westoelad wrote:captaincolly wrote:westoelad wrote:The batting is more disciplined nowadays, it was the bowling that disappointed. Carse is undisciplined in both batting and bowling and Rimmington's 2nd inns wickets were both gifts. Nevertheless it's been enthralling cricket in a beautiful setting.
According to cricinfo there's some uneven bounce? The reporter implies a chase of 200 might be tricky. If that's the case it sounds ominous even without Anderson to deal with.
I'd have been fairly confident if we'd had to chase 200.
The occasional ball kept low and was responsible for a couple of wickets but otherwise the pitch was true but the outfield incredibly slow which Vilas obviously didn't take into account. Had he declared when he was out with about 88 overs remaining with a target of 280ish which would have been the equivalent of 340ish on a normal outfield, they'd have had a new ball for the last 8 overs. Would have been a massive advantage.
Jimmy was batting on one leg ,proding only at balls on the wicket and leaving the rest. Ludicrous asking for him to bat.
Delighted with a draw- in the field Lancs were shocking, made the Surrey of a few years back look like a set of choirboys.
Thanks for that. Very informative and sounds as if it was a great few days.
