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Post by chris on Jun 4, 2021 21:39:29 GMT
Get rid of Marnus and we have a slim chance
.Lancs need a high scoring draw against Yorkshire to help both through to the final stages in the top group.
You don't win many games after losing 5 wickets in 6 overs or whatever it was. |
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Post by Admin on Jun 5, 2021 5:16:34 GMT
Glamorgan 150 (Labuschagne 44) and 137 for 3 (Labuschagne 32*, Lloyd 41, Cooke 38) need 51 runs to beat Lancashire 173 (Bailey 31, Neser 3-46) and 164 (Davies 47, Neser 4-53)
15 wickets fell on the second day at Cardiff to follow 19 on the first, leaving Alex Davies, Lancashire's opener, to berate a "substandard" pitch that he claimed was "not good enough for four-day first-class cricket".
Glamorgan left themselves well-placed to complete a win after Lancashire, the happier of the two teams at the start of the day, collapsed to be bowled out for 164 in their second innings.
Joe Cooke and David Lloyd put on the highest stand of the match so far as Glamorgan reached the close at 137 for 3 with 51 runs needed for victory, leaving Lancashire staring down the prospect of a first defeat of the season.
"It's a substandard pitch," Davies, whose second-innings 47 was the highest score across the first two days, said at the close. "It is not a good enough pitch for four-day first-class cricket. I think that is quite evident with the scores. We've got 50 runs to play with tomorrow so we will come and fight for every run and try and beat them.
"We were also 130 for 3 before a couple of bad decisions came in - make of that what you will. We had a little collapse there with some wickets that were our fault and some that weren't, but ultimately we have to take responsibility for them. We've seen how badly that pitch can play so there's no reason why we can't get these seven wickets."
While Glamorgan will feel that victory is not too far away the regularity with which wickets have fallen in this match means that an unlikely Lancashire win cannot be ruled out.
Their first innings lasted just two balls on the second morning with Michael Hogan run out without any addition to the overnight score. A total of 150 all out gave Lancashire a lead of 23 on first innings and with the difficulty of run scoring throughout this game that seemed significant.
Throughout the Lancashire second innings batters were once again getting out almost as soon as it looked like they were set with Davies making the only significant contribution.
Lancashire had taken the lead to 132 when that dramatic collapse of 5 for 15 set them back. This period included two fantastic fielding moments. First Michael Neser took an outstanding diving catch at third man to dismiss Liam Livingstone, who was aiming for somewhere over the midwicket boundary. Then Marnus Labuschagne ran out Luke Wood, who had yet to face a ball, with a direct hit from cover point.
Lancashire had gone from 109 for 3 to 124 for 8 but thanks to some late-order runs from Saqib Mahmood and Danny Lamb they managed to reach 164 all out, setting Glamorgan 188 runs to win. Neser was the pick of the Glamorgan bowlers, claiming 4 for 53.
This left Glamorgan with the task of making the highest total of this match to secure victory, but the stand of 72 between Cooke and Lloyd made that look achievable. Cooke made a career-best 38 as the bowlers struggled to find wickets for the first time in this match. Both were dismissed before the close, but Labuschagne was 32 not out and Kiran Carlson was unbeaten on 14.
"It's been a strange game," Neser said. "I feel we're on top at the moment, but there's plenty of cricket still to go. At times the batters have been dominant but all of a sudden wickets fall in clumps so we've got to be wary about that."
"It would be great to be the first team to beat Lancashire, especially at our home ground which would make it even sweeter."
Bit of sour grapes by Davies you have to adapt to different wickets looks like we have not in this game
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Post by exile on Jun 5, 2021 7:49:23 GMT
I agree about the comments by Davies. It's not a good pitch - variable bounce on the first day of a four day game is dodgy, to say the least - but the pitch wasn't to blame for the second innings collapse. The key moments were Livingstone trying hit the ball out of the ground and Vilas running out Wood. It's true that on another day Neser wouldn't have managed the catch and Labuschagne wouldn't have hit the stumps but these incidents illustrated Lancs's lack of patience.
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Post by lancsdes on Jun 5, 2021 9:16:00 GMT
Without Labuschane, still would feel we have an even chance. Remember Glamorgan's collapse to Kerrigan at Colwyn Bay in 2013.
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Post by Admin on Jun 5, 2021 10:10:02 GMT
Carlson gone 146-4
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Post by Admin on Jun 5, 2021 10:59:56 GMT
Bailey bowling spin different
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Post by man in the stand on Jun 5, 2021 11:00:38 GMT
Perhaps they should bring back the uncontested toss rule. I'm sure we will see more "result" pitches at the other counties struggling for qualification to Division 1..
