2007 English County Season Thread
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Topic: 2007 English County Season Thread
Posted By: -JP-
Subject: 2007 English County Season Thread
Date Posted: 03 January 2007 at 1:30pm
We're just in 2007, and although there aren't any games just yet, I though I'd create a thread with some links to the latest stories, transfers and things.
Cricket World county section: http://www.cricketworld.com/england/county/ - here http://www.cricketworld.com/england/county/ -
County fixtures: http://www.cricketworld.com/international/article/?aid=8171 - here
Who are your tips for the titles this year?
And who do you think have recruited best over the winter?
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Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 03 January 2007 at 2:02pm
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Well we aren't winning any awards as regards recruitment, with the only player movements being those out the door!
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Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 03 January 2007 at 2:05pm
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I think we've done ok, with Langer returning, and Ben Phillips and Mark Turner being solid additions to the squad.
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Posted By: Freddie
Date Posted: 03 January 2007 at 4:43pm
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Here are my predictions going into the new county season for silverware:
County Championship Division One: Sussex (if they perform to their standard last year they could well retain the Championship, with stiff competition from Lancashire and Hampshire)
County Championship Division Two: Middlesex (expecting them to bounce back up to the top flight easily)
Pro40 League Division One: Essex (Won it for the last 2 seasons, so my early prediction is on a third straight title for Essex)
Pro40 League Division Two: Middlesex (same as before)
ECB Trophy: Sussex (backing them to retain the trophy if they perform as well as last season in this competition)
Twenty20 Cup: Leicestershire (won it twice in the last three seasons, have been the best at Twenty20 statistically since it's inception in 2003, backing them to do it again)
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Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 03 January 2007 at 7:35pm
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Before tipping us to win the T20 don't forget that the King of Twenty20 is now a Warwickshire player!
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Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 03 January 2007 at 7:42pm
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Blimey, that one had completely passed me by.
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Posted By: 70_degree_spin
Date Posted: 03 January 2007 at 9:12pm
Darren Maddy?
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Posted By: 70_degree_spin
Date Posted: 03 January 2007 at 9:13pm
I think that Hampshire will win it this year, the county championship.
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Posted By: slogger72N/O
Date Posted: 04 January 2007 at 4:58pm
i'd back Surrey to win the T20 now that Maddy's gone, but then agian I'm biased
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Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 28 February 2007 at 4:03pm
Plenty of action in the transfer market today:
Darren Gough going back to Essex, and Stuart Clark joining Hampshire.
Without looking at the article I've just put up, name as many other Australians who've played for Hampshire in recent years as you can. I thought of six straightaway; I may have missed some though.
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Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 28 February 2007 at 4:35pm
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Warne, Watson, Thornely, Clarke, Katich, ummmmmm
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Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 01 March 2007 at 12:52pm
Good effort Clobs, Hayden was the other one you were looking for.
Latest news today:
http://www.cricketworld.com/england/county/essex/article/?aid=9781 - Bopara extends his contract with Essex.
http://www.cricketworld.com/england/county/durham/article/?aid=9800 - Geoff Cook is announced as the new Durham Head coach.
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Posted By: robbie
Date Posted: 01 March 2007 at 5:51pm
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didn't middlesex get a new coach aswell JP last week or something
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Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 01 March 2007 at 5:57pm
Yes, Robbie, http://www.cricketworld.com/england/county/article/?aid=9612 - Richard Prybus
Rumours are suggesting that Moxon may be shortly announced as the new Yorkshire coach.
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Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 02 March 2007 at 11:32am
Anthony McGrath finally decides to stay at Yorkshire, after all.
http://www.cricketworld.com/england/county/yorkshire/article/?aid=9815 - Article
http://www.cricketworld.com/england/county/yorkshire/article/?aid=9816 - Statement from McGrath
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Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 02 March 2007 at 12:18pm
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lawyers win the day again
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Posted By: Freddie
Date Posted: 11 March 2007 at 3:50pm
For Worcestershire fans what do you think of your new Dutch signing Alexei Kervezee?
