Arthur Crabtree wrote:Feels like a good batting day.
At Hove last week, you'd have expected with two seamers in early April under heavy cloud cover boasting test averages of lower 20s, that the ball would move around, but in pretty much seamer paradise conditions two very good test players struggled to get the ball to do anything. This week the sun is out, and we are seeing scores of 600/3 and 570/6 around. The ball is doing absolutely nothing at Grace Road in the game I am watching, hasn't swung, hasnt seamer.... nada.
Was it Strauss' intention to create the most boring round of CC cricket ever? Leicestershire are bowling like they just want to restrict runs and take time out the game on day 2.
If you are going to use a dead ball, then why not do it after pitches help spinners? Seamers aren't getting anything done, and spinners might as well not exist in April