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  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,737
    cantersaddick said:
    Wicket to Surrey, reviewed by Surrey! ;)
    Well if you lot can't do it on your home ground, where can you? How many reviews did Pope get wrong prior to that one? 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,737
    Beauty of a ball from Atkinson. A Jimmy Anderson. 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,737
    For all that Tongue has taken wickets in this series, most have been mopping up the tail and I'm really not sure that we can afford to take him to Australia. 
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,309
    Gonna go early and say this Overton selection might be the worst I've ever seen
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,019
    Leuth said:
    Gonna go early and say this Overton selection might be the worst I've ever seen
    Don't get it at international level with him at all. Why he's playing over giving Sam Cook another go is anyone's guess. 
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 10,945
    Penny for Matt Potts’s thoughts too 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,737
    Leuth said:
    Gonna go early and say this Overton selection might be the worst I've ever seen
    Can't help thinking we've picked him for his batting. 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,737
    The rain saves us because we really shouldn't be happy with 72-2 in these conditions. You have to make them play and too many balls have been wasted by a couple of our bowlers having no line and length whatsoever. 
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,599
    Sunny at Porthcawl at the moment. 
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,309
    Yeah, massively India's session I'd say 
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  • wmcf123
    wmcf123 Posts: 5,823
    MarcusH26 said:
    Leuth said:
    Gonna go early and say this Overton selection might be the worst I've ever seen
    Don't get it at international level with him at all. Why he's playing over giving Sam Cook another go is anyone's guess. 
    75mph Sam? Neither should be playing .  Potts should consider himself unlucky . 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,816
       Very sudden rain shower.  I saw the spectators on the other side of the ground rushing to put their umbrellas up, and got ready to do a runner!
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,737
    wmcf123 said:
    MarcusH26 said:
    Leuth said:
    Gonna go early and say this Overton selection might be the worst I've ever seen
    Don't get it at international level with him at all. Why he's playing over giving Sam Cook another go is anyone's guess. 
    75mph Sam? Neither should be playing .  Potts should consider himself unlucky . 
    Cook's more like 80mph and these conditions would have been ideal for him. You don't take 327 wickets at 20.45 with an economy rate of 2.67 without having the ability to have the ball on a string. Anderson was that pace at the end of his career. 

    The reason I suspect that he hasn't been picked is that they see no long term future in playing him, specifically with the Ashes in mind, although the same can be said of Overton who doesn't have anywhere near the record of Cook in the CC. 
  • Big William
    Big William Posts: 3,837
    killerandflash said:
       Very sudden rain shower.  I saw the spectators on the other side of the ground rushing to put their umbrellas up, and got ready to do a runner!
    I'm on the gasometer side, I felt one spot of rain, then in the space of about 3 seconds the players legged it, and then we got a total deluge.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,816
    This is where it gets frustrating when you're at a game, as one heavy shower effectively means a 2 hour delay. And you just know that as soon as the players return, it'll start raining again.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,816
    3pm restart. 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,816
    killerandflash said:
    This is where it gets frustrating when you're at a game, as one heavy shower effectively means a 2 hour delay. And you just know that as soon as the players return, it'll start raining again.
    Surprise surprise,  spits of rain and the covers are back on
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,816
    But amazingly we're playing.  Still spits of rain.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,737
    edited July 31
    killerandflash said:
    But amazingly we're playing.  Still spits of rain.
    The ECB have informed the Umpires that they are very keen to take every opportunity to get to 30.1 overs.
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,019
    https://www.smry.ai/proxy?url=https:/www.nytimes.com/athletic/6516879/2025/07/29/sean-longstaff-leeds-newcastle-cricket

    Fun piece on Sean Longstaff playing cricket in the off season , think there's a quite a few examples of pro footballers turning out for cricket clubs , didn't Alfie May when he was with us and I believe Tariq Holmes-Dennis plays too? 
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  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,737
    edited July 31
    MarcusH26 said:
    https://www.smry.ai/proxy?url=https:/www.nytimes.com/athletic/6516879/2025/07/29/sean-longstaff-leeds-newcastle-cricket

    Fun piece on Sean Longstaff playing cricket in the off season , think there's a quite a few examples of pro footballers turning out for cricket clubs , didn't Alfie May when he was with us and I believe Tariq Holmes-Dennis plays too? 
    Alfie May used to play for Farningham CC. He says cricket is his favourite sport. 

