Leicestershire 18-5 off 3.2 overs at Northampton, after being 73-1 in 5 against us the other night
It looks like a very open group where everyone is capable of beating everyone else
Follow up - to be fair to Leicestershire, they defended 122 pretty well and only lost with four balls to go. Ravi Bopara played another telling innings in a low run chase, guiding them home.
I flicked between five matches today and the Essex collapse against Somerset was really average cricket. Matt Critchley batted well, as did Dean Elgar, but the rest were very poor, losing three wickets in one over to not overly thoughtful batting..
Elsewhere Worcestershire easily disposed of Yorkshire and Lancashire continue to ride on the coat tails of Jimmy Anderson's return. He took 3-17 today against Durham but much seems to rest on the Lancashire opening partnership of Wells and Jennings. I have also been impressed by Tom Aspinwall in the games I have seen so far, bowling some canny spells.
I don't think there is a standout team in the group, at this stage, and it is there for one team to seize the initiative.
Seeing how Leicestershire have collapsed in a pile, I don't feel too bad about our defeat now. They're 113-8 in the 19th over at the moment. After our collapse, at least we fought back through Andersson and Whitely to post a decent score.
ReplyDeleteI think we win that game had the LBW against Budinger been given. There's no point beating ourselves up about that, it was the umpires decision and not ours. Kris
ReplyDeleteI agree. it looked out to me, and when someone scores 50 off 15 chasing 170, it's very unlikely they'll lose.
DeleteWe can take heart in the comeback both with batting and bowling. to only lose with an over to go in the situations we were in, showed our fight. the Derbyshire of old, would have completely fallen apart and would have been thoroughly humiliated which I don't think we were. Facet
We can't be too harsh on Derbyshire. We've won three 4 day games at Derby, since August 2024. Glamorgan, Gloucs and Kent, thrashing all 3. The odd blip in one day cricket is expected, even for counties far bigger than our own. Kris
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