2008 English County Season Domestic Thread

You can enforce the follow on if you're 150 ahead in four day games (100 in three-day) Monty, so not much bad luck floating around really.

Not a mention for Mark Ramprakash's 100th hundred then fellas?  The 38 year old managed it at Headingley last week and joins just 24 others to have achieved the feat.  He could be one of a dying breed , what with central contracts , the top boys just don't play enough county cricket to get there.
          Next possible member of the club could well be Justin Langer , who has 83 tons , but will he play on long enough?
 
          Well done Ramps , fantastic effort.  Strange thing though - he made his test debut alongside Graeme Hick , another centurion who didn't cut it at the top level. Ironic huh.

lucky for Somerset that Notts have half their seam attack missing

Cheeky monkey!   I remember that game well - didn't go , was on holiday in Blackpool!

Agreed zuhair , it's a tremendous feat.  Maybe there's just a feeling , especially amongst English fans , that something was missing in his makeup that stopped him being the test batsman he should have been.  A great pity , because he really does have all the shots.

Originally posted by zuhair_abbasi I am surprised Ramparkash's 100th hundred did not get much attention it deserved  anywhere. Not here and not on the premier ricket web sites either. Pity that. He may well be the last one to have acheived the feat. Or is it a case of the hype that was created when he got to 99?

The only reason it didn't get so much attention was that it got buried amid all the stuff surrounding the England captaincy, nothing more, nothing less.

The match between Yorkshire and Hampshire's very well poised going into the last 2 days.

Edited by The Tyke - 08 August 2008 at 1:17am

 7 wickets is some effort and his best so far , can he make the touring partner to India ?  My gutfeel is no - he's young and getting clobbered by the Indian top order wouldn't be good for his confidence.

Edited by Sledger - 08 August 2008 at 2:07pm

Not according to the ECB pitch inspection team. I can only assume fine bowling and some poor batting.

Originally posted by The Tyke The match between Yorkshire and Hampshire's very well poised going into the last 2 days. All even going into the 2nd innings, and we really need a win.

  Hammered by 10 wickets matey , what kind of collapse was that 2nd time around!  Lots of interest in SA about Imran Tahir. He lives here now and has married a South African girl.  He's no spring chicken at 29 , but being a leg spinner , I think there's a real chance of being selected for the SA national squad.  He's played for Pakistan A - does that mean he can't play though ?

   That win gets Hampshire out of the bottom two and puts Yorkshire right in the mire - it could be a long season Tykey!

Another new kid on the block had a fine day yesterday. Robbie Joseph was reported as sending down some really hostile stuff at Canterbury (hostile and Canterbury aren't normal bedfellows) and took 5-13 against Derbyshire , who were shot out for a paltry 60.
     He's another player I've never seen , just how promising is he , any views from the English cricket followers here ?

Late developer Clobs , why have I not heard of him , injuries in his youth ?

West Indian ?  Now that'd be a 1st for the England side , wouldn't it !

Yes SW , filthy lucre has a big say in where your lads play.

Geezaloo, why don't Jones get a new knee and kill two birds with one stone.