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[the other bob wilson]

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Big game starting at Worcester today

Stream
https://youtu.be/A7r5YIa6sog

Worcestershire 28/2 after being put in by Glamorgan. Disappointing that there’s no overseas bowling reinforcement (did Glamorgan look for anyone?) because I’ve no great faith in them being able to take twenty wickets on any sort of decent pitch. Van Der Gugten has been bowled into the ground, McIlroy has been economical and looks like a good bowler in the making, but Harris, despite the odd good day, is a shadow of the bowler he once was and our spin attack is virtually non existent.

[Harry Lime]

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Worcestershire 28/2 after being put in by Glamorgan. Disappointing that there’s no overseas bowling reinforcement (did Glamorgan look for anyone?) because I’ve no great faith in them being able to take twenty wickets on any sort of decent pitch. Van Der Gugten has been bowled into the ground, McIlroy has been economical and looks like a good bowler in the making, but Harris, despite the odd good day, is a shadow of the bowler he once was and our spin attack is virtually non existent.

I'm not sure if they looked for anyone, as you say a lot of tired bodies out there. Maybe that was a similar problem looking overseas?

That said, great start. 3 down already

[chrisp_1927]

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It does look a team set up to draw again. Good point about timm 'being bowled into the ground' aswell. I always think less is more when it comes to the quick men. A few spells of 4 overs a time at full strength can be a lot more dangerous than stretching those to 6/7 over spells and ending up with a fatigued bowler just trotting in.

Slightly disappointed by Douthwaites failure to develop aswell. Had high hopes for him being that dynamic number 7 who also bowled a full quota. With Lloyd going aswell, we really seem to lack an all rounder.

[the other bob wilson]

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It does look a team set up to draw again. Good point about timm 'being bowled into the ground' aswell. I always think less is more when it comes to the quick men. A few spells of 4 overs a time at full strength can be a lot more dangerous than stretching those to 6/7 over spells and ending up with a fatigued bowler just trotting in.

Slightly disappointed by Douthwaites failure to develop aswell. Had high hopes for him being that dynamic number 7 who also bowled a full quota. With Lloyd going aswell, we really seem to lack an all rounder.

Kellaway had a very good fifty over tournament, but how will he go in the four day game? I think he’s got something about him.

Attritional stuff this morning, Glamorgan need to nip this partnership in the bud pretty soon after lunch.

[chrisp_1927]

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Kellaway had a very good fifty over tournament, but how will he go in the four day game? I think he’s got something about him.

Attritional stuff this morning, Glamorgan need to nip this partnership in the bud pretty soon after lunch.

Good start after lunch. Hoping another couple of wickets fall this session.

He did look very promising kellaway. I'd disregarded him a bit after the t20s, where he looked a bit lost and frightened. But he looked a very decent player in the 50 overs

[the other bob wilson]

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Worcestershire recovered to 202-6 at tea, but Carlson’s broken the big stand - 214-7 now.

[the other bob wilson]

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Glamorgan 3-0 at the close in reply to Worcestershire’s 284 - the home side let off the hook and Van Der Gugten’s injured.

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

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Making a right hash of it today.

[Harry Lime]

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Just got in from work and thought I'd watch the afternoon's play. Not sure I want to now

[Madassa]

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170 all out. Looks like this game and any chance of promotion is over.

[the other bob wilson]

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Glamorgan won at Worcester last season after having a first innings deficit of over a hundred, but they were able to bowl Worcestershire out quite cheap,y in the third innings and I can’t see that happening with this attack.

Disappointing that we haven’t tried to get another bowler in, even on loan, it’s as if they’d given up on promotion before this game.

[chrisp_1927]

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Great by McIlroy so far, maybe a big chase is on the cards. Although I suppose we had them 5 down for not much first innings aswell.

It's a 4 day season that has never really got going for us. Decent position in the table, but we seem to have played such negative cricket all year that we haven't really looked like potentially winning much at all. Even if we somehow magic up a promotion (looking unlikely), I still think there should be massive questions asked.

Edit:
Few minutes later and another 2 have fallen. Here we go !

[Father Dougal]

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Glamorgan won at Worcester last season after having a first innings deficit of over a hundred, but they were able to bowl Worcestershire out quite cheap,y in the third innings and I can’t see that happening with this attack.

Disappointing that we haven’t tried to get another bowler in, even on loan, it’s as if they’d given up on promotion before this game.

Worcestershire 127/8 at close........

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

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Need to get D'Oliveira out quickly tomorrow morning. He turned their first innings into something decent.

[the other bob wilson]

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Took the dog out for a walk at about five last night with Worcestershire 80-1 and cruising to an inevitable victory and by the time I got back, they were 125-8! The wicket looked to be settling down when Libby and Azhar Ali were batting, but it seems it going to be bowler friendly right through. If Glamorgan don’t go up, they can look back and think they did not play enough games on pitches like this. As it happens, the only game before this one in which there has been a definite result was the revere fixture between these teams which Glamorgan won, apart from that and one or two a rain hit matches, we’ve played in matches where the slow, lifeless pitch has been the winner. I’m not saying that all games should be played on pitches like this one, but, it would be good to see more of a balance between bat and ball. Although the odds must still be on the home team, one of the lessons of the season is that batting tends to get easier as game goes on.