Skipper James Ralph has issued a damning verdict on an inept Shropshire batting display after seeing his side fall to a first defeat of the season in Cornwall.
Skipper James Ralph has issued a damning verdict on an inept Shropshire batting display after seeing his side fall to a first defeat of the season in Cornwall.
Chasing 198 to win at Truro, Ralph's men were all out for 143 to condemn them to their first reverse of the western division campaign.
It was hard on spinner Andy Gray, who had almost single-handedly engineered his side into a winning position with a county record nine-wicket haul in Cornwall's second innings.
The hosts had established a 40-run lead in the first innings, but Gray's dazzling 9-56 had seen them dismissed for 157 second time around, and left hopes high that Shropshire could record a second consecutive victory.
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