lost to Yorkshire Vikings 175 for 3 (18.1 overs)
by 7 wickets
T20 Blast North Group
Wednesday 25 May 2022
Played at Headingley
Glamorgan 168 all out (20 overs)
lost to Middlesex 172 for 6 (19 overs)
by 4 wickets
T20 Blast South Group
Sunday 29 May 2022
Played at Radlett
A brief period of T20 at VERY contrasting Headingley & Radlett. I deffo wasn't T20 match fit. I've got a long concentration span. Not a short one. Quick chat to your mates. Trip to the loo. Visit to the bar (Radlett ONLY). A lot has happened on the field.
"What have I missed?"
I still have this feeling that it's basically make 14 off the last over to win. But, for the Carrier Bag Firm, it's about the occasion, not the action.
For the Headingley game, we were able to warm up in;
Kirkstall Brewery
100 Kirkstall Rd, Leeds LS3 1HJ
I'll be honest, when we first pitched up, I think we were the only drinkers who didn't work for the Brewery. Seven of their own on Cask. Eight of their own on Keg. Great choice.
Kirkstall Brewery, English Bitter on Cask at 3.8%
I think that's part of the "Revival Series". Bringing back traditional styles and older recipes. Well. I have to say that was glorious. In superb condition. Excellent balance. Some biscuits. And more bitter than I expected. Beats "standard" oversweet English Bitters hands down.
Kirkstall Brewery, Judicious, Hazy New England Pale on Keg at 4.8%
Lots of flavour in that one. Just the right amount of juice. Chewy without being gloopy.
Understandably, we're not getting fucking involved with the beer offering inside Headingley. Still some corporate shit in paper (paper) cups.
Radlett has a nice pavilion bar. Very well organised with queueing lanes. Happy to serve the ale in a glass if you were staying in the bar. We were front & centre on the rope in a wicker chair. So it was plastic for us. The offering was all keg. Fuller's London Pride (on Keg) & industrial lager. But, I went;
Fuller's Brewery, Frontier Lager on Keg at 4.5%
Perfectly decent. Suited the occasion and the mood.
Yorkshire won with 11 balls to spare. Root & Brook still there at the end. Brook's 60 off just 27 balls the key. Lyth had also house on fired early on. With 40 off 24. In real time, it felt like The Pears were going to post a mahoosive score. Jack Haynes was gone for 61 at 123 for 3 on 12 overs. But even in the Bun Fight, wickets change games. They went from 142 for 3 in the 16th to 172 for 9. Jordan Thompson conceded a wild 22 off his first. But finished with 3 for 35. That emphasises the roller coastering. Just seven off the first two overs. 63 off the next four!!!
In the second game, Middlesex left arm twirler Thilan Walallawita took 3 for 18 as Glamorgan were all out on the last ball of the innings. Toby R-J cleaning the tail with an impressive 4 for 22. Joe Cracknell (47) and Max Holden (41) doing the good stuff in the chase.
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