Archive | August 27th, 2010

Having won the toss and batted it was negative of Wells to set an unrealistic target on a fourth-day

Posted on 27 August 2010

Having won the toss and batted it was negative of Wells to set an unrealistic target on a fourth-day wicket. If he had declared overnight Somerset would have needed 362 to win. Successful fourth-innings chases of more than 300 are rare and need at least a couple of outstanding batting performances. Wells wouldn’t risk that, [...]