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England will do well to make 200 from here.Pelling1993 said:100/4 was a great fightback. That wicket the last ball before lunch is a kick in the knackers0 -
116-6, poor light, rapid fast bowling. Welcome to the crease Stuart Broad
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When he's batting at 8 you know we're in trouble. Oh for the days when we had Moeen at 8 and Woakes at 9.killerandflash said:116-6, poor light, rapid fast bowling. Welcome to the crease Stuart Broad2 -
Broad is saved by the rain1
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It would weaken the bowling, but Sam Curran would be an option to lengthen the battingAddick Addict said:
When he's batting at 8 you know we're in trouble. Oh for the days when we had Moeen at 8 and Woakes at 9.killerandflash said:116-6, poor light, rapid fast bowling. Welcome to the crease Stuart Broad1 -
Strauss refuses to answer the question re the optimum number of County Championship games. He should become a politician. Atherton stinging in his criticism of the ECB and the way they have promoted the Hundred to the extent that they have alienated traditional cricket fans. He wants June/July for the CC but where would you fit the Blast in given that the Hundred is taking up August?
Strauss then asks the question "what skills do counties need to work on in order for them to become Test cricketers?". This from the man who instructed counties some years ago to concentrate on producing white ball cricketers and as a result counties stopped looking at technically sound batsmen who couldn't hit the ball 360 degrees.4 -
The one good thing about Lord's is that there is good cover!0
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What the ECB need to do is find a game that encourages "proper" batting and bowling, whilst also allowing for range hitting and death bowling, that are so highly valued in the t20 world. Some sort of compromise between the two.Addick Addict said:Strauss refuses to answer the question re the optimum number of County Championship games. He should become a politician. Atherton stinging in his criticism of the ECB and the way they have promoted the Hundred to the extent that they have alienated traditional cricket fans. He wants June/July for the CC but where would you fit the Blast in given that the Hundred is taking up August?
Strauss then asks the question "what skills do counties need to work on in order for them to become Test cricketers?". This from the man who instructed counties some years ago to concentrate on producing white ball cricketers and as a result counties stopped looking at technically sound batsmen who couldn't hit the ball 360 degrees.
I would suggest about 50 overs a side would be about right?
You could even have a cup competition.6 -
Exactly.Cafc43v3r said:
What the ECB need to do is find a game that encourages "proper" batting and bowling, whilst also allowing for range hitting and death bowling, that are so highly valued in the t20 world. Some sort of compromise between the two.Addick Addict said:Strauss refuses to answer the question re the optimum number of County Championship games. He should become a politician. Atherton stinging in his criticism of the ECB and the way they have promoted the Hundred to the extent that they have alienated traditional cricket fans. He wants June/July for the CC but where would you fit the Blast in given that the Hundred is taking up August?
Strauss then asks the question "what skills do counties need to work on in order for them to become Test cricketers?". This from the man who instructed counties some years ago to concentrate on producing white ball cricketers and as a result counties stopped looking at technically sound batsmen who couldn't hit the ball 360 degrees.
I would suggest about 50 overs a side would be about right?
You could even have a cup competition.
If it ain't broke don't try and fix it springs to mind.3 -
Absolutely drenched as the rain went biblical just as I was leaving the ground after play was abandoned
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Seriously unimpressed that the cutoff for a 50% refund is 29.5 overs, and as 32 overs were bowled, we get nothing back2
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Play the blast on the Sunday during the CC games . Ie play Surrey Thursday - Monday and have the Blast vs Surrey Sunday. Cuts down on travelling costs as well . Where’s my job at the ECB?Addick Addict said:Strauss refuses to answer the question re the optimum number of County Championship games. He should become a politician. Atherton stinging in his criticism of the ECB and the way they have promoted the Hundred to the extent that they have alienated traditional cricket fans. He wants June/July for the CC but where would you fit the Blast in given that the Hundred is taking up August?
Strauss then asks the question "what skills do counties need to work on in order for them to become Test cricketers?". This from the man who instructed counties some years ago to concentrate on producing white ball cricketers and as a result counties stopped looking at technically sound batsmen who couldn't hit the ball 360 degrees.0 -
The only issue with that is that teams in the CC are in two divisions. Unless you do the same with the Blast, it doesn't work. It would also mean that a team that is in Div 2 of the CC has a potentially easier group in the Blast.billysboots said:
Play the blast on the Sunday during the CC games . Ie play Surrey Thursday - Monday and have the Blast vs Surrey Sunday. Cuts down on travelling costs as well . Where’s my job at the ECB?Addick Addict said:Strauss refuses to answer the question re the optimum number of County Championship games. He should become a politician. Atherton stinging in his criticism of the ECB and the way they have promoted the Hundred to the extent that they have alienated traditional cricket fans. He wants June/July for the CC but where would you fit the Blast in given that the Hundred is taking up August?
