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Post by newby on Apr 12, 2024 14:20:08 GMT
Hear hear, marvellous century now and he deserves it after batting through that very difficult opening session.
It looks a lot easier to bat now and if Milnes, Fisher, Coad and Moriarty can contribute a few then 300 looks a possibility which puts us well in the game.
Sods law of course the early wickets but the pitch was very helpful, Brook perhaps should have known better.
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Post by newby on Apr 12, 2024 18:18:08 GMT
I didn't watch nor listen to too much but all things considered 326 runs isn't a terrible outcome. We won't get as much help from the pitch on the second morning as they did on the first, but it still might be difficult for them. Coad, Fisher and Milnes looked a difficult proposition and the 2 early wickets I think gives us the edge on the day.
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Post by donnylad on Apr 12, 2024 18:22:26 GMT
Thanks to domestic re-arrangements I saw the pre lunch horror show and missed (most of) Tatts innings.
Joe lad seemed to miss a straight one. I wonder if Bean got an inside edge? The comms were rattling on about Gloucs 'attacking the inside edge'. Brook needs a quiet word from someone ... he had shown what he could do and then gave it away.
I caught up later and saw Milnes batting with the excellent Masood .. missed the close of the innings and saw us nick 2 out before stumps. This could be a good match and I am looking forward to tomorrow!!
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Post by newby on Apr 12, 2024 18:49:22 GMT
It was all in there and a good advertisement for the County game and, according to comms, watched by a decent crowd, though it looked a bit thin to me on the bits of live stream I saw.
More bad admin has me travelling about tomorrow so it will be Sunday before I can sit down and watch a decent chunk. Tomorrow though could well turn out be an excellent day.
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Post by davemorton on Apr 12, 2024 22:18:43 GMT
Good comeback. I reckon those two wickets have made it even for the day. If we can get the Sandpaper Boy and Bracey early, we could be ahead. Great cricket to watch. I am not sure I would have wanted to be at Edgbaston, though it is amusing that Durham - with Boland added to an already fancied attack - put the home side in.
By the way, the commentary from Bristol featured a Pakistani, possibly an International player? Does anyone know who it was? He was absolutely outstanding, explaining nuances of the game that a club player could not possibly know. And some of the commentators (like Cally, I suspect) were and are not players of any description.
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Post by karma on Apr 13, 2024 7:02:23 GMT
Good comeback. I reckon those two wickets have made it even for the day. If we can get the Sandpaper Boy and Bracey early, we could be ahead. Great cricket to watch. I am not sure I would have wanted to be at Edgbaston, though it is amusing that Durham - with Boland added to an already fancied attack - put the home side in. By the way, the commentary from Bristol featured a Pakistani, possibly an International player? Does anyone know who it was? He was absolutely outstanding, explaining nuances of the game that a club player could not possibly know. And some of the commentators (like Cally, I suspect) were and are not players of any description. I too though the (Pakistani) commentator was outstanding , actually commentating , unbiased , informative and entertaining. He added something to the game and I don't just mean his voice and allegiances like most commentators do. |
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Post by tykemania on Apr 13, 2024 8:07:01 GMT
I think that would have been Zafar Gohar, the left arm spinner who was left out of their squad on the day.
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Post by kennyshovel on Apr 13, 2024 9:36:57 GMT
The commentator was Shah Faisal. I agree he was excellent. According to his twitter/x bio he's an ex-fc cricketer.
Not sure if links to twitter work on here but this is him:
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Post by donnylad on Apr 13, 2024 11:03:06 GMT
Sandpaper Kid Bancroft has spent a whole over getting in the umpire's ear whilst Hill bowled an over round the wicket to Hammond. He was pointing to follow through marks that were virtually off the cut strip.
Whinger - he must be terrified of Root and Moriarty landing something there.
It is interesting though that almost from the opening overs yesterday there was a lot of looking at the ball impact point by umpires and the YCCC batsmen. Are the thinking the top might go??
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Post by davemorton on Apr 13, 2024 12:19:21 GMT
Very professional bowling performance this morning, but how are we ever going to get 20 wickets, unless the top goes? And thanks for that info, Kenny Shovel.
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Post by donnylad on Apr 13, 2024 13:25:41 GMT
Slow dead wicket, dead ball, change the bowler but not the bowling but that said a good effort from the bowlers but there is nothing there to work with..
We are trying the short stiff that Plunkett used to let fly with but we are a yard or two slower than he was.
Gloucester have already settle for a draw and unless the wicket goes they will still be 100 or so behind at stumps today.
Elsewhere looking at the runs scored so far, despite the wet weather there seem to be some good batting pitches around at the moment.
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Post by tykemania on Apr 13, 2024 13:33:11 GMT
Might have quite a bit to do with the infernal Kookaburra ball...
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Post by hawke on Apr 13, 2024 16:11:02 GMT
Well that was an interesting 40 or so minutes. 49 for 4 from 7 overs. What was Van Burren doing? De Lange was playing T20. Both of them are South Africans married to British women so have UK passports. See Moriarty played for SA Under 19s. Didn’t see him bowl.
Very encouraged that Fisher seems fit.
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Post by tykemania on Apr 13, 2024 17:02:31 GMT
In the office today (saving myself a days leave) and had the game on for an hour or so each side of lunch, seemed like the game was being played in slow motion, or the late 1950s, so nice to see when I got home that things had moved on at pace. Our attack is still a little too samey, but they did bowl with great dedication today, and with impressive discipline.
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Post by newby on Apr 13, 2024 18:20:30 GMT
The game has certainly moved along after an extremely slow and frustrating morning. We did manage to get 10 wickets, and in only 92 overs so we are half way there with plenty of bowling options, and nobody having been over bowled.
Sunday looks likely to be a full day, with Monday less certain. We can't really play for the weather but we are in a good position to push on and we certainly have the players to score quickly.
Providing we don't get bowled out, would looking for a lead in excess of 450 half way through the final session tomorrow be too cautious. After missing all of today I hope to catch plenty of Sunday's play.
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