*Official* English Domestic Cricket 2012

[TT Boy]

Klinger is going for the win but what’s Mitchell doing at The Oval? 20 from 91 balls, not even Joe Sayers could bat that slow. Just got bowled as I type so hope Worcestershire do go for the win now.

 

[TT Boy]

Raining now, so it’s redundant. Win is still on for Warwickshire but that’s about it.

 

[wpdavid]

And if I were a betting man I'd put a tenner down without worry that Onions will not play another Tset. He always seemed to get an easy ride when he bowled poorly in Tests and was over praised when he bowled well. Nowhere near as good as the top 5 seamers now and there are other younger ones who will challenge him.

I'll take you up on that particular bet. Without wanting to repeat what Scaly and others have already written ...

I'd be very surprised if he never played another test. Maybe not in our first choice attack, but if we take the view that he's probably next in line after Anderson, Broad, Bresnan, Finn and Tremlett (who's never fit anyway) and factor in the occasional injuries to Jimmy, Stu & Bres, then I'd rather see Onions against SA or Aus over the next 18 months than any youngster that you could mention. As for his test record to date, it was mixed but he only played a handful anyway. iirc his figures in SA didn't quite do him justice, but I won't claim to remember the details.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Yeah don't see Onions being in England's first choice XI, but if there is an injury crisis, you'd be pretty happy to pick him. I mean, Dernbach was in the Test squad last year...

 

[Prince EWS]

Yep; Onions should definitely be sixth in line. Whether or not England are going to need their sixth best specialist seamer over the next couple of years is anyone's guess but I think it's the place in the pecking order he'll claim at least for a while longer. Picking someone like Meaker ahead of him at this point would be ridiculous.

 

[Prince EWS]

Shahzad gets Peterson, game on.

And Godleman! Cribb to taste it.

Wait, what?

I like Godleman. Confusing me with someone else?

EDIT: Wait I see, he got out to Shahzad, who I don't rate at all. Fair dos.

 

[Jacknife]

Lets have a look at Durham players:

Harmison - hammered by the media, constant sniping at his personality
Collingwood - hammered by the media, consistently questioning his place while soft-arse Bell was getting away near scot free
Onions - pretty much forgotten about by everyone except Boycott, if he was from down south, or better still an Asian from down south the media would be camped outside ECB HQ demanding selection
Stokes - see Onions. Crap about him being technically deficient against spin because he got out trying to slog Ashwin.

So yea I don't know where you've been but the facts speak for themselves. The media are a bunch of London-centric ****wits persistly ramming their agenda down the throats of all and sundry. Their agenda is to get their local hero into the side. It's the same with any local press, the only difference is the London tossers have national coverage. If anyone from Slurrey so much as looks like a competent FC player we never hear the end of it. Fact is the dominant sides are mostly northern (Lancs, Notts, Durham) but they get a fraction of the coverage. It happens just the same in football.

 

[grecian]

Yep; Onions should definitely be sixth in line. Whether or not England are going to need their sixth best specialist seamer over the next couple of years is anyone's guess but I think it's the place in the pecking order he'll claim at least for a while longer. Picking someone like Meaker ahead of him at this point would be ridiculous.

Well, it happens to Oz quite a lot, and Broad and Tremlett are like bone china, so it's very possible, and no I don't see anyone coming through.

If there was an injury crisis, I'd like to think Brooks was next in line, aftyer Onions. Better than the likes of Meaker and Dernbach. Shame about the likes of Harris and Woakes injury-wise, because they may have been pushing for a place.

Plenty of really interesting prospects playing well this year, but let's face it if your not taking wickets in these conditions your really ****e.

 

[Jacknife]

Yep; Onions should definitely be sixth in line. Whether or not England are going to need their sixth best specialist seamer over the next couple of years is anyone's guess but I think it's the place in the pecking order he'll claim at least for a while longer. Picking someone like Meaker ahead of him at this point would be ridiculous.

Agree, since he's come back from injuries he's gradually improved and got back to something like his best but with the bowling strength as it is, he's behind the names already mentioned. I wouldn't be surprised if he got a game early this summer for England, with so much back to back cricket, they may rotate the bowler around a bit.

 

[Jacknife]

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Your power of foresight is confirmed.

Oh no it's started, how predictable this lot are.

 

[Prince EWS]

Well, it happens to Oz quite a lot, and Broad and Tremlett are like bone china, so it's very possible, and no I don't see anyone coming through.

If there was an injury crisis, I'd like to think Brooks was next in line, aftyer Onions. Better than the likes of Meaker and Dernbach. Shame about the likes of Harris and Woakes injury-wise, because they may have been pushing for a place.

Plenty of really interesting prospects playing well this year, but let's face it if your not taking wickets in these conditions your really ****e.

Yep, I agree with all of this. Woakes's propensity to get injured is particularly annoying; England are lucky they have the whole seam bowling allrounders thing covered better than any other country in the world at the moment or it'd be infinitely more irritating than it already is.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Lets have a look at Durham players:

Harmison - hammered by the media, constant sniping at his personality
Collingwood - hammered by the media, consistently questioning his place while soft-arse Bell was getting away near scot free
Onions - pretty much forgotten about by everyone except Boycott, if he was from down south, or better still an Asian from down south the media would be camped outside ECB HQ demanding selection
Stokes - see Onions. Crap about him being technically deficient against spin because he got out trying to slog Ashwin.

So yea I don't know where you've been but the facts speak for themselves. The media are a bunch of London-centric ****wits persistly ramming their agenda down the throats of all and sundry. Their agenda is to get their local hero into the side. It's the same with any local press, the only difference is the London tossers have national coverage. If anyone from Slurrey so much as looks like a competent FC player we never hear the end of it. Fact is the dominant sides are mostly northern (Lancs, Notts, Durham) but they get a fraction of the coverage. It happens just the same in football.

I'll have a pint of what he has had. That BITTER must be fantastic.

 

[Pothas]

A win! Made mighty hard work of it, hope thats not Ervines quota of good performance done for the year.

 

[zaremba]

I see the minor county got away with a draw after being reduced to 82-6 chasing a mammoth 130 to win against Middlesex. I blame a London-centric media conspiracy.

And Lanky now in a spot of strife, eh?

Good round of matches for Sussex to miss, I think.

 

[grecian]

Tres out for 6 weeks

 

[theegyptian]

Tres out for 6 weeks

 

[Chubb]

Somerset trying to host an ODI according to The Telegraph.

In my opinion it would end in a shambles. The town is small, and access to the ground is very limited. It could not cope with the influx of people, particularly at the end of the game when many would have been drinking. Been to Taunton often and on a busy day the roads crawl to a standstill.

Don't get me wrong - I'd love it if there could be international cricket there, but always thought it was a pipe dream and still think that.

 

[grecian]

Somerset trying to host an ODI according to The Telegraph.

In my opinion it would end in a shambles. The town is small, and access to the ground is very limited. It could not cope with the influx of people, particularly at the end of the game when many would have been drinking. Been to Taunton often and on a busy day the roads crawl to a standstill.

Don't get me wrong - I'd love it if there could be international cricket there, but always thought it was a pipe dream and still think that.

Yeah, agree, afraid they need a new ground, which isn't going to happen. Always rankles that in one of the most beautiful areas in the country (the south-west), that the ground is in such a slag heap.

 

[Scaly piscine]

I thought Somerset were happy with their small ground, full houses T20s and financial stability provided by not fighting to get international games by spending a fortune on their ground?

 

[Spikey]

clearly nothing bad can come from trying to host an international game...........