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Hampshire take easy win and ultimately snatch Division One survival
Hampshire cruised to victory this morning taking two hours to knock off the remaining 111 runs.
Notts opened with Broad and Gurney but Carberry and Adams
made relatively untroubled progress on a morning of intermittent
sunshine.
Ball replaced Gurney from the Radcliffe Road End and had Adams
dropped in the gulley by Hutton when he had 70.
Next over he had his revenge as
Adams played on having not added to his score. The first wicket had added 129
runs. Next ball Vince was bowled first ball by a beauty from Ball.
Smith joined
Carberry and added impetus to the run chase as the pair got the remaining 71
runs unbroken in 15 overs. Carberry finished with 84 and former Notts man Smith
had 34. Hampshire getting home at 1229.
They then had a nervous wait to see
whether Sussex would lose at Leeds to keep their first division status.
At just past 3:00 PM, Sussex were beaten by Yorkshire by 100 runs, condemning them instead of Hampshire to Division 2.
A
typically disappointing game 16 for Notts who can well be pleased with their third
place finish. The season has seen the emergence of three pace bowlers in Ball,
Wood and Hutton. With young Carter in the wings this quartet of bowlers could
serve Notts for next decade. The changing of the guard. I expect more from
Brendan Taylor next season and Notts will now need to push Libby and Root as
Lumb appears to nearing the end of his career. Notts must hope they keep hold of
workaholic coach Peter Moores who made such a difference to a team that were
bottom of the table at the end of June. My player of the season would by Chris
Read, closely followed by the consistent Wessels and Jake Ball. Young player of
the season would undoubtedly be Brett Hutton.
Have a good winter
everyone. MAG
Day 3
Notts undone by Edwards AGAIN
A dramatic collapse which saw Notts lose their last eight wickets for 58 runs saw the game swing decisively in Hampshire's direction as they need just a further 111 runs with all their remaining second innings intact.
Notts took 38 balls to finish off the Hampshire innings this morning. Broad was bowling too short with the new ball and was hooked for four a few times by Gareth Berg. Gurney bowled a full pitched ball to McLaren who played on for 52. Next over Berg (72) became the third Hampshire player to be strangled down the leg side as Broad picked up his second wicket. Hampshire 326 all out with Gurney finishing with four for 70.
Notts with a lead of 14 lost Libby in the fifth over being bowled with one that moved away by Fidel Edwards bowling from the Radcliffe Road. When he got to 20 Brendan Taylor got to 1000 first class runs for the season. Shortly after depositing Berg for six into the Fox Road stand Mullaney (19) was leg before to Ryan Stevenson who had replaced Edwards, 49 for two. Notts added a further six runs before lunch with Taylor on 25 and Patel on 4.
Taylor and Patel made steady progress after lunch. The third wicket partnership got to 78 when Berg bowling from the Pavilion End bowled Patel for 25. The collapse had just started. Six overs later Wessels was yorked by Gareth Berg for 9, 151 for 4. Brendan Taylor's innings was a mixture of the good, bad and ugly but he had reached his highest championship score at Trent Bridge when he had a mental aberration. Facing Dawson he skied the ball into orbit and was caught at mid off by James Vince. His 90 came off 151 balls with 12 fours and one six, 157 for 5. Hampshire sniffing blood brought Edwards back from the Radcliffe Road End. Read was beaten for pace, falling leg before for five to the Barbadian, 171 for 6. This was the beginning of the end of Edwards bowling with great pace filleted the Notts lower order. Root edged him to Vince at slip to leave with 15 to his name. Then in his next over Broad edged into the keeper’s gloves to depart for two, 178 for eight. Notts added a further seven runs when tea was taken.
Hutton playing Edwards more confidently than the rest of colleagues decided to take all the balls from Edwards. Ball after hitting McLaren for four was then bowled by the South African for seven. Gurney lasted eight balls he played a heads up slog shot off the last ball of McLaren's over he missed and his middle stump was removed. Notts a sorry 185 all out, Edwards having a fantastic match finished with four for 57 and figures of 10 for 145 in the match. His extra pace and effort had made the difference.
