2007 English County Season Thread

That's just like in tennis, where you can challenge the umpire. Where's the point of the umpire being there, everything'll just get referred to the 3rd umpire. All the on-field umpires will have to do is wave their arms about occasionally.

Hopefully he will turn it into a big one as well. ! he has just hit a 6 as well, wasnt aware Cook dealt in 6's.


Edited by Kerm - 13 April 2007 at 3:53pm

 Cook will have taken plenty from the Ashes debacle.  He perished too often to catches in the slip cordon and hopefully will have worked hard on that weakness. I expect great things from the lad and he can cement his place at the top of the order against West Indies next month.

  An encouraging start for Harmison too , taking three wickets and breaking Yardy's finger!  Early season pitches should be lively , but with a beautiful summer forecast the batsmen should score plenty of runs this season.
     Harmison will be crucial in the two test series , especially if the surfaces are fast and true.


Edited by Sledger - 16 April 2007 at 7:27am

No wickets anywhere yet:

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And Worcestershire take the first wicket of the new season, with Doug Bollinger removing Durham's Will Smith for 5 at New Road.

Edited by Freddie - 18 April 2007 at 11:41am

Well Somerset definitely have a very exciting team and it wouldn't surprise me if they challenged for promotion this season. With Langer, Trescothick, Hildreth and White spearheading the batting it could be very explosive, especially in one-day and Twenty20 cricket, with caddi£k and Willoughby spearheading the bowling attack with Jones, Andrew and Turner as extra seam options, with Munday, Blackwell and Suppiah as spinners and the wicket-keeping duel between Gazzard and Spurway it should be a very exciting season for them.

Edited by Freddie - 18 April 2007 at 12:03pm

Surrey look to have started well bowling at Yorkshire, 87-4 on a good batting pitch (not that I know that the pitch is good, I'm just guessing from what everyone else is saying)

Fairly disappointed by both Somerset and Lancashire's performances yesterday, I hoped to be able to go down to Taunton this morning to watch the Tresco and Langer show but such as it is that I'll now be watching a Middlesex procession until they declare (which won't be until around 500) so I hoped for better but maybe Middlesex could lose several early wickets and Somerset could be batting by lunch.

If the summer is going to be a scorcher , the spinners will play a major role on the dry wickets. That makes for much more interesting cricket Freddie - watch Warne and Mushtaq Ahmed run through sides !

Jason Gillespie is currently 86* for Yorks...probably a better all-rounder than Shane Watson ;)

One of my tips for youngesters to watch, Billy Godleman has made a century for Middlesex (admittedly on what appears to be a road) - I just noticed that in his First Class career to date he has yet to make a score UNDER 50!

Originally posted by Clobber One of my tips for youngesters to watch, Billy Godleman has made a century for Middlesex (admittedly on what appears to be a road) - I just noticed that in his First Class career to date he has yet to make a score UNDER 50!

hopefully that's an early indication that his remodelled action hasn't impacted negatively on him

I've not seen Rashid at all , but all reports seem genuinely excited with the lad.  England with a proper leggie , I'll have to have a lie down , I've gone all giddy!

    Good news about Trescothick and Cook too , but will the former be ready to play with the big boys in just four weeks?

 Yep 80-odd in only his 7th 1st class match - there must be something wrong with him Clobs !

   I bet he supports Leeds United!!