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Post by Admin on May 5, 2021 12:56:55 GMT
  News from Wales Glamorgan travel to Manchester to meet Lancashire in their next game in the LV=Insurance County Championship with the contest at the Emirates Old Trafford scheduled to get under way at 11am on Thursday, 6 May (writes Andrew Hignell) Glamorgan’s resounding victory over Kent inside two days at Cardiff, in what was their shortest-ever four-day Championship encounter, has lifted the Welsh county into fourth place in the group table, level with Northants after the East Midlands side lost by one run in their game with Yorkshire. Lancashire are in top spot after defeating Sussex by five wickets at Hove – their third success of the summer having already secured victories over Kent and Northamptonshire earlier in April.. It took Glamorgan just 26.5 overs to dismiss Kent last Friday afternoon, but the record for the shortest-ever innings by any county against Glamorgan in first-class cricket still stands at 14 overs – achieved at Liverpool in the Club’s Championship-winning season of 1997 when they humbled Lancashire for 51 on the final day of a rain-affected contest as Glamorgan won by 221 runs with Waqar Younis taking 7/25 in an explosive spell of pace bowling during which he was twice poised to claim a hat-trick. This contest in 1997 remains the Welsh county’s most recent victory on Lancashire soil in a Championship match with their last success at Old Trafford coming four years earlier when 95 from Adrian Dale and 55 by Matthew Maynard steered the side to a seven-wicket victory. This win in 1993 is one of seven victories recorded by Glamorgan in 37 Championship matches at the Manchester ground with their other successes coming in 1946, 1951, 1957, 1965, 1968 and 1989. Their most recent visit to Old Trafford came in August 2015 as the Welsh county’s players experienced one of the perverse features of Manchester’s microclimate in that more rain often falls during August than in February. Over five hours play was lost in this contest with Glamorgan being forced to follow-on during the final day before Jacques Rudolph and Chris Cooke skilfully guided their team to the safety of a draw. Glamorgan’s previous visit to Manchester in 2013 had also ended all square. Both Murray Goodwin and Gareth Rees posted forthright hundreds, with Murray’s 194 remaining the highest individual innings for Glamorgan on Lancashire soil. As far as the bowling records are concerned in the contests against the Red Roses, Waqar Younis’ seven-wicket return at Liverpool in 1997 is the best in an innings for Glamorgan in Lancashire, whilst Steve Watkin’s figures of 13/159 in the nine-run victory at Old Trafford in 1989 remain the best match figures for the Welsh county in Lancashire. Weather www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2643123forum.viewfromtheboundary.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=3819&sid=8350bf9dd027038122b5a97584b42f73Do well to win win this given Saturday's iffy forecast very winnable game |
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Post by chris on May 5, 2021 14:21:54 GMT
Squad includes Anderson. Assuming he is fully fit can't be a better time to rest Bailey. If they play Bailey I'd be left wondering if there was a rotation policy.
Jones still omitted.
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Post by Admin on May 5, 2021 14:39:40 GMT
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Post by man in the stand on May 5, 2021 15:00:05 GMT
Bailey is the only bowler to play in every BTW trophy game so far and he is also our best performing bowler along with Parky. So maybe a rest is warranted.
Mahmood is fast but he isn't getting the wickets. 2 per innings is the best so far this season. Maybe Wood instead of Mahmood.
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Post by ross on May 5, 2021 21:05:34 GMT
Happily Jennings has saved his place. With only 3 days expected to be available, I hope we have prepared a green wicket for Jimmy. If so, play Lamb with the last places between Wood, Parkinson and Mahmood. Different if it will be flat when Lamb may miss out
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Post by Admin on May 6, 2021 9:38:18 GMT
Glamorgan win toss bat Wood and Anderson in Croft and Bailey out
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Post by Admin on May 6, 2021 10:18:53 GMT
Start 11.25
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Post by Admin on May 6, 2021 14:11:54 GMT
Re start 3.40
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Post by Admin on May 6, 2021 17:12:58 GMT
117-3 day over
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Post by Admin on May 6, 2021 18:47:09 GMT
Glamorgan 117 for 3 (Lloyd 78) vs Lancashire
In the age of non-stop touring, a county season which very nearly fills a six-month window, and a T20 treadmill which just keeps on spinning, the best players in the world face one another with increasing regularity.
Jofra Archer's dominance of David Warner has moved from an Ashes series into a limited-overs series and an IPL season; Jos Buttler tempered his attacking instincts facing Rashid Khan last week after seeing his head-to-head record against him on the TV broadcast before walking out to bat; and Cheteshwar Pujara faced 255 balls from Pat Cummins in a single Test series in the Australian summer. Even team-mates at T20 franchises get used to facing one another: Kyle Jamieson recently revealed that Virat Kohli had volunteered to bat against him in the Royal Challengers Bangalore nets, just in case he wanted a dress rehearsal for the World Test Championship final.
