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Post by lancsdes on Sept 17, 2019 18:21:29 GMT
No one in double figures yet for Middlesex. Would like to remove Simpson and Harris early both tend to score well against Lancs.
. Yep. You can say that again. “ Brilliantly timed comment. There was a similar one by Silly Point on the original Forum. I had been horrified by thought we might bring young Moores here as he has been slated by Notts fans all season on their Forum. I said I hoped we were not going to do a Sutton/ Cross on Lavelle /Guest and Silly Point agreed and said “ also Simpson who always does well against us” |
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Post by Admin on Sept 17, 2019 19:03:04 GMT
Been today left early after tea when the game seemed to be drifting, fair play to Simpson rarely in any trouble, thought we should have turned to spin long before we did. End of season feel think we lacke a bit of intensity but not surprising as the objective has been achieved.
Specsavers County Championship Division Two, Emirates Old Trafford (day two):
Lancashire 259: Livingston 84, Croft 55* & 14-1
Middlesex 337: Simpson 167*, Sowter 52; Bailey 5-78, Parkinson 3-49
Lancashire (5 pts) trail Middlesex (6 pts) by 64 with nine wickets standing
Scorecard
Middlesex wicketkeeper John Simpson hit a superb unbeaten 167 to earn them an unlikely first-innings lead against new Division Two champions Lancashire.
After starting day two on 39-6, the visitors eventually totalled 337 all out, 78 runs in front.
Simpson shared stands of 107, 76 and 94 with James Harris (32), Toby Roland-Jones (32) and Nathan Sowter (52).
He struck a six and 26 fours in a career-best score, with Lancashire 14-1 in their second innings at the close.
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Middlesex's total was the highest in any first-class game by a side after losing their first six wickets for fewer than 40, beating Northamptonshire's 308 against Surrey in 1947, having been 39-6.
Lancashire failed to take a wicket in the morning session as Simpson and Harris added 98 to the score, but the latter was eventually bowled by a perfect leg-break from Matt Parkinson which turned and clipped off stump.
Simpson reached his hundred off 154 balls with an emphatic pull for four off Tom Bailey and Roland-Jones hit four successive boundaries in an over from Saqib Mahmood before pulling a ball from Parkinson to deep mid-wicket.
Sowter batted well for the second fifty of his career before he was caught at first slip off Mahmood and Lancashire were left to face eight overs after last man Ethan Bamber fell to Parkinson (3-49).
Alex Davies went for a duck when he needlessly swung Miguel Cummins to backward square leg, but Keaton Jennings and nightwatchman Mahmood survived to stumps.
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Post by chris on Sept 18, 2019 16:55:52 GMT
Poor end to the day. After 77 overs they were 253/3 by the early close 16 overs later 289/8 so 36/5 from 16 overs. Jennings failing to reach 100, and failing to be there for the new ball. Vilas second failure in the match. Presumably the light must have been bad for that hour with the new ball.
Only 211 ahead, Middlesex should ease past that. Doesn't look like Lancashire will need to pick a side against Leicestershire with the aim to remain unbeaten.
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Post by Admin on Sept 18, 2019 18:04:04 GMT
Specsavers County Championship Division Two, Emirates Old Trafford (day three):
Lancashire 259 & 289-8: Jennings 97, Livingstone 68; Cummins 4-50
Middlesex 337: Simpson 167*, Sowter 52; Bailey 5-78, Parkinson 3-49
Lancashire (5 pts) lead Middlesex (6 pts) by 211 with two wickets remaining
England opener Keaton Jennings was out for 97 for the second time this season as Lancashire built a 211-run lead on day three against Middlesex.
The left-hander has yet to make a Championship century in 2019 and missed out when he played on to Nathan Sowter.
He shared 127 with Liam Livingstone, who made 68 before falling to the second new ball.
Lancashire, the new Division Two champions, were 289-8 when bad light ended play 11 overs early.
Having already sealed promotion, the only goal left now for the Red Rose is to remain the only unbeaten side in the two divisions.
And, after resuming on 14-1, they made steady progress with Jennings supported by nightwatchman Saqib Mahmood (34) and Josh Bohannon (28) as the total moved past 100 just after lunch.
He batted for five hours and 21 minutes and hit 12 fours, but his dismissal began a slump from 253-3 which saw five wickets go down for 29 in 13 overs, with Middlesex fast bowler Miguel Cummins taking 4-50.
