The way he's gone this year, Tres might call it a day too.Hoggard retiring then and Harmy bound to follow. Suspect that Simon Jones will finally give it up as well come the end of the season as well, feels like they all retired a long time ago.
Yeah, how weird to think a guy like Strauss called it quits before any of them. Definitely feels like they left us ages ago.Hoggard retiring then and Harmy bound to follow. Suspect that Simon Jones will finally give it up as well come the end of the season as well, feels like they all retired a long time ago.
Sad times. The end of an era. I don't think I appreciated it at the time but the 2005 series was just such an incredibly high standard of cricket. Each player in that series should have a special place in history.The way he's gone this year, Tres might call it a day too.
Not many of the class of 2005 around next year.
He is a standard county bowler, with very similar figures to Craig Meschede and if he is anything more than a tailender he is doing a good job of hiding it.Agreed, not unsurprisingly, perfectly promising looking bowler, still only 21 and has decent figures in all forms.
Yes, he's been a bit of a disappointment, considering all the hype, but I'm just putting that down to the hideousness of where he was born.
Honestly, believe him and the Overtons could be a very decent and contrasting attack for Somerset in a few years time.
His batting though is the terrible thing, the fact is that I'm sure he was touted as a batting all-rounder for much of his youth, but it just hasn't happened. A shame, but I kind of agree with Scaly that he shouldn't be batting at 6, let Chawla do it or anyone else. Needs to relax down the order and maybe he could score a few 30 or 40s and come on from there.
umm so I actually think meschede is a decent bowler in County cricket Pews always talk nonsense.. and I said gregory's batting has been horrible so far.He is a standard county bowler, with very similar figures to Craig Meschede and if he is anything more than a tailender he is doing a good job of hiding it.
Funny isn't it that all Somerset Batsmen have to be downgraded on the amount of runs they score at Taunton, but the bowlers don't get the reciprocal bounce. Mind you Scaly you're not one to rail against people taking a stereotypical view of your county's home ground, so I guess that's fair enough.....Scaly piscine;3134818[B said:]Wonder what odds you've got on Amla bagging a pair at Taunton of all places, not just the traditional flat pitch but the attack they have. Incredible.
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Bit miffed at Durham's slow scoring rate in the latter part of their innings. It's not just the fact that situation makes slow runs almost entirely pointless since Durham are largely safe unless it turns into a minefield on day 4 (it's like when Clarke declared behind v West Indies, if they collapse you almost certainly win because of the skill differential and fact you're chasing a total that should be easy - else it's a draw) but it also makes it a lot harder to get the 4th or 5th batting points.
54 for 8, and only 27 ahead..Umm, it's getting interesting at Derby....