But as a rainy day in Manchester loomed, the battle between Glamorgan's best batter and Lancashire's top bowler - two of the world's best in their respective disciplines - was a blank slate across all formats. James Anderson to Marnus Labuschagne: 0 runs, 0 dismissals, 0 balls.
The reasons were multi-faceted. By the time Labuschagne had come out to bat as a concussion replacement in the second Test of the 2019 Ashes, Anderson was done for the summer after pinging his calf on the series' first morning. Neither man has played in an overseas T20 league; Labuschagne has never played against a touring England side in an Ashes warm-up; and Anderson hasn't been involved in England's white-ball set-up since the 2015 World Cup.
The elements conspired to keep them apart for a couple of hours longer at Emirates Old Trafford. A hailstorm delayed the start by 25 minutes, and by the time Lancashire made their first breakthrough of the day, Saqib Mahmood rearranging Joe Cooke's stumps to bring Labuschagne out at No. 3, Anderson had already bowled a six-over spell in what was his first outing of the season.
But the main event arrived three balls after the lunch interval. Anderson steamed in from the Brian Statham End with three slips waiting, and was immediately probing away in the channel outside Labuschagne's off stump. The first ball was squirted away towards backward point, the second left alone, the third blocked firmly, and the fourth struck the batter on the back thigh as he misjudged the length.
The fifth ball Labuschagne faced from Anderson, at the start of the third over of the afternoon, was also his last. He shuffled across to cover his stumps and was forced to play a shot by Anderson's faultless fourth-stump line, with a hint of shape away off the seam. Labuschagne played innocent despite the slip cordon's celebrations, but Michael Gough's finger went up without hesitation.
Labuschagne had struggled for rhythm against Lancashire's three other seamers before lunch, taking 24 balls to get off the mark. Mahmood and Danny Lamb both beat his outside edge, and he was nearly bowled shouldering arms to the first ball he faced. He had been trapped lbw by Darren Stevens in his first game of the season, the day before Stevens' 45th birthday, and nicked off to a 38-year-old on Thursday - old age and treachery triumphant over youthful exuberance once again.
It would be unwise to make any wise-cracks on that subject within Anderson's earshot, mind you. "You get to a certain age and people begin saying you have to start slowing down or you're losing the ability to do your job," he said in an interview with the Guardian this week. "Why should I start slowing down?"
He had initially planned to play his first game of the season two weeks ago, away against Kent, but a tight calf muscle delayed his return. He looked fully fit on the first day of this match, returning 1 for 22 from his 13 overs; there were a couple of looseners early on, but he appeared to find some rhythm later in the day despite the rain's repeated interventions.
The majority of Anderson's balls were bowled to David Lloyd, who batted as fluently as could be expected on a stop-start day after Glamorgan surprisingly chose to bat first under gloomy skies. Lloyd was watchful against Anderson but looked to score against the rest of the Lancashire attack - hitting Mahmood for four fours in an over after lunch - and scored heavily either side of backward point. It was cruel for him that Glamorgan were made to bat for 4.1 overs in the evening session in between the showers: he was caught behind four balls before the close, looping one up to Dane Vilas while playing half a shot against a Luke Wood short ball.
Labuschagne's dismissal leaves Anderson on 990 first-class wickets, and given the gradual decrease in the number of first-class matches played in most domestic competitions worldwide, it is quite possible that he will be the last man to ever reach four figures. Lancashire may hope he can do it wearing their colours, most likely at Wantage Road in two weeks' time, but England's first Test of the summer against New Zealand at Lord's would be a fitting occasion.
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Post by lancsdes on May 6, 2021 19:26:20 GMT
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Post by man in the stand on May 7, 2021 9:57:20 GMT
The Met office have an automatic weather station here - about 7 miles South of OT. Forecasting 30% chance of rain at 1.00pm...though dark rain clouds are passing me by as I write.
Something to read if rain stops play..
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Post by Admin on May 7, 2021 16:29:51 GMT
344 all out
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Post by Admin on May 7, 2021 17:59:27 GMT
22-0 in 18 overs
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Post by Admin on May 7, 2021 18:56:33 GMT
Further wickets for James Anderson and Saqib Mahmood, along with contrasting half centuries by Glamorgan pair Dan Douthwaite and Callum Taylor were among the highlights as Lancashire and Glamorgan battled for supremacy on another rain-affected day at Emirates Old Trafford.
