Oh so nearly in 2007 - Lancashire's monumental final-day fight at The Oval falls just short
05.04.26, 09:00 Updated 05.04.26, 09:14 6 Minute Read
Paul Edwards
During the first lockdown, I was commissioned by Cricinfo to produce two series of articles. The first, Odd Men In, concerned players, most of whom were unusual in some respect and about whom I had always wanted to write. The second, Matches from the Day, focused on memorable days in a county’s history. With the express permission of Cricinfo’s current UK editor, Andrew Miller, we are able to present revised versions of a few of those pieces on Lanky Lanky. Many thanks, Andrew.
As I suggest when introducing my Odd Men In essays, you might think it is something of a cheek to reissue pieces that have already appeared on a world-class website and can also be read in my book, Summer Days Promise. My defence is that I’ll be writing heaps of fresh stuff for this site and that I reckon Lanky Lanky is a suitable final resting place for this memoir of the final four days of the 2007 Championship season. Readers might remember them and I think of that match with tremendous fondness. Whatever the hard nuts say, failure really can be heroic
Ramping It
September 19-22, 2007.
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