Paul Edwards finds that the recent struggles faced by the young Lancashire and England batsman have been met with a determination to back his own game
It’s probably fair to say that most county batsmen view the preseason MCCU games as a chance to fill their boots prior to the start of the County Championship programme. But it’s equally reasonable to suggest that no batsman was more relieved to do so this season than Lancashire’s Haseeb Hameed.
Hameed’s 218 against Loughborough MCCU last Friday and Saturday was his highest score for Lancashire’s first team. He faced 336 balls and batted for 387 minutes, hitting 32 fours and two sixes in an innings which was ideal preparation for Lancashire’s Division Two opener against Middlesex at Lord’s.
It little mattered the match was not first-class. Hameed had shown the Lancashire coaches he still has the ability and temperament to bat long after a winter spent in India and New Zealand working on his game and getting match practice.
And the innings may have been as well-timed as some of its boundaries. Asked for his judgment on Hameed by Wisden, Paul Allott, director of cricket at Emirates Old Trafford, declared recently that: “Not only is he a million miles away from England, he’s hanging on by his fingertips at Lancashire.” Ouch.
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