SQUEAKY-BUM TIME
Sunfoil series goes to the wire
It's down to the wire for the first time since the franchise cricket series’ inception
While most of the public’s attention at this time of the cricket season is on the national team and the New Zealand tour they are about to embark on‚ the exciting Sunfoil Series has been flying under the radar. Not since the formation of franchise cricket in the 2003-04 season has the four-day competition gone down to the wire. This especially after the scrapping of the final 11 years ago after two turgid finals in the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons‚ when play-it-safe draws punctuated the four-day game. This is about as close to squeaky bum as first-class cricket without a final can be‚ following closely on what transpired in the first division of England’s county championship where Somerset‚ Yorkshire and Middlesex were all in with a shout. The Lord’s-based Middlesex prevailed with a win over defending champions Yorkshire in a pulsating final session. Provided the weather plays ball‚ the two Highveld encounters and the coastal clash should provide a fitting conclusion to an exciting s...
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