*Official* England\UK off-season 2008/09 \ build-up to 2009 season thread

[TT Boy]

4th ODI
England U19's 222 (Northeast 68, Cobb 50, Deeb 3/47, Pienaar 2/20) beat South Africa U19's 214 (Mosehle 58, Pienaar 53, Dawson 3/32, Riazuddin 2/32) by 8 runs

5th ODI
South Africa 230/5 (Pienaar 72*, Mosehle 47, Borthwick 2/47, Dawson 2/55) beat England U19's 229 (Cobb 84, Northeast 64, Ntshona 3/47, Pienaar 2/40) by 5 wickets (30 balls remaining)

South Africa win the series 3-2.

Series stats

Most runs
Northeast (Kent) 219 runs @ 43.80 (SR 66.97, 3 50's)
Cobb (Leicestershire) 210 runs @ 42 (SR 71.42, 2 50's)
Mosehle (Easterns) 208 runs @ 52 (SR 96.29, 2 50's)

Most wickets
Pienaar (Free State) 14 wickets @ 13
Dawson (Hampshire) 10 wickets @ 22.30
Buck (Leicestershire) 9 wickets @ 24.22

Up next is two 20/20 games starting on Wednesday.

 

[TT Boy]

1st 20/20

South Africa U-19s 133 for 4 (Agathagelou 47, Borthwick 1/13) beat England U-19s 132 for 7 (Northeast 47, Pienaar 2/23, 1/15 Vandiar) by six wickets (30 balls remaining)

The difference between the two sides, England first six overs, 30 odd runs scored, South Africa 71. Though, good performance by leggie, Scott Borthwick once again, only went for three runs an over of his four.

2nd and last 20/20 game is today at Paarl

 

[superkingdave]

Only a few months away now..heres the tv schedule

April
Sun 19 Essex v Northamptonshire TBC Friends Provident Trophy
Sun 26 Gloucestershire v Surrey TBC Friends Provident Trophy
Tue 28 Somerset v Durham - Day One TBC LV County Championship
Wed 29 Somerset v Durham - Day Two TBC LV County Championship
Thu 30 Somerset v Durham - Day Three TBC LV County Championship

Date Game Channel/Time Competition
May
Fri 1 Somerset v Durham - Day Four TBC LV County Championship
Mon 4 Worcestershire v Nottinghamshire TBC Friends Provident Trophy
Mon 11 Kent v Middlesex TBC Friends Provident Trophy
Tue 12 Glamorgan v Essex TBC Friends Provident Trophy
Wed 13 Derbyshire v Lancashire TBC Friends Provident Trophy
Tue 19 TBC v TBC TBC Friends Provident Trophy
Tue 20 TBC v TBC TBC Friends Provident Trophy
Sat 23 TBC v TBC TBC Friends Provident Trophy - quarter-final
Mon 25 Middlesex v Surrey TBC Twenty20 Cup
Wed 27 Somerset v Warwickshire TBC Twenty20 Cup
Sun 31 Leicestershire v Lancashire TBC Twenty20 Cup

Date Game Channel/Time Competition
June
Thu 4 Sussex v Kent TBC Twenty20 Cup
Mon 22 Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire TBC Twenty20 Cup
Tue 23 Hampshire v Middlesex TBC Twenty20 Cup
Wed 24 Worcestershire v Glamorgan TBC Twenty20 Cup
Thu 25 Derbyshire v Lancashire TBC Twenty20 Cup
Fri 26 Gloucestershire v Somerset TBC Twenty20 Cup
Sat 27 Surrey v Middlesex TBC Twenty20 Cup
Sat 28 TBC v TBC TBC Twenty20 Cup

Date Game Channel/Time Competition
July
Sun 5 TBC v TBC TBC Friends Provident Trophy - semi-final
Mon 13 Essex v Sussex TBC NatWest Pro40
Tue 14 Warwickshire v Middlesex TBC NatWest Pro40
Wed 15 Worcestershire v Yorkshire TBC NatWest Pro40
Tue 21 Glamorgan v Kent TBC NatWest Pro40
Wed 22 Lancashire v Surrey TBC NatWest Pro40
Sat 25 TBC v TBC TBC Friends Provident Trophy - final
Mon 27 TBC v TBC TBC Twenty20 Cup - quarter-final double-header
Tue 28 TBC v TBC TBC Twenty20 Cup - quarter-final
Wed 29 TBC v TBC TBC Twenty20 Cup - quarter-final

Date Game Channel/Time Competition
August
Tue 4 Northamptonshire v Lancashire TBC NatWest Pro40
Wed 5 Hampshire v Yorkshire TBC NatWest Pro40
Thu 6 Durham v Worcestershire TBC NatWest Pro40
Wed 12 Surrey v Glamorgan TBC NatWest Pro40
Thu 13 Gloucestershire v Somerset TBC NatWest Pro40
Sat 15 TBC v TBC TBC Twenty20 Cup - finals day
Mon 17 Somerset v Sussex TBC NatWest Pro40
Tue 18 Leicestershire v Kent TBC NatWest Pro40
Wed 19 Glamorgan v Middlesex TBC NatWest Pro40
Tue 25 Hampshire v Gloucestershire TBC NatWest Pro40
Wed 26 Middlesex v Lancashire TBC NatWest Pro40
Thu 27 Kent v Surrey TBC NatWest Pro40
Fri 28 Sussex v Durham TBC NatWest Pro40
Sat 29 Nottinghamshire v Worcestershire TBC NatWest Pro40
Mon 31 Northamptonshire v Warwickshire TBC NatWest Pro40


