*Official* English Domestic Cricket 2012

[stumpski]

Quite a lopsided scorecard that. Two centurions and no-one else more than 5!

 

[Viscount Tom]

tbf to Hughes I think his issue is less to do with his technique for most things apart from the short ball.

Just needs to learn to leave the ball a bit better but for the short ball he gets himself in a tangle far too easily.

 

[stumpski]

Feature on Netherlands coming up now, perhaps Colville will explain why Sky aren't showng their games!

All the teams should be featured at least once, not just the counties.

 

[Spikey]

I mean, it's highly likely any televised game featuring the dutch will happen to feature a county team

 

[Spikey]

tbf to Hughes I think his issue is less to do with his technique for most things apart from the short ball.

Just needs to learn to leave the ball a bit better but for the short ball he gets himself in a tangle far too easily.

Well the technique can mess around with your idea of where off-stump is

 

[stumpski]

Well yes, but it does seem as if Sky have been ignoring Holland, Scotland and the Unicorns - as they did last year. I think the Dutch have raised their game this season to force Sky to show them!


(their match against Gloucs later this season will be shown, Colville said)

 

[vic_orthdox]

Exactly. When batting well, he hits balls that most would leave for four. Unfortunately, it makes decision making very hard outside off stump when the quality of bowling increases, and/or your own form deteriorates.

 

[Viscount Tom]

I know but, I'd still say Hughes is probably still one of Australia's better prospects as an opener I just think for him he needs to improve more mentally than technically.

 

[Neil Pickup]

I wish it would stop bloody raining.

District Cricket Week in Oxfordshire - absolute nightmare. It's going to go down to rain rules and bonus points.

 

[slowfinger]

Damn this, Worcs not been in a great run of form as of late and this was a pretty ample chance

 

[stumpski]

Damn this, Worcs not been in a great run of form as of late and this was a pretty ample chance

Hard not to sympathise with Worcs tbh. Surely it's a lot easier to score 95 off 14 overs (and Lancs would have won with 84) than 259 off 40.

Ultimately Worcs paid for subsiding as they did after Solanki's dismissal.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Hard not to sympathise with Worcs tbh. Surely it's a lot easier to score 95 off 14 overs (and Lancs would have won with 84) than 259 off 40.

Ultimately Worcs paid for subsiding as they did after Solanki's dismissal.

I've always thought you should D/L with a margin of uncertainty, particularly in games that are so heavily abbreviated. If Lancashire were 120-0 or 60-4 off 14 overs then fair enough. But guessing so much when it's relatively small margins at such an early point is complete cobblers. Given it is a group game it makes sense to have it as a no result. Of course in cricket we don't bother with common sense. We are quite happy to use hugely complicated systems and then **** things up though.

 

[FBU]

Attempts at a slower ball led to a couple of shockers from Shahzad there - only just landed them on the cut strip.

And Hughes is quite happy to have the ball angled away from him.

I would say those slower balls were Saj's influence.

 

[theegyptian]

Surrey and Yorkshire both playing two spinners today. Ramps and Rashid recalled.

 

[Howe_zat]

First thought when reading that was "But Ramps isn't a spinner."

Putting the internet down for a bit.

 

[TT Boy]

Asked to open which must be the first time in decades and scored 8 which is pretty good for Ramps this season. Highest score so far has been 29 for Surrey’s second XI. KP in one game for Surrey scored more runs than Ramps has all season.

Surrey's flat track bullies been brutally exposed this season. Only right handed batsman, Tom Maynard and Jon Lewis average above 30 (minimum 150 runs scored).

 

[Cabinet96]

Surrey and Yorkshire both playing two spinners today. Ramps and Rashid recalled.

Good news. Ramps has returned to club cricket and been gunning it and my club is due to play him at the end of the month, so I'm hoping he's back in the Surrey first team then.

First thought when reading that was "But Ramps isn't a spinner."

Putting the internet down for a bit.

Thought the same for some reason. Worrying signs.

 

[fredfertang]

Just checked on CricketArchive and yes Lancashire are Andre Adams' favourite county - I'm sick of the sight of the bloke's name

 

[stumpski]

I've always thought you should D/L with a margin of uncertainty, particularly in games that are so heavily abbreviated. If Lancashire were 120-0 or 60-4 off 14 overs then fair enough. But guessing so much when it's relatively small margins at such an early point is complete cobblers. Given it is a group game it makes sense to have it as a no result. Of course in cricket we don't bother with common sense. We are quite happy to use hugely complicated systems and then **** things up though.

I was under the impression that D/L didn't kick in until 20 overs had been bowled anyway - at that point the comms usually say "we have a game" or something similar, if rain is threatening - but perhaps that's only in 50 overs games?

The same proportion in 40-overs would be 16 of course, so they were still short.

 

[stumpski]

Asked to open which must be the first time in decades and scored 8 which is pretty good for Ramps this season. Highest score so far has been 29 for Surrey’s second XI. KP in one game for Surrey scored more runs than Ramps has all season.

Surrey's flat track bullies been brutally exposed this season. Only right handed batsman, Tom Maynard and Jon Lewis average above 30 (minimum 150 runs scored).

Getting a bit fed up with our continued use of makeshift openers tbh - Jason Roy is not an opener, nor is Ramprakash, and nor for that matter are RHB or Davies. We've only had one specialist do it regularly since Butch retired, and even he (Brown) only played one full season. Trouble is that we have too many middle-order guys vieing for places (signing Rudolph hardly helped matters). Can only be a matter of time before Maynard gets a go, at which point his form will evaporate.