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Post by Admin on Sept 13, 2021 15:59:38 GMT
At least we drew those two Chris. I remember a horror show I went to at Buxton in 1976, afraid I’m not clever enough to post the link onto a tablet. Have a look at the scorecard, Derby vs. Lancs Aug 1976. What the scorecard doesn’t tell you is that Derby’s Eddie Barlow, batting low down, (8 or 9) smashed 70 odd runs in quick time to set us around 200. Buxton was not a ground which saw first class cricket very often, and I don’t think it was used much after this match. Anyway, batting 4th was clearly difficult and you will have guessed by reading this what happened! Think we beat Derby at Blackpool after following on, this afternoon is a polar opposite to this morning. |
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Post by Admin on Sept 13, 2021 16:13:44 GMT
Double Wells
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Post by Admin on Sept 13, 2021 16:25:35 GMT
Wells Wells Wells
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Post by chris on Sept 13, 2021 17:17:25 GMT
At least we drew those two Chris. I remember a horror show I went to at Buxton in 1976, afraid I’m not clever enough to post the link onto a tablet. Have a look at the scorecard, Derby vs. Lancs Aug 1976. What the scorecard doesn’t tell you is that Derby’s Eddie Barlow, batting low down, (8 or 9) smashed 70 odd runs in quick time to set us around 200. Buxton was not a ground which saw first class cricket very often, and I don’t think it was used much after this match. Anyway, batting 4th was clearly difficult and you will have guessed by reading this what happened! |
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Post by exile on Sept 13, 2021 17:40:14 GMT
I don't understand our 2nd innings tactics. The pitch was bound to flatten out after having the heavy roller used on it but we carried on as if it were still the first innings. Vilas was far too slow to bring on Wells and Parkinson should at least have been given a go from the other end.
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Post by Admin on Sept 13, 2021 18:17:52 GMT
A career-best four-wicket haul by Jack Blatherwick in his maiden first-class bowling stint for Lancashire, and three late wickets by Luke Wells, have helped give the Red Rose a big advantage after two breathless and fast-moving days of LV= Insurance County Championship action at Taunton.
Lancashire produced an excellent bowling performance to stun Somerset this morning with the hosts all out for a paltry 90.
Made to follow-on Somerset launched a great comeback thanks to a rapid century from Tom Lammonby who found excellent support from Azhar Ali in a century second-wicket partnership.
But as the home side closed in on the 283-run first-innings deficit, Luke Wells made the breakthrough with three late evening wickets pegging Somerset back as they closed on 226-4 and behind by 57 runs.
Lancashire could only add nine runs to their first innings overnight score to be 373 all out with Bailey last out for an excellent 63, just five shy of his career-best score.
And Bailey was soon starring with the ball, producing a beautiful swinging, seaming delivery that bowled a helpless Ben Green second ball for 0 and then nipping one back to trap left-hander Lammonby lbw for 6 in a superb opening spell of 9-4-9-2.
George Balderson produced the perfect line and length to find an edge from Tom Abell, pushing forward defensively, to wicketkeeper Alex Davies for a five-ball duck to leave Somerset 32-3.
And Balderson then had James Hildreth well caught low down at first slip by Wells with Azhar Ali providing the only resistance to be 22 not out at lunch with the hosts in early trouble on 46-4.
It could easily have worse for Somerset if Lewis Goldsworthy had been run out on 0 just before the break but he was let off when the throw went to other end with the batsman way out of his ground.
Goldsworthy’s good fortune continued when he was twice dropped at slip straight after the afternoon resumption but Rob Jones made no mistake at third slip as the batsman edged once again to give Blatherwick his maiden Lancashire wicket.
That was the start of a golden spell by Blatherwick who took four wickets in 15 balls to return a career-best 4-28 and destroy the Somerset middle order in the process.
Steve Davies edged behind for 1, Roelof van der Merwe was beaten by movement and bowled for 4 second ball while Jack Brooks edged to Danny Lamb at slip for 0 as Blatherwick produced a superb spell, finding good pace and movement.
Danny Lamb knocked over Marchant de Lange’s stumps and Bailey (3-9) returned to trap Azhar Ali lbw for 39, the Pakistan Test veteran only one of two Somerset batsman to reach double figures as the home side were shot out for 90. If Lancashire hadn’t spilled four catches it could have been much less but that was the only blemish on a fine display with the ball by the visitors.
It was a stunning bowling performance and Vilas had little hesitation in enforcing the follow-on with a lead of 283 runs and Somerset’s innings only lasting for 38.2 overs.
Somerset, no doubt smarting from their first innings capitulation, responded in a much more positive fashion with Green and Lammonby going for their shots from the start of their second attempt, rattling up 69 inside 12 overs with Lammonby pulling Bailey for six over square leg.
