GLAMMY

[Lord Worcester]

Re: GLAMMY

They couldn’t could they

[fugsyphil]

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How many overs left?

[Lord Worcester]

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7

[Father Dougal]

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7

Now 6......

[fugsyphil]

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Is that 95 or 96 total overs ending then?

[Father Dougal]

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Is that 95 or 96 total overs ending then?

96 overs.

[Lord Worcester]

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9 down. Draw. What an effort

[the other bob wilson]

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I suppose that makes up for the one we got away with against Durham, we could and should have declared a bit earlier though.

[Lord Worcester]

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I suppose that makes up for the one we got away with against Durham, we could and should have declared a bit earlier though.

Yes, no question. But unlucky to lose the entire session. Played 4 drawn 4. County championship season could go either way

[Taffy Blue in Berkshire]

Re: GLAMMY

so close and prob declared at the right time as Yorks were in with a sniff.

[the other bob wilson]

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so close and prob declared at the right time as Yorks were in with a sniff.

In the closing overs, Glamorgan had all but one fielder close to the bat and were sometimes letting the ball go for four to keep the weaker batter on strike, they set attacking fields all day and were always looking o take wickets - they could have set more negative fields and bowled wide of the wickets if the chance of Yorkshire winning ever became an issue. For me, Lloyd got his declaration wrong and, early in the season in these days of Bazball, would it have been a disaster anyway if we'd lost while giving ourselves a better chance of winning?

[Father Dougal]

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In the closing overs, Glamorgan had all but one fielder close to the bat and were sometimes letting the ball go for four to keep the weaker batter on strike, they set attacking fields all day and were always looking o take wickets - they could have set more negative fields and bowled wide of the wickets if the chance of Yorkshire winning ever became an issue. For me, Lloyd got his declaration wrong and, early in the season in these days of Bazball, would it have been a disaster anyway if we'd lost while giving ourselves a better chance of winning?

Exactly. You only get 5 points for a draw. You should be able get more than that in bonus points in a loss. Its nothing.

Plus we are in division 2 (and have been for 18 years). There's no safety to play for. If we were in division 1 fighting for survival then fair enough we need to make sure we don't lose. But in division 2 when it's our 4th game and we haven't won this season yet? Setting them nearly 500 when we bowled them out for 100 something on day 1? Come on.......

[Lord Worcester]

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Exactly. You only get 5 points for a draw. You should be able get more than that in bonus points in a loss. Its nothing.

Plus we are in division 2 (and have been for 18 years). There's no safety to play for. If we were in division 1 fighting for survival then fair enough we need to make sure we don't lose. But in division 2 when it's our 4th game and we haven't won this season yet? Setting them nearly 500 when we bowled them out for 100 something on day 1? Come on.......

Very hard to argue with any of that sadly.

[the other bob wilson]

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Glamorgan are doing well with the toss of the coin this season, they put Worcestershire into bat this morning and reduced them to 38-6 - Neser and Van Der Gugten have taken five wickets between them.

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

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A good morning