Drying pitches with blankets and a mangle belong to the pre-war days, but they

Drying pitches with blankets and a mangle belong to the pre-war days, but they tried this at Worcester in August 1974 all to no avail. There was no play in the Gillette semi-final v Lancashire but they all came back with more success 24 hours later. Lancashire won pic.twitter.com/bNhtTqKFdY

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