Nice to see us get a decent start to pre season. All over the mcc at this point. Nice to see diva (131) and coetzer (172) both getting hundreds. Ending with 459-9.
Found it quite funny hearing boycott saying how his mother could bat on this pitch, followed by Durham tearing through the openors leaving them 6-3! changed his tune
Mcc all out for 162 with young Scotty Borthwick getting 4.5-0-27-4.
Watch out the county championship, we are here to win it again
An interesting piece here about the pink ball by Martin Emmerson
It's all about pink balls out here in Abu Dhabi with the trial of the new Kookaburra ball being considered a success so far by the powers that be at the MCC. The players seem to like it as well.
I have to say though I am not a fan. Commentating on this match from the fifth floor of the pavilion - the highest position I've ever watched cricket from - is not exactly an easy task.
The ball stands out quite well when it is new, but after a few overs when the cover has been knocked off it, the ball becomes very difficult to see.
Under the floodlights also proves a problem from this lofty perch, although when the ball is silhouetted against the night sky it is easy to see.
They changed the ball after 90 overs and the replacement was like a breath of fresh air.
Suddenly it was easy to see again. In the overs before it was changed, Durham batsman Dale Benkenstein was bowled by Glamorgan spinner Dean Cosker.
A number of the Durham players were sitting in the press box with me at the time and there were a few giggles when I suggested Dale may have been deceived by "a wrong-un". The fact is I couldn't really see what happened. It appears Dale couldn't see it either.
It was great to see Michael Di Venuto and Kyle Coetzer in the runs again. Both made centuries on the opening day. Kyle batted out the entire day spending 367 minutes in the middle.
Diva [Di Venturo] says the new ball is okay but he finds watching the seam difficult, especially with the spinners.
Keith Bradshaw, the MCC's chief executive, says they may have to look at making the seams darker to help the batsmen.
But with both openers making hundreds it would appear things weren't too difficult for them.
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