GLAMMY

[The Bloop]

Yep our record is dreadful against them in Cardiff. Is there a cost implication playing games outside of Sophia Gardens? I presume Colwyn Bay will have it’s usual games. Beyond that Neath have a couple of Royal London games and that’s about it.

I remember watching us lose to Middlesex after scoring nearly 600 in the first innings. Both Viv Richards and Adrian Dale scored double centuries but we still managed to get bowled out cheaply in the last session on the final to lose.
It's nothing new.

[the other bob wilson]

I remember watching us lose to Middlesex after scoring nearly 600 in the first innings. Both Viv Richards and Adrian Dale scored double centuries but we still managed to get bowled out cheaply in the last session on the final to lose.
It's nothing new.

Tufnell bowled us out for something like a hundred in the second innings of that that match and I’m fairly sure Middlesex bowled us out for 32 I think it was when we won the title in 97.

I tell a lie, it was 31!

http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/AR...14JUN1997.html

[Pearcey3]

I remember watching us lose to Middlesex after scoring nearly 600 in the first innings. Both Viv Richards and Adrian Dale scored double centuries but we still managed to get bowled out cheaply in the last session on the final to lose.
It's nothing new.

I’m a long suffering Glammy fan too! This performance really hasn’t been acceptable with the side we had out. This is a strong line up and they should have done a lot better.

[TWGL1]

Yes , and loads of other occasions , why don’t they just bowl full and straight and mix up the pace ?

[Hilts]

Buttler has a test average of 31.94 over 57 tests, not great I accept, but there’s that stat doing the rounds about Rory Burns being the only one of the England batsmen brought into the team in recent years to have an average of over 30 and it’s barely over it - it’s less than Buttler’s .

Now, if you want to talk about under achieving test batsmen then Mark Ramprakash is right up there - 27.32 in fifty two tests, that’s a woeful return for a specialist batsman with the amount of ability he had.

Ramprakash just fell apart mentally.

His introduction I believe was against that fantastic West Indies side.

Massive under achiever. I actually thought he should have been brought back in his mid to late 30s.

Pope I believe averages around 50 , Vince around 40.

So many batsmen have terrible techniques its hardly suprising. Dates back to around the 80s when for some reason some thought the way to go was standing upright like a baseball player.

[the other bob wilson]

Ramprakash just fell apart mentally.

His introduction I believe was against that fantastic West Indies side.

Massive under achiever. I actually thought he should have been brought back in his mid to late 30s.

Pope I believe averages around 50 , Vince around 40.

So many batsmen have terrible techniques its hardly suprising. Dates back to around the 80s when for some reason some thought the way to go was standing upright like a baseball player.

Pope and Vince might have those averages in the first class game, but they definitely don’t in test cricket.

[Hilts]

Pope and Vince might have those averages in the first class game, but they definitely don’t in test cricket.

Yes. I meant 1st class. Thats the issue. There are few batsmen in 1st class cricket really knocking that door down to be picked.

Ive found myself saying put in Livingstone. But Ive said the same about Buttler , Hales , Roy all these destructive batsmen.

On the flip side then theres the likes of Roy and Sibley with appalling techniques.

The Test side is a complete mess.

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

I remember watching us lose to Middlesex after scoring nearly 600 in the first innings. Both Viv Richards and Adrian Dale scored double centuries but we still managed to get bowled out cheaply in the last session on the final to lose.
It's nothing new.

I watched some that one too. Still can't believe we lost!

[The Bloop]

I remember going to Ynysangharad Park to watch Jacques Kallis's debut in the Sunday league. He scored a big 100 and was just hitting the ball out of the park for fun.

[Hot Shot Hamish.]

I was working on the main scoreboard that day. Had a few beers too many and I had the one Surrey bowler as having bowled 17 overs. I think it was a 50 over game with a max of 10 overs per bowler. By the time they put me on traffic duty to clear the park at the end of the game it was safer for the drivers to work out their exit without my assistance! As a Pontypridd player having Glamorgan use our ground was something super special. Saw Viv score a great ton there against Derby. Pakistan 500 odd for 2 Saheed Anwar and Inzamam getting huge hundreds. 1994 South Africans. Malcolm Marshall skittled Glamorgan and getting back to Southampton for his 4.30 tee off time. Great memories!

[The Bloop]

Second century of the season for Bracey of Gloucestershire and Haines of Sussex is 203 not out, a couple of possible England players doing well there.

There’s a possibility of a remarkable achievement at Canterbury where Kent opener Ben Compton (Dennis Compton’s grand son), having carried his bat in the first innings is still in second time around with seven wickets down - I’m sure an opener has batted right through both innings some time before in cricket, but, having been a fan of the game since the mid sixties, I’m not sure it’s happened in the domestic game in all of that time.

