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The groundsmen had better start looking for another job by the look of thingsOriginally Posted by Llanedeyrnblue
This isn't the first time the Cheltenham appears to have been poorly prepared. This game will be over tomorrow. As usual,Glammy struggling to finish off the tail-Enders with Glos 140/9The groundsmen had better start looking for another job by the look of things
Yet again another Glammy run out today. Woeful
Rudolph out twice in one day.
Glamorgan now 36 - 1 (12 ahead)
His batting average is down to 27. Morgan in now and sadly he won't last long. Still another dozen odd overs tonight. Glammy could easily be 3 or 4 down by stumps
I was being optimistic. Three down already. Why the **** is Owen Morgan batting a three? They will be 6 or 7 down by close of play at this rate
Now 42/4 with four wickets going down in two overs. Spineless
If we can dig in a bit and send Glos into bat chasing something big like say 78, we might just come away with something.
24 wkts have fallen today so far, questions must be asked regarding the wicket, even allowing for our pathetic batting.
The pitch is clearly lively with a number of rising balls. You would have thought Cheltenham groundsmen would have learnt from previous problems. However we are playing against a poor side with a poor bowling attack and not the Windies c 1980. There are serious issues with our batting and the failed attempt to turn spinners into specialist batsman. It was obvious Morgan was going to be out quickly this evening.
54-5
I'm not sure what the record is for the shortist ever Championship game, but I can see this one being over by lunch time tomorrow.
Yep absolutely54-5
I'm not sure what the record is for the shortist ever Championship game, but I can see this one being over by lunch time tomorrow.
BBC days summary
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/40455890
This is going to lead to a points deduction for Glos. Some players out to balls rising steeply. Others out to balls that kept low. Our lot are partially exempted but even so the batting order is a complete shambles. It is not doing young Morgan any good coming in so high up the order when he clearly isn't ready.
Comments from someone on the Glammy cricket messageboard that the players do not believe the pitch is behaving that badly. Apparently 25 wickets in a day is a County record but am unsure if this is true.
Can only wish the ECB pitch inspector good luck in somehow to trying to decipher if Glamorgan's 15 wickets were a result of a poor pitch or poor batting.
If the wicket isn't playing up then god help the batting coaches.
You simply cannot have that many wickets in a day unless something is terribly wrong somewhere.
Croft said the wicket wasn't dangerous but did a bit of everything. Why Hogan didn't take up the option of making Glos bat first is beyond me. It was very cloudy at 11am so great bowling conditions.
There needs to be some straight talking at the club because what is going on is so poor and amateurish.
Regular run outs in the four day stuff is ridiculous, far too many no balls and extras in general, playing spinners as specialist batsmen when they are simply not up to it, batting collapses in most games, an inability to bowl out tail-enders.
You have to wonder what the hell is going on during coaching sessions because they do not seem to be learning anything.
Maybe the pitch is dodgy, but Glamorgan have proved yet again that their specialist batting is the least able to cope with such conditions in the country - in fact, no matter what the conditions, Glamorgan's batting can find a way to look very, very average in them.
Perhaps they're getting paid to throw matches. Would be a regular income stream.
I doubt we would be charged with this... it looks far too blatant!
People at the ground seem to think the pitch was lively but not as bad as 25 wickets in a day. Journo spoke to the ECB officer there, and he didn't expect a points deduction but there might be a strong slap on the wrist.
Re Glammy's batting, Norwell and Payne are good bowlers at Div 2 level, both of whom I expect will move on soon but should not be enough to skittle any side for 100ish.
119-7......back to snails pace
Cooke and Wagg are batting
It wouldn't be hard for them either
Glos set 135 to win.
Soon as Wag went, just short of 50 partnership, they cleaned up the tail very quickly. Glammy take note!
48-0
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