Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWPix.com. Yorkshire bowling coach Mick Lewis.
Bowling coach Mick Lewis praised his bowlers’ discipline today, believing Yorkshire could have easily had more reward than the three wickets they gained on day two at Taunton.
Somerset started the day on 155-3 and closed on 391-6, with Tom Abell’s 130 the feature performance.
New-ball seamer Jack White struck in the day’s opening over before spinners Dan Moriarty and Dom Bess also picked up a wicket as this Rothesay County Championship fixture reached its halfway stage with 83.3 overs already lost to the weather, including 27.3 today.
Australian Lewis said: “Quite frustrating. We were on and off, and it’s not an ideal scenario.
“The way we started today was pretty good. We held our length, we held the scoreboard.
“We didn’t have a lot of luck today, which has sort of been the case a few times this year. But the boys stuck at it, and they kept charging in.
“They played extremely well. He’s a good player, Tommy Abell, and Lewis Goldsworthy as well. No matter how well you bowl or how poorly you bowl, whatever it is, players are allowed to play good shots and play good innings.
“They played a couple of good innings today.”
On Yorkshire’s discipline, Lewis continued: “We spoke about it this morning. We thought last night we were just a bit off with our length, and we’ve prided ourselves on our lengths all year.
“Yesterday they came off and were a little bit disappointed.
“We had a chat this morning and said, ‘We should make it a real focus getting back to what we do really well. We can’t control what they do, but we can control what we do’.
“I think, at lunch, we’d bowled 34 overs and went for 85.
“On a quick-scoring ground, and where the wicket wasn’t offering a lot, we stuck at it. And we’ll keep coming.”
And, on the state of the game, the ex-international quick added: “It’s a funny one at the moment.
“We thought if we had played a full day, they might have stuck us in tonight.
“But, obviously, with the bad light and potential weather tomorrow, who knows what’s going to happen.
“We’ve just got to make sure the sun comes up tomorrow and we turn up in the right mood.”
