lancashire666
International Coach
im working man! bad i know but we get double time on sundays so canna miss it! i normally only make it to CC games or the occasional T20 match
Bloody awful to blood brilliant from Somerset's batsmen. Anything below 150 on whatever pitch is a disgrace for any county side (Can't believe Durham did it twice in the same game!), and 125 wasn't good enough. But after a relatively good bowling performance to peg them back after they looked to be heading for 400+, we have really turned the heat on. 559-5 is just a brillaint reply, one that could bring us the unlikely win. Tresco and Langer showing why they are among the best County players at the moment, and then de Bruyn making a great unbeaten 75 to show us that he is an equal replacement to McKenzie.
Should be an interesting day tomorrow. Somerset lead by 326 runs with the alst day to go, but on this pitch that could be chaseable. If we are going to win the game then they will have to collapse, so maybe it's better to get a few quick runs in the morning and hope for that collapse to come.
So you're basically saying that no matter what the pitch is like, simply because it's the first day the batsmen should be scoring plenty of runs? That's unrealistic. It was under-prepared due to the rain, hence it playing better later on in the match. You're stupid if you think you can turn up on a pitch where the ball is swinging and doing all sorts off the seam, yet still muster up 400 or so.