    https://www.cricketworld.com/much-needed-victory-for-farningham/42009.htm
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,019
    Addick Addict said:
    MarcusH26 said:
    https://www.smry.ai/proxy?url=https:/www.nytimes.com/athletic/6516879/2025/07/29/sean-longstaff-leeds-newcastle-cricket

    Fun piece on Sean Longstaff playing cricket in the off season , think there's a quite a few examples of pro footballers turning out for cricket clubs , didn't Alfie May when he was with us and I believe Tariq Holmes-Dennis plays too? 
    Alfie May used to play for Farningham CC. He says cricket is his favourite sport. 
    I know the Neville brothers and Joe Hart are always brought up as footballers that were also incredibly talented junior cricketers who had to make the choice but it's interesting to see how many others there are. 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,816
    Hilariously bad run by Gill. 
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,322
    MarcusH26 said:
    Addick Addict said:
    MarcusH26 said:
    https://www.smry.ai/proxy?url=https:/www.nytimes.com/athletic/6516879/2025/07/29/sean-longstaff-leeds-newcastle-cricket

    Fun piece on Sean Longstaff playing cricket in the off season , think there's a quite a few examples of pro footballers turning out for cricket clubs , didn't Alfie May when he was with us and I believe Tariq Holmes-Dennis plays too? 
    Alfie May used to play for Farningham CC. He says cricket is his favourite sport. 
    I know the Neville brothers and Joe Hart are always brought up as footballers that were also incredibly talented junior cricketers who had to make the choice but it's interesting to see how many others there are. 
    Steve Gritt, Derek Hales and Colin Powell were all good cricketers
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,322
    Massively England's session I'd say 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,816
    Mike Gatting was a reasonable footballer.  His brother of course played for us.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,737
    MarcusH26 said:
    Addick Addict said:
    MarcusH26 said:
    https://www.smry.ai/proxy?url=https:/www.nytimes.com/athletic/6516879/2025/07/29/sean-longstaff-leeds-newcastle-cricket

    Fun piece on Sean Longstaff playing cricket in the off season , think there's a quite a few examples of pro footballers turning out for cricket clubs , didn't Alfie May when he was with us and I believe Tariq Holmes-Dennis plays too? 
    Alfie May used to play for Farningham CC. He says cricket is his favourite sport. 
    I know the Neville brothers and Joe Hart are always brought up as footballers that were also incredibly talented junior cricketers who had to make the choice but it's interesting to see how many others there are. 
    When Nathan Baxter was in the Kent Academy he made the decision to concentrate on football at Chelsea and is now at Watford. Ben Earl, the England rugby player, was in the same Kent age group side as Zak Crawley and Marcus O'Riordan. 

    Conversely, Adam Ball was in the same age group side as Harry Kane and Chuks Aneke at Arsenal as a kid. 
  • wmcf123
    wmcf123 Posts: 5,823
    Addick Addict said:
    MarcusH26 said:
    Addick Addict said:
    MarcusH26 said:
    https://www.smry.ai/proxy?url=https:/www.nytimes.com/athletic/6516879/2025/07/29/sean-longstaff-leeds-newcastle-cricket

    Fun piece on Sean Longstaff playing cricket in the off season , think there's a quite a few examples of pro footballers turning out for cricket clubs , didn't Alfie May when he was with us and I believe Tariq Holmes-Dennis plays too? 
    Alfie May used to play for Farningham CC. He says cricket is his favourite sport. 
    I know the Neville brothers and Joe Hart are always brought up as footballers that were also incredibly talented junior cricketers who had to make the choice but it's interesting to see how many others there are. 
    When Nathan Baxter was in the Kent Academy he made the decision to concentrate on football at Chelsea and is now at Watford. Ben Earl, the England rugby player, was in the same Kent age group side as Zak Crawley and Marcus O'Riordan. 

    Conversely, Adam Ball was in the same age group side as Harry Kane and Chuks Aneke at Arsenal as a kid. 
    Assume Chuks wasn’t a quick bowler 
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,019
    killerandflash said:
    Mike Gatting was a reasonable footballer.  His brother of course played for us.
    And Joe Gatting was a striker for Brighton before quitting to play professional cricket for Sussex and then Hampshire so quite the bloodline there. 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,737
    killerandflash said:
    Mike Gatting was a reasonable footballer.  His brother of course played for us.
    Joe Gatting, Steve's son and Mike's nephew, played for Brighton before switching to cricket for Sussex. He spends half the year in Australia playing and coaching - Seb played against him a couple of years ago in Adelaide. 

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