Stuart Broad opened with three mediocre overs from the Radcliffe Road End which went for 26 as Hampshire got off to a brisk start in pursuit of their 200 target. Broad the younger looks like he will finish with a Notts playing record in 2015 of played four, lost four. Notts never looked like taking a wicket during the 24 overs they bowled in the evening sunshine. Hampshire closed on 89 for 0 with Adams on 46 and Carberry in 37. A Hampshire victory seems certain tomorrow but they will have to sweat it to see whether Sussex can avoid defeat tomorrow. A Tyke victory would relegate Hampshire. Notts will have to settle for third spot as they, as feared, badly missed Hales and Titch Taylor in a fixture where the visitors have appeared to be seemingly more motivated. Credit to Hampshire though, they batted stubbornly and then bowled with great purpose and got the ball to reverse swing after lunch. Edwards though was the chief destroyer.MAG
Hampshire Hopes Raised
Hampshire are 42 runs behind with two wickets standing; bad light ending play with 13.3 overs unused.
Edwards savages Notts again but Wessels' ton wrestles back the advantage.
An excellent first day for Notts as they recovered from 39 for three after being inserted on a cloudy September morning to score 340 all out and then they removed night watchman Ryan Stevenson to the sole ball of the Hampshire reply.
Before play commenced there was a special presentation to Chris Read to celebrate his 1,000 first class dismissals, a feat only performed previously by 24 keepers. A magnificent achievement probably never to be repeated in first class cricket.
Notts gave a debut to Will Root and Jake Libby also returned to the line up in place of England pair Hales and James Taylor. The other changes from the Edgbaston line up were Broad and Gurney who replaced the two Lukes (Wood and Fletcher).
Notts lost the toss for the eleventh time in the championship this season and were inserted by Hampshire. Indeed in the 39 competitive games that Notts have played this season in the three major competitions, the toss has been lost a massive 28 times!
Off the fourth ball of this morning Brendan Taylor threw his wicket away; chipping a ball from Fidel Edwards straight to square leg to depart for two. It got worse when Libby departed leg before for a single in Edwards next over. Notts 11 for 2.
Patel got to 19 before edging Edwards into Wheater's gloves, Notts 39 for three. Wessels got to 1,000 first class runs for the season as he and Mullaney added an unbroken 56 for the third wicket as Notts got to lunch on 95 for three with Mullaney on 39 and Wessels on 30.
Mullaney and Wessels carried on their excellent partnership after lunch. Mullaney got to 58 when he was bowled by Dawson's arm ball. The fourth wicket stand had added 115 runs in 34 overs. Left-hander Will Root made a confident start and looked composed at the crease. Wessels was in fine form and these two added 82 in 18 overs before Will Root (37) edged Gareth Berg to Vince at slip who parried the ball to Sean Ervine; a highly promising debut effort containing six fours, Notts 236 for 5. A few minutes earlier Wessels got to his ton off 153 balls.
Sean Ervine was belatedly introduced straight after tea and off his third ball from the Pavilion End Wessels chipped the ball to Berg at mid wicket. It was a poor shot but Wessels had hit Notts' 19th century in first class cricket this season. His innings of 104 came off 172 balls with 13 fours and one six into the Fridge. A fine effort from Notts most consistent batsman of the season. His only previous championship ton this season was his 117 at the Riverside in May. Three overs later Chris Read (9) shouldered arms to the impressive and pacy Edwards and lost his off stump. Notts had lost three wickets for 11 runs and were now 247 for 7.
Stuart Broad making his second championship appearance of the season was positive from the off and had added 47 with Brett Hutton when shortly after taking the new ball, bad light stopped play at 1700 with Notts 294-7 with Broad on 30 not out.
The players returned 20 minutes later as the sun appeared along with beautiful blue autumnal sky. The eighth wicket stand got to 74 when Broad (37) pulled Edwards to Ryan McLaren at long leg. Ball hit Edwards for four but then lost his leg stump to the Bajan; Ball clearly beaten for a pace to depart for 6. Hutton (46) managed to get ten more to the total before hitting Gareth Berg to deep mid wicket. Notts 340 all out, a satisfying score. With Middlesex on the ropes at New Road, a victory in the match would give Notts an excellent chance of gaining the runners up spot. Edwards was fast throughout and had figures of 21-3-88-6. Hampshire must regret not having him available earlier in the season as only a win here would give them a chance of remaining in Division 1 next year.
