He might be one that they're looking to move up to Championship level, to replace any that are retiring or moving up to the PL, and today's game was a trial of sorts.
Glos were 3 overs away from batting out for a draw that had looked unlikely for most of the day, Lace in particular was excellent.
2 weeks running that Lancs have made heavy weather of wrapping up a game that looked done and dusted.
Do we know what the PPV numbers were like? Because if the amount of time that BT spent plugging it during Arsenal v Man Utd yesterday lunchtime is anything to go by, they can't have been what they were hoping for.
Good stuff, proper battling display especially in the second half. That's the sort of tight, hard fought game that we've come out on the wrong end of too often this season.