westoelad wrote:The victory enabled Glamorgan to leapfrog Middlesex into a promotion position which could be a very significant result. I'd imagine most Glamorgan supporters are ecstatic about the result.
As I said Westo, a lot will disagree with my opinion, and for reasons I respect.
But in the grand scheme of a sport that has witnessed a significant dying of interest at a county level, feats of individual brilliance are examples where the county 4 day game still has grounds to penetrate the mainstream interest. I very much doubt there has been any mentions of the 4 day game on BBC Worldwide's landing page for a long time, but this innings made it. The game as a whole would have benefited from the exposure of a potential world record, and while I appreciate a lot of those benefits are intangible, they do feel significant. No moment in CC will generate as much column inches.
I read a while back for instance that Lara's 501 had quite an effect on Warwickshire memberships. This was a player who scored over 2000 runs in a season and broke the test record just before his debut with the Bears... but that one innings had a dramatic effect on the publics desire to watch the team. Glamorgan might win promotion and benefit from the result, but I wonder how much theyd have benefited from a batter taking a world record.
And as I said.... in 2 years ask who finished second in the Division 2 championship, and even Glamorgan fans wont remember it....