Not only is the Dukes ball swinging as much as ever. And it has to be altered, if red-ball cricket in England and Wales is not to become one-dimensional, slower than ever in over-rate, and devoid of spin. The balance between bat and ball – or, more specifically, batsmen and seamers – was just about all right in the first half of this season, but in September it has been all askew, except for Glamorgan’s non-event at the Oval. Liam Norwell, from the pavilion end, took a couple of cheap wickets to give him 51 for this first-class season and Craig Miles, on a fullish length from the Nursery, helped himself to five, giving him 42.īoth jagged the ball up and down the slope, while even Warwickshire’s debutant Manraj Johal, not yet 20, bowled some unplayable deliveries. Such a fixture does wonders for the figures of opening bowlers. Lancashire, sent in by champions Warwickshire at 10.30am, were soon 12 for six as the ball seamed all over Lord’s, and dismissed in only 27.5 overs for 78. The Bob Willis Trophy final has so far proved to be more of the modern same: another September seam-fest. © GETTY IMAGESīob Willis Trophy final descends into farce as Warwickshire bowl out Lancashire for 78 - GETTY IMAGESĪ festival of spin and carefree hitting, at Hastings or Blackpool or Scarborough, before the final curtain. Birds of Prey star Jurnee Smollett lands next lead role with Jamie FoxxĪ first-class game of cricket at the end of the season, with little or nothing riding on it, was the traditional way to bow out.
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