***Official*** English Domestic Season 2007

[Richard]

Umm... I don't understand. How on Earth can you say Clarke (regardless of whether his innings was important in turning 430 into 490, which I don't see how it could be thought not to have been) has done something which had been done before?

 

[grecian]

Pleased to see Kent get their first win on the board, in spite of a battling display of the likes that we've come to expect from Ireland. Great knock from Denly - I think he has a big season ahead.

Have you seen Denly play? I haven't.

Had a good start to the season, him Godleman and Rashid all looking decent prospects for England. Lets hope they can keep it up throughout a full season.

 

[Swervy]

Umm... I don't understand. How on Earth can you say Clarke (regardless of whether his innings was important in turning 430 into 490, which I don't see how it could be thought not to have been) has done something which had been done before?

You said it might be the most important innings in English one day history!!! I would actually even doubt whether it was the most important innings of the game in question.

Fair enough, 82 in 28 balls is astonishing hitting, but for me, coming in at 2-365 and scoring those runs doesnt constitute important.

 

[BoyBrumby]

FFS, Brown's even older than Nixon. And Nixon was picked with a Cup around the corner, Brown will be 41 by the next one. What on Earth would be the point picking him for ODIs now? Especially given he's already a tried-and-failed case?

You've skipped your pills again, haven't you? Calm down.

I wasn't advocating the selection of Brown, I was merely pointing out that if our selectors saw fit to select an uncapped 36-year-old, I wouldn't rule anything out. & Nixon's retention in the 25 man squad would also suggest he's not seen as purely a short term measure either.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Does anyone know how many balls it took Clarke to reach 50? It's a pretty astonishing effort, and a huge margin of defeat as well. Would anyone bet against Surrey for the trophy??

Pleased to see Kent get their first win on the board, in spite of a battling display of the likes that we've come to expect from Ireland. Great knock from Denly - I think he has a big season ahead.

Took him 19 balls to reach 50, one of which was a no-ball bouncer which he supposedly couldn't reach or would have been a wide anyway, that counted to his balls faced.

 

[Spitfires_Fan]

Have you seen Denly play? I haven't.

Had a good start to the season, him Godleman and Rashid all looking decent prospects for England. Lets hope they can keep it up throughout a full season.

No, unfortunately not - I usually only manage to make it along once or twice a season due to being a poor student who lives too far away and doesn't drive, but hopefully now he's nailing down a place in the side I'll get to see him this year.

There certainly seem to be some good English prospects about at the moment, which is definitely encouraging.

Took him 19 balls to reach 50, one of which was a no-ball bouncer which he supposedly couldn't reach or would have been a wide anyway, that counted to his balls faced.

Sheesh... and then 9 balls for the next 32? Pretty impressive stuff.

 

[The Baconator]

Haha, one word comes to mind when looking at that scorecard. Oooooooooooooooooooooooowned.

Good win for the Bears as well.

 

[FBU]

Lancs need some decent batsmen. Chilton and Sutcliffe just aren't good enough.

 

[Richard]

You said it might be the most important innings in English one day history!!! I would actually even doubt whether it was the most important innings of the game in question.

Fair enough, 82 in 28 balls is astonishing hitting, but for me, coming in at 2-365 and scoring those runs doesnt constitute important.

Eh? Where TF did I call it the most important innings in English one-day history??????!!!!!!! I said the most impossible innings in... etc.

There's a massive difference.

 

[Richard]

You've skipped your pills again, haven't you? Calm down.

I wasn't advocating the selection of Brown, I was merely pointing out that if our selectors saw fit to select an uncapped 36-year-old, I wouldn't rule anything out. & Nixon's retention in the 25 man squad would also suggest he's not seen as purely a short term measure either.

Indeed, which is depressing to say the least.

& WTF? Where was I un-calm? I never suggested you were advocating the selection, merely saying that such a selection would be ridiculous. And I repeat - no parralles can be drawn to Nixon, his being picked when he was was quite fair enough, there was a WC just a couple of months away. Now, however, it's 4 years away. Huge difference.

 

[Richard]

Good win for the Bears as well.

Nice avatar, good to see you finally giving something else a go.

 

[The Baconator]

Yeah, was getting a bit bored of Gilo. Was tempted to have Lara or Russel Arnold. but I figured McGrath could do with some tribute.

 

[Richard]

Haha, should have gone for Russel. Loads of others are tributing Lara and Glenn.

 

[TT Boy]

LOL @ Somerset, how do you lose a game after scoring 100 runs of ten overs for the loss of zero wickets?

 

[marc71178]

Benning looks a completely different case, though. If he doesn't get a ODI chance this summer there go our chances for 2011.

Huge over-reaction there...

 

[Richard]

Why?

 

[marc71178]

For a start, 1 player does not make a team.

To suggest the non-selection of someone who as yet is 100% unproven at any level of importance is going to stop something happening in 4 years is completely OTT.

 

[Richard]

That selection in itself won't - the policy that that non-selection would reveal will.

 

[marc71178]

What, the policy of actually looking at the players before deciding if they're likely to be good enough to play at the highest level?

What a terrible thing for them to do.

 

[Richard]

The policy of picking inferior players ahead of superior ones.