v Leicestershire 415 all out
Yorkshire 286 for 8 declared
Leicestershire 392 for 7 Win by 3 wickets
County Championship Division Two
Sunday 9 April 2023
Played at Headingley
Leicestershire win that deep. Seven balls to spare. I'm reading the last time The Foxes won at the Paper Cup Headingley Stadium was 1910.
Ilkley Brewery Co, Amarillo, Single Hop Pale on Cask at 4.2%
Another great beer in Arcadia Ale House. The Carrier Bag Firm nearly got caught out on this Easter Sunday. As we approached - no blackboard on the pavement. Fuck Sake. But, we were saved by the impromptu A4 in the window - Opening at 1pm on Sunday.
That beer was Phase Two of the day. Phase One was waiting for the Yorkshire declaration. I mean, we now know the result, so we know the runs v overs equation turned out close to par. But, I didn't want Yorkshire to bat in the morning. Try for all Ten in the 96 available overs. I'm sort of wrong by hindsight, but I thought we fucking wasted forty five minutes.
Shai Hope went caught at deep cover on the second ball. Jordan Thompson was hit on the hand with the third ball. After he'd had the magic sponge, the fourth ball was delivered at 11:07. He hit it for six, mind. Wright was at the top of his run to deliver the second over at ten past eleven.
Thommo went off the first ball of the third over. And Hill just ten balls later. To a double juggling catch by Ackerman on the boundary. He Hokey Cokeyed over the rope. Looked out from where I was. But how the Umps are supposed to give it I'll never know. Anyway. Half an hour gone. Most of that seemed to be batters coming in or out. And fielders taking their time fetching fours and sixes off the Western Terrace, from under the covers, or round the back of the batting cages. Half hour. Four point fucking three overs.
Common sense kicked in. They got hauled. This Blog will now fast forward to Phase Three.
My mantra. If you're in a chase, chase. I couldn't really tell whether Leicestershire did that. It felt a bit more like - keep going and see where we're at in a bit. I may be doing them a disservice. At Tea. 203 for 3. Needing 186 off a minimum of 37. At 5 an over and bits. They let that rate drift a times.
They were up to six and bits with 18 to go. But only four down. The floodlights came on for the last hour. Yorkshire didn't look like winning it. At all. But, 5-6-7 went. With 62 needed off 9. And a few overs of the New Ball before the end.
With 25 needed off 3. It all looked gone. They even started setting up a Disco in the Long Room. With 19 runs needed off 17 balls. That "show 'em the pecking order at Headingley disrespectful Disco" being set up for the after rugby crowd.
Six, four, four and two singles off Coad. Four, four, four off Thompson.
Ladies & Gentlemen. Phase Three has left the building.
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