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[the other bob wilson]

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Tomorrow looks like a write off, we need to bowl them out today. Hard to see that with this attack but if there is a bit of humidity in the air Hamza and Harris might be able to get into them. Id be quietly confident if tim was fit but although Zain and gorvin did well in the first innings its hard to see them running though anybody.

It does have that humid feel to it today and maybe the ball’s doing a bit - Sussex 32-3, all three wickets to Hamza.

[the other bob wilson]

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32-4, Pujara out to Gorvin’s first ball.

32-5, John Simpson, who used to score stacks against us for Middlesex, bags a pair.

[Taffy Blue in Berkshire]

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seems the Welsh weather is going to screw things up for Glammy after a hopeful start.

[bluesp]

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seems the Welsh weather is going to screw things up for Glammy after a hopeful start.

56 runs to win less than 2 hours later, funny old game

[chrisp_1927]

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Hell of a performance. Wonder if Marnus will have to sit on the bench for his first game or 2 back. Hard to drop Ingram after his season, and Hamza has been good this match.

Didn't think gorvin had a 5 for in him, very nice to see

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

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Hurray, a win 🙂

[chrisp_1927]

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Wow. 7.5 overs is all it took. Real statement victory. At 41/4 yesterday we were really wobbling. Then when wickets fell quickly after Ingram and Carlson it looked like we might blow our advantage.

But to then put together a couple of good partnerships, followed up by a crushing bowling performance is utterly fantastic. Well done boys! Credit to the groundstaff aswell, for getting a bit of life out of that pitch. Crickets a much better game when the bowlers have something

[Madassa]

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Great win. A rare event over recent seasons. Taking 20wkts in 3 days on a Sophia Gardens pitch is a positive by itself. Was the Kookaburra ball used?

[Taffy Blue in Berkshire]

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great win and a big confidence boost, well done Glammy!

[the other bob wilson]

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Great win. A rare event over recent seasons. Taking 20wkts in 3 days on a Sophia Gardens pitch is a positive by itself. Was the Kookaburra ball used?

No, the Kookaburra was only used for the first two rounds of games and I hope that’s the last we see of it - the ECB’s marketing men seem determined to kill off the county championship and using that ball all of the time would be a big step in that direction,

Another question is if you can get a pitch like that at Sophia Gardens, why have so many in recent years been so bland as to make any result other than a draw impossible? Gorvin’s first ball yesterday bounced much more than it should have done to dismiss Pujara and I wonder if they’re still mindful of that one day game with Hampshire a few years ago that was abandoned because of an unfit pitch?

A really good win though against a team that had made a great start to the season, still not sure about the bowling attack we went into the game with mind - have Dowthwaite and McIlroy been dropped?

[chrisp_1927]

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No, the Kookaburra was only used for the first two rounds of games and I hope that’s the last we see of it - the ECB’s marketing men seem determined to kill off the county championship and using that ball all of the time would be a big step in that direction,

Another question is if you can get a pitch like that at Sophia Gardens, why have so many in recent years been so bland as to make any result other than a draw impossible? Gorvin’s first ball yesterday bounced much more than it should have done to dismiss Pujara and I wonder if they’re still mindful of that one day game with Hampshire a few years ago that was abandoned because of an unfit pitch?

A really good win though against a team that had made a great start to the season, still not sure about the bowling attack we went into the game with mind - have Dowthwaite and McIlroy been dropped?

Mcillroys been struggling with injuries, not sure about douthwaite. Seems to follow a well worn pattern that douthwaite plays the first few games of a season, then gets moved aside after a few games.

I wonder if some of the pitch woes are related to the amount of cricket that needs to be played on them. With all glamorgans games, Welsh fire men and women. Plus a couple of pitches that are probably set aside for the international games. It may well be that the only way to get them through the season is to make sure a few are complete roads. Degrading during the game to help the bowlers is great, but I suppose if you then can't get it regenerated during days off you end up with a big problem.

Hopefully the pitch we've just played on is a sign of things to come and means they've worked out what they can get away with on those pitches a bit better. I do wonder if we've just had a very good box of balls here mind which played a part aswell, good proud seam or something. The amount of wickets that fell with the new ball throughout the game was unbelievable

[the other bob wilson]

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Another game at Cardiff for Glamorgan starting today. They play Middlesex who routinely win in the four day game when they play here. The which overseas players to pick problem sees Hamza "rested" as Labuschagne joins Ingram to strengthen the batting, but what on paper looked a very weak bowling line up against Sussex looks even weaker for this match with McElroy presumably coming into the team.

With showers forecast throughout the next four days, perhaps Glamorgan will avoid their customary defeat against Middlesex in Cardiff this time.

Some better news on the bowling front is that Van Der Gugten and Podmore have both played for the seconds this week following their injuries.

[Lord Worcester]

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Another game at Cardiff for Glamorgan starting today. They play Middlesex who routinely win in the four day game when they play here. The which overseas players to pick problem sees Hamza "rested" as Labuschagne joins Ingram to strengthen the batting, but what on paper looked a very weak bowling line up against Sussex looks even weaker for this match with McElroy presumably coming into the team.

With showers forecast throughout the next four days, perhaps Glamorgan will avoid their customary defeat against Middlesex in Cardiff this time.

Some better news on the bowling front is that Van Der Gugten and Podmore have both played for the seconds this week following their injuries.

Huge call to leave hamza out after Sussex imho

[the other bob wilson]

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Labuschagne out for 23, Glamorgan 51-1.

[chrisp_1927]

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What on earth is happening! I'm afraid to reload the page, because everyone I do another bloody wicket has fallen.