So Middlesex now really have no choice other than to bat for time, make sure that they are still there at tea tomorrow and then try and bowl Yorkshire out in around 30 overs.
So Middlesex now really have no choice other than to bat for time, make sure that they are still there at tea tomorrow and then try and bowl Yorkshire out in around 30 overs.
I've just looked up the prize money at stake. According to the ECB website, the players' prize money is £374K for 1st place, £169K for second place and £88K for the third place. If Middlesex can't win, they are not going to throw away £80K easily.
Well if Yorkshire can get a lead of 130-150 say, then winning by an innings is their only hope. I can't see Middlesex winning now
Agreed. They will have to be super aggressive at some point to set any sort of total. In fact, they might take the view tomorrow morning that, as they can't win it, they would rather stop Yorkshire from doing. Although Yorkshire might then start feeding them some runs as an incentive to declare.
44-2 off 24 overs suggests to me that Middlesex are going to invite Yorkshire to feed them some runs tomorrow. Difference of £88K between 2nd and 3rd is incidental to both counties but, perhaps, the only way Middlesex are going to be interested in going for it is if they are offered some sort of run incentive by Yorkshire.
I spy with my little eye on the captains at lunchtime.
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At least young Root battled hard for his county of birth, and happily Root was 66 no
I spy with my little eye on the captains at lunchtime.
Middlesex win, Middlesex's title?
Draw, Somerset's title?
Yorkshire win, Yorkshire's title?
Is it as straightforward as that?
No floodlights in use for the game, which explains why they went off for bad light
It's the wife's birthday and I've promised to take her out for the day. Might be a short day as I can feel a migraine coming on........