There was time for one over but Stuart Broad bowling from the pavilion End removed the red headed Devonian Ryan Stevenson first ball as he edged into the captain’s gloves. Hampshire 0 for one. MAG
As Notts enter the final game of the season against a Hampshire side that is shadowed by the swinging sword of Damocles, as they occupy pole position to take the second relegation spot, a number of Nottinghamshire batsmen need a varied amount of runs to reach 1000 Championship runs in 2015.
James Taylor needs 9
Riki Wessels needs 80
Alex Hales requires 108
Brendan Taylor is 136 runs short currently and
Chris Read has to score 141 more to reach 1000 Championship runs for the season.
Samit Patel is well short of four figures with only 606 runs scored, representing a poor return for the all rounder. Ever present Samit's lack of runs might be a good sign that the top of the order had scored heavily, leaving him little opportunity, had it not been for the fact that Chris Read has scored significantly more runs than Samit and bats behind Patel. Patel's paltry run pile isn't saved by his wicket taking either, only averaging 1.67 wickets per game. There is perhaps a case that could have been made to have dropped Samit Patel some weeks ago and it hasn't gone away, so maybe for this last game. Jake Libby or Billy Root would stand to benefit.
As for the bowlers, no one is likely to reach 50 wickets for the season as the most successful pair are currently Harry Gurney and Jake Ball, both of whom have 37 scalps to date.
As it turns out, Andy Carter isn't going to make his final appearance for Notts at the end of another injury plagued season. With his contract up for renewal, only a reckless gambler would back AC with anything more than on a pay per appearance basis.
Jake Ball,
Stuart Broad,
Matt Carter,
Luke Fletcher,
Harry Gurney,
Brett Hutton,
Jake Libby,
Steven Mullaney,
Samit Patel,
Chris Read,
Billy Root,
Brendan Taylor,
Riki Wessels
Luke Wood.
So no opportunity for Titch and Baz to reach their Championship landmarks, "resting" after five days of play against Australia over a couple of weeks which ended over a week ago. Clearly they have been over doing it. Their loss is the gain of hopefully both Libby and Root.
Hampshire have to win this game and hope others done gain many bonus points and lose. Hampshire's hopes could well be wrecked by day two but at least the game will start with a touch of spice.
Day 3
Notts undone by Edwards AGAIN
A dramatic collapse which saw Notts lose their last eight wickets for 58 runs saw the game swing decisively in Hampshire's direction as they need just a further 111 runs with all their remaining second innings intact.
Notts took 38 balls to finish off the Hampshire innings this morning. Broad was bowling too short with the new ball and was hooked for four a few times by Gareth Berg. Gurney bowled a full pitched ball to McLaren who played on for 52. Next over Berg (72) became the third Hampshire player to be strangled down the leg side as Broad picked up his second wicket. Hampshire 326 all out with Gurney finishing with four for 70.
Notts with a lead of 14 lost Libby in the fifth over being bowled with one that moved away by Fidel Edwards bowling from the Radcliffe Road. When he got to 20 Brendan Taylor got to 1000 first class runs for the season. Shortly after depositing Berg for six into the Fox Road stand Mullaney (19) was leg before to Ryan Stevenson who had replaced Edwards, 49 for two. Notts added a further six runs before lunch with Taylor on 25 and Patel on 4.
Taylor and Patel made steady progress after lunch. The third wicket partnership got to 78 when Berg bowling from the Pavilion End bowled Patel for 25. The collapse had just started. Six overs later Wessels was yorked by Gareth Berg for 9, 151 for 4. Brendan Taylor's innings was a mixture of the good, bad and ugly but he had reached his highest championship score at Trent Bridge when he had a mental aberration. Facing Dawson he skied the ball into orbit and was caught at mid off by James Vince. His 90 came off 151 balls with 12 fours and one six, 157 for 5. Hampshire sniffing blood brought Edwards back from the Radcliffe Road End. Read was beaten for pace, falling leg before for five to the Barbadian, 171 for 6. This was the beginning of the end of Edwards bowling with great pace filleted the Notts lower order. Root edged him to Vince at slip to leave with 15 to his name. Then in his next over Broad edged into the keeper’s gloves to depart for two, 178 for eight. Notts added a further seven runs when tea was taken.
Hutton playing Edwards more confidently than the rest of colleagues decided to take all the balls from Edwards. Ball after hitting McLaren for four was then bowled by the South African for seven. Gurney lasted eight balls he played a heads up slog shot off the last ball of McLaren's over he missed and his middle stump was removed. Notts a sorry 185 all out, Edwards having a fantastic match finished with four for 57 and figures of 10 for 145 in the match. His extra pace and effort had made the difference.
