Quote Originally Posted by rich munn View Post
It was a very good season opener, Gloucester ducked out of setting a target with the hope of winning.

If Stokes had been their captain we would have had a game.

What if you lose the first game of the season in a good tussle? There's been too much negative cricket in the longer game, and this was an example of it.
Isn’t there some sort of unwritten ancient cricket lore about you don’t set opponents who put you in to bat a realistic target via a declaration or am I imaging it?