by st_brendy » Sat Apr 08, 2017 7:15 pm
We actually won that day. Not as much as Yorkshire won day one, but still.
Only complaint we can really have about our bowling in this match was the Balance-Patterson partnership. Take away those 100 runs, and we are in with an excellent shout of winning this. But of course you can't.
And besides, to just focus on that partnership would be letting the batters of the hook. As much as that partnership is the reason behind this significant run case of ours, so is being is being 75-8. In fact, the latter is much the greater reason in my view. Even if we'd managed to just get 200, we'd at least be looking at a 250 run chase.
320 on a wicket that has seen 30 wickets fall inside two days? I'd give us a one-in-ten chance. The most important thing was not losing a wicket in those opening four overs. Turning to tomorrow, given that it is all about wickets rather than runs (over the course of two whole days, you can block your way to 320 if you're not bowled out), I'd be looking at take it in 5 overs spells. Keep on looking to next through the next 5 over spell without losing a wicket.
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