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Posted By: robbie
Date Posted: 11 March 2007 at 4:45pm
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does he play for the national team
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Posted By: Freddie
Date Posted: 11 March 2007 at 4:55pm
Yes, he's only 17 but he seems a fairly decent player.
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Posted By: robbie
Date Posted: 11 March 2007 at 5:10pm
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so he is 17 and already plays for holland first team
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Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 17 March 2007 at 12:43pm
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Leicestershire have signed RP Singh as their second overseas player for next season - the coach evidently oblivious to the fact that what we really need is a dependable batsman to back up HD.
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Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 30 March 2007 at 7:03am
Glamorgan have signed Aussie Matt Elliot for the first four weeks of
the coming season. Elliot was scheduled to play for Yorkshire until the
arrival of Younis Khan after the World Cup. Pakistan's early exit means
Younis will start the season at Yorkshire.
Elliot
will be replaced by fellow Aussie Jimmy Maher for the rest of the
season after his four week stint.
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Posted By: ryanwkp
Date Posted: 31 March 2007 at 10:46pm
Originally posted by Freddie
For Warwickshire fans what do you think of your new Dutch signing Alexei Kervezee? |
hasn't he signed for Worcstershire not Warwickshire
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Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 09 April 2007 at 12:01am
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It will be fairly common knowledge by now I guess but Marcus Trescothick made his Somerset comeback today in a pre-season friendly against Devon, making a mere 256 fro 177 balls including 25 fours and 19 sixes (Somerset running up 502 for 4 off 50 overs!)
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Posted By: ryanwkp
Date Posted: 09 April 2007 at 12:51am
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wasn't it 117 balls not 177
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Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 09 April 2007 at 8:33am
Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 8:18am
Quiet return for the big fella then !! Any flights to Antigua today?
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Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 9:41am
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I must say when he vanished from Australia I was sure that was the last we'd be seeing of him but their opening woes in the shorter games makes me suspect he'll be back, possibly sooner than anyone could have imagined - if he wants to expose himself to that level again that is.
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Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 9:48am
I hope he does Clobs , he left a massive hole in the top of the order.
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Posted By: Freddie
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 1:18pm
Fabulous knock from Tresco, hopefully he'll be back in the England set-up come the summer.
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Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 2:01pm
New playing condition announced by the ECB, it'll be interesting to see if it takes off or not:
http://www.cricketworld.com/england/ecb/article/?aid=10810 - Read more here.
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Posted By: fishcake14
Date Posted: 11 April 2007 at 2:41pm
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.
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Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 13 April 2007 at 3:21pm
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Alastair Cook scores the first century of the new season - hopefully the first of quite a few for him this year
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Posted By: Kerm
Date Posted: 13 April 2007 at 3:34pm
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.
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Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 13 April 2007 at 7:17pm
142. Nice start:
http://www.ecb.co.uk/stats/fixtures/mcc-v-sussex-13-4-07,13022,FF.html - Scorecard
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Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 16 April 2007 at 7:24am
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.
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Posted By: Freddie
Date Posted: 18 April 2007 at 11:00am
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Toss Information
Derbyshire V Essex - Derbyshire have won the toss and are batting first
Leicestershire V Nottinghamshire - Leicestershire have won the toss and are batting first
Somerset V Middlesex - Middlesex have won the toss and are batting first
Surrey V Yorkshire - Yorkshire have won the toss and are batting first
Sussex V Kent - Kent have won the toss and are batting first
Warwickshire V Lancashire - Warwickshire have won the toss and are batting first
Worcestershire V Durham - Durham have won the toss and are batting first.
Oxford University V Glamorgan - Oxford University have won the toss and are batting first
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Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 18 April 2007 at 11:33am
No wickets anywhere yet:
http://www.ecb.co.uk/stats/live/ - Live Scores
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Posted By: Freddie
Date Posted: 18 April 2007 at 11:36am
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Also interesting don't you think JP that every side that has won the toss has batted first?
