Date-stamped : 07 May97 - 06:16 Emburey angered by bad bowling By Peter Deeley at Northampton Northants (126-5) trail Scotland (160-9) by 34 runs NORTHAMPTONSHIRE have only themselves to blame for not wrapping up this rain-affected game in one day. Coach John Emburey gave his bowlers a minor tongue-lashing and five catches were missed in the field. Then when the batsmen set off in search of a quick victory to boost their poor run-rate in the group they got themselves into a pickle, losing half the side for 94 before a dazed Mal Loye stopped the slide. Emburey was principally critical of his bowlers` failure to put the ball in the right place. "A county side on that wicket should have bowled Scotland out for less than 100," he declared. "And I shall be telling them that." Jim Love, Scotland`s director of cricket, felt that Emburey was being unfair on his side. But Emburey is a living example of practising what he preaches: his 10 overs cost 14 runs, with 10 scoring shots, and he would have had a wicket if Loye had not dropped a catch which put him out of action in the dressing-room. Loye, not feeling well at the start, was soon distinctly queasy when Greig Williamson skied a drive off Emburey to mid-off. Loye got under the ball but it cannoned off his hand onto his cheekbone and he immediately blacked out. He was eventually assisted to the boundary for treatment. David Follett suffered even more drastically at the hands of missed chances, yet still finished with four for 39 in his second game for his new county. The former Middlesex medium-paced bowler - who finished top of the London club`s averages last year - took two wickets in successive balls in his second over after Bruce Patterson and Iain Phillip and given Scotland a 35-run start. David Capel dropped three chances in the slips off Follett and then Tim Walton put another down at point. Still Follett, 28, is happy to be back in the Midlands. While at Lord`s he had an operation for the removal of a piece of bone in one leg. Middlesex offered him an enhanced two-year contract but Follett was determined to leave the capital. Part of the problem, he said, was that there "is no social life there. The players never seem to mingle and there was no atmosphere. Here in Northampton it`s different." Northants` need for quick runs led them into trouble as Kevin Thomson claimed three wickets in consecutive overs but Loye had reached 32 - the day`s highest - when the rain came. Source :: The Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/) Loye takes command By William Gray at Northampton Northants (164-5) bt Scotland (160-9) by 5 wkts THE overnight demons which threatened to check Northants` Benson and Hedges Cup progress vanished with the storm clouds as Mal Loye and Jeremy Snape eased their side home in just 6.3 more overs and 27 minutes. Loye and Snape took their stand to 70 in knocking off the 35 runs required for victory, and Loye added the gold award for his un- defeated 45 - the highest innings by far in a low- scoring match. Snape set the tone for the morning by gracefully cover- driving the second ball from Greig Williamson, one of four occasions he reached the ropes. Loye was more restrained, but his role in the match had been that of a survivor since he was carried groggily from the field with mild concussion on Monday and then batting down the order, with Northants on 55 for four. Source :: The Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/) Contributed by The Management (help@cricinfo.com)