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Post by Admin on Jun 5, 2021 11:09:17 GMT
Glamorgan win by 6 wickets
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Post by chris on Jun 5, 2021 12:43:28 GMT
Glamorgan win by 6 wickets |
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Post by Admin on Jun 5, 2021 17:13:19 GMT
Glamorgan 150 (Labuschagne 44) and 188 for 4 (Labuschagne 63*, Lloyd 41) beat Lancashire 173 (Bailey 31, Neser 3-46) and 164 (Davies 47, Neser 4-53) by six wickets
Lancashire suffered their first defeat of the 2021 LV=Insurance County Championship season as Glamorgan wrapped up a six-wicket victory on the third morning in Cardiff.
While wickets had tumbled on the first two days of this match just one fell on the third as an undefeated fifty from Marnus Labuschagne guided Glamorgan to what ended up being a straightforward win.
Despite this loss, Lancashire remain top of Group 3 but Yorkshire have the chance to close that gap in their ongoing game against Sussex. Meanwhile, the win takes Glamorgan to 99 points to move above Northamptonshire into third place, albeit temporarily.
Kiran Carlson was the only wicket to fall when he attempted a pull shot off Luke Wood that he top edged high in the air. Any number of fielders could have claimed the catch but it was Dane Vilas who took the chance.
Having struggled in his first four matches of this season, Labuschagne finished on 63 not out. Having made 44 in the first innings he was the highest-scoring batsman in the match and Glamorgan will be pleased to see their high-profile overseas player finding form.
At the close on the second day, Alex Davies, the Lancashire opener, had branded the pitch as "substandard" after 15 wickets fell for the day and 19 on the first.
It wasn't easy going for Glamorgan in the opening overs of the third day. The Lancashire bowlers regularly found the edge of the bat but with such a small total to defend there was rarely a catching fielder to take advantage and when there was the ball didn't carry.
Lancashire continued to search for wickets, even trying Tom Bailey's off-spin in the hope finding a breakthrough which would not come. Labuschagne hit the winning runs as Glamorgan needed just 68 minutes to knock off the required target on the third day.
"This morning it was key for us not to lose back-to-back wickets," Labuschagne said. "Losing one was alright, but we needed to make sure that we consolidated and built a partnership. We were only two 20-to-30-run partnerships away from winning.
"We felt like we probably underperformed in that first innings, we had a few soft dismissals and I think on the back of that they just got back-to-back wickets and I felt like we probably should have got around 200.
"But to do it the fourth innings when the ball has gone reverse, which is exciting to play against because it is something we don't get much of in Australia in domestic cricket, to get through that period and to build a partnership [worth 42] with Chris Cooke to get to the end was very satisfying."
Glen Chapple, Lancashire head coach, described the game as "difficult".
"We lost the toss which meant for a difficult first session, I think that had a bearing on the game, it was a tough toss to lose," Chapple said. "The pitch was difficult to play on. It was difficult for the batsman to get in on and ultimately we have come up short.
"From our perspective we move on now. We've had a really good start to the year. Glamorgan are a good side, they have made two fantastic overseas signings which has really strengthened them and they are difficult side to play against. So they take the credit for this and they take the win.
"We know we could do things differently but that's experience. We don't often play on difficult pitches like this at Old Trafford so it is one of those challenges."
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Post by exile on Jun 6, 2021 8:42:26 GMT
Without Labuschane, still would feel we have an even chance. Remember Glamorgan's collapse to Kerrigan at Colwyn Bay in 2013. True, Des. Until Labuschagne found some form in this match, Glamorgan's batting had been their undoing, as shown by their collapse to 150 a/o in the first innings. Also, on this kind of strip, where the ball might go anywhere after pitching, you need some luck and Lancs got none. Even so, I don't think our approach to batting in the second innings needed to be quite so kamikaze. Anyway, it looks as if the weather will frustrate Yorkshire and Northants today so probably not much lost in the final analysis. |
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Post by Admin on Jun 6, 2021 17:26:22 GMT
Without Labuschane, still would feel we have an even chance. Remember Glamorgan's collapse to Kerrigan at Colwyn Bay in 2013. True, Des. Until Labuschagne found some form in this match, Glamorgan's batting had been their undoing, as shown by their collapse to 150 a/o in the first innings. Also, on this kind of strip, where the ball might go anywhere after pitching, you need some luck and Lancs got none. Even so, I don't think our approach to batting in the second innings needed to be quite so kamikaze. Anyway, it looks as if the weather will frustrate Yorkshire and Northants today so probably not much lost in the final analysis. Yorkshire won |
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Post by exile on Jun 7, 2021 7:53:57 GMT
Yorkshire won Indeed - the weather gods smiled on Yorkshire but, fortunately for Lancs, not on Northants. |
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