*Official* English Domestic Season Thread (2005)

[aussie]

Congrats to the notts for winning the CC championship, i really thought Hampshire would have been the one to upstage the bears but well done....

 

[luckyeddie]

Congrats to the notts for winning the CC championship, i really thought Hampshire would have been the one to upstage the bears but well done....

They took the final wicket at precisely the same time that scummy Snottingham Florists scored the first of their two scummy goals against Rotherham.

 

[Barney Rubble]

Warnie's at it again:

SK Warne* st Wallace b Croft 15 (9) 2x6

 

[Pothas]

Congratulations to Notts, deserved champions. Hampshire hopefully can take 2nd though and still a very good season with the C&G cup win. I think they should be able to gets glamorgan out tomorow

 

[Chubb]

Well done Notts. Just goes to show the value of Kiwis, last time they won Hadlee was there, and now Fleming has led them to the title. Is this the biggest win of his career?

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Interesting finish on the cards in the Hampshire game.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

The duck ought to get to Edinburgh.

Scotland innings    
...
VC Drakes                                b Brown                0   2   1  0 0
...

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Drakes                       2.3    0      6      0 (1w)

I wonder what Glamorgan would do without Robert Croft, too. 20 and 87* along with 10-140 against Hampshire.

 

[Barney Rubble]

Gary Pratt's playing for Durham! Yay! My new favourite player.

He caught Richard Johnson out, too - but no run outs, and he's yet to showcase his Bradman-esque batting skills.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Gary Pratt's playing for Durham! Yay! My new favourite player.

He caught Richard Johnson out, too - but no run outs, and he's yet to showcase his Bradman-esque batting skills.

Judging by the feeble showing of Somerset's batting, he won't have to either.

Gareth Andrew was run out, though, might have been by Pratt.

 

[Barney Rubble]

Judging by the feeble showing of Somerset's batting, he won't have to either.

Gareth Andrew was run out, though, might have been by Pratt.

Well with Collingwood on the pitch as well, it would take a player like Gareth Andrew to start going for quick singles.

Andrew's most spectacular performances come with the ball, though - there is no batting lineup he isn't capable of conceding ten on over to.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Well with Collingwood on the pitch as well, it would take a player like Gareth Andrew to start going for quick singles.

Andrew's most spectacular performances come with the ball, though - there is no batting lineup he isn't capable of conceding ten on over to.

Always think positive, eh?

Vasbert has a wicket.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Good to see Durham have stopped opening with Gavin Hamilton, I hope they didn't pay any money to bring Hamilton to the Riverside as he's been utterly useless so far.

 

[Barney Rubble]

Always think positive, eh?

Durham are almost halfway there after 12 overs - it's hard to think positive in that situation!

Ah well, at least we've got Derbyshire at home next week.

 

[Barney Rubble]

No Fat Bob for Kent - where is he?

(McDonald's?)

 

[Scaly piscine]

"Gary Pratt's playing for Durham! Yay! My new favourite player. He caught Richard Johnson out, too - but no run outs, and he's yet to showcase his Bradman-esque batting skills." - Barney Rubble


Judging by the feeble showing of Somerset's batting, he won't have to either.

Gareth Andrew was run out, though, might have been by Pratt.

Andrew's most spectacular performances come with the ball, though - there is no batting lineup he isn't capable of conceding ten on over to.

Stop trying to jinx Durham, they're wobbly enough as it is when they're batting.

 

[Barney Rubble]

Stop trying to jinx Durham, they're wobbly enough as it is when they're batting.

Not working so far - 93-2 off 21, Pratt 19*.....

 

[Scaly piscine]

I must say Pratt has much better List A figures than I thought he'd have, averaging 30+ is pretty decent considering half the time he'll be playing at Durham. Maybe he could get his dream and make the 2007 World Cup squad after all...

 

[Barney Rubble]

You cursed him, he just got out for 29.

Personally, I think the shine would be taken off his actions this summer if he went on to actually play for England - the chances of him being a big success for England are slim, after all, and I'd rather he be remembered as "the sub fielder who ran out the Australian captain when we won the Ashes" as opposed to "some guy who played a few games for England but wasn't very good, who also happened to run someone out in a Test match one time".

It would just take away the fairytale nature of the whole story if he did go on to play for England.

 

[Scaly piscine]

And Durham clinch their second promotion of this week.

 

[Barney Rubble]

And Durham clinch their second promotion of this week.

Good week for Paul Collingwood, too, then!