The 3rd day of Middlesex vs Lancashire at Lord's started off looking like an uninteresting day as Lancashire resumed on 236-3, 210 runs behind Middlesex. They batted onwards, but scored slowly as they managed 30 runs in the first 15 overs. The overnight 50+ man Ashwell Prince fell for 71, edging Toby Roland-Jones to Dawid Malan at first slip and Steven Croft went shortly after, Roland-Jones removing his middle and leg stumps, and leaving the off pole at an angle as the ball didn't really bounce, 270-5 and Middlesex on top. Lancashire keeper Gareth Cross then revived his side, attacking Steve Crook, Corey Collymore and Ravi Patel all round the ground as he raced to a 30 ball fifty either side of lunch and went into the final bonus point over (the 110th) needing 9 runs for a fourth point, Gareth Berg's first ball was then murdered into the Tavern stand for six, but he fell next ball, edging to keeper John Simpson for a 35 ball 59. That gave Middlesex a 2nd bowling point and Karl Brown (who'd batted all day) brought up the 350 with 2 balls to spare.
The task was now to get a first innings lead as Warwickshire had now won the title off Lancashire and Surrey were looking strong in their game. This meant that a win was a must and Brown finally went to 50, from 133 balls but Kyle Hogg departed next ball, smashing Patel straight to Malan at mid on for 10. Glenn Chapple then came in and played sensibly with Brown, scoring steadily and passing 400, before speeding up by smashing Neil Dexter for six over long on and it looked like they might still be able to get a 50 run lead. But, when they'd added 51, Chapple charged Patel, missed, and was easily stumped by Simpson for 29, 426-8. Ajmal Shahzad was then LBW to Patel (his fourth) for 10 with 9 needed for the lead, which Brown got with a sweep for four off Patel's next over. The end came soon after, as Berg returned to the attack and removed Brown's off stump first ball for 78, all out for 448 leading by 2, Patel's 4-126 being the pick of the bowlers.
Middlesex's reply then got off to a rocky start as Sam Robson was LBW to Chapple (his sixth of the match) for 3, 5-1. Chris Rogers and Joe Denly then steadily built the lead before Shahzad fired one through Denly on 17, 44-2. But that was to be the last wicket of the day as Malan joined Rogers in batting out the day with some stylish strokeplay, with Rogers going to his 50 from 69 balls as Middlesex ended the day 129-2.
A partnership of 85 with Rogers on 57 and Malan, 37, one day away from possibly relegating the former Champions, leading by 127.
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Sunday, 14 October 2012
Friday, 13 April 2012
In A Good Mahmood
Another cold day, this time at Fenner's again for the 2nd day of Cambridge MCCU vs Lancashire. Lancashire resumed on 277-5 and were quickly moving as Steven Croft and Gareth Cross looked to add quick runs. Croft only added 3 to his score when he sliced Peter Turnbull to Craig Park at slip to pick up his 5th wicket. Sajid Mahmood had a quick hit until being caught low down at cover by Zafar Ansari off Turnbull for 14. 313-7 represented a reasonable performance from the students and although Cross (49*) and Kyle Hogg (12*) took this to 348-7 before the declaration, Turnbull's 6-108 stood out as an excellent performance against the county champions.
Mahmood then struck in the third over having Ben Ackland caught behind by Cross attempting a hook for a duck, Ackland's body language implied hat he didn't hit it, but that was to prove a small worry for Cambridge as the day wore on. Cambridge then played out the remaining overs to be only one down at lunch, but then the the superior opposition began to assert their dominance. Luke Procter, when he wasn't bowling one of his 12 no-balls in 7 overs, bowled James Johnson (20) and had Akbar Ansari (11) LBW in the first 35 minutes of the session. Inbetween Tom Smith had Park caught by Cross for 1, meaning Cambridge were now 74-4. Zafar Ansari then edged Smith behind to fall for a top scoring 25. Smith then caught Rob Woolley in the next over to give Procter his 3rd wicket, making it 86-6.
