Aidan11
International Vice-Captain
Potts has over 250 runs already with the bat this season. This probably says more about the pitches than his bowling.
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English Domestic Season 2024
- Thread starter Third_Man
- Start date
It’s what the England selectors like to see in their bowlers.
Random observations from Canterbury today:
- the pitch was very slow and beat everyone
- Crawley looked very rusty
- Holder looked most lackadaisical and demotivated.
- Smith was auditioning for the Wagner role in the NZ team.
- Gibbon’s preference for bowling left arm round to right handlers gives him very limited margin for error
- the pitch was very slow and beat everyone
- Crawley looked very rusty
- Holder looked most lackadaisical and demotivated.
- Smith was auditioning for the Wagner role in the NZ team.
- Gibbon’s preference for bowling left arm round to right handlers gives him very limited margin for error
chris.hinton
International Captain
Really happy with the start Worcester have made. We are competitive in the division which is what i wanted. Surrey look like they are going to walk the division. Lancashire have started really badly but i expect them to improve has the season goes on.
chris.hinton
International Captain
Holder is leaving Worcestershire soon. So i assume he's thinking about other things
Third_Man
First Class Debutant
Lancashire are doing alright. They have just announced a profit for 2023.
More seriously, if Lancashire are going to improve a lot of things need to align:
Bruce needs to score heavily (av 18 in 5 matches)
Lyon needs to take more wickets in his remaining 4 games (12 in 3 not great)
Lyon needs to be replaced and whoever needs to hit the ground running for the last 5 ganes
Bowling generally needs to find some teeth (Bailey av 80+ is shocking)
More current batsmen need to score runs (only Bell and Jennings av over 30) - hardly anyone in the 2nd XI.
Re-integration of the IPL contingent into the dressing room needs to be succesfully managed
Today's 2nd XI
Wicketkeeper (capt/wkt), 19 year old Batsman, 19 yo Batsman, Bowling allrounder, 17 yo batsman, Bowler, Bowler, Bowler, Bowler, Bowler, Bowler, Bowler: 8 bowlers, 3 bats and 1 wk.
Will all that happen? Doubt it.
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Starfighter
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
4 wickets a match is more than normal for an FC bowler.
Third_Man
First Class Debutant
they will not avoid relegation, if their international overseas import star manages to just double his 13 runs and 12 wickets in his remaining few games. I wonder if there is another overseas international bowler in the championship with a BB of 3/50. Roach? Seales, Gohar? Agar?
Starfighter
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Lyon's played in April and early May which is not the best time and isn't bowling to Div 2 batsmen like Gohar. He's doing far better than Harmer who usually picks up wickets for fun and is ahead of Dawson on average. Seales, Roach and Agar are all fast-medium bowlers, Seales in Div 2.
He's a spin bowler, not a miracle worker, and if Lancashire want to stay up they need to work on things like not getting bowled out for 92. Their batting looks very thin so far and the pace attack is terribly blunt.
Blenkinsop
U19 Captain
Yeah the idea that Lyon was going to be taking five-fors in every innings in April was always a bit optimistic. Lancs' trouble is that without Mahmood they have the trundliest of medium pace attacks, and their batting has been poor.
Chris Tremain at Northants took a total of two wickets in four matches, at an average of 180.
Chris Tremain at Northants took a total of two wickets in four matches, at an average of 180.
Third_Man
First Class Debutant
Lancs' season was expected (even as late as March maybe) to be Lyon for the whole season, all formats and both Salt and Wood available early on, both of whom were late replacement signings into the IPL. Even if they were to lose Salt to England later on. Should they have expected that CA would veto the full year of Lyon? Or should they have terminated his contract when it cut by more than 50% and losing prime spin time?
Whatever, I can't see where the improvement previously suggested will come from.
Similarly the lack of wickets from Abbott and Abbas might be why Hampshire are second bottom.
Whatever, I can't see where the improvement previously suggested will come from.
Similarly the lack of wickets from Abbott and Abbas might be why Hampshire are second bottom.
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FBU
International Debutant
Maybe in Friday's match facing Stokes....
Third_Man
First Class Debutant
Early notice:
Four National Counties will be battling it out at Chester Boughton Hall on Sunday 26th for the T20 Cup. Tickets are available to be purchased in advance for £10 (chlidren free) online via eventbrite
Usual T20 finals day format. Teams reaching the final will be decided this Sunday with 3 Counties playing at each of Furness (Cumbria), Slough (Berks), Little Tew (Oxon) and Manor Park (Norfolk).
Four National Counties will be battling it out at Chester Boughton Hall on Sunday 26th for the T20 Cup. Tickets are available to be purchased in advance for £10 (chlidren free) online via eventbrite
Usual T20 finals day format. Teams reaching the final will be decided this Sunday with 3 Counties playing at each of Furness (Cumbria), Slough (Berks), Little Tew (Oxon) and Manor Park (Norfolk).
chris.hinton
International Captain
My word. Surrey are 15/4
Joe Leach got 3 wickets in 7 balls so far
wonderful start. Wish we keep it up
Joe Leach got 3 wickets in 7 balls so far
wonderful start. Wish we keep it up
mackembhoy
International Regular
Stokes coming onto bowl for Durham after 9 overs.
mackembhoy
International Regular
And basically bowling like it's a net session so far
Starfighter
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Perfect timing for him, considering that the ECB is now going to ignoring performance altogether on their perpetual quest to not be terrible down under.
I'm surprised that they haven't simply emailed Sam Cook a letter which contains a picture of Key, Baz and this Murray fellow each giving two middle fingers.