***The Durham CCC 2006 Season Thread***

Morning folks!

Been doing some Uni work this morning and have just turned the computer on and you can imagine my delight when I saw the score was still driving up. 476/5 with Muchall on a doubler and Mustard on his century.

As someone said above, this is a dream start to the season.

Providing we keep in, when do you think is a ggod time to delare? Id say anywhere above 500 and we should think about it because with a totallike that we are in a great position to win

And to think,I was worried about getting off to a bad start

Gibbo hit a 6 pretty much straight away

Thorp whacked a couple of fours and keeps up the run of none of our players scoring single figure innings

A dream start

Durham began the day well and ended a great innings on 575, better than I could have hoped for. Muchall was the star and a great innings from Mustard too but with only one player scoring a single figure total everyone made a contribution.

Only taking two wickets soured the day a little. Taking Key early was a good sign but at 169/2 Kent are building a nice innings. Draw is the favourite result I would say and given the 5 points we have already got Id be happy with that. I said before I would be happy with the draw. I honestly don’t think we can loose it now so I think I’ going to be happy anyway.

Can we win it? If we get two full days play then maybe just maybe. 18 wickets in two days with a depleted bowling attack is a huge ask but 3-4 wickets before lunch tomorrow would set us up nicely but if Im honest the draw is on the cards

Well I just got back for the game at Durham. Nice weather, good crowd and some nice batting.

The Pitch was flat and very batsmen friendly. I overheard the groundsman telling a spectator to expect big scores as the pitch was flatter than intended.

Loye rode his luck to get 114. He played some pearlers but was dropped on 0,22,35 and 62. Ill give credit where its due but the boy was lucky today in more ways than one.

Chappel was the man of the day easily coming in and just blitzing the bowling. The score had stayed static for a while and the runs weren’t coming, wickets weren’t falling and to be honest the game was dying. He hit 50 from 49 balls playing some brilliant, brilliant shots.

As for Durham the fielding was terrible. And that’s being kind. Dropped catches neared the double figures, boundaries were given away due to horrible missed stops and there was some awful positioning.

Its unfair to criticise the bowlers given the pitch but praise to Throp who was brilliant again and the only one to cause trouble on a consistent basis.