by Durhamfootman » Sat Feb 16, 2019 9:54 pm
less predictably, given that it wasn't a test.... but hey........
Durham -v- Somerset in the P40 at CLS 2008
Somerset scored 286 and then reduced Durham to 9 down with a hundred still to get.... and yet Plunkett and Harmison very nearly did it.
With 2 overs to go, Durham needed 19 to win.The crowd had been chanting out the runs required for some time, and with the number getting smaller and smaller, the Somerset players started running around like headless chickens, with lots of Jonny Fartpants clouds coming out of the backs of their trousers. Sadly the innings ended with a desperately unlucky and slightly farcical run out. I still believe that, but for that run out, Durham would have won that match. Plunkett was magnificent and biffed umpteen fours and sixes to the boundary. Harmison clung on for dear life and kept feeding the strike back.
After winning, the Somerset players were so jelly legged that they practically had to carry each other off the pitch. It was a day/nighter too, so with the lights on and the atmosphere from the crowd, it was all a bit special
Plunkett and Harmison deserved to win that game. If it had been a film or a novel, they would have done
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