Wickets galore
It's a bowler's paradise in the County Championship today. Despite there being glorious sun over most of the country, none of the batsmen seem to want to stay out in it. Consider these scores, all of them on day 1 of the match: At Old Trafford, Lancashire 143 all out (first-ball duck for Flintoff; Mark Davies 7-33, Collingwood 2-16 and, just to buck the trend, S Harmison 1-49. Retirement can't come soon enough...), Durham 114 all out (Anderson 4-18, Flintoff 4-21); At Trent Bridge, Notts 202 all out, Kent 33-4 (having been five for four; Sidebottom has figures of 6-2-8-3); At Taunton, Somerset 126 all out (James Tomlinson 8-46), Hampshire 194-3 (bucking the trend thanks to Pietersen's 100 but they were 3-2); At Derby, Derbyshire 270 all out (a recovery from 128-7), Warwickshire 14-0; and at Chelmsford, Middlesex 263-7 (Strauss 88, Nel 0-61)
So that's five games and 64 wickets that fell in one day. Fantastic to see for those of us fed up with it being a batsman's game (and just to complete the effect, Rajasthan bowled out for 103 in the IPL, too).
Patrick,
20 wickets in a day at the Old Trafford.. What are the odds of the pitch police stepping in and declaring the wicket unfit?I would hope not.
Cheers
Posted by: Homer | 7 May 2008 19:24:37