BosworthBear wrote:

Anyone would think that tail came from “the dark ages”.

Yep, definitely a throwback.

That all ended very quickly...

Davies got a shocker too. This pitch looks a bit two paced, hard to start on but once yer in you'd fancy the batter to get a score. Expect wickets to fall in clusters.

It's a decent delivery but you can't be forcing off the back foot against the new ball like that.

It's a decent delivery but you can't be forcing off the back foot against the new ball like that.

He wanted to go.

He's in the squad.

Can you buy a ticket on the gate tomorrow?

Oh I didn't know that? That'd be great.

Sounds like he's going to play for England Lions in a 2 match series starting end of the month. That pretty much rules him out of playing for us I'd have thought. Very disappointing.

Frustrating result, clearly. Can't really disagree too much with people are saying here. Team selection does look a little odd on reflection. Looking at the XI I think we were maybe anticipating another flat pitch?
Wicketkeeper situation needs sorting, I've warmed to Davies a bit as I think he's really trying and has shown a lot of commitment but keeping/captaining/opening just won't do. I'm reluctant to get too critical, we're fighting hard, Hampshire just played really well this weekend.

That was very high, these umpires have been poor all game for both sides,they don't know what their giving.

Umpire gave that out so quickly...

Agreed

Weird having been at the ground all day, honestly was very gloomy at around 11am midday, really rather cold too, then ended up looking at an outfield bathed in sunshine from half 3 onwards. Great fightback after tea, we may still end up having too much to do though. It's definitely harder under the clouds, there is a bit more nip, and irrespective of the overheads there is a little bit of uneven bounce developing. Beau bowled really well. Not just a hit the deck guy, he can get it to wobble a bit.

With regards to Hampshire, is Abbott the best bowler on the circuit? Quick, without being express, he seems to quicken up off the pitch. Nip. He get wickets every spell and is such a force he almost masks how average the guy the other end might be bowling. He has the ability to get 3 or 4 wickets a session, great strike rate, and he's so miserly too. New ball or old. Attacks the stumps, must get loads bowled or LBW. He's carrying that Hampshire attack right now. Such a menace.

99 for 5 showing some fight here...

Not first class. Sometimes they are, these games, but not this one.

white-lightning wrote:

I think we haven't had much luck - lost the toss, then clear and sunny for Hampshire to bat most of yesterday. We've batted mostly in gloomy conditions. Now at 194 all out the weather has gone sunny just in time for Hampshire to start their second innings shortly!

Fair comment, no doubt when the clouds are in its a different game at Edgbaston this season.

Blinder from Davies just, don't think it carries to slip.

202/7 to 300 all out is a really good effort, no doubt, I even said yesterday they probably got 25 or 30 more than they might have. But it's not not "total and utter rubbish" from us like has been said previously, come on, its a bit over the top, we'd have taken 300a/o on day1 after losing the toss under them overheads...look at scores from other games it happens loads. My gripe is that we don't do it to other teams anywhere near as much as we should.

GerryShedd wrote:

Whilst I don't disagree too much, I wonder if "cleaning up a tail" is less common than it used to be. Gone are the days when an Eric Hollies (or, for that matter, a Mark Robinson) was a walking wicket. Most tail-enders these days have at least some pretensions to batting skill; and if the ball is old and the pitch favourable to batting, wickets are not easy to come by.

Exactly. Look at James Minto up at Durham today, in as nightwatchmen last night, 67* at lunch today. Kyle Abbott made 67 for Hants last week. Surrey has seemingly been 140-6 for 3 years and would end up 360 a/o and winning titles. 9/10/11 ain't mugs now. Worcestershire tail added very good runs yesterday. We definitely could have bowled better, but credit where its due. People are living in the dark ages where it used to 6 or 7 out, all out.

As has been said however, hope we do a bit of it today!