Strauss then asks the question "what skills do counties need to work on in order for them to become Test cricketers?". This from the man who instructed counties some years ago to concentrate on producing white ball cricketers and as a result counties stopped looking at technically sound batsmen who couldn't hit the ball 360 degrees.
I don't disagree with doing something similar with the CC/Blast though. Perhaps Sunday-Wednesday the CC and then the Blast on Friday evenings.0 -
Or play the 50 over alongside the CC as it used to be played, e.g. Sunday 50 over, CC Tuesday to Friday0
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Good idea - and play the Blast throughout August when the kids can come and watch. And the Hundred in April.killerandflash said:Or play the 50 over alongside the CC as it used to be played, e.g. Sunday 50 over, CC Tuesday to Friday1 -
North and South and playoffs ?Addick Addict said:
The only issue with that is that teams in the CC are in two divisions. Unless you do the same with the Blast, it doesn't work. It would also mean that a team that is in Div 2 of the CC has a potentially easier group in the Blast.billysboots said:
Play the blast on the Sunday during the CC games . Ie play Surrey Thursday - Monday and have the Blast vs Surrey Sunday. Cuts down on travelling costs as well . Where’s my job at the ECB?Addick Addict said:Strauss refuses to answer the question re the optimum number of County Championship games. He should become a politician. Atherton stinging in his criticism of the ECB and the way they have promoted the Hundred to the extent that they have alienated traditional cricket fans. He wants June/July for the CC but where would you fit the Blast in given that the Hundred is taking up August?
Strauss then asks the question "what skills do counties need to work on in order for them to become Test cricketers?". This from the man who instructed counties some years ago to concentrate on producing white ball cricketers and as a result counties stopped looking at technically sound batsmen who couldn't hit the ball 360 degrees.
I don't disagree with doing something similar with the CC/Blast though. Perhaps Sunday-Wednesday the CC and then the Blast on Friday evenings.0 -
Mad to think that Harmy and Fred are only 3 and 4 years older than him but have been retired more than 10 years.Addick Addict said:1 -
Not so mad if life was measured in alcohol units drunk rather than timecantersaddick said:
Mad to think that Harmy and Fred are only 3 and 4 years older than him but have been retired more than 10 years.Addick Addict said:1 -
I still find it staggering that Stewart and Anderson played in the same side, but then Stewart was the last England player to play when over 40 before Jimmy!0
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And his Dad played for Charltonkillerandflash said:I still find it staggering that Stewart and Anderson played in the same side, but then Stewart was the last England player to play when over 40 before Jimmy!0 -
Does that mean that Pope has been dropped four times?0
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Oh pope… golden opportunity to prove his doubters completely wrong. Great knock but could’ve pushed on1
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Got a life this morning only to play that nothing shot. 200 almost certainly out of reach nowkentaddick said:Oh pope… golden opportunity to prove his doubters completely wrong. Great knock but could’ve pushed on1 -
To be fair, when you have 73 in the book and the next top is 20, you are King by a very long way in the Land of the Blind. These conditions are as difficult as they can be especially given that South Africa's seam attack is top drawer.1
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i agree, but a century at lords in difficult conditions vs bowlers like rabada and nortje would tell everyone that he clearly is good enough. Something that dogged another player with beautiful technique in ian bell was that he only played well when the team played well.Addick Addict said:To be fair, when you have 73 in the book and the next top is 20, you are King by a very long way in the Land of the Blind. These conditions are as difficult as they can be especially given that South Africa's seam attack is top drawer.0 -
England have been bowled out for less than 180 in their first innings of a Lord's Test - and gone on to win - six times. Once in the nineteenth century; twice in the twentieth century; and already three times this century. You only have to go back as far as June this year for the last time it happened.0
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Brad's final Test. Calling it now1
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Also Broad's4
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Good toss to win yesterday. Put the opposition in when its cloudy & rain around. Bowl them out cheaply & then bat in lovely sunny conditions.
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