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Post by lancsdes on Apr 15, 2021 17:39:01 GMT
"Turgid day so far - although I'd love to be there I think I'd be flicking through my emails!! Hope Vilas can stay in and a bit of a charge for bonus points later today and tomorrow." Just got in from work and watched last few minutes. Commentators saying an enthralling day! |
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Post by Admin on Apr 15, 2021 18:42:45 GMT
You Tube figures
Somerset 41000
Notts 23000
Essex 21000
Kent 29000
Lancs 18000
The Somerset figure is amazing
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Post by Admin on Apr 15, 2021 20:02:47 GMT
Lancashire and Northamptonshire fought an intense battle for control on the opening day of this LV= Insurance County Championship match at Emirates Old Trafford with the hosts reaching 264-8 by the close.
Half centuries by Alex Davies and Josh Bohannon after Dane Vilas won the toss were countered by three wickets and a run out for Tom Taylor while former Red Rose spinner Simon Kerrigan excelled with 3-53 from a marathon 30 overs on his return for the first time in nearly four years.
“It’s pretty even I would say,” was the summary of the day’s top run scorer Josh Bohannon.
“We’ve have liked a few more runs and not to lose as many wickets later on, “he added, “but it’s a nice pitch. It’s tough if they bowl in the right areas but I think we’ve got the right team to win it.”
Matt Parkinson replaced Danny Lamb in the one change from last week’s opening match against Sussex while Northants overseas player Wayne Parnell, not available last week due to Covid-19 protocols, was omitted from the visitors line-up.
Lancashire started brightly with Alex Davies and Keaton Jennings both driving successfully for early boundaries in an opening partnership of 38 before Jennings on 13, edged Taylor to Ricardo Vasconcelos at first slip who made no mistake, having earlier injured himself attempting a catch at slip from the fourth ball of the morning.
But Davies and Bohannon attacked the Northants bowling with some success, bringing up their 50 partnership in 63 balls with Davies continuing his good early season form and Bohannon striking the ball with authority and reaching 1,000 first-class runs for Lancashire during his innings.
“It’s nice to tick that milestone off,” said Bohannon, “but I still feel like I have a long way to go and a lot to learn.
“Again, it’s days like today that are big learners for me. It’s always nice to get a few and spend a few hours out there today.”
Davies raced to his half century in eye-catching style with three boundaries and a three from four Nathan Buck deliveries in the 21st over and looked set to ‘go big’ before becoming victim to a great piece of fielding after making 57 when Taylor threw down the stumps at the batsman’s end from midwicket as the two batsmen hesitated over a quick single.
That left Lancashire on 97-2 just before lunch and the afternoon developed into a determined battle with Bohannon and Steven Croft resisting some accurate bowling from the visitors’ attack, for whom Kerrigan bowled with good control throughout the afternoon.
Scoring opportunities became limited but Bohannon and Croft patiently built a partnership of 46 across 27 overs before Croft edged Taylor to wicketkeeper Adam Rossington for 26. Taylor had thus played his part in all three wickets, but his day was soon hampered by a finger injury on his right hand after parrying a fierce drive off his own bowling which required treatment off the field on a number of occasions.
Bohannon broke the scoring shackles with three boundaries off Taylor’s following over, going to a 146-ball half century off the first, but Kerrigan then took out the Lancashire middle order with three wickets either side of tea.
The first was Bohannon, lbw for a fine 68 just before tea, and the left-arm spinner continued his marathon spell from the James Anderson end after the break to pick up two important wickets when he spun one past Rob Jones’ forward press with Rossington completing the stumping, followed by that of Red Rose skipper Vilas, who had started in positive fashion, trapped in front for 26 to leave Lancashire on 212-6.
“I was gutted to miss out and not kick on,” said Bohannon. “I can still take a lot of positives from it though.
“Me and Crofty did the hard yards and then none of us have gone on and made it count and get a big score.
“We felt if we could stick in, we would get enough balls to score off eventually. With the pitch being the way it is and the type of fields they set, maybe we could have taken more risks but felt during that period it was the right approach.”
Further wickets followed. Taylor, armed with the second new ball, trapped Tom Bailey lbw for 9 to break a 24-run partnership for the seventh wicket with Luke Wood, who struck three nice fours in his 23 before unluckily pulling a short ball from Ben Sanderson on to his stumps.
