Wimpish, maybe, but the profit on the position was down to £50 and my golden rule was triggered: don't let a winning position turn into a losing position.
"That fourth night at Headingley was a tough place because we had let a winning position slip.
Wigan would not let a winning position slip when it mattered: just like so many times this season.
Leach helped Gregory add 39 for the last wicket and Derbyshire must have been concerned that they had let a winning position slip.
His team let a good position with the bat slip, scoring 256 for eight having been 118 for one, but West Indies lost their first three wickets within five overs and never recovered.
Don't let a leading position let your team lose its edge and go soft.
After Dawid Malan (82) and Chris Rogers (52) put on 108 for the first wicket, Middlesex let a strong position slip, collapsing to 189-6 in the 42nd over.
Ward, 28, made it through qualifying to the main draw last year and was seeded eighth in qualifying this time, but he let a winning position slip on a rain-interrupted day in Paris.
Even the Angels, who had not let a full-time position player pitch in 19 seasons under Manager Mike Scioscia, finally gave in and used catcher Francisco Arcia for an inning on Aug. 11.
Murray let a similarly strong position slip in the final set against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in Toronto the previous week - his first tournament since a straight-sets defeat by Grigor Dimitrov in the Wimbledon quarter-finals.
