The Campaign Starts Here

Warwickshire 219 all out
v Yorkshire 296 all out
Warwickshire 49-1
close on Day 2

County Championship Division One

Played at Headingley

Wednesday 20 September 2017

Twitter @ball_sup

The CAMPAIGN starts here. Write to your MP. Buy some Boltcutters. Whack a Balaclava on. We must get a permanent on site licence for Growlers on Otley Rd. Lovely bright, modern Craft Beer bottleshop. Just up the top of St Michael's Lane. Left at The Skyrack. They've got four keg fonts. But are really only able to sell them into Growlers, take away bottles, flasks. Call 'em what you will. For consumption OFF the premises.

But, not this week. This week. The Students arrive. So they have a temporary ON Licence. Make. It. Permanent.  Because, that is/could be a neat addition to the Headingley Beer “Scene”.

I had some lovely fellow travellers with me. Everyone helping everyone out with tickets & lifts & favours. Naturally, I invited them to Growlers. To buy them a drink. Fella goes.

“Have you got anything that's like John Smiths?”

Partly Bless. But, partly, help the fella chuck himself in & see how he gets on. I toyed with suggesting a First Chop tin. But I cajoled him into trying a Verdant/Northern Monk Pale & a Thornbridge AM/PM. Both kegs. He plumped for the Thornbridge.

I went for that Collab. Verdant/Northern Monk/YCH Hops Noibu on keg at 5.5%. Loved it. But, I was too busy firing questions at the guy running the shop to make proper notes.

I haven't got the spreadsheet out. But, it's a be very good to win this one game for Yorkshire's relegation battle. Missing out on that point at 300. Four short. Ain't helped. And, going from an utterly dominant position on the first morning. To The Bears being only 28 behind. Nine in hutch. That ain't helped. But, that's the game. Lots of starts. But, only Lyth got past 50. Matthew Fisher was third best with 37. Extras were 32. It's not good enough. We still might survive. But, it's not good enough.

537/1128