County Cricket 2022

[ImpatientLime]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1512476259758051331

damn. saw people on twitter past few weeks talking about a supposed new and improved Sibley.

first ball, feet in concrete, bat at a horrible angle.

 

[kevinw]

Josh De Caires with a wicket! Does he bowl apologetic leg spin, the kind good enough to take down Wasim Akram at least?

 

[flibbertyjibber]

known scumbag joe clarke failing. things you love to see.

Yeah, had high hopes for him but after what happened you just hope his career goes down the toilet.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Great start to the season with the bat for Essex. Three centurions in the first dig of the season. Probably amount as many tons as in the whole of last season!

 

[Starfighter]

I see the bad version of Mark Steketee has decided to turn up.

 

[Tom Flint]

Lots of hundreds scored so far. Lees going big

 

[ataraxia]

Good to see Darren Stevens off to a strong start. He's 46 this month.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Kent v Essex over 1200 runs and only 20 wickets. In the past they would have contrived a last day finish.

 

[Tom Flint]

Azad another opening bat with a ton to join Lees cook and browne

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Kent v Essex over 1200 runs and only 20 wickets. In the past they would have contrived a last day finish.

Don't think such contrivances have been required at Chelmsford much in recent years. An unusually flat deck or just due to the lack of Harmer's mojo?

 

[Chubb]

Doesn't bode well for Essex without Harmer, but too early to draw any conclusions. Kent clearly struggled to take wickets - an unusually flat wicket for this time of year though.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Critchley showing great value already though. Thought he was a decent looking prospect before he signed for Essex (picked him in Kippax's County Draft last year)

 

[trundler]

Seeing pictures of Pujara and Rizwan in partnership but don't see any Sussex game going on. What's up with that?

 

[_Ed_]

https://www.facebook.com/TheAlternativeCommentaryCollective/posts/2044016912426398

Bit of movement there, then.

 

[theegyptian]

Ali Cook and Rory Burns bowling in round 1 - revenge of the groundsman.

Plenty of good cricket played though. Leicestershire last pair (numbers 1(Azad) and 11(Hendricks)) holding out 25.4 overs to draw the game against Worcestershire.
Glos and Northants had a compelling last day with all results possible ending in a draw.
Hampshire off to a strong start after crushing Somerset.

 

[theegyptian]

Z.B. Lion-Cachet turning out for Sussex 2s today. First name appears to be Zach.

Good to see Aneurin Donald finally returning from injury. Scored a ton for Hampshire 2s yesterday.

 

[Tom Flint]

Azad another opening bat with a ton to join Lees cook and browne

And Ben Compton on debut

 

[Chubb]

And Ben Compton on debut

I might be wrong but I think, like Nick, he is eligible for Zimbabwe. As is the standout player from this round, Ryan Higgins - who confusingly is not the Ryan Higgins who actually did play a few games for Zim in 2005-06.

 

[Tom Flint]

Higgins is class. Has been great for gloucs since he left us. Annoyingly he is exactly what we need now as a better all round player than anderson

 

[jayjay]

I'm interested if any spinners can break through this season, and maybe someone like Zafar Gohar from Pakistan could find his feet. The usual medium pace seamers gets a bit boring.