THE timing of a declaration can be difficult to judge. Better to err on the side of caution? Perhaps, although Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum would no doubt disagree.
Yorkshire surely erred on the side of extreme caution at Bristol on Sunday, setting Gloucestershire 498 to win in just under four sessions. To put that into context, Yorkshire have never conceded as many runs to lose a first-class match, and Gloucestershire have never scored as many runs to win one either.
Their cause had been badly damaged in the closing stages of day three when Miles Hammond threw away his wicket and exposed nightwatchman Josh Shaw, who was also sent packing. At two wickets down, Gloucestershire’s hopes of survival had at least seemed unlikely as opposed to unrealistic. Instead, that double blow deflated them and energised Yorkshire, who took to the field with a spring in their heels, although long before the finish that spring had disappeared.
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