Gloucester v Lancs

[claretonthecoast1882]

Not sure what's going on but the promotion charge has begun

Won the toss and were 160/5 now 466/8 Green 128* Hartley 73*

[Kebsclaret]

501/8 now, Chris Green 156*

What a changed side since Benkenstein left.

[claretonthecoast1882]

Green gone for 160 514/9

212 run partnership for 9th wicket beating the previous best of 142 which has stood since 1907

[Kebsclaret]

528/9. First f/c hundred for Tom Hartley, I think.

[claretonthecoast1882]

Lancs all out for 557 Hartley gone for 130

Hartley n Jimmy put on 43 for the last wicket in 2 overs and 2 balls

[ChrisG]

501/8 now, Chris Green 156*

What a changed side since Benkenstein left.

The Crofty effect

[ClaretTony]

Gloucester are 138/1 in reply

[kentonclaret]

Presumably this is the next round of County matches being played with the Kookaburra ball where huge batting totals don’t count for much. Middlesex scored over 600 before declaring. The problem being that the opposition then goes on to occupy the crease and put on a big total.

[TheFamilyCat]

Presumably this is the next round of County matches being played with the Kookaburra ball where huge batting totals don’t count for much. Middlesex scored over 600 before declaring. The problem being that the opposition then goes on to occupy the crease and put on a big total.

But think of the experience all the county trundlers have gained from them in preparation for bringing home The Ashes.

[claretonthecoast1882]

Gloucester 381 all out Lancs lead by 176

Hartley after his 130 with the bat has taken 6/116

[Tribesmen]

Put them back in again , take a couple tonight and could be looking good again in the morning .

[claretonthecoast1882]

Green with a wicket last ball before lunch 168/4, still trail by 8

[claretonthecoast1882]

2 quick wickets after lunch 205/6

[claretonthecoast1882]

251/8 leading by 75

[ClaretTony]

Lancs require 110 to win - another five wickets for Tom Hartley

[Kebsclaret]

How many overs?

[ChrisG]

28 minimum

[Tribesmen]

Should do it , I think ?

[ChrisG]

84 required from 108 balls

[ChrisG]

46 needed from 12 overs now

[ClaretTony]

46 needed from 12 overs now

I was just coming on with that score but I didn’t know how many overs were left.

[ClaretTony]

Won it by 9 wickets with 5 overs to spare

[ChrisG]

Excellent win, hopefully a load of bonus points too

[ClaretTony]

Excellent win, hopefully a load of bonus points too

Six apparently and they got five.

[bfcmik]

Up to 4th in the table, behind the 2nd and 3rd placed teams because of our lack of bonus points. 2W, 2L, 6D now for the season.

[jdrobbo]

Four games left, two of which are against Glamorgan. Stranger things have happened, but if we pull this one off after the start we made, then it will be remarkable.

[welsbyswife]

Great win. I managed to get to Cheltenham on Wednesday and it was a great day out. Lovely place to watch cricket. I read in the programme that we hadn't beaten Gloucestershire in a County Championship match since 1961! That's quite some stat. So a long overdue win!