Cosgrove: "I can't fault anybody"
Wed 15 Apr 2015
REACTION | By Richard Rae
Leicestershire CCC Club Captain Mark Cosgrove said he had learned a lot about his players in his first match in charge against Glamorgan.
The team fought hard throughout and took eleven points from a competitive draw, which Cosgrove said was deserved reward for the effort put in.
He said: “You always like to win but 11 points is fine, we’re on the board. We played really well and I can’t fault anybody.
“It was a fantastic game for us, every time we got challenged with bat and ball we fought back. We came up with the goods - even when none for two - and I couldn’t have asked more from them.”
Cosgrove said the plan was to go after the target but Glamorgan came out with their tails up and made life difficult. Cosgrove (59*) took the sting out of their attack alongside Angus Robson (18) and Neil Pinner, who scored 40 of his 42 runs in boundaries in a stylish knock.
“We’re going to be aggressive this year and take games on, but from none for two chasing 300 in 50 overs on a last day track we just had to bat some time, and we did that really well. If they’d set us 280 it would have been a reasonable chase.”
* To see highlights of Mark Cosgrove's first half-century for Leicestershire, please click here
