English Domestic Season 2023

[CartyDurham]

Draw I think now for Durham

 

[Aidan11]

Draw I think now for Durham

Yep. Umpires have been twitchy for a couple of hours and have finally come off

 

[CartyDurham]

Yep. Umpires have been twitchy for a couple of hours and have finally come off

Still another ticked off and still clear top

 

[Yeoman]

Durham correspondents: to what do you attribute the significant improvement in the team’s form this year?

 

[Aidan11]

Durham correspondents: to what do you attribute the significant improvement in the team’s form this year?

We got rid of the previous coach Franklin.

 

[CartyDurham]

Durham correspondents: to what do you attribute the significant improvement in the team’s form this year?

Change of coach and attacking intent. Also batsmen delivering big scores and with bowlers keeping it tight

confidence as well

 

[CartyDurham]

@Aidan11 @chunksafc @mackembhoy


Still looking nice

 

[Third_Man]

wouldn't you just love it if the imploding Leicestershire somehow managed to get promoted after losing three of their players and putting their head coach on gardening leave.

 

[Third_Man]

We got rid of the previous coach Franklin.

Agreed - which is preferable to losing players - whereas Leicestershire seem to have managed both.

 

[CartyDurham]

I’m hoping for four more wins to clinch promotion for Durham.

 

[Yeoman]

wouldn't you just love it if the imploding Leicestershire somehow managed to get promoted after losing three of their players and putting their head coach on gardening leave.

I would indeed be amused. Strange that, whatever happened there, it happened this season when they are doing better than they have for some time.

 

[Third_Man]

I would indeed be amused. Strange that, whatever happened there, it happened this season when they are doing better than they have for some time.

Except they have lost all bar 2 T20 matches. Although, priorities might not be everything.

 

[CartyDurham]

Except they have lost all bar 2 T20 matches. Although, priorities might not be everything.

Those two wins were against Durham . Typical Durham

 

[Aidan11]

Those two wins were against Durham . Typical Durham

To be honest I'd take finishing bottom of both white ball competitions if we won promotion in the CC.

We do seem to lose our way in T20 though.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

This seems as good a time as any to suggest that we're not really as invincible as some would have people believe.

Yep. Clearly this defeat justifies the signing of Dan Lawrence.

Also, Kent do have a few things going for them - a 300* for Bell-Drummond in an innings win against Northants just the latest. I think they've got a reasonable batting line-up, just perhaps a lack of penetration on the bowling side.

From a Kiwi perspective, I'm not sure Durham will persist with Ray Toole after 25 overs 0 wickets for over a hundred.

 

[wpdavid]

Yep. Clearly this defeat justifies the signing of Dan Lawrence.

Also, Kent do have a few things going for them - a 300* for Bell-Drummond in an innings win against Northants just the latest. I think they've got a reasonable batting line-up, just perhaps a lack of penetration on the bowling side.

fwiw I'm not happy about the Lawrence signing either (and not because I was hoping for Porter or Cook really).
Not as unhappy as your good self, but I do think that it stinks.

As for Kent, they're not terrible by any means, but Surrey's batting failed in the first innings against them, so the signs were there, even if they turned it around in the 2nd innings. Bell-Drummond? Talented, but his career average doesn't lie. As I say, they're OK, but having to chase 501 doesn't fit the narrative that we're always reading about Surrey being so outstanding. Obviously we're decent, and we may yet win the CC, but just offering a bit of perspective really.

 

[Pothas]

Well I guess it had to happen eventually, still have a very healthy lead though.

I guess Essex could be a threat, especially if we see more spin over the next few weeks.

 

[chris.hinton]

Draws all round in Division 2

Good Stuff

 

[kevinw]

England looking to fast track Tawanda Muyeye's citizenship so he can play Tests. He's progressing nicely, hopefully he'll replace Crawley (who can then join Kent seconds).

 

[CartyDurham]

SUSSEX HAVE ANNOUNCED that former England allrounder Ravi Bopara will leave the club after not being offered a contract extension.


Bopara joined from Essex on a white-ball contract at the end of 2019 and captained Sussex's T20 side for the last two seasons. At the start of the summer, new head coach Paul Farbracetargeted a place at Finals Day, but Sussex eventually finished sixth in the South Group, missing out on the quarter-finals.


Bopara, 38, enjoyed his best Blast season since 2014, scoring 408 runs at a strike rate of 146.23 and recording a career-best 108 against Kent. He did, however, have to sit out Sussex's trip to the Ageas Bowl after arriving after the start time.


He indicated that he would be looking for a new county, "as I have a great deal more to offer to the game as a player".