A poor effort today with too batsmen getting in and then giving it away - it's funny, there are some counties that aren't great now, but we always struggle against them, Sussex are one, Middlesex another.
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A poor effort today with too batsmen getting in and then giving it away - it's funny, there are some counties that aren't great now, but we always struggle against them, Sussex are one, Middlesex another.
what a dull shot from Hogan just now
Northants 8 down but threatening to pull off a miracle. C'mon !!!!
Yep pretty certain we won’t finish top two now.
I do hope they keep this structure for championship next year with seeding based on finishes. It’s got more going for it than the two division split IMO.
I’m a little uncertain about the next phase of it outside the top group that then plays for the final at Lords. What they could do is have it so those three groups have promotion / relegation with those finishing bottom of each group going down in the seedlings and those winning the other two groups going up in the seeding for next season.
Can't quite make my mind up. Its great that every club has a chance of the final at the start of the season. But there will be a lot of meaningless games from now on as you point out. Even within the top group after a game or two. Clubs are taking through the points they gained against the other team that qualified from their group. If a team don't take many points in with them and then lose the first game they could be looking at nothing to play for.
I wonder if it may work a little bit better with the top group of 6 who play each other twice as at present. Then a bottom group of 12 who only play each other once. Could then have a shield game maybe for the top 2 in the lower group
That’s a decent shout. Didn’t realise the points were carried through, definitely in favour of there being a clean slate in the second phase.
I’m not as worried about dead rubbers so much as it’s hard to argue there weren’t plenty of dead rubbers in the original format and then the two division format. I do think this format gives the opportunity for a bit more overall excitement all round, at least for half a season.
I think if you added some jeopardy into the second stage with a form of promotion / relegation (similar to the Nations League in a way) that translates into getting a better seeding (or avoiding a worse one) for the next season at least gives you something to play for in the second phase of the season with minimal changes required to the structure. Maybe division 2/3 trophies or something as well so it feels like some honours are involved.
Looking like this game is headed for a handshake at 5 at the moment. Although given how we’re batting…
Surrey, trying to save their game, currently 40-4 off forty eight overs with Amla 7 not out after nearly three hours at the crease, while Gloucestershire are batting on despite being over 400 in front of a Middlesex side they bowled out for 101 in the first innings - giving eight points for a draw will encourage that type of cricket.
As for us, Sussex seem to be batting for a declaration, so there could be some life in the game yet.
I see Labuschagne scored 276 yesterday - the highest ever score by a Glamorgan player in a second eleven game.
275 target then. Great way to make your 100 and bring about the declaration.
At Amlas age and with what he has done in his career that is tremendous. To still have that desire to dig in and save a game. That was always what set him and devilliers apart from the rest of the modern batsman for me. Average wise they were as good as anyone, they can be as destructive and pleasing on the eye as anyone. They also both have an amazing capacity to dig in and switch the shots off when the game situation demands that approach, an increasingly rare ability in the modern game.
I was thinking exactly the same as you put in your first sentence. I’d say DeVilliers is the most naturally talented batsmen of the twenty first century, while I can remember seeing Amla in his first few tests and thinking he had no chance - it’s a tribute to his attitude and dedication that he became a really good test player.
Glamorgan drew withSussex reaching 154-5 in typical fashion with everyone getting into double figures, but no one scored more than twenty seven - it seems that they’ve cliched a top four finish and a place in the second tier come September no matter what happens Northants next week - that has to be seen as a good effort in what looked a very tough group when the draw was made.
Amla batted all day for scoring thirty seven I think it was off about two hundred and eighty balls as Surrey finished on 122-8 off one hundred and five overs.
Excellent news for Glamorgan fans, Michael Neser has signed a two year contract extension;-
https://glamorgancricket.com/news/ne...deal?nocache=1
Ingram is under contract for next season as well. Neser doesn't seem to be in Australia's plans at the moment, so could be available for almost all of next season.
Need to get van der Gugten to sign a new contract now - he's been very good this season. Fully expecting James Harris to sign for next season as well.
In his first season he became the youngest player ever to take 10 wickets or more in a county cricket match (he took 12).
He followed this up by being 13 runs away from being the youngest ever century maker in county cricket (he scored 87 not out)
I think many thought then we had a future England star in the making
Unfortunately whilst he has had a good career he never reached those heights and in fact that 87* remains his highest first class score.
As you say not sure what he brings to the party for us now though
There was a time when he was very close to a test call up, but I think it was always felt that he didn’t quite have enough pace and he wasn’t the first or last cricketer whose career suffered because he made changes to try and satisfy the England selectors. I agree with you about his batting, he’s better than his average suggests - he was so good in scoring his only century, in a televised one day match for Middlesex, that there really should have been quite a few others.
Is Neser playing in the Royal London Cup?
Pretty sure I read somewhere that both Australians are playing their last game of the season for us tomorrow.
That’s what I’ve read. So Neser will have played something like 6 Championship games and that’s it.
I've got used to seeing Glamorgan wickets fall from the first ball I've watched on the stream in recent seasons, but this time it was Van Der Gugten getting one - Northants, batting on winning the toss, have made a decent start at 40-1 and Vasconcelos, who always scores runs against us, is still there.
Glamorgan going pretty well at 177-4 in reply to Northants' 215 at lunch, but they were 154-2 with Labuschagne and Root going great guns until Edward Bevan started talking about how much on top they were - of course, that was the signal for them both to be out within the next three balls!
400 for 4
Carlson and Cooke with a 200plus partnership
462-4 at the close with Carlson and Cooke putting on an unbroken 300 plus. Incredible really considering the scores at the ground throughout the season, but, occasionally, the Sophia Gardens pitch gets flatter and flatter as a game goes on and this might well be one of those wickets. However, barring something truly incredible tomorrow, Glamorgan will take enough points to go above Northants even if it’s a draw and finish a very creditable third in a six team group which has four First Division sides in it.
Great day today. Hopefully they can skittle Northants out tomorrow.
On a Glamorgan theme, Andrew Balbirnie, who had a really tough time of it with us at the start of the season, scored a hundred for Ireland today in their comfortable forty odd run win over South Africa in a fifty over match in Dublin.
Lovely stuff today. As much as the T20 performances have been disappointing the team have done very well in the Championship. We will finish third which in a very tough group is excellent.
I hope Carlson gets a shot with England Lions this winter.
Very good day . Root and Marnus were very good. When they were both bowled within a few balls it looked like same old story. What a partnership by Cooke and carlson though
great to watch the batting performance tues afternoon on the telly, let's hope they can do the business later today.
Glamorgan declare … 247 ahead
We should win this now, but why not another half hour this morning, or really hit out last night. Another declaration from a very strong position, that gives the opposition a very good chance.
Got to be honest, can't quite get onboard with the overachieved narrative that Maynard wants to pump out. The 2 aussies are world class, Lloyd's scored lots from the top, Carlson has looked fantastic at times and the bowling attack has showed the quality we all knew it had. We should be playing hard and trying to maximise points, rather than this idea of 'making a game of it for the experience '.
They don't need toughening up or 'experiences '. They deserve to be sent out as a team that can and should compete hard and win a lot of games.