Well, can the top order hang on to their wickets? From anyone watching this live, is the madness of the scoring explained by the changing conditions? Did both teams lose early wickets in good bowling conditions and score runs in good batting ones?
I think the trial of using the kookaburra ball for this round of matches (and the previous round) has a lot to do with it. The 1st innings' for Essex and Glamorgan, for example, were similar. Seems like the ball does a fair bit for about 20 or 30 overs, then starts to go soft very quickly - such that from about 40 overs onwards, it's just not worth bowling with.
Good to see us using our brain and not opening with Weatherley. I presumed it would be Organ rather than Abbott, but either way it's fine.
It also seems in the Tests that every change of the ball when it failed the test, improves things for the bowling team I'm sure there were a fair few wickets taken straight after
Should have gone with Organ and saved Weatherley for later when he might score at least some runs with an older ball
Good news for Somerset (and potentially the winner of Hants-Essex). Having landed in USA, Narine has screwed Surrey over by changing his mind to not fly back for Finals Day. That said, the weather forecast still looks pretty poor. They might struggle to get any of the matches completed.
