***Official*** English Domestic Season 2008

[Woodster]

Pleased for Saj today, 4-61 with three more wickets up for grabs and potential for achieving his best first-class figures in an innings.

 

[Pup Clarke]

Thought you'd learnt your lesson with that smiley?

Yeah, when to use it correctly.

 

[Richard]

And that was dramatically not such a case.

 

[GIMH]

Seeing Mahmood bag four wickets at time of writing made me wonder what's happened to Liam Plunkett lately, and I came across this.

http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/t...ce-cricket-career-to-help-dad-84229-20660295/

This came out a couple of months ago. Anyone know the latest?

No idea, but I'm all for him sacrificing his England career.

@ steds but fair play to Plunkett

 

[Richard]

Always felt damn awkward about that one. I want Plunkett to be seen for being a poor bowler. But obviously any father who puts their son's cricket career ahead of their own health (which is likely to be far more important to the son than his own cricket career) is acting for the worst.

Plunkett Snr should come first under all circumstances, but ideally I'd prefer Plunkett Jnr to be shown to be a poor bowler without having to sacrifice his career.

 

[GIMH]

He has already shown he is a poor bowler, no?

 

[Richard]

But his most recent ODI record shows something like 7 games, loads of wickets. His supporters can still claim him hard-done-by. If he were to be recalled and belted, that defence would, rightly, disappear.

 

[GIMH]

He did okay in a couple of ODIs from memory, seems to remember storms, rain, lights doing their part and him bowling a couple of belters

 

[Richard]

Plunkett only did well because circumstances conspired in his favour, of course, but for a 22-year-old to finish his career with his last 9 games as this would be plain wrong, especially when this is a far more accurate reflection of his ability.

 

[Pup Clarke]

And that was dramatically not such a case.

So Sajid Mahmood shouldn't be getting batsman out?

 

[GIMH]

Plunkett only did well because circumstances conspired in his favour, of course, but for a 22-year-old to finish his career with his last 9 games as this would be plain wrong, especially when this is a far more accurate reflection of his ability.

economy is still like 5.7 in those 9 games though

 

[Richard]

So Sajid Mahmood shouldn't be getting batsman out?

Eh? What's that to do with anything? Mahmood presumably didn't get them out, it's exceedingly likely they gifted their wickets, useless buggers. McGrath's been doing it all season FFS.

That Rolleyes was poor form, regardless of any of this.

 

[Richard]

economy is still like 5.7 in those 9 games though

Yes, but some (often those same people who tell you that Plunkett is a promising bowler) will tell you that an abysmal economy-rate like that doesn't matter if you are taking wickets at such an extreme strike-rate.

 

[Pup Clarke]

 

[Richard]

That's'a more like it.

 

[Pup Clarke]

Eh? What's that to do with anything? Mahmood presumably didn't get them out, it's exceedingly likely they gifted their wickets, useless buggers. McGrath's been doing it all season FFS.

If you've actually seen video evidence of McGrath and others "gifting" their wickets then I can take this post seriously.

 

[superkingdave]

well in a few hours when LancsTV has the highlights up we'll be able to see, 3 caught behinds and an LBW though.

 

[Richard]

What was the result of that then?

 

[Spitfires_Fan]

Good to see Amjad Khan get a wicket in his second over back from injury

Edit: Ha, BBC Sport get it wrong and it's actually Denly out for a duck with Amjad sitting comfortably in the pavilion. Hopefully he'll stay there for a while...

 

[superkingdave]

What was the result of that then?

lolz, one strangle down the leg side, one slash at wide ball....one decent ball and then the LBW, which as the camera is from behind the batsmen i can't really tell if it was a decent ball