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Nah. It was a one hand effort which might have been a casual effort, as the commentators put it.
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***Official*** English Domestic Season 2007
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superkingdave
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was off Tom Smith itbt
meanwhile Ramprakash and Butcher have both got out to Oli Newby
Spitfires_Fan
State Vice-Captain
Kemp's not coming this year, it's Hall and Arafat, the latter of whom is doing a decent rebuilding job with Walker at the moment. Watch him get out now...
Richard
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superkingdave
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158-4 now, decent comeback for Lancs.
superkingdave
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he's actually bowling pretty well according to the radio, all the batsmen seem to be troubled by him.
TT Boy
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News to me I thought Kempy was coming back this year but anyways Yasir Arafat has just completed his century and taken Kent (with the help of Matt Walker) out of the mire.
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marc71178
Eyes not spreadsheets
Oh really?
If they weren't better players (or cheaper options) - they wouldn't be signed because there would be absolutely no point in signing them (especially since there's a loss of funding from playing them)
TT Boy
Hall of Fame Member
Very decent comeback, disappointedly, Surrey are all for 283 with all of Newman's and Batty's good work gone to waste.
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TT Boy
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Predictable run buffet down at Taunton - with Australians Simon Katich and Ian Harvey waltzing their way to a hundred, in the case of Katich a double. The economy rates are brutal (sole exception being Charl).
http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/engine/current/match/268130.html
http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/engine/current/match/268130.html
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Spitfires_Fan
State Vice-Captain
It's completely farcical once again. Wouldn't be surprised if neither team get to their second innings. Absolutely daft.
PhoenixFire
International Coach
Pretty average stuff from Yorkshire, top stuff from Younis and Vaughan, but the other people in the top order need to start making runs. Good stuff by Rashid as well, what a gun.
Spitfires_Fan
State Vice-Captain
Much better day from Kent after another poor start. Arafat looks like he could turn out to be an excellent signing.
Magrat Garlick
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One could say he has bombed the league...
Richard
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It's a question of equations - if someone's very slightly better and costs far more, a county is still likely to sign him because of short-term interests dominating.
It's far better for the general good of the English game, though, to spend far less money and settle for slightly less good players.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Keep the Lancashire puns out of the Kent equation...
marc71178
Eyes not spreadsheets
And out of interest, how do you know that they cost far more?
In fact, how do you know they cost more at all?
Bearing in mind the relative strength of the currencies involved, I'd have thought that a lot of these SA Kolpaks are actually cheaper to employ.
As for the quality of cricket, if these English players can only make it by removing better players, then they're not deserving of a place IMO.
The better the standard of player in County cricket the better for English cricket.