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    Posted: 21 September 2007 at 12:53pm
Looking at Kent's bowling in the 2nd innings they had clearly long since given up
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I forgot that Durham were third, not second. They will briefly go top, but a win for Lancashire (unlikely) or Sussex (probable) sees them miss out.
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Ramprakash has passed 2000 FC runs for the season- he's averaging over 100 as well. He finished today on 130*.

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Lancashire simply need 489 runs to win the title.
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and simply won't get them!

Fantastic effort by Ramps
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What will happen if Lanc pulls off a draw, will they win.
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Pretty sure a draw won't be enough for Lancashire - especially since Sussex need five wickets in a day to beat Worcestershire.
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I just had a look at the table and under the batting section there are 39 and the bowling has 41, are those bonus points.
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more than likely
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Great effort from Lancashire, falling just 24 runs short, which handed the title to Sussex after they comfortably defeated Worcestershire.

Durham end up third, with Surrey in fourth thanks to the rain at Headingley.
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Losing by 24 runs that cause the title is pretty painful. To me and please note to me it's  more painful than losing by 150 runs.



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hell of an effort by Lancs but the right team ended up as champions
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Lans scored very quickly so it lool like there plan was for the win from the start of the day.
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maybe they should have planned to win the game from day 1 instead then
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Ramp was the main difference.
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Ramps is Surrey, he is so goo. He batted like a dream this whole match and never looked in any trouble. Two seasons in a row averaging over 100 is utterly amazing. Great performance Ramps. A true hero.
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Rats !   So near , yet so far - there's always next season lads.

  Congrats to Sussex yet again and well done to Durham on a fine season too.
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This must be wrong then

http://blogs.cricinfo.com/circuit/archives/2007/08/somerset_to_inv.php


I've been in touch with Somerset to try and clear this up, and Omari Banks was offered a trial, but he wasn't offered terms, hence his non-appearance in the second team.

The Ackerman story is apparently news to them too, but I expected them to say that.



The former West Indies offspinner Omari Banks has joined Somerset as a Kolpak player for the 2008 season.

Banks, 25, played 10 Tests and five ODIs for West Indies between May 2003 and August 2005, but has since failed to break into the international set-up.

His finest hour came at Antigua in 2003, in only his second Test, when he scored 47 not out from No. 8 as West Indies chased a world-record 418 to beat Australia.

"Omari is a great signing and will give us strength in depth in key positions in our squad," said Somerset's director of cricket, Brian Rose. "He will be a huge asset to us and will be very dangerous in one-day cricket and the Twenty20 Cup."

Banks does not count as an overseas player as he was born in Anguilla, a British protectorate. He spent two months in the Leicestershire second team, with a solitary senior appearance against Pakistan.



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A good bit of West Indians are making it back in County cricket. Collins has signed for Surrey I think for 2 years. 6 international have made appearance over the last 2 years I think! One can only hope it helps them to improve!
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yes but if they are signing on Kolpaks their international careers are as good as over so there is no benefit to West Indian cricket
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  The South African board are in negotiation with the ECB on the kolpack issue Clobs.  The major concern is the clause that states that players won't be available for international duty - the south africans want this removing from the contract.
        I can see their point too - so many youngsters are taking up kolpacks , it's a huge loss to South African cricket.
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I was hoping Leics would sign an overseas player to stir the blood a little bit for next season.

Instead we've got Boeta Dippenaar...for 2 seasons as well
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 and Garnet Kruger - he had plenty to say about quotas on "Inside Edge" last week!
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 Simon Jones is leaving Glamorgan after a bit of soul-searching.   Worcester looks like they've secured his services - let's hope the lad's a good swimmer!

   Nice to read that Glamorgan wish him well and understand that he needs a new challenge.  Money apparently , was not the motivating factor - nice that , if true.


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It might not have been the over riding factor but the fact is that Glamorgan would have struggled to meet anything close to his likely wage expectations given all the current investment in their ground
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Yep , the cushion of a central contract gone must've been a factor.

  The more I think on it , the more I think it's about money !
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Money was a major factor - Jones felt he was worth more (having just lost a central contract) than Glamorgan were prepared or able to offer him, given an appalling injury record and it looks like Worcestershire have taken the gamble on him.

"Our offer was a very fair one. We had to balance Simon's understandable need for financial security after losing his central contract with the fact that he has had a number of injury problems over the past few years, but we believe we got that balance absolutely right."


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it'd be great if he can get some uninterrupted cricket under his belt next year
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All credit to Worcester , it's a gamble taking the lad on , but if he comes back to Jones ala 2005 , they'll reap the benefits.
     Won't it be brilliant if we see the old Simon Jones and the anxiousness of the selectors in just who to leave out of the national side !
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Here's a bit of a turn up - Alex Loudon has retired, aged just 27, to take up a business career 
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