Anderson continued to close in on one thousand first-class wickets with numbers 991 and 992 arriving on this second day of LV= Insurance County Championship action with his final figures of 3-47 coming from 25 overs.
But Lancashire were frustrated by good partnerships from the Glamorgan lower order with the last four wickets adding 150 runs to help the visitors reach 344 before Keaton Jennings and Alex Davies safely negotiated 18 overs to reach stumps on 22-0.
Anderson and Luke Wood both produced fine, testing spells on another rain-interrupted morning of just 16 overs to claim a wicket apiece, but it could easily have been much more.
Glamorgan had resumed on 117-3 but Anderson struck early in his second over of the day going round the wicket and trapping Billy Root lbw playing back to a pitched up delivery for 19.
Meanwhile Wood had Chris Cooke dropped at slip, a difficult chance low down, and the batsman also edged through the slip cordon twice for four, the ball bouncing awkwardly in front of the fielders on both occasions while another edge high off the bat landed safely at point.
But the left arm paceman eventually found reward when Kiran Carlson fended off a brute of a short, rising delivery that flew to Anderson at third slip to depart for 18.
Taylor nearly followed in identical fashion from the very next delivery with the ball dropping just short of gully despite Josh Bohannon’s sprint and dive to try and effect a catch with Glamorgan 162-5 at lunch.
And Lancashire enjoyed further success early in the afternoon although it arrived in unusual fashion.
Mahmood pulled up in his run up with a leg problem and, after consulting with Red Rose physiotherapist Sam Byrne, limped off to receive treatment.
Josh Bohannon took over the responsibility of completing the over and struck with his third ball which Glamorgan skipper Cooke steered straight to Liam Livingstone at gully to depart ruefully for 33.
But the visitors fought back splendidly with an 81-run partnership between Taylor and Dan Douthwaite that spanned 29 overs to frustrate the Red Rose attack.
Douthwaite, who looks to be a very handy batsman to have coming in at number eight, was the more aggressive of the pair, attacking where possible which included hitting Parkinson and Wood for sixes and he played some nicely timed drives during his 95-ball innings of 61.
Douthwaite departed lbw on the stroke of tea when Anderson nipped back a ball of full length to claim his third wicket, but overseas all-rounder Michael Neser on his debut then helped Taylor add 43 runs for the eighth wicket before both fell in quick succession; Neser getting a leading edge off Parkinson to be caught at short cover for 17 while Taylor’s hard-fought innings ended on 58 when he was lbw to Mahmood.
But another enterprising partnership of 30 off 38 balls took Glamorgan to 344 all out, Timm van der Gugten largely responsible with two sixes in his 23 off 25 balls before he holed out to mid-on off Mahmood attempting to get the visitors up to a further batting point before the 110-over cut-off.
Lancashire had chipped 22 runs off that total by the close, but with a very poor weather forecast for Saturday, a draw is starting to feel like a fairly inevitable outcome.
“Credit to Glamorgan, they’ve batted well,” said Saqib Mahmood.
“Although I think we could have bowled a bit better. The wicket has flattened out a lot since yesterday. That’s why we would have bowled first if we had won the toss, knowing that day two would have been the nicest day to bat.
“But with the wicket flattening out, the ball getting softer plus it was a little bit wet too, and as a result lateral movement went out of the game.
“But we stuck at it and got all the bonus points in the end.”
Mahmood took three in the Glamorgan innings to take his tally to 13 for this season and he added:
“If I’m honest I’ve bowled better this season but not had the rewards I maybe deserved, so I’ll take it (today),” he grinned.
“I just try to stay with the process (that’s brought wickets). I don’t go chasing them. I’ve had spells where I’ve just stuck at bowling the right length and doing that quickly.
“When there’s nothing happening in the third or fourth innings you need to come in and bowl short or bowl a few quick spells. I feel I’ve been able to adapt to both of them.”
There was concern today when Mahmood pulled up while bowling and went off the field and he admitted: “My ankle is pretty sore, I just need to go and ice it some more, but you know as a bowler you are going to get sore at times. But once we get through this game, we’ve got a week off to recover.”
And the fast bowler has enjoyed opening the attack with James Anderson once again.
“We had a lot of success in 2019,” he reflected. “So to bowl with him again was quite nice.
“He’s come in (for his first game this season) and gone at under two an over. On a wicket like this it shows how good he is. He hasn’t played for a while and having spent a lot of time with him during the winter you learn a lot just watching him day in, day out and see how consistent he is.
On non-responsive pitches in the sub-continent he just wasn’t bowling a bad ball so that’s something I’ve tried to add to my game, to be more accurate and consistent.”
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