I WATCHED every county that played Lancashire and two stand out. Warwickshire’s appearance on the second morning was a surprise as it was pension day and left the skipper with the challenge of hiding about seven players in the field.
Middlesex eventually got their just desserts with no desire to get on with it. Do Jones, Murtagh and Harris really need a combined run up of 120yards? A bowling change took 160 seconds incorporating field changes, three practice bowls to midon, a vigorous ball polish and a few stretches. The 12th man appeared repeatedly to promote towels, drinks, pills an...
