Neither Wallasey nor Northern will have come away from Saturday’s clash of the top two either completely happy or completely unhappy.
Both teams found out what they already knew about the quality of their spin bowling, with slow left-armers taking 13 of 18 wickets; both also suffered from slightly brittle middle orders. Eight batters at 3, 4, 5 and 6 across both sides contributed 57 runs in a match where a substantial innings would have been decisive.
The hosts maintained their lead at the top of the Love Lane Liverpool Competition ECB Premier Division, and captain Greg Beaver would have taken the draw in a heartbeat having won the toss, chosen to bat and watched his top order suffer a rare bad day on their way to 97/9.