By the way I was actually hoping that Middlesex would bat first so when I go to Taunton tomorrow I can see Langer and Trescothick batting tomorrow, that's if Middlesex bat out the day of course.
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Posted By: Freddie
Date Posted: 18 April 2007 at 11:41am
And Worcestershire take the first wicket of the new season, with Doug Bollinger removing Durham's Will Smith for 5 at New Road.
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Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 18 April 2007 at 11:47am
Well, I guess, there's been little rain around and it's a nice day everywhere - perfect conditions to bat.
The Langer & Tresco show should be quite something - I expect some records to be broken this season.
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Posted By: Freddie
Date Posted: 18 April 2007 at 11:58am
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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 caddiŁk 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.
Also for my other team Lancashire I think we've got a very good chance of winning the County Championship too, hopefully Flintoff, Anderson and Mahmood will perform upon their return and we've got the batting options of Loye, Chilton, Sutcliffe, Law and Horton and Sutton our wicket-keeper can bat too. Chappell, Cork, Hogg, Newby and Keedy will also make for good bowling when the others are off on international duty, although I admit I'm not a fan of Cork. But Hogg, Chappell and Cork can also bat, which is also good for the Red Rose, so I'm looking forward to a good season for both Somerset and Lancashire.
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Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 18 April 2007 at 1:29pm
All batting are winning the toss - the summer has started early!
It could well be a long haul for all the seamers this season.
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Posted By: slogger72N/O
Date Posted: 18 April 2007 at 1:32pm
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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)
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Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 7:25am
Well I said that Jaques Rudolph would struggle early on this
season before scoring plenty of runs later and I was dead right - not !!
He scored 122 (20*4 3*6) and along with the young legspinner
Rashid (86 14*4 1*6) helped Yorkshire to 390-8 by the close
against newly promoted Surrey.
Fine start by the South African after Yorkshire's top order had been blown away!
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Posted By: Freddie
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 8:34am
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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.
Lancashire didn't fare much better, as they only managed to take 5 Worcestershire wickets yesterday, but at least that means that if one early wicket is taken then they are into the tail so it shouldn't hopefully take that long to clear them up, but not a good day for me yesterday, hopefully today will prove to be a better game for us.
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Posted By: Freddie
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 9:55am
Just about to go off to Taunton to watch the day's play, will give you the rundown on the cricket when I get back.
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Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 11:00am
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 !
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Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 11:35am
Mushy's already started 6-74 yesterday!
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Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 12:42pm
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Jason Gillespie is currently 86* for Yorks...probably a better all-rounder than Shane Watson ;)
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Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 2:14pm
He's on 101* now Clobs , the finest number 10 in 1st class history!!
Bresnan on 99* and they've put on 207 for the 9th wicket - Yorkshire 555-8 - those southerners can't bowl!!
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Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 3:15pm
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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!
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Posted By: Kerm
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 4:30pm
Cook is onto 66*, tres on a nice 53*, Harmison taking wickets at a decent economy. Looking good for the England lads.
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Posted By: Freddie
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 6:04pm
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! |
Godleman played fantastically and yes the wicket is as flat as they come, I've just said to JP when I was there (which was from 5 overs played until tea) there were two wickets, Owais Shah was trapped lbw to a really good ball from Peter Trego and the catch to dismiss Neil Edwards was a beauty, a one-handed catch from the fielder at short leg after he'd had to dive down low to get there.
Godleman was dropped in the 80's by Cameron White, it was an absolute howler, the ball came straight to him and he put it down, I felt like saying something to him afterwards (he was stood 10 metres from me on the boundary) but I decided against risking getting chucked out of the ground.
Good news for England fans, Trescothick looked in blinding form today, he hit his 50 in 44 balls and the only error he made was an edge which went through the slips for 4, he brought up his 50 with 4 consecutive boundaries, and him and Langer were just smacking them all over the park (no sixes yet though).