Saqib Mahmood (15 not out) and Tom Hartley (10 not out) patiently steered Lancashire to a second batting point reaching the close on 264-8.
Bohannon is enjoying the challenge of occupying the number three spot in Lancashire’s batting line-up. It’s where he scored his only first-class century to date against Derbyshire in 2019.
“I’d like to change the column (of fifties and hundreds) round and get some more conversions into three figures,” he declared.
“It’s what all my work has been based around during the winter and the last couple of years. It’s about trying to bat for good lengths of time and settle in to batting at number three.
“It’s a tough thing to do but I’m enjoying the challenge.
And Bohannon had a word for the returning Simon Kerrigan on his return to Emirates Old Trafford.
“It’s always nice to see friends back bowling,” he said. “I played with Keggsy at Ormskirk and at Lancs but it was frustrating to get out to him!”
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Post by lancsdes on Apr 16, 2021 5:10:09 GMT
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Post by simpo on Apr 16, 2021 10:41:54 GMT
Highest score in FC cricket for both Matt Parkinson and Tom Hartley, bonus runs for Lancs so far this morning.
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Post by man in the stand on Apr 16, 2021 11:35:14 GMT
You Tube figures Somerset 41000 Notts 23000 Essex 21000 Kent 29000 Lancs 18000 The Somerset figure is amazing Isn't that figure the number of views? So if I visit the live stream three times in one day that is counted as 3 views not just one person viewing. On the youtube stream the highest number I saw viewing at one time was around 2,000.
100 overs to be bowled today. Good to see Kegs back...lets hope he doesn't bowl us out.
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Post by Admin on Apr 16, 2021 11:37:21 GMT
You Tube figures Somerset 41000 Notts 23000 Essex 21000 Kent 29000 Lancs 18000 The Somerset figure is amazing Isn't that figure the number of views? So if I visit the live stream three times in one day that is counted as 3 views not just one person viewing. On the youtube stream the highest number I saw viewing at one time was around 2,000. You may be right on that still good figures though |
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Post by lankymad on Apr 16, 2021 11:58:14 GMT
Always a worry that if Saq gets a bagful he'll end up England contracted and we won't see him again.
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Post by lankymad on Apr 16, 2021 11:59:44 GMT
Highest score in FC cricket for both Matt Parkinson and Tom Hartley, bonus runs for Lancs so far this morning. 63 last two wickets? Makes a nice change! |
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Post by Admin on Apr 16, 2021 13:38:35 GMT
Parky gets Proctor with a pie
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Post by Admin on Apr 16, 2021 14:15:53 GMT
Poor from Northamptonshire 97-8
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Post by Admin on Apr 16, 2021 19:27:07 GMT
Lancashire’s bowlers produced a great display with both bat and ball to claim the advantage at the halfway stage of this LV= Insurance County Championship match with Northamptonshire.
Saqib Mahmood (20), Tom Hartley (25) and Matt Parkinson (21 not out) combined effectively to add 41 very useful runs during the first hour of play, the latter two both making career-best scores.
Then the Red Rose attack combined to put Northants in big trouble on 87-8 by the middle of the afternoon with a fine display before captain Adam Rossington and former Red Rose spinner Simon Kerrigan revived the visitors innings with a solid 82-run partnership across almost 30 overs.
It took a quite magical delivery from Parkinson, (“I decided I was going to try and rip it”, he confessed) to break that alliance as Northants were eventually 177 all out with Lancashire reaching the close on 60-0 and holding a 188-run advantage going into the third day.
Lancashire’s first innings ended on 305 after that early success with the bat when Kerrigan collected a fourth wicket having Hartley caught at deep square leg, and it was a nice touch by the Northants team to insist the former Red Rose player lead the team off the field with Tom Taylor-who also took four wickets-joining the applause.
Mahmood returned with ball in hand to produce a hostile spell of fast bowling that accounted for two Northants batsmen in the remaining 45 minutes before lunch. Opener Ben Curran was the first to go for 9 after the left handed batsman edged into the slips where Steven Croft at second slip parried the ball to Hartley at third.
