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**Official** County Cricket 2017
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superkingdave
Hall of Fame Member
Really don't understand the Hameed at 3 malarkey.
MW1304
Cricketer Of The Year
Possibly preempting the fact that Jennings will open alongside Cook? Gives him the chance to prove he can bat three. Not sure why else they would do it.
Edit: Haha it's a one-dayer. Even weirder then.
theegyptian
International Vice-Captain
Bit of a shame Ireland batted first in this ODI. You need 325+ at Bristol.
Leicestershire (who have been playing some good white ball cricket so far) in trouble against Durham. 3-3 at the end of the sixth over.
Leicestershire (who have been playing some good white ball cricket so far) in trouble against Durham. 3-3 at the end of the sixth over.
theegyptian
International Vice-Captain
Worcestershire are pretty hot right now. Hastings at 9, Barnard 10 is a deep order. Already payed off in the comp so far with a couple of cameos by Barnard, who in time will probably bat 6 or 7 in the championship team. Moeen to come back for the rest of the group stages.
Team top of the group goes straight to the semis . 2nd and 3rd into a quarter final/ play off game. So today's a big game in the Worcs Yorkshire game as they are the top two currently.
Worcs could have a real nice team in a couple of years or they may be broken up. Dobell reporting the other day that Warwickshire have approached Kohler-Cadmore as his contract expires at the end of the season. Clarke possibly too. WOuld be a real shame. Rhodes senior does an excellent job there of bring through english talent.
Team top of the group goes straight to the semis . 2nd and 3rd into a quarter final/ play off game. So today's a big game in the Worcs Yorkshire game as they are the top two currently.
Worcs could have a real nice team in a couple of years or they may be broken up. Dobell reporting the other day that Warwickshire have approached Kohler-Cadmore as his contract expires at the end of the season. Clarke possibly too. WOuld be a real shame. Rhodes senior does an excellent job there of bring through english talent.
theegyptian
International Vice-Captain
Fans will be home by tea time for this England game.
Hogan's opening spell today 6 overs, no maidens, 6 runs conceded.
Hogan's opening spell today 6 overs, no maidens, 6 runs conceded.
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Starfighter
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Collapsing to Rashid and Root. 'Tis a bit of shame.
theegyptian
International Vice-Captain
Should try and knock them off before lunch. Don't know how many overs they'll get in.
grecian
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I know I push him because of the dream England middle-order, but Foakes is in serious form. Does anyone know whether his keeping is a big step-up on the JB's?
Surrey, with Pope playing, of course have 4 that can play WK, so he's at least the best of those...
Surrey, with Pope playing, of course have 4 that can play WK, so he's at least the best of those...
S.Kennedy
International Vice-Captain
Leicestershire never really in it after that dreadful start, although Durham got the best of a rather strange wicket which seemed to die suddenly around the fifteenth over (but the damage had been done!). Before that it was very lively - a bit of cloud cover then also which dissipated later.
So it was a good toss to win.
So it was a good toss to win.
Gnske
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
That's what we keep getting told. Honestly how bad could it go having Foakes in there? Just means one less schmuck in that middle order with Bairstow no longer connected to the ball and chain.
ImpatientLime
International Regular
Depends on whether people still believe JB is a better batsman when he keeps because it relieves the pressure and takes some of the focus off his batting.
Scaly piscine
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
That's a very English way of looking at it, so probably a lot of people still think that way. If it was Australia they'd look at Bairstow as a guy who can potentially average 50+ at a destructive rate who's never going to more than a serviceable keeper. So focus on being a great bat and not an above average one 'who does a job' at keeping wicket. But I've been saying this for 12 months.
grecian
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I agree with you here scaly, still think one of the great stupidities of English cricket was Alec Stewart keeping and being an above average middle-order batsmen, when he could have been a borderline great Opener. I actually rated Stewart's 'keeping above both JB's too, and as I've said didn't hugely rate Jack Russell. Yet it just meant we played average middle-order players, like Hick, Ramps, Crawley and worse than them, when Russell could have done a partnership building job down the order (which he was proficient at) and Stewart could have averaged much more with Gooch/Atherton
Bit of hindsight there though, I did see the reasons England did it at the time, but we seem to be falling into the same trap again..