However it's obvious that the game's going to end up a draw barring a momumental slip-up with the bat for either of the teams.
Sunday's game against Glamorgan should be good to watch if the pitch is this good, it looks like the supporters could be in for a good and exciting high-scoring match at Taunton.
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Posted By: Kerm
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 6:35pm
Looks like Rashid is on the warpath 4 wickets and counting now. Good to see a nice young british leggie.
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Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 7:20pm
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hopefully that's an early indication that his remodelled action hasn't impacted negatively on him
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Posted By: Kerm
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 7:22pm
Would be nice if he could get wickets without crippling himself =p
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Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 6:30am
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?
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Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 9:23am
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a leggie that can bat too *swoon*
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Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 9:34am
Yep 80-odd in only his 7th 1st class match - there must be something wrong with him Clobs !
I bet he supports Leeds United!!
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Posted By: Freddie
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 11:43am
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Justin Langer brings up his century for Somerset as they move onto 253-2 in reply to Middlesex's 600-4 dec in the first innings.
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Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 12:46pm
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Langer is going to score obscene amounts of runs this season
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Posted By: Freddie
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 12:58pm
Yeah I agree Clobber I can see him, Tresco, Hildreth and White all easily eclipsing 1000 runs.
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Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 1:46pm
With the weather looking so wonderful , they'll be guys going past 2000 Freddie.
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Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 2:05pm
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Notice "selfless" Darren Gough scarcely bowled an over while the batsmen went well, then as soon as the tail were in brought himself back on to bag a couple of cheap wickets
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Posted By: Kerm
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 2:08pm
Heh well it worked, he did make short work of the tail.
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Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 2:11pm
Saving himself for the broiling heat of July/August Clobs !
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Posted By: Kerm
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 4:57pm
Looks like Langer is going for 1000 runs in one match =p
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Posted By: Top Cat
Date Posted: 21 April 2007 at 11:39am
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I don't know much about young kervezee, apparently we signed him after only watching a few throwdons. Could be talent!
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Posted By: Freddie
Date Posted: 22 April 2007 at 7:22pm
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Just returned from the play at Taunton today, due to other commitments I only got down there 25 overs into the Somerset innings but it was a game well worth watching. A name for the future is Craig Kieswetter, he played brilliantly to score 69 coming in when Somerset were on 180-6 and got them up to 310-9. He also took an absolutely stunning catch to get rid of Alex Wharf the pinch-hitter for just three. Peter Trego took 4-54 and bowled very well on another great batting track. For Simon Jones fans you'll be pleased to know he took 3 wickets today and looked in good form.
Glamorgan started badly and slipped to 39-3 but recovered and had a shot at victory before two wickets in two balls from Trego and caddiŁk respectively took the game away from them, a good match. Somerset eventually won by 24 runs as Glamorgan racke dup 286-8. Also new player Mark Turner seems to be the Monty of Somerset as far as support goes, however he bowled reasonably well and only went for over 60 runs because Robert Croft decided to slog everything at the end when there was really no chance of victory, but he didn't field a lot so you can't say he's a carbon copy of Monty.
However in comparison the whole Glamorgan team fielded like Monty's, Davies went head first into the crowd twice in two balls and they didn't really try to catch skied balls when a little bit of running would've got them out. The only skied catch they took didn't count because it was a no ball.
Good game though, and hopefully plenty more like that to come during the long season ahead.
P.S. At least Somerset gave me something to cheer about when you consider Lancashire's abysmal performance earlier today.
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Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 22 April 2007 at 8:06pm
Let's hope that this good run from Somerset isn't the usual false dawn.
