Live updates from the fourth day at Old TraffordBob Willis Trophy: Durham v Lancs and more – county
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7th over:
England 14-0 (Burns 10, Sibley 3) Shaheen against Sibley for the first time today, working him both sides of the wicket, harder for the left-armer to get a line against the right-hander sometimes. No run from the over.
“Can I just say as someone over the age of 40 how dispiriting it was to hear that 38 year old Jimmy’s misfields we’re down to age.” I feel you, Nick. 11.53am BST
6th over: England 14-0 (Burns 10, Sibley 3) Mohammad Abbas! He allows himself a groan of frustration finally, like someone opening the ice-cream tub at 3am only to find it empty. He angles in at Sibley and seams away, the ball sailing over the off bail, then the next goes past the edge by a fraction. This is some spell on a surface beginning to look like a digestive biscuit (sans chocolate). A bit too straight from the last ball and Sibley is able to glance a run, changing up the combinations as to who will face who.
“Morning Geoff,” blasts David Horn from the battlements. “I see that YJB is at the crease already for Yorkshire today. What price a century & a recall vs. an awkward 25 from Buttler? Although I don’t know how playing for Yorkshire affects his biosecure availability.”