Dean Bell and Paul Best then brought up the 100, but the return of Mahmood signalled the beginning of the end as Best gave Smith his 2nd catch at slip on 18, and Turnbull was yorked first ball to put Mahmood on a hat trick. Matt Salisbury avoided the hat-trick ball, but Bell was then LBW to Hogg playing across the line for 9.
Mahmood then cleaned up having Patrick Sadler easily caught by Paul Horton at slip for 2, leaving Cambridge all out for 123, Salisbury being 1*. Mahmood finishing with 4-38, Procter 3-52 and Smith 2-12 with extras (35) being top scorer!
Lancashire began their 2nd innings with a "handy" lead of 225 but Steven Moore fell in the 3rd over for one, mistiming a flick off Turnbull to Sadler at mid-on, 5-1. Horton and Tom Smith then ground down the bowling, easily picking runs off the loose bowling before Smith decided to cut loose against Zafar Ansari, playing attacking strokes all round the wicket, reaching his 50 with one of a number of reverse sweeps for four. He celebrated by coming down the pitch and thumping the only six of the day off Ansari over long off. Smith looked like he'd reach his hundred before close but, in the cold and dark, he appeared to have some discomfort in his hamstring, or an immense case of boredom, because he promptly retired hurt on 83 off 70 (1x6, 12x4) with the score on 128. Horton batted in a more circumspect manner, scoring 48* off 112 balls but still with eight fours, picking off the bad balls with relative ease given the conditions.
Horton and Karl Brown (0 not out) batted out the last 5 overs to finish the day 134-1, 359 ahead and looking likely to declare early and have some more bowling practice. Turnbull finished with 1-14 from 7 overs.
Mahmood then struck in the third over having Ben Ackland caught behind by Cross attempting a hook for a duck, Ackland's body language implied hat he didn't hit it, but that was to prove a small worry for Cambridge as the day wore on. Cambridge then played out the remaining overs to be only one down at lunch, but then the the superior opposition began to assert their dominance. Luke Procter, when he wasn't bowling one of his 12 no-balls in 7 overs, bowled James Johnson (20) and had Akbar Ansari (11) LBW in the first 35 minutes of the session. Inbetween Tom Smith had Park caught by Cross for 1, meaning Cambridge were now 74-4. Zafar Ansari then edged Smith behind to fall for a top scoring 25. Smith then caught Rob Woolley in the next over to give Procter his 3rd wicket, making it 86-6.
Dean Bell and Paul Best then brought up the 100, but the return of Mahmood signalled the beginning of the end as Best gave Smith his 2nd catch at slip on 18, and Turnbull was yorked first ball to put Mahmood on a hat trick. Matt Salisbury avoided the hat-trick ball, but Bell was then LBW to Hogg playing across the line for 9.
Mahmood then cleaned up having Patrick Sadler easily caught by Paul Horton at slip for 2, leaving Cambridge all out for 123, Salisbury being 1*. Mahmood finishing with 4-38, Procter 3-52 and Smith 2-12 with extras (35) being top scorer!
Lancashire began their 2nd innings with a "handy" lead of 225 but Steven Moore fell in the 3rd over for one, mistiming a flick off Turnbull to Sadler at mid-on, 5-1. Horton and Tom Smith then ground down the bowling, easily picking runs off the loose bowling before Smith decided to cut loose against Zafar Ansari, playing attacking strokes all round the wicket, reaching his 50 with one of a number of reverse sweeps for four. He celebrated by coming down the pitch and thumping the only six of the day off Ansari over long off. Smith looked like he'd reach his hundred before close but, in the cold and dark, he appeared to have some discomfort in his hamstring, or an immense case of boredom, because he promptly retired hurt on 83 off 70 (1x6, 12x4) with the score on 128. Horton batted in a more circumspect manner, scoring 48* off 112 balls but still with eight fours, picking off the bad balls with relative ease given the conditions.
Horton and Karl Brown (0 not out) batted out the last 5 overs to finish the day 134-1, 359 ahead and looking likely to declare early and have some more bowling practice. Turnbull finished with 1-14 from 7 overs.
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