Leicestershire 2006 Season

We entertain Glamorgan starting tomorrow. Darren Robinson is out injured so John Sadler will come in for him with Maunders moving up to open alongside Maddy.

Stuart Broad is also back after his superb performance for England A meaning either Cummings or Henderson (who both were excellent in the victory over Essex) will miss out.

Claude would be unlucky to be dropped after taking 5 in the second innings against Essex so Cummings would be the likelier to stand down. That said it's a drab overcast day here made for seam bowling.

I'm hopeful Broad will be around a while yet but I guess one can never tell - in fact it wouldn't be too great a surprise if he's on a central contract anyway in a couple of years. But this is his first full season of first team cricket so he needs to get the balance between sending down some overs to develop his repertoire and strength, and being rested regularly (he's filled out a bit over the winter but is still amazingly skinny), and thankfully Tim Boon seems very aware of looking after him and ensuring he isn't flogged into the ground. 

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Leics 195 for 3, Mongia 74 not out - I'm off up to Grace Road to see if I can break my hoodoo of never yet having seen a Foxes player make a ton!!

For the second game in a row we have enforced the follow on, and Glamorgan still trail by 191 runs with 9 wickets in hand. Leics will be glad that they opted for Henderson as he bagged 4 first innings wickets and was brought into the fray very early in the second so he will be the key man in our fight for victory tomorrow.

One interesting side note was that Robert Croft was last man out in Glamorgan's first innings and decide to open in the second. He was then out second ball meaning he'd been dismissed twice in the space of 3 successive balls!

The good news for Worcs is that the soon to be legendary Stuart Broad is being rested for the game

definitely

you have no chance

And Hick will slog like theres no tomorrow

And Ray Price will turn into Murali's evil twin and rip the ball at right angles!

And Zaheer Khan will break the sound barrier bowling so fast!

 

clobs he wants extends his worcester contract.

now thats what you call loyalty

Originally posted by wccc clobs he wants extends his worcester contract. now thats what you call loyalty

I thought he was retiring this year, but good luck to him if he wants to continue. (Form not so great this year so far though)

Originally posted by Clobber Originally posted by Top Cat And Zaheer Khan will break the sound barrier bowling so fast!   Asif will show him what quality bowling is all about

And Zaheer will show him what amazing,spectacular,absolutely brilliant bowling is all about!!

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The day of reckoning has come!!

WWOORRCCEESSTTEERRSSHHIIRREE!!!!!

It was a deplorable batting performance by Leicestershire today. A hugely weakened side was deprived of Broad, Asif, Robinson, Ackerman and Snape due to illness and injury, but that was no excuse.

Aside from Masters the bowlers were all excellent in restricting Worcs to 191, an innings held together by Ben Smith and give a final push by Roger Sillence. Alamgir Sheriyar making his first appearance in his second spell for the club was the pick with 3 for 35.

The Leics innings went wrong almost straight away when John Maunders was run out off the second ball of the innings - going for a fourth run! Absolute madness and the way both he and Darren Maddy sank to their knees indicated they knew how much of a howler they had committed. Maddy then appeared confused how best to make amends and nibbled at one whilst New and Sadler were out to appalling shots. Stand in skipper Mongia at least got a decent one from Zaheer whilst Allenby was unfortunate to be on the wrong end of an absolute snorter from Sillence.

With humiliation beckoning Paul Nixon put together a hugely gutsy half century, including two memorable reverse swept sixes in one Price over before he became the last man to go.