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Posted By: Freddie
Date Posted: 25 April 2007 at 7:53pm
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Grace Road:
Somerset 357 (84.4 overs) PS Jones 114!, Trescothick 77, caddiŁk 51!, Masters 6-60
Leicestershire 58-3 (17 overs) Robinson 26*, Maunders 26, Willoughby 3-10
Blimey, great recovery from the Sabres after they went from 71-5 at one stage to end up on 357, with Trescothick continuing his good form with 77 from 128 balls, however what has got to be more impressive is the 146 run 9th wicket partnership between Steffan Jones and Andy caddiŁk, Jones amazingly scored 114 and caddiŁk 51, talk about a tail-end recovery. Willoughby also bowled excellently to take 3-10 from 6 overs.
Lancashire are playing Durham Uni today and Durham Uni are 298-6 from 104 overs, hopefully the tail will be cleared up fairly early in the morning and Lancashire can then put up a good total in reply.
Clobs did you get down to Grace Down today, if so can you report on the action today down there?
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Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 27 April 2007 at 9:52am
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Leicestershire are hoping to bring in Charl Langeveldt as short term cover when RP Singh heads off to play for India A next week
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Posted By: slogger72N/O
Date Posted: 29 April 2007 at 6:47pm
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Surrey score the highest ever total in one day cricket, 496-4 against Gloucestershire, Ali brown making 170 and james benning 150, with Rikki Clarke also getting 80 off 27 balls,
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Posted By: EnglandFan
Date Posted: 29 April 2007 at 7:06pm
Originally posted by slogger72N/O
Surrey score the highest ever total in one day cricket, 496-4 against Gloucestershire, Ali brown making 170 and james benning 150, with Rikki Clarke also getting 80 off 27 balls, |
didn't look too much fun for the bowlers :/
On the other hand trescothick looks in good touch getting 58 of 43 balls, god wish we had him for the wc ;P
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Posted By: slogger72N/O
Date Posted: 29 April 2007 at 8:48pm
Originally posted by EnglandFan
Originally posted by slogger72N/O
Surrey score the highest ever total in one day cricket, 496-4 against Gloucestershire, Ali brown making 170 and james benning 150, with Rikki Clarke also getting 80 off 27 balls, |
didn't look too much fun for the bowlers :/
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It's never too much fun the bowlers when they come to the oval, the pitch seems to permanently provide stacks of runs.
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Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 10:10am
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I wonder how far the ropes were in for that game.
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Posted By: slogger72N/O
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 9:48pm
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I don't know, but they're never far out at the oval for a one dayer, and they're ridiculously close to the players for the T20. Gives your average cricket watcher what they want though.
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Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 01 May 2007 at 3:34pm
Originally posted by Clobber
Leicestershire are hoping to bring in Charl Langeveldt as short term cover when RP Singh heads off to play for India A next week
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Making his debut tomorrow.
http://www.cricketworld.com/england/county/article/?aid=11171 - http://www.cricketworld.com/england/county/article/?aid=11171
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Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 01 May 2007 at 3:51pm
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let's hope he does better for us than he did for you
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Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 02 May 2007 at 9:37am
Decent bowler when it's swinging Clobs , cannon fodder when it doesn't.
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Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 02 May 2007 at 1:52pm
Vaughan's back in form all of a sudden, and Alastair Cook is unbeaten on 80 at lunch.
Seems a good day to be batting nearly everywhere.
http://www.cricketworld.com/england/county/article/?aid=11188 - http://www.cricketworld.com/england/county/article/?aid=11188
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Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 02 May 2007 at 2:54pm
Yes JP , looks like being a long hot summer for the seamers.
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Posted By: nottsjoe
Date Posted: 02 May 2007 at 3:49pm
Unusual to have such a dry start to the season. Perhaps this will mean less washouts and the best teams will win
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Great start Notts keep it up!!!
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Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 02 May 2007 at 3:56pm
Century for Gallian - your boys recovering well after a poor start this morning.
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Posted By: nottsjoe
Date Posted: 02 May 2007 at 4:19pm
Indeed the top 5 or 6 have been fantastic so far this season especially patel. It will be interesting to see who drops out when Fleming returns
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Great start Notts keep it up!!!
