Updates from around the county groundsECB back on defensive over Hundred photo gaffeYou can post BTL, email Tanya or tweet her here 2.58pm BST Just spent a lovely twenty minutes sitting in the sun watching Bailey and Mahmood bowl from side-on while listening to a monologue on Manchester buses and David Cameron’s triple lock. The odd tram joined in rumbling agreement.So: Saqib Mahmood looks a very well put together bowler, two arms, two legs, both well-screwed into their correct joints, working in unison over a smooth, accelerating 13-step approach to the crease. Lovely to watch. How fast? Honestly, I struggle with estimates (asks desperately, “can I blame my astigmatism” ).Not 90s, but enough to have Vasconcelos prodding about. Bailey, by contrast, is a high-kneed, shaggy blond-haired effort bowler. 2.16pm BST Lancashire 415 all out. Gleeson lbw Keogh for 0, Mahmood high and dry on 27. Luke Wood 5-72. Time for a very quick stretch of the legs. Continue reading…
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