2011 English Domestic Season

That's pretty Cool indeed Clobs! nice pics!!!

That's cool stuff Clobs. Your kid is cute.

I think Rooney, with his new hair, would be most upset to be likened to that bloke in the photo!

Originally posted by Clobber I think Rooney, with his new hair, would be most upset to be likened to that bloke in the photo!   Interesting performances in Gloucestershire's T20 match with Middlesex yesterday, when both Kevin O'Brien and Hamish Marshall made centuries for Gloucs, which I think is probably the first time that has happened.

I also think its the most sixes in a T20 knock , 11 sixes, Kevin O'Brien!

Wow, unbelievable. Even more than the Watson knock against BD.

I hope someone puts the slower ball that Razzaq bowled tonight up on YouTube - it was so slow and loopy that Rich Pyrah managed to pretty much play 2 different shots to it, and missed with both!

ps Warwickshire can sod off - they are nothing but the Surrey of the Midlands, the totally classless way they seek to unsettle players under contract to other teams.

Haha.. Superb absolutely superb. At 57.5mph and that loopy very much similar to a spinner.  Beautiful. Thanks for the video.

Triffic delivery !!   So many bowlers attempt the slower ball and there aren't many who can bowl it straight enough - Razzak, take a bow !

Lancashire versus Notts at Southport today , huge match !  The lads are just 5 points behind Durham with this game in hand - even a high scoring draw will take them top , but they'll be going flat out for victory!
            I have great memories of Southport - we went there back in 1960 and I saw Sooty and Sweep - memorable !!

The Lancs - Yorks game was remarkable too, not least when Yorks somehow got themselves into a dominant position briefly after having been 45-8 in their first innings.

Originally posted by Clobber The Lancs - Yorks game was remarkable too, not least when Yorks somehow got themselves into a dominant position briefly after having been 45-8 in their first innings.

 Yes Clobs and apparently the players were given a standing ovation at the conclusion of the match. That's remarkable because a Yorkshire crowd historically isn't very friendly to a visiting Red Rose team !

Also sad to see him go, been around for ever. Always remember when he jumped into the England fans after beating Australia in the c/b final. Greal character.

Lancashire had a fine day yesterday and ended up on 374-9 , a lead of 283 runs.  Star of the day though was Rikkie Clark , who took SEVEN outfield catches to equal the world record for non-wicketkeeping catches in an innings.  If he takes the last one today , he'll have the record outright and will equal the great Wally Hammond's TEN catches in a match for an outfielder which he set way back in 1928 !!
             6 of those catches were taken at 2nd slip - that's unusual in itself !

               I fancy Lancashire to win this , but the weather could ruin it.


Edited by Sledger - 04 August 2011 at 10:20am

A fabulous win for the Leicester Foxes tonight in the T20 quarter finals. I was getting mightily fed up during the Kent innings as Azhar (91 off 52) and Van Jaarsveld (63* off 32) lashed it to all parts, reaching a daunting 203 for 3.

I figured that someone would have to make an 80 or 90 odd for Leics to have a chance but instead guys just kept coming out and blasting 20 or so in no time then getting out, and between them they somehow got the job done so well, aided by the fact that Kent's 3 international seamers, Azhar, Langeveldt and Wahab for the most part bowled a pile of filth, conceding 134 off 10.2 overs between them.

I am not one to tempt fate but as soon as this draw was made, my mind was cast back to the last time Leics won the T20 in 2006.....when they won a home quarter final on that occasion....against Kent.

Steady on Clobs - we're due some luck !