*Official* English Domestic Cricket 2012

[cpr]

Kerrigan and Keedy to spin us to the title again this year on dodgy scouse wickets.

And Chapple to be captaining England by the end of the season.

 

[chris.hinton]

How do you mean?

Unless i missed something, Warwick will be in the top 4 of the country championship and Woakes is out for some of the season, not sure how long

 

[marc71178]

Ah right, hadn't heard anything about an injury, still unsure how bad it is seeing as he stayed a week with the team rather than flying back immediately.

 

[stumpski]

Notts also ran up 500 in a day, and Somerset knocked up 447-1 - the Unis have a few lads who can bat, but their bowling seems to be the weakest it's ever been. Having said that, while I'm probably in the minority I wouldn't like to see f-c status taken away from these games, the last vestige of amateur f-c cricket in England, perhaps anywhere in the world.

And on that subject Cardiff and Bradford/Leeds (according to Cricinfo) are now first-class sides: all of the Bradford/Leeds team are making debuts apart from Charlie Roebuck (no relation) who played a game for Yorkshire in 2010.

 

[zaremba]

Personally I can't see any point in, still less any justification for, university matches having FC status. Hopelessly anachronistic.

 

[Jacknife]

Really looking forward to the start of the season, I'm off Saturday all being well with a few friends and making a day of it. Always try to go to the first game of the season at Headingley and this year it's against Kent.

Interested to see if Dizzy can get the team firing this year, which he seems to have done so far listening to how the Caribbean pre-season went and hopefully get us straight back up to Div one which we need desperately but it will be hard work for sure.

We really need to get Rashid & Shahzad firing again this year and the top order have got to get start putting runs on the board for a change. The squad is mostly unchanged with just Phil Jaques playing as a local this year.

 

[theegyptian]

super mitch gona have a spell with durham for the t20's

 

[theegyptian]

wtf are compton and hildreth doing? retire or get out

 

[Cabinet96]

This is a road, even for Taunton.

 

[superkingdave]

Some nice stat padding going on there.Wouldn't be happy if you were one of the other batsmen wanting a hit out

 

[Scaly piscine]

Re: Woakes injury

County news: Chris Woakes to miss start of season | Cricket News | County Cricket 2012 | ESPN Cricinfo

So that's Warwickshire without half their team then for a couple of months.

 

[social]

I know that it has traditionally been the case but it's a bit rich designating these fixtures as first-class

 

[chris.hinton]

These are good warm-up games, but i agree that it should not be first class. still its gives some younger players a chance and a boast to say they played First class cricket.

 

[stumpski]

Some nice stat padding going on there.Wouldn't be happy if you were one of the other batsmen wanting a hit out

In the context of the game and the strength of the Cardiff attack, Trego's 30* off 75 balls almost looks like a protest.

 

[stumpski]

Leeds and Bradford are four runs away from beating Surrey btw - wasn't exactly a generous declaration either, setting them 315.

 

[wpdavid]

Leeds and Bradford are four runs away from beating Surrey btw - wasn't exactly a generous declaration either, setting them 315.

And falling a couple of runs short.

 

[Furball]

Personally I can't see any point in, still less any justification for, university matches having FC status. Hopelessly anachronistic.

I think the Varsity match between Oxford and Cambridge should retain FC status, purely out of tradition, I'm less convinced as to why Oxford MCCU vs whoever should have FC status.

 

[Biryani Pillow]

If some of the young Surrey batsmen (like Hamilton-Brown, Maynard and Roy) show a little more experience and look to build steady hundreds rather than 20 ball 40s I think Surrey will be fine - and could go well - with a pretty good pace attack (especially if England decide to put Tremlett out to grass).

Wouldn't be stunned if Lancashire go from Champions to relegation - it's happened before and I don't see much in their team to excite.

I recall when the County season began in late April with B&H zone=al games - and it was bloody cold then.........

 

[superkingdave]

I see James Taylor started his Notts career with a golden, then followed up with an unbeaten hundred in the second innings.

 

[Howe_zat]

Good effort from Leeds uni.