Get It Biffed

Yorkshire Vikings 170 all out
lost to Worcestershire Rapids 171-3
by 7 wickets

Tuesday 7 June 2016

Royal London One Day (50 Over) Cup

Played at Headingley

Gillespie/Gale Gunslinger Gauge steady at THREE. Ballance, Hodd, Willey.

Well. That doesn't look good from any angle. Yorkshire used up 45 overs for that 170. The Pears got to the target in 25 and bits. You'll never know what is chicken, what egg. Did Worcestershire bowl exceptionally well to restrict. And then knew they could come out & play shots?. Maybe not.

Look the new fangled powerplay has two men out in the first 10 overs. If you're struggling. Go back to simple strategies. You've got to Biff It in those first ten. Look where the two are. Hit it where they're not.

Forget platforms. Forget notional targets. Get it Biffed. Of course, it was easy for Worcestershire to do that. With such a small target. We were punching it to Mid On for a Dot. They were hitting it high, hard & straight. Six if you catch it right. Four if not. Watching them, it just didn't look like a risky shot. Only two out of the circle remember.

In the Championship, we've got time, overs, innings to recover. In White Ball we ain't. It looks hapless, scratchy, no rudder.

Start with the first Ten. Get it biffed. If these players won't. Juggle and Ship.

Roosters, The Red Baron at 5.7% from a can. Sourced from Beer Central in The Moor Market, Sheffield. Gentle reddish brown colour. Looks very appealing. Although the head died a little quickly.

Deep & rich in the mouth. Lots of orange & marmalade coming through in both the smell & the taste. Particularly zesty orange in the smell. Very refreshing to drink. Dries the palate slightly. Bitterness grows & holds - but doesn't overpower. Superb beer.

325/686