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Post by chris on Sept 19, 2019 7:40:54 GMT
Specsavers County Championship Division Two, Emirates Old Trafford (day three): Lancashire 259 & 289-8: Jennings 97, Livingstone 68; Cummins 4-50 Middlesex 337: Simpson 167*, Sowter 52; Bailey 5-78, Parkinson 3-49 Lancashire (5 pts) lead Middlesex (6 pts) by 211 with two wickets remaining England opener Keaton Jennings was out for 97 for the second time this season as Lancashire built a 211-run lead on day three against Middlesex. The left-hander has yet to make a Championship century in 2019 and missed out when he played on to Nathan Sowter. He shared 127 with Liam Livingstone, who made 68 before falling to the second new ball. Lancashire, the new Division Two champions, were 289-8 when bad light ended play 11 overs early. Having already sealed promotion, the only goal left now for the Red Rose is to remain the only unbeaten side in the two divisions. And, after resuming on 14-1, they made steady progress with Jennings supported by nightwatchman Saqib Mahmood (34) and Josh Bohannon (28) as the total moved past 100 just after lunch. He batted for five hours and 21 minutes and hit 12 fours, but his dismissal began a slump from 253-3 which saw five wickets go down for 29 in 13 overs, with Middlesex fast bowler Miguel Cummins taking 4-50.
How many other sides are routinely fielding 9-11 of the batting abilities of Mahmood, Parkinson, Onions, Gleeson or Anderson?
It's often said it's not their job, that they are there to take wickets, but end of innings partnerships regularly destroy the spirit of teams in the county championship, I doubt Lancs have had a decent last partnership since getting rid of Kerrigan. |
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Post by apm51054 on Sept 19, 2019 16:12:51 GMT
Another victory Bailey another 5 giving him 10 in the match only Leicester now remain
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Post by Admin on Sept 19, 2019 16:46:53 GMT
Specsavers County Championship Division Two, Emirates Old Trafford (day four):
Lancashire 259: Livingstone 84* & 347: Jennings 97, Livingstone 68, Croft 40; Cummins 4-50
Middlesex 337: Simpson 167*; Bailey 5-78, Parkinson 3-49 & 165: Andersson 83*, Harris 38; Bailey 5-41
Lancashire (21 pts) beat Middlesex (6 pts) by 104 runs
Promoted Lancashire completed their eighth win in 13 County Championship games in 2019 - and their fifth out of five at Old Trafford - as they finally saw off Middlesex by 104 runs.
Steven Croft (40) helped add 58 runs to the hosts' overnight score of 289-8 as they were bowled out for 347, setting Middlesex 271 to win.
Youngster Martin Andersson served up a career-best 83, but had little support.
After being reduced to 3 for 3, Tom Bailey took 5-41 as Middlesex made 165.
Added to his first-innings 5-78, that meant a match haul of 10-119 from Bailey, who performed the feat for the second time in his career - and both times it has been against Middlesex, having first done it at Lord's in 2017.
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The visitors got off to another bad start when Nick Gubbins was bowled playing no shot to Bailey, who then trapped Max Holden leg before wicket next delivery.
Middlesex captain Dawid Malan survived the hat-trick ball, but then completed a pair in the match when he got undone by a ball from Graham Onions which stopped on him as he ballooned a catch off a leading edge to Bailey in the covers.
In the first innings, they had been 34-6, only to fight back to reach 337, earning a first-innings lead of 78, but there was to be no repeat.
Only briefly, when they took tea on 126-5, needing 144 runs to win, did the visitors look to be with a chance.
But, after adding 81 with Andersson, James Harris added just one to his score after the interval, caught behind off Bailey. And that started a slide of the last five Middlesex wicket going down for just 29 runs.
Having sealed silverware on the first day of this match, Lancashire were presented with the Division Two trophy - their third in their four promotion seasons of 2005, 2013 and 2017, when they went up as runners-up to Surrey.
After failing to win in six Championship home games at Old Trafford in 2018, Lancs have this time won all five at county headquarters - their two home draws having been at Aigburth and Sedbergh
Lancs captain Dane Vilas told BBC Radio Lancashire:
"After the disappointment we went through last year it's incredible to be here now and I don't think you could have scripted it any better.
"It was a hard-fought four days against a good side in Middlesex and to win the title here on a lovely Thursday afternoon in front of the members is perfect.
"It's so good to have remained unbeaten, to have played some great cricket and to lift the trophy with a game to go. I feel so proud of the boys and what we've achieved.
"It's going to give me and the whole team great memories. And we're going up with great momentum but it's going to be hard to do well in Division One. We have to come back from the highs of this year and reflect on where we can improve."
Middlesex skipper Dawid Malan told BBC Radio London:
"It's really tough for the batsmen at the moment. Its been a feature of our season that we've been three down inside the first 20 overs.
"We've played on some good wickets but the new ball has done enough and we probably haven't played it as well as we could have done.
"It's a bit doom and gloom but there are positives we can take. Even though we aren't playing as well as we are as a team, we are finding ways to keep a foot in the game.
"And the way Martin Andersson batted after never batting in the top five before was fantastic. There are good signs but we just need to start doing things consistently as a team."
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Post by Admin on Sept 19, 2019 16:53:04 GMT
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