Lancashire v Sussex - DAY ONE

[Italiaseagull]

Some sort of reformed Meat and soggy lettuce sandwich

 

[pevenseagull is spartacus]

would it not help if Sussex declared with 4 wickets down

 

[Sully's Moustache]

Play due to start at 1.25pm

Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat

 

[Lord Bracknell]

would it not help if Sussex declared with 4 wickets down

I don't think so. An early declaration to deny Lancashire any bowling points would be an interesting tactical move.

But they would then be more likely to get the 14 points for winning the game (plus their five batting points).

That would leave Lancashire with 221 points at the end of the game. Sussex would have 231 points (plus not many batting points and probably 3 bowling points) - say 235. Lancashire could still get 22 points from their last game, taking them to 243 for the season, meaning that we would need to get at least eight points from the last game to be certain of being champions. This is quite likely, but it does carry a risk.

If we're going to play a tactical game, I'd rather go for the draw at Old Trafford - to guarantee us the championship.



If we draw against Lancashire, we'll be champions:-

We have 231 points at the moment. A draw against Lancashire will give us 235 plus any batting/bowling points.

Surrey have 213 points at the moment. They will have 235 points if they get maximum points in their final game (but would still be below us, even if we get no bonus points at all in the last two games, because we have won more matches)

Lancashire have 197 points. If the Lancs-Sussex game is a draw, they will get 4 points from that. Even if they get maximum batting/bowling points from the Sussex game (8) and maximum points from their last game (22), that would mean that they would have 197+4+8+22 points (ie 231 points - four points less than us).

 

[pevenseagull is spartacus]

oh well, there goes the declaration option - best just bowl 'em out cheaply

under 250 will do

 

[Sully's Moustache]

1 for 0 off 2 balls. Lewry bowling............

 

[Lord Bracknell]

21/1
MJ Chilton c Ambrose b Taylor 6

 

[Adams score 0]

We want to win it in style.
Lets go at Lancs.

 

[Sully's Moustache]

31-1 off 11

 

[Herne Hill Seagull]

First bowling bonus point at 3 wickets down, is it, m'lud?

That'll only leave nine points to get.

 

[Percy Tantrums]

41 - 1. I think the first bowling point comes at the fifth wicket.

 

[Italiaseagull]

Bowling points

3 wickets = 1 point
6 wickets = 2 points
9 wickets+ = 3 points

 

[Sully's Moustache]

53-1. Time to bring on Mushy methinks..........

 

[Lord Bracknell]

It's all going splendidly slowly. At 2.67 an over, if they're aiming for another 750, it'll be Saturday morning before they get there.

 

[pevenseagull is spartacus]

53-1. Time to bring on Mushy methinks..........

and lo, it came to pass


Mushy joins the attack


ATTACK, ATTACK, ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK

 

[Hatterlovesbrighton]

Good boy Jason. 66-2

 

[CHAPPERS]

Sutcliffe the man out.

Loye and Stuart Law at the crease now, the tempo should pick up....

 

[Italiaseagull]

My new avatar rocks!

 

[Marc]

nice Italia

 

[Beeneys gloves]

Has anyone seen this scorecard from Somersets match. They batted for 65 overs and were 112-7 at one stage, unbelievable!!

Somerset 1st innings R
MJ Wood lbw b Dean 14
NJ Edwards b Cork 10
*M Burns b Cork 0
T Webley lbw b Cork 0
JC Hildreth b Cork 9
ID Blackwell not out 247
from 234 balls, 27 4s 11 6s
+RJ Turner lbw b Dean 16
GM Andrew b Cork 9
RL Johnson lbw b Cork 25
SRG Francis c Gait b Mohammad Ali 18
NAM McLean lbw b Mohammad Ali 39
Extras (b 4, lb 7, w 1, nb 10) 22
Total (all out, 65 overs) 409

FoW: 1-19 (Wood), 2-26 (Burns), 3-26 (Webley), 4-31 (Edwards),
5-42 (Hildreth), 6-75 (Turner), 7-112 (Andrew),
8-176 (Johnson), 9-246 (Francis), 10-409 (McLean).

Bowling O M R W
Cork 20 3 92 6 (3nb)
Dean 22 4 118 2 (1w)
Havell 7 0 66 0 (2nb)
Mohammad Ali 13 3 83 2
Dumelow 3 0 39 0