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Posted By: nottsjoe
Date Posted: 02 May 2007 at 4:23pm
And of course Will Jefferson is still to come in. And as most if not all of the top half have got a century already this season, so it is certainly going to be interesting
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Great start Notts keep it up!!!
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Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 02 May 2007 at 4:45pm
I said before start of play today that Katich would score a double century at Taunton...
...he's on 132 at the moment.
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Posted By: nottsjoe
Date Posted: 02 May 2007 at 6:18pm
sounds ominous
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Great start Notts keep it up!!!
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Posted By: nottsjoe
Date Posted: 02 May 2007 at 6:33pm
You should think about taking up the lottery JP
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Great start Notts keep it up!!!
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Posted By: Freddie
Date Posted: 02 May 2007 at 6:45pm
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It looks like another easy draw for the folks at Taunton this week, heading down on Sunday for the Ireland game but I'm not going on Saturday if there's going to be another nothing game in the County Championship, but the Friends Provident should be a good one to watch.
By the way here's how the England players have fared on their come backs from the World Cup:
Liam Plunkett (31 (57) and 5-2-14-0)
Paul Nixon (no catches or stumpings and not yet required to bat)
Michael Vaughan (72 (123))
Monty Panesar (18-2-72-1)
Ravi Bopara (26 (63), Alastair Cook also hit a century for Essex)
Not bad really from any of them, the only disappointment for me would be that Monty only took 1-72 from 18 but I don't know what the pitch is like, it could've been like a Brisbane for the spinners for all we know so you can't judge the performance on figures, especially considering that Monty has bowled fairly well for England in ODI cricket and averages 39.
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On extended leave...
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Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 10:01am
Yes, Freddie, they are playing on the road again down in Taunton.
Shame I didn't put any money on Katich making a double!
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Posted By: nottsjoe
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 10:28pm
Not a good day for Sussex
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Great start Notts keep it up!!!
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Posted By: Kerm
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 10:45pm
Vaughan the injury magnet is at it again.
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Kerm
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Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 04 May 2007 at 8:09am
At least it wasn't his knee Kerm! Sussex belted by an innings twice already this season - who'd have thought that!
Even more surprising - Yorkshire used three
legspinners during the 1st innings of Hampshire yesterday! The
promising youngster Rashid sent down 26 overs of top quality leggies
(watched by Shane too!) and wasn't cut for 4 once - classy stuff.
Rudolph and Younis sent down a few too - surely that's a first for a
Yorkshire side in their history - amazing stuff!
England mustn't rush the youngster , but England's outlook
is much brighter with the possibilty of finally finding a quality wrist
spinner (and he bats too!). Well done Terry Jenner , the work in
the winter is bearing fruit.
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Mental disintegration works for me !!
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Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 04 May 2007 at 8:20am
Rats!!! Just read on the BBC site that Vaughan's got a
fractured middle finger and could be out for 3-4 weeks. No luck
has he and worse still , it was done by Aussie , Stuart Clark!!
I can hear the guffawing from 10,000 miles away!
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Mental disintegration works for me !!
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Posted By: Kerm
Date Posted: 04 May 2007 at 8:57am
I think someone needs to have a conversation with the GM about the quality of their gloves.....
Wonder who will captain now, I imagine they will give it to Strauss or Colly.
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Kerm
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Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 04 May 2007 at 10:00am
I'd have thought Strauss. If there's good news about Vaughan's
injury , the selectors shouldn't have a headache choosing the batting
lineup for the 1st test.
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Mental disintegration works for me !!
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Posted By: Kerm
Date Posted: 04 May 2007 at 10:04am
Yep the top order was looking a bit packed.
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Kerm
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Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 04 May 2007 at 10:04am
Got to be Strauss. Vaughan's injury will have eliminated any doubts about his place in the side.
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