Emilio Gay fell for 7 in similar fashion after nicking a quick delivery low to Keaton Jennings at first slip, who made a superb catch to his left, to leave the visitors in early trouble on 35-2 at the interval.
Luke Wood made the next breakthrough, firing in a couple of short balls and then pitching up the next delivery which Ricardo Vasconcelos drove to Tom Bailey at midwicket to depart for 15.
That was the first of six wickets to fall for 42 as Northants’ afternoon fell apart in the face of some excellent Lancashire bowling.
Parkinson, turning his arm in a first-class game for first time since 2019, had Luke Procter caught for 6 after the former Red Rose man attempted to clear Josh Bohannon at mid-on. The leg spinner then snapped up a second wicket, Saif Zaib well caught by Croft at the second attempt at backward short leg after top-edging a sweep.
Bailey piled on the pressure with three wickets in 10 balls during a superb spell from the Brian Statham end; Rob Keogh lbw for 29 and then two in two balls when Taylor offered no shot but found his off stump cartwheeling away followed by Nathan Buck lbw first ball, leaving Northants in disarray on 87-8.
Kerrigan and visiting skipper Adam Rossington battled hard to successfully stop the rot, reaching a fifty partnership off 81 balls and steering their side to 144-8 at tea, and their determined, solid performance with the bat then prospered well into the evening session.
It was eventually broken by a quite outstanding delivery by Parkinson that pitched outside leg (“about five inches or so,” was the bowler’s assessment) and spun viciously to hit off stump with Rossington out for 49 and quite possibly as surprised as Mike Gatting was on this ground against another leg spinner in 1993.
Parkinson’s stunning delivery had ended a fine 82-run partnership and the visitors’ innings soon folded on 177 with a run out, Ben Sanderson beaten by Croft’s throw from square leg after setting off for second run, leaving Kerrigan unbeaten on 40.
That left Lancashire 18 overs to negotiate and Jennings (23 not out) and Davies batted with purpose to build the Red Rose lead, adding 60 runs by stumps with Davies thumping two straight sixes in his 36.
But everyone fortunate enough to be covering the game at the ground, and hopefully those watching the live stream, were left talking about one particular delivery.
Matt Parkinson admitted it was “good to be back playing,” after having a day to remember on his return to four-day action.
“It’s nice to be playing Championship cricket for the first time in a while. It’s been a long time coming,” he said.
“The last game that I played was in September 2019. I’ve played a few warm-up games in between but it was lovely to put the Red Rose on again.
Parkinson was called into action quite early in the Northants innings and he said: “Me and Tommy (Hartley) knew we’d have a role to play. It’s not a typical April pitch. It’s quite dry and there’s decent footholds as well so it’s lovely to bowl a decent chunk of overs at the stage of the season.
“I feel I’ve been bowling well in the nets and I was gutted to miss out on selection last week. My first over today went well and I went on from there really.
Asked about the delivery to Adam Rossington that has captured headlines today, Parkinson broke into a big grin explaining: “I was really frustrated actually.”
“Keggsy was slogging me for a few fours so I thought ‘sack it, I’m going to try and rip it’!
“Luckily it paid off.”
Those of us watching doubted if any luck was involved, and Parkinson added: “there were some decent footholds leg side so I tried to bowl it quite fast.
“Rossington had made forty-odd by then so to produce that for the team was fantastic.”
“It’s just nice to play some cricket again, especially for Lancashire.”
Looking at the game situation, Parkinson said: “getting up to three hundred this morning and then bowl them out for 177 on a day two pitch was fantastic. Hats off to Davo and Keats getting us to sixty by the close with a big lead has made it a great day.”
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Post by chris on Apr 16, 2021 20:04:49 GMT
Would that the same Parkinson that Lancashire left out last week?
Poor Tom Hartley hasn't taken a wicket this season yet in 36 overs, and Vilas turned straight away to Parkinson today.
Anderson in for Hartley next week.
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Post by Admin on Apr 16, 2021 20:30:02 GMT
Somerset 41000 views
Hampshire 33000
Lancashire 27000
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Post by lankymad on Apr 17, 2021 7:58:54 GMT
Kept an eye on the Kent -Yaarkshire stream and the sound quality was abysmal, way too loud and distorted so I hope that gets sorted when Lanky arrive.
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