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Ball one: Glamorgan breathes fire
The weather isn’t it? I guess you won’t cross the Prince of Wales Bridge (all his work apparently) without finally fear of a fresh sky. Nonetheless, Glamorgan was number one in the group after a week when both hitting and bowling excelled.
First, Nick Selman led the batting attempts to the last and made 140 out of 144 balls when Leicestershire was set at 278. This became 257 of 43 overtimes, but only one was possible before rain hit Grace Road yes, it even rained in the east of the country in 2021.
Glamorgans bowlers got to the race site on the field and reduced Nottinghamshire to 31 in six second rains. The average speed of James Weighell and Joe Cooken returned a total of 8.2015, figures like the late Mike Hendrick was once in the John Player League. Selman continued where he left off and the Home Team had the 74 runs needed to win and the two points they needed to top the group.
Ball Two: Time to reconsider the minimum movements required?
One is repulsive to criticize Somerset here (or anywhere to be honest) as one of the county’s most loyal fans to receive against the author, and to be fair, they have plenty of persecution to begin feeding this season, above all.
Oval Surreys bowlers, led by Dan Moriarty’s quietly acting slow left hand, had dismissed the guests with 220, nine balls left. The weather did its job, the Surreys goal became 147 out of 25 laps. Openers Mark Stoneman and Ben Geddes knew it was a smart move to get Duckworth-Lewis-Stern ahead of the count, and they were undeniably in 66-0 out of eight rounds when the game was last closed. However, 10 exceedances were required to report the result, so the points were split.
Three things emerge from those bald statements of fact. First, if the internal turn has been shortened, should the minimum movements for calling the result also be reduced proportionally (by at least five)? Second, don’t the 5,000 spectators who encouraged the showers support the county’s cricket not deserve to see a decisive result? Third (and I have little point) some, perhaps one-eyed witnesses have suggested that Somerset slowed the game when they knew opponents would likely take the score if 10 oversizes were not delivered. All teams would do this and that is my point. In all but one form of cricket, the penalties imposed for slow play are disproportionate to the accrued advantage.
Ball three: Luke looks like a probable boy
Lancashire chose a bad week to lose two games in a row, in one of which Durham rose to the top of the table.
When Sean Dickson joined the wrinkling teenager Luke Doneathy, the scoreboard read 171 to six and 17 overs. Their captain, Tom Bailey, is one of the most experienced XI in the race to play, so he must have imagined his chances of limiting the Lancashires goal to 250 or less. Ten six and 156 runs to the seventh fairway later, things had changed.
The Dicksons century may be exactly what he needs to start his career after moving north from Kent, and Durham may have found another versatile Doneathy whose unbeaten 69 was his second consecutive half-century, which he then backed by four 36 to stifle any chance of Lancashires ’late order imitating opponents.
Lancashire will surprisingly have a very big match on Thursday against Essex at Old Trafford.
Ball four: A hundred overs is pretty good
Essex may be behind Lancashire in net occupancy (and after the Middlesexs match with Gloucestershire was canceled due to Covid, the NRR may be the easiest calculation of the week), but the Tom Westley men have two chances to get points this week.
The captain made the best win before Covid Gloucestershire in a match that only 50-over cricket can offer. Visitors looked like Bristol from above, but Jack Taylor and George Scott built a 99-run rack on the sixth fairway and in the 204s gave Gloucestershire something of a bowl. Essex was second favorite when Westley was the eighth man and 52 still needed less than seven overs, but Aron Nijjar and Shane Snater sent points east.
Ball Five: Batsman of the Week
Alex Lees seems to have existed for years since he first worked as a Workinind in Yorkshire, then as a victim of high expectations and now as the cornerstone of Durhams ’beating. He is still only 28, only about 18 months or older than Alec Stewart when he played the first of his 133 tests.
Lees demonstrated all of this experience while anchoring Durhams while chasing 232 at 45. When six Essex bowlers claimed the scalp, the throwing pipes regularly fell from one end, but the opener stood high and accelerated the response so perfectly that he hit the edge of the last first ball to close the win, his 126 not finishing 102 runs more than any of his partners collected.
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Ball Six: Bowler of the Week
The United States (yes, it’s the United States) Ian Holland is the kind of pieces of cricket that can annoy you if you play in opposition, but which you like if they are yours (as in the case of young children). However, this column has always provided them with a safe space, especially when former professionals in high-profile media positions are relentless to talk them down.
It wasn’t easy for Beckenham to defend the ground with a wet ball in his hand and look for rhythm in the shower, Holland did what he had to do to stop the scoring percentage that threatened to get out of hand. Four baskets saw Kent move from 63 to one in 73 in five fours and a half. As a true pieces-player, the Dutchman hit the fast ball in the 30th.
Gary Naylor is the host of the podcast 80’s and 90’s cricket show and you can follow him on Twitter.
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