***Official*** English Domestic Season 2008

[stumpski]

Somerset 626-5, certainly getting on with it but surely they have enough? Or perhaps Langer doesn't feel as if they can bowl Hants out in under a day.

 

[Spitfires_Fan]

Hate Sidebottom.

C'mon Kemp, Macca and Yasir, do the business.

 

[stumpski]

Well Somerset have declared - I take it 654-6 is the season's highest total to date?

And I can't imagine that the difference of 528 between first and second innings totals has often been exceeded, but I'll look into it.


edit: I believe this is the Test record, 551 - but I don't know about the Championship.

 

[Spitfires_Fan]

McLaren and Arafat - absolute legends. Best no. 8+9 around by my reckoning, they're certainly showing up the likes of Denly, Walker and Stevens at the moment.

Chuffed with that

 

[stumpski]

Good win for Essex too, after being 95 behind on 1st innings. Chris Wright scuppered his old team-mates with 71 not out, how often do you see players do that? Having a point to prove concentrates the mind it seems.

But Somerset and Derbys games are heading for draws after both batted on too long this morning.

 

[stumpski]

In the FPT Northants need 97 off 13 overs to beat Leics with O'Brien and Klusener going well. Would have been a good choice for Sky, but unfortunately football hasn't finished yet.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Ha, sign of the times in the Northants - Warwicks game on Sky just now. Maddy edges to O'Brien from Van Der Wath to bring Trott to the crease & now Andrew Hall replaces Louw at the other end.

That's 4 yarpies and 1 Mick & only 1 official overseas player.

& Hall picks up Westwood as I type; 22/3 now, the Bears in strife here.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Ha, sign of the times in the Northants - Warwicks game on Sky just now. Maddy edges to O'Brien from Van Der Wath to bring Trott to the crease & now Andrew Hall replaces Louw at the other end.

That's 4 yarpies and 1 Mick & only 1 official overseas player.

& Hall picks up Westwood as I type; 22/3 now, the Bears in strife here.

Didn't know Leicester had been conquered by the Boers...

 

[BoyBrumby]

Didn't know Leicester had been conquered by the Boers...

Wasn't including Maddy as a saffie, tbf: Van Der Wath, Hall, Louw & Trott are the guilty parties.

Actually it's really depressing: there's also Carter (golden blob), Wessells (playing as specialist bat today), Botha, Zondeki (official overseas player for Warwicks), Boje & Klusener in the match. SA are v nearly in the majority....

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Wasn't including Maddy as a saffie, tbf: Van Der Wath, Hall, Louw & Trott are the guilty parties.

Actually it's really depressing: there's also Carter (golden blob), Wessells (playing as specialist bat today), Botha, Zondeki (official overseas player for Warwicks), Boje & Klusener in the match. SA are v nearly in the majority....

Right, bit of a brain issue there. Must have thought there were 4 SA, 1 Ireland, 1 overseas makes 6 or summat.

Haven't Trott thrown his lot with England though? But yeah, there are too many teams in the Midlands.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Right, bit of a brain issue there. Must have thought there were 4 SA, 1 Ireland, 1 overseas makes 6 or summat.

Haven't Trott thrown his lot with England though? But yeah, there are too many teams in the Midlands.

Yeah, played v the Windies in last year's 2020s I think. Suspect O'Brien would probably jump at the chance to play for us if we offered too.

Anyway, Trott leading the rebuilding; 51/3 now.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Allott & Ward now bemoaning the lack of young English-qualified players coming through. Allott saying the two sides represent two extremes. Hmm, given the presence of Carter, Trott & Botha in the Bears line up I don't think it's as clear as all that.

Meanwhile, Klusener is slow-medium nowadays; hardly broke 70mph in that last over. But he's more than made up for that by trying to grow a hlilarious would-be beard.

78-4.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Ha, slow-medium good enough for Powell tho. O'Brien takes a sharp one standing up to Lance. Left the right-hander slightly, but no sort of shot to play to it tho. Looked to be trying to steer it down to third-man.

Brings (yup) another yarpie in Botha to the crease. 88/5.

 

[cpr]

Kyle Hogg having another decent bowl today, 3/27 off his 10, why cant he translate that into FC games......

 

[gettingbetter]

Anyone seen the Essex scorecard?

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Anyone seen the Essex scorecard?

Would back Surrey to chase this. They had two bowlers, Essex have one.

 

[andruid]

Aga selected for Sussex

They collapsed late on to finish 218/9

 

[Scaly piscine]

Simon Jones takes 5-32, good good. Means he must have bowled at least 2-3 overs without getting injured.

 

[stumpski]

Interesting, Scotland lost to Durham on D/L after going off for bad light in the 18th over at 52-5 chasing 182. I thought they had to have 20 overs for a result?

Or maybe just an error on Cricinfo.

 

[Spitfires_Fan]

Kent gaining a bit of momentum now - an emphatic victory over Sussex and good to see VJ and Denly in particular scoring some runs. Perhaps this season won't be bad afterall...