Battrick - Rams v High Roding

Well forward, pushed back down the track.

47.5

Slower delivery, stroked straight to cover.

47.4

Solid stroke to long on, Folkes running in from the boundary.

47.3

Flighted delivery at off and middle. Martell waited till the last moment, then cut it to deep backward point. Single added to the total.

47.2

Martell flails and misses and Pa whips off the bails... but the third umpire confirms that the batsman was in.

47.1

Plenty of sharp turn out of the rough there. Pa is left grasping at the clouds of dust, while the batsmen scramble a bye.

End of Over 47 (4 runs). High Roding: 115-2, runrate=2.45
Trail by 114 runs. (Rams 229-10)
Overs left today: 89
Mcauley	1-0-4-0
Vaughan*	71 (128 balls)
Martell	14 (19 balls)
Last Wicket: Carnegie c. Gamble b. Folkes 16 (FOW: 90/2)

46.6

'Martell, Martell, Martell! Oi, Oi, Oi!' is the chant from the section of the ground to my left. Martell grants them a quick wave after fending that one off his legs.

46.5

Bit of late swing there, taken to one side by Pa.

46.4

Martell defends and immediately stoops to brush away something on the pitch; some stray sawdust perhaps.

46.3

Played into the gap, should have been an easy single, but the batsmen stay put after an engrossing exchange of yes/no.

46.2

Mcauley pitches it up and Martell punches him crisply through the covers for four. Good shot.

46.1

A good length outside off, but a little too wide allowing Martell to shoulder arms.

End of Over 46 (1 run). High Roding: 111-2, runrate=2.41
Trail by 118 runs. (Rams 229-10)
Overs left today: 90
Outschoorn	4-2-3-0
Martell*	10 (13 balls)
Vaughan	71 (128 balls)
Last Wicket: Carnegie c. Gamble b. Folkes 16 (FOW: 90/2)

45.6

Outschoorn tries the wrong 'un, but Vaughan sees it a mile off and defends to short leg.

45.5

Defended off the back foot and Crouch sprints in from mid on ensuring that the single isn't taken.

45.4

I like the look of this Vaughan fellow. Good technique, looks a solid player.

45.3

Gamble is hit on the shin as he tries to take evasive action at short leg. The bowler apologises for bowling it short. At least the impact prevented the boundary.

45.2

Outschoorn had him all at sea there. Vaughan didn't know whether to play forward or back and was lucky to see it carry through to Pa.

45.1

There's a rumbling around the ground akin to thunder, an almost ethereal borborygmus that seems to shake the confines of the commentary box. But it's the chap on my left, who puts his hand up to apologise, stating he hasn't eaten since breakfast.

45.1