Stuart Broad opened with three mediocre overs from the Radcliffe Road End which went for 26 as Hampshire got off to a brisk start in pursuit of their 200 target. Broad the younger looks like he will finish with a Notts playing record in 2015 of played four, lost four. Notts never looked like taking a wicket during the 24 overs they bowled in the evening sunshine. Hampshire closed on 89 for 0 with Adams on 46 and Carberry in 37. A Hampshire victory seems certain tomorrow but they will have to sweat it to see whether Sussex can avoid defeat tomorrow. A Tyke victory would relegate Hampshire. Notts will have to settle for third spot as they, as feared, badly missed Hales and Titch Taylor in a fixture where the visitors have appeared to be seemingly more motivated. Credit to Hampshire though, they batted stubbornly and then bowled with great purpose and got the ball to reverse swing after lunch. Edwards though was the chief destroyer.MAG
Hampshire Hopes Raised
An unbroken ninth wicket partnership of 95 by Hampshire ensured that this match is evenly poised entering Day 3.
Hampshire are 42 runs behind with two wickets standing; bad light ending play with 13.3 overs unused.
Notts had a good morning session which started in glorious sunshine. After seeing off Broad from the Pavilion End, Gurney came on and immediately got Adams (19) caught down the legside by Keeper Read, 29 for two. Brett Hutton replaced Ball from the Radcliffe Road End and got Carberry (11) leg before for eleven, the bowlers appeal was more muted than the slip cordon. Will Smith did not last long edging Gurney to Read for three, 68 for four. James Vince got to 42 including eight boundaries when he received a peach of ball from Gurney which demolished his off stump, 89 for five. Definitely the champagne moment of the day.
Broad replaced Hutton and Patel had a couple of overs but Hampshire survived the remaining six overs until lunch as they went to the interval on 113 for five with Dawson on 21 and Ervine on 12.
The sixth wicket partnership gathered momentum in the afternoon, batting becoming much easier with the older ball despite the now cloudy overhead conditions. Dawson was dropped on 45 at slip by Mullaney off the unfortunate Gurney. Patel returned this time from the Pavilion End and removed Ervine with his first ball, the left hander playing a dreadful miscued drive to be caught skying to wide mid off where Broad took the catch. Ervine gone for 32, the sixth wicket had added 70 in 22 overs. Patel had earlier heard his selection for the Pakistan Test series in the Gulf next month as a replacement for the injured Ansari. The other major news of the day was Andy Carter joining Derbyshire on a 2 year deal having turned down a contract offer from Notts. Given the development of Ball, Luke Wood and Hutton and with Gidman and Fletcher also waiting in wings his departure seemed highly likely. Carter may eventually flourish down the A 52 if he can finally sort out his
perpetual injury problems. He only played one game for Notts season against Worcester but became the last day hero when his lion hearted efforts won Notts the game after tea; arguably the match that turned Notts season.
Wheater and Dawson had added 34 when the former Essex stumper was strangled down the legside to be caught by Read off Gurney; Wheater gone for 16. Mullaney replaced Patel from the Pavilion End and had Dawson leg before to a ball that kept low. Dawson who made his maiden ton at Trent Bridge seven years ago departed for 69 made off 97 balls with nine fours. Hampshire 203 for eight.
Hampshire though bat deep and Gareth Berg with 52 and Ryan McLean on 44 made relatively untroubled progress in the remaining 33 overs of the day which included a stoppage for bad light at 283 for eight. Notts must knock out the final two wickets early tomorrow. Although the pitch is on the slow side, Fidel Edwards is the fastest bowler on either side and could well cause trouble with his extra pace against what is without Hales and James Taylor a fragile top order. Notts bowled relatively well today but Stuart Broad would be disappointed with figures of 13-1-58-1. There was even time for four overs either side of tea for Will Root to bowl his off spinners.MAG
Day 1The sixth wicket partnership gathered momentum in the afternoon, batting becoming much easier with the older ball despite the now cloudy overhead conditions. Dawson was dropped on 45 at slip by Mullaney off the unfortunate Gurney. Patel returned this time from the Pavilion End and removed Ervine with his first ball, the left hander playing a dreadful miscued drive to be caught skying to wide mid off where Broad took the catch. Ervine gone for 32, the sixth wicket had added 70 in 22 overs. Patel had earlier heard his selection for the Pakistan Test series in the Gulf next month as a replacement for the injured Ansari. The other major news of the day was Andy Carter joining Derbyshire on a 2 year deal having turned down a contract offer from Notts. Given the development of Ball, Luke Wood and Hutton and with Gidman and Fletcher also waiting in wings his departure seemed highly likely. Carter may eventually flourish down the A 52 if he can finally sort out his
perpetual injury problems. He only played one game for Notts season against Worcester but became the last day hero when his lion hearted efforts won Notts the game after tea; arguably the match that turned Notts season.
