**Official English County Cricket 2013**

[Howe_zat]

Lyth made more than 40

Here's hoping Somerset get the kind of shellacking they gave us in 2011.

 

[Viscount Tom]

Did you miss the last game we played against them had them on the ropes.

 

[Howe_zat]

Yes. :/

 

[stumpski]

In today's Sky match, a bunch of clueless, out-of-their depth, relegation-bound numpties are playing Derbyshire. Anyone in the area know whether there's any chance of a start on time - or at all?

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Bit annoying that with a day lost there won't be any chance of a result. Just get 400 and then try and get the bowling points.

 

[stumpski]

Possible start at 7.45 in tonight's game, unless the rain returns of course. 19 overs a side.

Good interview with Ponting earlier. Anyone know if he's skipper tonight, or just in the T20? It can't be easy to captain a side you've never played for. I wonder how long he's had to meet the players and, more importantly, find out what they can all do.

 

[Viscount Tom]

Derbyshire bowlers getting a bit of a tonking.

 

[Howe_zat]

So Rashid being our best batsman is a thing now.

Got his batting average up into the high 30s as well.

 

[stumpski]

50 (21) and out for Davies. Good knock but the crowd (? - 300, if that) have come, or maybe some of them have come, to see Ponting.

So of course it's Azhar at 3. Another one straight from the IPL. 220 on the cards here I'd have thought.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

So Rashid being our best batsman is a thing now.

Got his batting average up into the high 30s as well.

Unbelievable isn't it. Closing in on a 3rd ton in a row and 500 runs for the season.

He'd be a certainty for international cricket this summer if he was an Aussie.

 

[Howe_zat]

And he gets there. Off 119 balls.

 

[Prince EWS]

Annnd there's the declaration.

 

[Spikey]

shut up guys Copeland is bowling

 

[Prince EWS]

shut up guys Copeland is bowling

Doesn't leave much time to talk this season tbf.

 

[Spikey]

Doesn't leave much time to talk this season tbf.

you can talk when he's batting

(i see he's up to number 10!)

 

[theegyptian]

Lanky recovering thanks to Katman and Croft, but I have to say that Gloucestershire look to have just about the most undistinguished team I have ever seen turn out for a first class county

2 b fair we do have injuries to a lot of our bowlers. W Gidman, Fuller, Payne,Saxelby, Taylor would probably be the top 5 bowlers we put out if all are fit and none were fit enough(or in taylor's case banned) to play this game.

Take 5 (or 7 as Young won;t bowl again in this match and Muchall is on the long term injury list) of your bowlers out of the equation and no team in county cricket is left with much.

But granted no-one but the most stringent of county followers or gloucestershire fans is gonna know a load about our bottom 5

 

[Viscount Tom]

Gloucs should try at some point to grab Cook given he's Gloucester bloke.

 

[fredfertang]

2 b fair we do have injuries to a lot of our bowlers. W Gidman, Fuller, Payne,Saxelby, Taylor would probably be the top 5 bowlers we put out if all are fit and none were fit enough(or in taylor's case banned) to play this game.

Take 5 (or 7 as Young won;t bowl again in this match and Muchall is on the long term injury list) of your bowlers out of the equation and no team in county cricket is left with much.

But granted no-one but the most stringent of county followers or gloucestershire fans is gonna know a load about our bottom 5

In that case I'm just glad you didn't have your first choice attack playing

 

[theegyptian]

haha trego with another duck in the cc. Adam Lyth on a hattrick.

 

[Prince EWS]

Looks like Ashraf sent down some filth. A shame; I rate him.