FORECAST WRONG AGAIN

By Brian Sanderson,

The weather forecast for today said it would rain all day so I was planning to go somewhere out of the rain. .However as I entered the stadium there was no rain and the players were playing football.At eleven the sun was shining and the batsmen complain of sun on the 20/20 players waiting area. The ground staff had to cover it up.

Yorkshire openers  Lyth and Lees seem to be in no trouble until Smith came on to bowl. The Yorkshire lost three wickets ,leaving them 97 for 3 with Lyth out for 50.

The flags were at half mast for Phil Sharpe death . His funeral is on Friday.Yorkshire continued to struggle against the medium swing bowling. Yorkshire batsmen  made some very bad errors to be bowled at tea-time for 243.Gale who had been given out by the umpire but was recalled went on to score 95 not out. Smith finished with 5 for 49.

After tea the Lancashire batsmen struggled against Bresnan who took 3 wickets for 9 runs.The evening session was stopped at 5,30 due to bad light with Lancashire 48 for 3 .

Forecast for to-morrow is rain all day but we will see when I open the curtains in the morning.