Wheater and Dawson had added 34 when the former Essex stumper was strangled down the legside to be caught by Read off Gurney; Wheater gone for 16. Mullaney replaced Patel from the Pavilion End and had Dawson leg before to a ball that kept low. Dawson who made his maiden ton at Trent Bridge seven years ago departed for 69 made off 97 balls with nine fours. Hampshire 203 for eight.
Hampshire though bat deep and Gareth Berg with 52 and Ryan McLean on 44 made relatively untroubled progress in the remaining 33 overs of the day which included a stoppage for bad light at 283 for eight. Notts must knock out the final two wickets early tomorrow. Although the pitch is on the slow side, Fidel Edwards is the fastest bowler on either side and could well cause trouble with his extra pace against what is without Hales and James Taylor a fragile top order. Notts bowled relatively well today but Stuart Broad would be disappointed with figures of 13-1-58-1. There was even time for four overs either side of tea for Will Root to bowl his off spinners.MAG
Edwards savages Notts again but Wessels' ton wrestles back the advantage.
An excellent first day for Notts as they recovered from 39 for three after being inserted on a cloudy September morning to score 340 all out and then they removed night watchman Ryan Stevenson to the sole ball of the Hampshire reply.
Before play commenced there was a special presentation to Chris Read to celebrate his 1,000 first class dismissals, a feat only performed previously by 24 keepers. A magnificent achievement probably never to be repeated in first class cricket.
Notts gave a debut to Will Root and Jake Libby also returned to the line up in place of England pair Hales and James Taylor. The other changes from the Edgbaston line up were Broad and Gurney who replaced the two Lukes (Wood and Fletcher).
Notts lost the toss for the eleventh time in the championship this season and were inserted by Hampshire. Indeed in the 39 competitive games that Notts have played this season in the three major competitions, the toss has been lost a massive 28 times!
Off the fourth ball of this morning Brendan Taylor threw his wicket away; chipping a ball from Fidel Edwards straight to square leg to depart for two. It got worse when Libby departed leg before for a single in Edwards next over. Notts 11 for 2.
Patel got to 19 before edging Edwards into Wheater's gloves, Notts 39 for three. Wessels got to 1,000 first class runs for the season as he and Mullaney added an unbroken 56 for the third wicket as Notts got to lunch on 95 for three with Mullaney on 39 and Wessels on 30.
Mullaney and Wessels carried on their excellent partnership after lunch. Mullaney got to 58 when he was bowled by Dawson's arm ball. The fourth wicket stand had added 115 runs in 34 overs. Left-hander Will Root made a confident start and looked composed at the crease. Wessels was in fine form and these two added 82 in 18 overs before Will Root (37) edged Gareth Berg to Vince at slip who parried the ball to Sean Ervine; a highly promising debut effort containing six fours, Notts 236 for 5. A few minutes earlier Wessels got to his ton off 153 balls.
Sean Ervine was belatedly introduced straight after tea and off his third ball from the Pavilion End Wessels chipped the ball to Berg at mid wicket. It was a poor shot but Wessels had hit Notts' 19th century in first class cricket this season. His innings of 104 came off 172 balls with 13 fours and one six into the Fridge. A fine effort from Notts most consistent batsman of the season. His only previous championship ton this season was his 117 at the Riverside in May. Three overs later Chris Read (9) shouldered arms to the impressive and pacy Edwards and lost his off stump. Notts had lost three wickets for 11 runs and were now 247 for 7.
Stuart Broad making his second championship appearance of the season was positive from the off and had added 47 with Brett Hutton when shortly after taking the new ball, bad light stopped play at 1700 with Notts 294-7 with Broad on 30 not out.