That prompted Vilas to turn to Matt Parkinson for the first time in the match and the leg spinner struck with his fifth delivery when Green attempted to hit the ball into the River Tone but instead was easily stumped by Alex Davies for 31.
Azhar Ali and Lammonby continued in similar style to launch a great fightback with Lammonby hitting a second six off Parkinson with his twelfth boundary bringing up the century partnership off just 118 balls.
It was proving to be a tough afternoon for the Red Rose attack as the wicket eased and the runs flowed, but the nature of the session changed dramatically when Vilas turned to the off spin of Luke Wells in the final hour with Somerset going well on 194-1.
Lammonby had just reached a 99-ball century in style by hitting Parkinson for six but Wells trapped him lbw on that score and three balls later celebrated a double-wicket maiden when Abell chipped a full toss to Vilas at midwicket to bag a pair.
Wells then beat Azhar Ali with a lovely flighted delivery that gripped, drew the batsman forward and Alex Davies completed an excellent stumping with Ali gone for 50 and Somerset suddenly 199-4, with Wells having figures of 3-1.
The home side held out to reach the close on 226-4 with Lancashire still favourites but they will have to work hard tomorrow if they are to seal victory.
Ken Grime
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Post by Admin on Sept 14, 2021 10:58:20 GMT
Impressive performance in this game by us
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Post by Admin on Sept 14, 2021 11:43:09 GMT
Good win by 10 wickets makes next week interesting
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Post by Admin on Sept 14, 2021 11:58:54 GMT
Top at the moment
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Post by exile on Sept 14, 2021 12:58:37 GMT
Without wishing to undervalue a big win that puts us back in the mix, I think there are some issues that need to be addressed before Aigburth:
1. Fielding. It's been noted several times that our fielding in OD games has not been of the standard that we have come to expect at Lancs. This seems to have spread to the CC. Several catches were dropped in this match and some of our ground fielding was not what the bowlers are entitled to expect.
2. Tactics. Lancs fans must be hoping by now that we don't win the toss except in the most obvious conditions. Luckily for us, Somerset made exactly the same mistake that we made at Notts - put us in and didn't bowl accurately enough on a fast scoring strip. Enforcing the follow-on was reasonable, given the possibility of time being lost to bad weather, but we didn't allow for the effect of the heavy roller and gave away loads of runs with gung-ho bowling to over-attacking fields. It took Vilas far too long to bring on Wells, whom he seems to see as a last resort instead of the good spinner that he is. This morning, admittedly in much more helpful conditions, we bowled really well but could have won by an innings had our fields been more attacking. At least two easy catches went straight through where third slip should have been.
Good to see Davies n.o. at the end. Hopefully, he will keep and open at Aigburth.
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Post by man in the stand on Sept 14, 2021 13:29:51 GMT
Both teams are missing players but Lancs have been able to call on better "reserves" in a sense than Somerset e.g. Blatherwick and Balderson. Agree our catching has been below standard.
Clever captaincy or stroke of luck picking Wells to bowl..he has bowled in just three previous CC games this season with figures of 4 wickets at an average of 25. His figures are now are better than Parky's!!
Listening to Chapple post game seems like Wood may be available for next week.
Good to have the CC still in contention up the last game...
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Post by Phil on Sept 14, 2021 14:29:52 GMT
Just had an email saying that members need to book their free tickets to next weeks game at Aigburth on the web by Friday because of the low capacity. After Friday they are on general sale and there will be no temporary stands at the game, so just seats round the boundary. Could be a that a win makes us champions depending on other results, I just hope that playing at a ground with no lights in late September doesn't cost us!
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Post by man in the stand on Sept 14, 2021 18:10:37 GMT
Well Hants beating Notts is good for us... Key match next week will be Warks v Somerset who have now lost their last three games by a large margin and now have no chance of winning the CC or making the BWT final. I wonder then how motivated they will be?
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Post by Phil on Sept 14, 2021 20:11:03 GMT
Well Hants beating Notts is good for us... Key match next week will be Warks v Somerset who have now lost their last three games by a large margin and now have no chance of winning the CC or making the BWT final. I wonder then how motivated they will be? Plenty of scenarios now, but if Warwick lose to the Yorkies the warks v Somerset match will be a dead one! |
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Post by lancsdes on Sept 14, 2021 21:02:42 GMT
“ Just had an email saying that members need to book their free tickets to next weeks game at Aigburth on the web by Friday because of the low capacity. After Friday they are on general sale and there will be no temporary stands at the game, so just seats round the boundary. Could be a that a win makes us champions depending on other results, I just hope that playing at a ground with no lights in late September doesn't cost us!”
Ridiculous no temporary stands . Perhaps the brains at Lancs think it isn’t an important match . |
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