attacked 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, sending spinner Corey Rocchioli over the midwicket fence to bring up his milestone.
Warwickshire teammate Hamza Shaikh was the next highest scorer with 34 and fellow teenager Freddie McCann added 30.
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