Day Four: Glamorgan v Surrey, Swalec
Firstly, I have to say a big thank you to Ceci for the artwork. Inspired by talk of a 'Superhero eleven' during the Glamorgan match we thought Chris Schofield's elastic arms made him a natural for the part of 'Inspector Gadget' (pictured above). He's even got his own DVD!
Well, there isn’t really much to say in terms of reporting today’s play, basically because there wasn’t any. As anticipated by meteorologists the heavens opened and the match ended up going full circle. Day one started with rain eating into the overs like a hungry termite, and day four ended with the umpires abandoning the match at midday. Having survived the early start to the championship with hardly a game lost to Britain’s capricious weather, virtually every one of the latest round of county matches has ended in a draw.
It must be terribly frustrating for all teams, but I guess that’s cricket! I suppose what we did have in terms of play was very good: just a pity it was somewhat curtailed, book ended by unplayable weather. Of course, what Rory Hamilton-Brown should have done coming on the back of his declaration yesterday was to take the Glamorgan captain to the banks of the river Taff and challenge him to a game of Pooh sticks, with the winning team taking all the points in the game. Or a contest to see who could hit the biggest six. Cosgrove and Ramps can bat from hell to Hackney so that might have been an exciting competition.
Talking of swinging the bat, the T20 is almost upon us again. It’s the time of year when the purists start bleating about it being not proper cricket and how T20 is a scourge of plague like proportions, slowly extending its poisonous reach all around the globe. There may be some truth in that. But, radioactive-slime green shirts apart, I’m rather looking forward to Surrey taking on all comers in the contest because I have an inkling they might go quite well in it. I have to confess that I prefer the four day format, but there’s nothing like a bit of insubstantial froth to make you appreciate the longer game all the more. And if Surrey can get a bit of momentum going in the T20 there’s no reason why that confidence cannot transfer back to the championship games.
Firstly though, there is the Leicestershire game at the Oval. I’m looking forward to that one muchly! If we could win there we’d hop over Leicestershire and get off the bottom of the table for a start! Additionally there is a small group of Rampants attending the match. The main RAGM isn’t due until September but I have no doubts that the miscreants, er, sensible ladies will be on their best behaviour!
Of course, there will be no photos taken of Sanneh star-jumping in the Wedlake Bell family stand during the lunch interval. No way, Pedro. Absolutely not.
Then again...
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