Saturday 21 May 2011

Nothing Going Wright

This is a bonus report because I happened to be passing through London so decided to drop in on the 2nd day of Middlesex vs Glamorgan at Lord's. On day one MIddlesex had been skittled for 150, then Glamorgan were 151-1 at close.
Arrived at the ground just after 2pm to see "Glammy" were now 260-4, so at least some wickets have fallen, but this was going to be a tough game.
Mark Wallace and Ben Wright were in the process of demolishing the Middlesex attack as Wright went to a 46 ball fifty and the new ball didn't seem to help things as the runs piled on with no bowler being able to apply any sort of pressure to the Glamorgan batsmen. Wallace went LBW to Tim Murtagh for 46, breaking the partnership at 119.
Tea came and went and James Harris aided Wright in getting past 400 (again in the 110th over). Harris was bowled by Dalrymple then Wright brought up his hundred but fell next ball as it looked liked Middlesex might be facing under 300 run deficit when Graham Wagg and Robert Croft combined to take the match further away from them. The 101 run stand was only broken when Wagg chipped to mid-off for 63, but it was small consolation for a side that has been comprehensively outplayed so far in this game needing to take two wickets then score 367 as Glamorgan closed 517-8.