***Official*** English Domestic Season 2008

[stumpski]

Doing well though, three of the four Glamorgan wickets to fall at a cost of only 22.

Simon Jones has 1-61 off 11 overs, which is hardly proving a point to his old club.

 

[Richard]

Don't think there's much of a point for him to prove TBH - wasn't like they released him. He chose to leave.

But yeah - Arif takes 3 wickets in his first 6 overs. Rather want him to play more now. If he turns-out to be good, along with Kabir Ali, Matthew Mason and Simon Jones, that's a fair attack.

Oh - and Gareth Batty. Yes.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Doing well though, three of the four Glamorgan wickets to fall at a cost of only 22.

Simon Jones has 1-61 off 11 overs, which is hardly proving a point to his old club.

He did score 25 tho, with 24 of that coming in 6s...

 

[TT Boy]

Perhaps even more interesting is the story of a Worcestershire-man:

Arif was born (in January 1984 - so 2 school years older than me) in Bradford.

I maybe totally wrong here and I don’t know the story of the cricketer in question but under the British Nationality Law of ’83, children who are born in the UK to non-British citizens are not entirely guaranteed British citizenship/passport. To hold a UK passport under the bureaucratic term 'partiality' you have to not only be born in the UK but also (and critically) be ‘naturalised’ - or have a parent or grandparent who went through the process of ‘naturalisation’.

 

[TT Boy]

But yeah - Arif takes 3 wickets in his first 6 overs. Rather want him to play more now. If he turns-out to be good, along with Kabir Ali, Matthew Mason and Simon Jones, that's a fair attack.

Well it beats Ajit Agarkar playing, who would have been Worcestershire’s overseas player if the BCCI (thankfully ) didn't step in.

 

[Richard]

Haha. Predictably this morning, Simon Jones grabs 2 wickets in 6 overs.

 

[superkingdave]

Only took 2 wickets so far this morning ITBT

 

[Richard]

True thaaaaaaaat.

 

[superkingdave]

 

[stumpski]

Somerset have beaten Kent by 266 runs, although Cricinfo are currently showing it as 'match drawn.'

 

[superkingdave]

Somerset have beaten Kent by 266 runs, although Cricinfo are currently showing it as 'match drawn.'

BBC have it as drawn as well, presumably because play stopped at nine down with Key not batting due to injury, so their systems have stuffed up.

 

[Richard]

Now what?

 

[stumpski]

It was 246 runs actually, my bad .... maths.

 

[superkingdave]

Now what?

Just think it's stupid when you change posts you've previously made and someone points out an error

 

[Richard]

It's called "error correction".

Not like I'm denying the error, by editing the post I'm acknowledging I made it.

 

[Richard]

After 42 overs in Surrey's second-innings, Harmison's figures are thus:
13-73-1
Plunkett's:
2-29-0

Even by their standards that's excessive.

Plunkett

This morning it's moved on to:
4.1-44-0

Just hope he doesn't get gifted some wickets so it's possible to pretend he wasn't really all that bad.

 

[Woodster]

Jon Clare finished with 7-74 to go with his maiden first class century in the first innings. Not a bad game for the lad.

Middlesex on their way to a crushing defeat against Warwickshire after losing 6 wickets before lunch.

Surrey are fighting hard to deny Durham victory on the final day. Afzaal and Batty put on 135 before Afzaal fell not long befoer lunch.

Sussex completed a comfortable 10 wicket over Hants. Rayner finishing with a 5for.

Worcester have only one wicket to take agaijnst Glamorgan in the first innings, and have a lead of 199. Follow-on very possible, will be a good test for Jones' fitness to bowl in back to back innings.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Durham belatedly bowling Surrey out, Harmison polishing the tail off to finish with 6-133 for the match.

 

[stumpski]

Yeah, they only need 134 to go top of the table (displacing Somerset) and have raced to 36 off only five overs. Have to feel for Scott Newman who made 113 and 65 though.

Noticed a few performances by Clare already this season - a candidate for the Academy tour perhaps?

 

[wpdavid]

Worcester have only one wicket to take agaijnst Glamorgan in the first innings, and have a lead of 199. Follow-on very possible, will be a good test for Jones' fitness to bowl in back to back innings.

Worryingly, he's only bowled 5 overs in their 2nd innings.