by Alviro Patterson » Thu Jul 11, 2019 12:27 am
st_brendy wrote:Durhamfootman wrote:Somerset taking a big risk preparing one of 'those' pitches
Notts didn't even bother bowling most of their seam attack in that 3rd innings. this is what got Somerset into trouble in the first place. trying to throw people off the scent by sending one of their 2 best spinners out on loan for a couple of weeks won't fool anyone
the closer they get to the title, the more they are reverting to type
I believe they've only got two more home games left in the CC. But one of them is the final game of the season....against Essex.
(If their title rivals were anyone else, I think it's very safe to predict what sort of pitch they'd be preparing for that one. But against Harmer? It could come back to bite them. Which would be such a shame...)
I don't think Somerset would be wary of Harmer when it comes to preparing a spinning pitch, considering Notts had a certain Ravi Ashwin in their team.
Somerset posting a 1st innings score of 326 doesn't sound like a minefield pitch in previous seasons gone by. Maybe playing a string of County Championship games in peak summer has allowed spinners to come into their own. I'd rather see bunsen burners than green mambas.
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