It did indeed nip when the overheads came in but there was no cloud cover today. Certainly not the seamer it was made out to be by 1 or 2 people on here. There wasnt much going through the pitch. Honestly Sanderson was really good. He swung the older ball in Day 2, clearly in good form he is.

Decent wicket for September to be fair, don't mind giving a bit to the bowler, it's the low slow tracks in May, June and July I can't be having.

Done well since his contract extension.

I feel that's a bit harsh on Carlos!

To be fair Mousley made 60 too v Surrey.

Showed some character there though, terrific knock from Burgess under huge pressure, it will do his confidence a lot of good.

Feel for Sanderson, he was so good up front, virtually unplayable.

Exiled Bear wrote:

Craig Miles that was horrible.

I wonder what his thoughts process was there, not exactly a noted puller or hooker but his technique is generally sound which makes that dismissal even more frustrating.

Rayb wrote:

Not sure when we can expect to be ambitious, or at least optimistic, given a target of 175 in 60 overs, on our own muck heap, against the divisions bottom team, (whatever happens they will still be bottom). Perhaps that might be our problem? I wonder how Surrey would view the same challenge? Or in fact the majority of counties.

Pardon?

Sanderson has predominantly moved it through the air, yes. He did on day 2 too. He'll be back on after tea I'd have thought which will probably decode how this game goes, hope he's not on song again!

Huge test for our iffy tail now. The wicket was a killer...

BosworthBear wrote:

Warwickshire chasing 170 on that pitch was never a good deal whatever the circumstances.

As I say perhaps Northants were generous from their perspective but we were always likely to not succeed.

Still be happy to be surprised by these two!

This pitch is not a minefield. This is nothing like the Middlesex at home pitch. The odd one is popping up from the Birmingham End, nothing more. Sanderson and White were exceptional with the new ball.

Burgess dropped is that the luck we need?!

Well yeah glad for some competitive cricket but I still don't think anyone was off their head for claiming 176 off 60 overs was a good deal when Northants declared to give an early lunch and keep time in the game. It was a fair observation.

Anyway OHD to hit the winning runs.

I don't think anyone claimed it was gonna be easy at any stage (i could be wrong), our batters confidence is through the floor, just that it was a very reasonable target in 60 overs.

One decent partnership gets you close at least, when chasing anything under 180ish.

I can't get over how well they're bowling. Not just the wicket taking deliveries, every single ball. Immaculate. I know praising the opposition isn't necessarily the done thing on here but it is what it is.

Not sure the pitch is an absolute minefield either, the odd one is misbehaving though particularly from the City End. Sanderson has swung it round corners and White is always a menace. Interesting to see if Taylor and Proctor can back this up.

176 off 60 overs was clearly a good deal for crying out loud, we were never getting anything more reasonable to chase than that no matter what the circumstances.

Hat trick, terrific bowling to be fair.

We did them sort their over rate out too.

Happy birthday Terry

Mousley bowling seam up

He's not quick through the air but he's quick off the pitch. Nip.

I'd say so. The remodelling of his action seemed to take place around the time of his 2nd stint here as bowling coach. When you watch footage of OHD from 2014-2016 and compare it to 2019 to now his bowling action is totally different.

It's a message for not giving up on players, he was a pretty average, maybe even below average bowler from when he signed up until around 2019, he had his moments but they were few and far between, (he was very close to being released around 2015) then he just took off. It didn't really click for him until he was about 29 and he remodelled his action. Last 3 seasons particularly he's been sensational.