*Official* English Domestic Season Thread (2005)

[Loony BoB]

Tresco suffers utter humiliation on national television by proclaiming his love for the Spice Girls and getting laughed at by all his mates for it. Cracked up laughing at all the reactions by commentators and players alike. Brilliant.

 

[Barney Rubble]

It's very tough to call, it's prima donna playboys (Somerset) against a bunch of well drilled unknowns (Leicestershire) really.

Yeah, that's about the size of it. Somerset have some very good players who think they're so good they don't have to try, Leicestershire have some average players who believe they're good enough to beat anyone on their day, and therefore they are.

 

[Barney Rubble]

Tresco suffers utter humiliation on national television by proclaiming his love for the Spice Girls and getting laughed at by all his mates for it. Cracked up laughing at all the reactions by commentators and players alike. Brilliant.

Wish I'd seen that. What was the context - why were they chatting about the Spice Girls?

 

[Magrat Garlick]

On an unrelated subject, check this out - I was looking through some of the 2nd XI Championship games this season, and look who replaced Jim Troughton in Warwickshire's 2nds when he was called up to play for the 1sts midway through a game.......imagine if you were playing for the opposition and you suddenly find yourself facing this guy having not thought he was playing!

http://live.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE...2ND-XI_GLOUCS-2ND-XI_CC-2ND_08-10JUN2005.html

Boredom time for you? Looks like they managed to see Donald off well, though.

Somerset 40/1 after 28 balls - Smith c Masters b Gibson 29, four fours and a six.

 

[superkingdave]

awesome catch to get rid of Smith, Tresco in at 3

 

[Loony BoB]

Wish I'd seen that. What was the context - why were they chatting about the Spice Girls?

Girls Aloud are playing, so they asked him if he likes them, and he said yeah, he used to like the Spice Girls when they were around, so... and then with all his mates, the commentators, probably the stadium (since half those attending have earpieces for Sky) and definitely anyone watching Sky Sports all either cracked up or laughed... "well... you know... sorta like them..." Yeah, play it down, Marco.

 

[Barney Rubble]

Girls Aloud are playing, so they asked him if he likes them, and he said yeah, he used to like the Spice Girls when they were around, so... and then with all his mates, the commentators, probably the stadium (since half those attending have earpieces for Sky) and definitely anyone watching Sky Sports all either cracked up or laughed... "well... you know... sorta like them..." Yeah, play it down, Marco.

Haha, good old Tresco - I'm sure Freddie will slate him about that when he gets back to the England dressing room.

Boredom time for you?

Well, what else is a man to do in the break between Twenty20 games, other than trawl the Cricinfo archives!

 

[Scaly piscine]

Friggin weather, is Masters as Rikki-like (facially) as his picture on cricinfo suggests?

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Anyone get the logic in Leicestershire's declaration?

18 runs short of a bonus point in a dead game with 15 overs to get them

Think I've figured it out. If Essex got another wicket, they would have taken a bonus point. Still, horribly defensive cricket...

 

[Scaly piscine]

Think I've figured it out. If Essex got another wicket, they would have taken a bonus point. Still, horribly defensive cricket...

Na I looked at that, the teams were miles apart in the table so it wouldn't have mattered.

 

[Barney Rubble]

Friggin weather, is Masters as Rikki-like (facially) as his picture on cricinfo suggests?

Crikey - he is a little bit Clarke, isn't he?

 

[Barney Rubble]

Somerset lose 3 wickets in 5 balls, bloody hell boys.

Blackwell gone for 1, Hildreth and Parsons now need to up the rate to get us somewhere near 170.

 

[Barney Rubble]

A wicket maiden from Jeremy Snape - holy cow Somerset, what's going on?

Oh yeah, I remember - we're rubbish.

 

[Langeveldt]

All we need now is some rain and they can all go home to their football and big brother..

 

[luckyeddie]

A wicket maiden from Jeremy Snape - holy cow Somerset, what's going on?

Oh yeah, I remember - we're rubbish.

I reckon when they had the rain relay, they were all in the bar drinkin up ye zoider.

 

[luckyeddie]

All we need now is some rain and they can all go home to their football and big brother..

Mmmmmmmm. Where's them tasty sour grapes again?

 

[Barney Rubble]

Another one gone, Hildreth this time - our last hope of a good total rests with the man, the myth, the legend - Keith Parsons.

 

[Barney Rubble]

I reckon when they had the rain relay, they were all in the bar drinkin up ye zoider.

Probably - Parsons is gone now, they're batting it's 2am on a Saturday night for Christ's sake.

 

[Barney Rubble]

157-9 Somerset, mostly thanks to four fours in the last over from Carl Gazzard. He's proving fairly useful in the late middle order - it was him who struck 21* off 12 balls to beat the Aussies a few weeks back.

 

[Loony BoB]

Did anyone else hear that nick on Caddick's fifth ball in his first over? I was certain that was out and then nobody appealed at all... listened on the replay but the commentators were talking over it and I couldn't be sure.