***Official*** English Domestic Season 2008

[SpaceMonkey]

Surprised no ones mentioned it already. But Cork will be released by Lancs at the end of the season. Any thoughts? Age seems to have finally caught him up but i think he could give a smaller county a good 1-2 years more yet. I'm also surprised that they released leg spinner Simon Marshall. I was under the impression he was highly thought of at Lancs. Guess not Although i didnt realise he was as old as 26.

 

[GIMH]

26? Boy he must have been playing Tests when he was, like 12

 

[stumpski]

26? Boy he must have been playing Tests when he was, like 12

Marshall is 26, Cork 37. Just saw that myself, wondered if anyone had mentioned it on here. And Rikki Clarke has quit the Derby captaincy. Thought they'd had a less awful season than usual, though.

Pleased to see the Pro40 match going ahead - looks pretty good at Canterbury despite a mid-afternoon downpour in this part of the world.

 

[GIMH]

I know, just one of my usual idiotic posts tbh

As for Derbyshire - haven't seen much of them but they certainly seem to have picked up from a couple of years back where they were almost as bad as their football team was in the Premiership last season

 

[stumpski]

Some nice hitting by McLaren here against Leicester's four South Africans. Anyone know when he qualifies for England? Can see him being pretty handy in ODIs when he's available.

226-7 final total.

 

[Langeveldt]

Only in England could you have a game where wind stops play.. Pity as I wanted to see the Afrikaner invitational XI have a stab at chasing that score..

 

[Richard]

Some nice hitting by McLaren here against Leicester's four South Africans. Anyone know when he qualifies for England?

TT_Boy seems to think 2011 at the earliest. TBH, I hope he goes back to SA before then, England really have about as much right to him as they do James Franklin or Shane Watson.

 

[Richard]

Surprised no ones mentioned it already. But Cork will be released by Lancs at the end of the season. Any thoughts? Age seems to have finally caught him up but i think he could give a smaller county a good 1-2 years more yet. I'm also surprised that they released leg spinner Simon Marshall. I was under the impression he was highly thought of at Lancs. Guess not Although i didnt realise he was as old as 26.

He and Saj are both older than some seem to think. Always thought Marshall was decent TBH but he had a shocker this season and he's found his way blocked. Guess his best chance is to try and find a less well-off county.

As to Cork, was disappointed he joined Lancs TBH, put paid to any minute hopes he might have had of yet another England recall, Old Trafford isn't a seam\swing-friendly ground at all and he was never going to do as well there as he was at Derby.

Personally I hope he retires at the end of this season TBH, he might possibly be able to offer useful bits-and-pieces player contributions to some weak county but that's not what Cork always was and I don't want to see him continuing to play without doing justice to himself. He was a fine seam-bowler for most of his career and I hope he goes when he can still call himself a pretty good one.

Can easily see Caddick and Craig White retiring at the end of this season too, and of course we know for certain that Gough is. The best quartet of England seam-bowlers I ever saw bowl together retiring at the end of the same season would offer a bit of nice trivia-style symmatery and closure.

 

[PhoenixFire]

Planning to go and watch Yorkshire v Lancashire tomorrow at OT, not sure whether it will be worth it with all the cost of travelling ect and weather.

 

[zaremba]

Planning to go and watch Yorkshire v Lancashire tomorrow at OT, not sure whether it will be worth it with all the cost of travelling ect and weather.

If Sussex's recent experience of Lanky is anything to go by, you will thrash them for nearly all the match but just before you complete the victory they will retreat to their coracles as the waters rise over the swamp that is Old Trafford

 

[PhoenixFire]

Sadly I believe that may be the case, but I would very much like to see us battering them for a few good hours, it would be well worth the admission fee.

 

[superkingdave]

can't remember the last time a Roses match at OT was anything other than a draw tbh. Headingly however...

 

[Richard]

can't remember the last time a Roses match at OT was anything other than a draw tbh.

How about this?

 

[steds]

Never happened.

 

[Goughy]

Surprised no ones mentioned it already. But Cork will be released by Lancs at the end of the season. Any thoughts? Age seems to have finally caught him up but i think he could give a smaller county a good 1-2 years more yet.

Gah, how speedily time passes.

Barely seems yesterday when he was departing on the first of his many A team tours as a young swing bowler trying to make the grade.

 

[fredfertang]

If Sussex's recent experience of Lanky is anything to go by, you will thrash them for nearly all the match but just before you complete the victory they will retreat to their coracles as the waters rise over the swamp that is Old Trafford

Mr Z your persistence in the face of overwhelming odds does you great credit and is, I have no doubt, the reason for your reputation for excellence in your chosen profession.

One question though if I may to test your knowledge - in the history of first class encounters between the Mighty Red Rose and the Clucking Martlet the margin is 79-43 - care to hazard a guess in whose favour?

 

[stumpski]

I thought Imran Tahir was very impressive for Hants this evening. I saw him at Canterbury recently but watching from side on 60 yards away isn't the ideal way to observe a bowler for the first time. It helped him that Sussex needed 8 an over by the time he came on but he refused to get flustered by batsmen going after him and showed excellent control. Could he be another Rashid, or is he only qualified for Pakistan?

Also, young Dawson had a good game - 43 off 30 and two cheap wickets, pipping Tahir to the match award. Playing for the Under-19s tomorrow morning at Northampton too, a far cry from the central contract mob who can't play a county game within a week of a Test match.

 

[James_W]

Was about to say the same thing tbh, Imran Tahir looked a bit special. A quick look at his record shows that his averages and SR's are good but I'm sure alot of that he's been playing in Pakistan. Is he England qualified? Why have Pakistan never gave him a go, he does look alright.

 

[gettingbetter]

TT_Boy seems to think 2011 at the earliest. TBH, I hope he goes back to SA before then, England really have about as much right to him as they do James Franklin or Shane Watson.

How so, I thought you were open to all playing for England.

 

[Perm]

I thought Imran Tahir was very impressive for Hants this evening. I saw him at Canterbury recently but watching from side on 60 yards away isn't the ideal way to observe a bowler for the first time. It helped him that Sussex needed 8 an over by the time he came on but he refused to get flustered by batsmen going after him and showed excellent control. Could he be another Rashid, or is he only qualified for Pakistan?

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