Date Game Channel/Time Competition
September
Wed 2 Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire TBC NatWest Pro40
Thu 3 Essex v Hampshire TBC NatWest Pro40
Sat 5 Durham v Essex TBC NatWest Pro40
Mon 7 Sussex v Nottinghamshire TBC NatWest Pro40
Mon 8 Somerset v Essex TBC NatWest Pro40
Thu 10 Yorkshire v Gloucestershire TBC NatWest Pro40
Fri 11 Derbyshire v Leicestershire TBC NatWest Pro40
Sun 13 Durham v Nottinghamshire TBC NatWest Pro40
Mon 14 Worcestershire v Somerset TBC NatWest Pro40
Wed 16 Surrey v Warwickshire TBC NatWest Pro40
Sat 19 Hampshire v Nottinghamshire TBC NatWest Pro40

Nothing to get excited about for Lancs fans really. I guess they will decide on a second CC game during the season

 

[TT Boy]

2nd 20/20

South Africa Under-19s 147/7 (Vandiar 44, Pienaar 37, Riazuddin 2/23, Sheikh 2/25) beat England Under-19s 126/8 (Mickleburgh 55, Pienaar 2/15, Kaber 2/17) by 21 runs

South Africa win the series 2-0.

England were well ahead after five overs in their chase, already had over 50 on the board but the wheels fell off and once the part-time spinners came on, the runs completely dried up.

U19's now move onto Gauteng where they have a 3 day tour match next week against a University Sports South Africa XI in Jo'Burg and then a 4 day 'Youth Test' in Benoni, starting on the 31st.

 

[Jungle Jumbo]

Somerset v Durham, at Taunton, in the Championship? They could at least have picked a game that might end in a result...no televised Roses T20 either, interesting.

 

[superkingdave]

In other news, a test has been dropped from the SA tour, so it will now be only 4 tests...still 5 ODI's and 2 T20I's though.

 

[superkingdave]

Rumour has it 4 people were re interviewed for the Lancs coaching job at OT today, Moores, Houghton, Geoff Marsh and another.

 

[fredfertang]

Moores please Mr Cumbes

 

[TT Boy]

University Sports South Africa XI beat England Under-19s 8 wickets...

Eng 19's 119/9 dec (Redfern 36, Viljoen 3/31), Sports XI 124 (Sodumo 33, Sheikh 5/48), U19's 111 (Borthwick 25, Viljoen 6/27), Sports XI 107/2 (Aronstam 65*)

Not a good outing by the U19's, beaten in less than 2 full days. Youth test starts on the 31st.

 

[Woodster]

Hope Moores gets the coaching gig at O.T.

 

[Athlai]

Mascarenhas 10-1-16-1 in the NZ State Shield Semi final against Canterbury.

Overall bowling
74-6-256-8
8 @ 32
Economy: 3.46 (lowest in the competition by almost .5)

Overall batting
8M 5 I 161 Runs @ 53.66
SR 143.75

WAG

 

[TT Boy]

Youth test starts on the 31st.

Never got started, rained for the whole four days.

Back to county cricket, Lancashire have signed Ashwell Prince as their overseas player until VVS returns from IPL duty. Prince wasn't bought at the auction but should be a good solid signing especially early season if the wickets have a bit of life. Gloucestershire are also on the lookout for another overseas player, Kyle Mills had agreed to join but he now has an IPL deal

 

[TT Boy]

Du Preez refused work permit...

Not a huge blow for Dillon, he has an IPL contract.

 

[Woodster]

Good early season signing for Lancs, Ashwell Prince, and hopefully Peter Moores will be linking up with the Red Rose county this week!

 

[superkingdave]

So Moore confirmed at Lancs on 3yr deal. Hope it turns out well for both of us.

Hopefully Watkinson manages to stop himself interfering.

Anyway can't be many people who get sacked only to walk into a better job a month later.

 

[fredfertang]

"Mike Watkinson continues to head up all aspects of cricket in the county, from grass roots through to its professional pinnacle, but also plays a more active role in the Management Team at the Cricket Club"

That's the spirit Mr Cumbes - keep dear old Winker busy and out of Moores hair as much as possible

 

[GIMH]

Yeah, good appointment for mine

 

[Woodster]

Excellent appointment for me, can see Moores delivering the long awaited County Championship trophy within his three year tenure.

 

[Richard]

In other news, a test has been dropped from the SA tour, so it will now be only 4 tests...still 5 ODI's and 2 T20I's though.

Not so long ago they were trumpeting how the D'Oliveira Trophy was going to be a flagship five-and-always-five one... how quickly things change.

Really is a shame that a couple of Twenty20s are preferred to a Test... so obvious I barely need to say it.

 

[brockley]

Murray goodwin needs to get a work pemit to play for sussex this year,maybe blocked by the ECB.