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Article: Cricket: Pitch hitters flourish; Worcestershire lead Warwickshire by 44 runs with eight second-innings wickets in hand.(Sport)
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- May 27, 2004
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Byline: George Dobell at Edgbaston
What a gloriously unpredictable and illogical game cricket can be. A wonderfully entertaining day's play ended with honours just about even as Warwickshire defied a brute of a pitch to claw their way back into this local derby.
Warwickshire appeared to be doomed when they lost their fourth wicket with only 50 on the board. Struggling against two fine new ball bowlers and a pitch that remains treacherous, the top-order batsmen were blameless in succumbing to some brutal deliveries. Yet some intelligent hitting, and some ...