Bob - a bit more on Ben Compton in this week's Ask Steven column

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/a...nnings-1312290

[the other bob wilson]

Bob - a bit more on Ben Compton in this week's Ask Steven column

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/a...nnings-1312290

Thanks Bloop, I’d heard somewhere else that the lbw decision that probably cost him his two not outs was a shocker.

[chrisp_1927]

Up at Derbyshire today, looks like callus Taylor and Douthwaite drop out the squad. Tom Cullen and Premier Sisodia come in. Hopefully Weighell will get a go again, thought he was quite unlikely to lose his place last match

[chrisp_1927]

Cullen in for Taylor. Attempt to strengthen the batting evidently, Cullen has been in decent form in the 2nds so hopefully he will get a few.

Derbyshire opener Shan Masood has over 600 runs already this season, not a bad start

[chrisp_1927]

Cullen in for Taylor. Attempt to strengthen the batting evidently, Cullen has been in decent form in the 2nds so hopefully he will get a few.

Derbyshire opener Shan Masood has over 600 runs already this season, not a bad start

[the other bob wilson]

Great caught and bowled by Hogan to remove Masood for sixty - Hogan was superb in the first session where Glamorgan deserved more than the one wicket.

Derbyshire currently 117-2.

[chrisp_1927]

Good result getting masood for 60, let's hope we can chip away at the rest now

[the other bob wilson]

Three quick wickets right at the end of the day helped Glamorgan back into a game which looked like getting away from them, but we need to get the last five wickets pretty quickly and then show a lot more application with the bat than we did last time out if we’re to avoid defeat against a team that has had a big boost in confidence from their new coaching appointment.

[chrisp_1927]

Three quick wickets right at the end of the day helped Glamorgan back into a game which looked like getting away from them, but we need to get the last five wickets pretty quickly and then show a lot more application with the bat than we did last time out if we’re to avoid defeat against a team that has had a big boost in confidence from their new coaching appointment.

It's a tough one to judge . When they were 276 for 2 we were certainly looking very much in trouble. Their last game at home saw a score of 505-8 declared for Derbyshire, followed by Essex 174 all out and then a massive 513/3 declared. So their could well be an argument that in the context of the pitch , those late 3 wickets make it an absolutely fantastic day for Glamorgan and put us right in the box seat. Hopefully a fired up Hogan and Neser can do a bit more damage early this morning.

[Kind of Blue]

It's a tough one to judge . When they were 276 for 2 we were certainly looking very much in trouble. Their last game at home saw a score of 505-8 declared for Derbyshire, followed by Essex 174 all out and then a massive 513/3 declared. So their could well be an argument that in the context of the pitch , those late 3 wickets make it an absolutely fantastic day for Glamorgan and put us right in the box seat. Hopefully a fired up Hogan and Neser can do a bit more damage early this morning.

Strange old score in that Sussex combined innings against Derbyshire. Makes me wonder what the highest score posted after a follow on in first class cricket is.

Derbyshire could be a dark horse shout for promotion this season. Feels a fairly strong second division at the moment.

Hopefully we can get them out in the morning session and see how we go on this track.

[the other bob wilson]

Strange old score in that Sussex combined innings against Derbyshire. Makes me wonder what the highest score posted after a follow on in first class cricket is.

Derbyshire could be a dark horse shout for promotion this season. Feels a fairly strong second division at the moment.

Hopefully we can get them out in the morning session and see how we go on this track.

Not sure if it is the record, but, coincidentally, this year is the centenary of a remarkable county championship which saw Hampshire bowled out for just 15 in reply to Warwickshire’s 223. Hampshire then piled up 521 when asked to follow up and a shell shocked Warwickshire were then dismissed for 158 to lose by 155 runs - Hampshire’s 15 is the lowest ever score by a winning team in a game.

[the other bob wilson]

Derbyshire 360-8 at lunch, just the two bowling bonus points, but only three batting points for Derby.

[chrisp_1927]

I'd have taken that at start of play. 3 wickets for 80 runs . Bowlers definitely deserve credit for keeping the run rate at bay, as evidenced by Derbyshire only picking up the 3 bonus points as bob mentions.

Nice to see du plooy gone. He can give it a good smack , so would have been quite dangerous as wickets fell at other end. Would be nice to wrap up these last 2 wickets quickly and then put up a nice quick 400+ score.

[the other bob wilson]

I'd have taken that at start of play. 3 wickets for 80 runs . Bowlers definitely deserve credit for keeping the run rate at bay, as evidenced by Derbyshire only picking up the 3 bonus points as bob mentions.

Nice to see du plooy gone. He can give it a good smack , so would have been quite dangerous as wickets fell at other end. Would be nice to wrap up these last 2 wickets quickly and then put up a nice quick 400+ score.

The first bit done, Derbyshire 368 all out, which is very good from 276-2 - can’t help thinking the second part will be more difficult.

[chrisp_1927]

The first bit done, Derbyshire 368 all out, which is very good from 276-2 - can’t help thinking the second part will be more difficult.

Made a good start, but still a long way to go. Got a good feeling about this game mind