I was about to post to say how well Leicestershire were batting in the first innings of their current championship match.
But I've just looked at the score again and they've collapsed from 359-4 to 365 all out. Eckersley made 147.
That's pretty spectacular.That is an impressive collapse, even by LCCC standards.
Thanks glyn but if you have no chance of taking 20 wickets in a game then its difficult to contrive wins.Essex got over 500 and we are now 3 down. Awful.
Good county pros like O'Brien and Ireland, and our overseas players, who are supposed to give our youngsters some experienced backing can't take wickets or score runs.
As Redditch says, something has to be done. We've been the worst county in the 4 day game for years now.
Usual end of season changes will happen now, throw a couple of youngsters in (Robson?) and sign a couple of out of contract players. Then get a couple of decent results which acts as a false dawn for next April.
P | Pld | Pts | |
1 | Leicester | 46 | 97 |
2 | Ipswich | 46 | 96 |
3 | Leeds Utd | 46 | 90 |
4 | Southampton | 46 | 87 |
5 | West Brom | 46 | 75 |
6 | Norwich City | 46 | 73 |
7 | Hull City | 46 | 70 |
8 | Middlesbro | 46 | 69 |
9 | Coventry City | 46 | 64 |
10 | Preston | 46 | 63 |
11 | Bristol City | 46 | 62 |
12 | Cardiff City | 46 | 62 |
13 | Millwall | 46 | 59 |
14 | Swansea City | 46 | 57 |
15 | Watford | 46 | 56 |
16 | Sunderland | 46 | 56 |
17 | Stoke City | 46 | 56 |
18 | QPR | 46 | 56 |
19 | Blackburn | 46 | 53 |
20 | Sheffield W | 46 | 53 |
21 | Plymouth | 46 | 51 |
22 | Birmingham | 46 | 50 |
23 | Huddersfield | 46 | 45 |
24 | Rotherham Utd | 46 | 27 |