‘Sharma performance has everyone talking’published at 13:32 BST
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Lancashire 201 & 84 v Middlesex 169 & 57-2
Kevin Hand
BBC Radio London commentator
Sharma
produced as fine an over as you can imagine to blow away Lancashire and hand
Middlesex the chance claim victory in a low scoring thriller.
It
is a chance than Robson and Geddes have grabbed with both hands. On a wicket
that has seen every batter struggle, the pair were calm and compared and saw
off Anderson and Bailey.
Robson,
however, dollied Balderson’s first ball to midwicket and was in complete
disbelief before dragging himself off.
Holden’s
nick down the leg side, to what would be the last ball before lunch, gives
Lancashire further hope to resume the conveyor belt or dismissals that we have
seen in the game.
As
it stands, the breathtaking displace of pace and accuracy from Sharma with his
late release, due to a hyper extension of the shoulder, following his
effortless glide to the crease has everyone talking.
No
mean feat in a game that includes the Lancashire opening pack and Stanley, plus
Roland-Jones and Higgins in his own team’s ranks.