GLAMMY

A day where you can understand why there are people who don’t get cricket. The Glamorgan innings meandered along after lunch in the face of negative tactics by Gloucestershire and they showed no desire to for the batting bonus point at 400 which should have been well within their reach. You’ve only got to look at the scores elsewhere to see that playing with Kookaburra ball in conditions which are a long way removed from what England will face in Australia is doing nobody any good.
Maybe, I’ll end up looking a fool tomorrow, but it looks like a banker draw to me with the consolation being that Leicestershire have lost already and Derbyshire are still second best in their game.

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Originally Posted by the other bob wilson

A day where you can understand why there are people who don’t get cricket. The Glamorgan innings meandered along after lunch in the face of negative tactics by Gloucestershire and they showed no desire to for the batting bonus point at 400 which should have been well within their reach. You’ve only got to look at the scores elsewhere to see that playing with Kookaburra ball in conditions which are a long way removed from what England will face in Australia is doing nobody any good.
Maybe, I’ll end up looking a fool tomorrow, but it looks like a banker draw to me with the consolation being that Leicestershire have lost already and Derbyshire are still second best in their game.

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I was there yesterday and as a county cricket lover the best part of the day was lunch and a few beers in the old Mochyn-Du.

:ayatollah:

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Originally Posted by the other bob wilson

A day where you can understand why there are people who donÂ’t get cricket. The Glamorgan innings meandered along after lunch in the face of negative tactics by Gloucestershire and they showed no desire to for the batting bonus point at 400 which should have been well within their reach. YouÂ’ve only got to look at the scores elsewhere to see that playing with Kookaburra ball in conditions which are a long way removed from what England will face in Australia is doing nobody any good.
Maybe, IÂ’ll end up looking a fool tomorrow, but it looks like a banker draw to me with the consolation being that Leicestershire have lost already and Derbyshire are still second best in their game.

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Agree. I didn't understand why they didn't kick on to get the 4th batting bonus point. Really odd. Looks like a nailed on draw.

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Originally Posted by Pearcey3

Agree. I didn't understand why they didn't kick on to get the 4th batting bonus point. Really odd. Looks like a nailed on draw.

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It was as if they thought denying Gloucestershire a bowling point was more important than getting an extra point themselves and in the end, they did neither - generally speaking a sport is in trouble when you get captains making decisions like that.

I can’t understand what they were trying to achieve yesterday apart from sending home a bored group of spectators. Perhaps they wanted to put Gloucestershire out of the game but there was more attractive ways of doing that than crawling around getting nowhere.

whatever it was they achieved nothing, was an awful session to watch

good start so far 49-2

80-2, Crane absent with an injury which I hope wasn’t sustained when pointlessly batting at the end of our innings.

212-6, 5 wickets for Kellaway. The injury to Crane could be crucial.

Match drawn, good effort by Glamorgan and a great effort by Kellaway to take six of the seven wickets.

Really missed crane. I wonder if we’ll be referring back to this come the end of the season.

Only 2 points behind Derbyshire now

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Originally Posted by Lord Worcester

Really missed crane. I wonder if we’ll be referring back to this come the end of the season.

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I think Derbyshire hanging on here with nine down is the game that could be season defining - we were lucky to get away with a draw at Bristol during our poor start to the campaign, so I reckon that evens out yesterday.

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Originally Posted by Don Corleone

Only 2 points behind Derbyshire now

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It really should be one point - still can’t understand our attitude on Tuesday when it looked almost deliberate that we weren’t chasing a fourth batting point.

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Originally Posted by the other bob wilson

It really should be one point - still can’t understand our attitude on Tuesday when it looked almost deliberate that we weren’t chasing a fourth batting point.

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Glouc being 50 behind instead of 50 in front late on yesterday could have made a difference and piled on the pressure. Glam wasted so much time with the bat, I’m not sure what the plan was.