The players returned 20 minutes later as the sun appeared along with beautiful blue autumnal sky. The eighth wicket stand got to 74 when Broad (37) pulled Edwards to Ryan McLaren at long leg. Ball hit Edwards for four but then lost his leg stump to the Bajan; Ball clearly beaten for a pace to depart for 6. Hutton (46) managed to get ten more to the total before hitting Gareth Berg to deep mid wicket. Notts 340 all out, a satisfying score. With Middlesex on the ropes at New Road, a victory in the match would give Notts an excellent chance of gaining the runners up spot. Edwards was fast throughout and had figures of 21-3-88-6. Hampshire must regret not having him available earlier in the season as only a win here would give them a chance of remaining in Division 1 next year.
There was time for one over but Stuart Broad bowling from the pavilion End removed the red headed Devonian Ryan Stevenson first ball as he edged into the captain’s gloves. Hampshire 0 for one. MAG
As Notts enter the final game of the season against a Hampshire side that is shadowed by the swinging sword of Damocles, as they occupy pole position to take the second relegation spot, a number of Nottinghamshire batsmen need a varied amount of runs to reach 1000 Championship runs in 2015.
James Taylor needs 9
Riki Wessels needs 80
Alex Hales requires 108
Brendan Taylor is 136 runs short currently and
Chris Read has to score 141 more to reach 1000 Championship runs for the season.
Samit Patel is well short of four figures with only 606 runs scored, representing a poor return for the all rounder. Ever present Samit's lack of runs might be a good sign that the top of the order had scored heavily, leaving him little opportunity, had it not been for the fact that Chris Read has scored significantly more runs than Samit and bats behind Patel. Patel's paltry run pile isn't saved by his wicket taking either, only averaging 1.67 wickets per game. There is perhaps a case that could have been made to have dropped Samit Patel some weeks ago and it hasn't gone away, so maybe for this last game. Jake Libby or Billy Root would stand to benefit.
As for the bowlers, no one is likely to reach 50 wickets for the season as the most successful pair are currently Harry Gurney and Jake Ball, both of whom have 37 scalps to date.
As it turns out, Andy Carter isn't going to make his final appearance for Notts at the end of another injury plagued season. With his contract up for renewal, only a reckless gambler would back AC with anything more than on a pay per appearance basis.
Jake Ball,
Stuart Broad,
Matt Carter,
Luke Fletcher,
Harry Gurney,
Brett Hutton,
Jake Libby,
Steven Mullaney,
Samit Patel,
Chris Read,
Billy Root,
Brendan Taylor,
Riki Wessels
Luke Wood.
So no opportunity for Titch and Baz to reach their Championship landmarks, "resting" after five days of play against Australia over a couple of weeks which ended over a week ago. Clearly they have been over doing it. Their loss is the gain of hopefully both Libby and Root.
Hampshire have to win this game and hope others done gain many bonus points and lose. Hampshire's hopes could well be wrecked by day two but at least the game will start with a touch of spice.
Very batsmen light, bowlers may have to dig them out of a hole again!
ReplyDeleteOffering a lifeline to Hampshire or an opportunity to Libby and Root?
DeleteFirstly, thank you for your commentary. Always succinct and full of insight.
ReplyDeleteSecondly, agree that the young locals have done well when called upon, although concerned that Libby might be a one match wonder (anyone remember Graham Frost?).
Thirdly, Peter Moores should definitely be kept on in some form.
Lastly, sad that in the two matches v Surrey and Hants when a final place and a runners-up spot were up for grabs respectively, they fell short.
bws
Chris S
DeleteI think Libby needs an extended chance in the first eleven. If he's given the same opportunities that Last-Chance-Saloon Edwards was offered, I'd hope that he'd begin to shine bright and given ample reward.
I think everyone including Mick Newell want Peter Moores to stay.
No Hales or Titch in either game..................... coincidence?
Thanks MAG
ReplyDeleteYour reports are eagerly awaited on the relevant mornings as I breakfast here in Australia. Excellent insights and photos
As mentioned before if any readers are visiting Australia this or any Aussie summer please get in contact. I will be umpiring and watching NSW in the Sheffield Shield when I can and hope to send Mike some stuff for posting on HBD..
Many thanks for your commentaries. they have been enjoyed.
ReplyDeleteMatt