The sun only shines on the righteous. You probably don't get to see any in Surrey.
@Lordflashheart's comment. Great minds really do exist. In the Kent supporters anyway.
Correct - BTW I’m 55 on Saturday - I will be at Hesketh Park on Saturday to watch my mate’s son play for Dartford 2’s (who have not started the season well 🙄) - so if you fancy some Dart’s cricket and a beer, come on up (I will, as usual, have a CAFC polo on)
Kent tonight - well unless something mega happens, we are losing
That's very kind of you. Unfortunately I'll be at Bickley watching my son keep and open (for the first time in a couple of years) against Dartford. Hope you have a great birthday and that your mate's son does well.
The sun only shines on the righteous. You probably don't get to see any in Surrey.
@Lordflashheart's comment. Great minds really do exist. In the Kent supporters anyway.
Correct - BTW I’m 55 on Saturday - I will be at Hesketh Park on Saturday to watch my mate’s son play for Dartford 2’s (who have not started the season well 🙄) - so if you fancy some Dart’s cricket and a beer, come on up (I will, as usual, have a CAFC polo on)
Kent tonight - well unless something mega happens, we are losing
That's very kind of you. Unfortunately I'll be at Bickley watching my son keep and open (for the first time in a couple of years) against Dartford. Hope you have a great birthday and that your mate's son does well.
It’s not ‘unfortunately’ - you are watching your son - that matters
Gloucs win for the first time this season in defeating Kent by 7 wickets with 10 balls to spare. The fear that we were 20 or so short in our innings was proven to be the difference albeit that Gloucs were on the better side of luck in theirs what with the "no ball" decision and number of balls falling into gaps.
Gloucs win for the first time this season in defeating Kent by 7 wickets with 10 balls to spare. The fear that we were 20 or so short in our innings was proven to be the difference albeit that Gloucs were on the better side of luck in theirs what with the "no ball" decision and number of balls falling into gaps.
Just home after a disappointing match , summarised perfectly by AA IMO.
Too few glimmers of hope tonight on a lovely summer's evening, which almost looked as though our pointless opponents wanted this one more than the Spitfires....
A plucky partnership between Harry & Sam wasn't enough to post a decent total for Gloucs to chase which they did with the aid of a no ball & a dropped catch ....Not our night.
I'm still pinning my hopes on the One Dayers when other counties will surely be missing more of their stars to The Hundred ( spit) than we shall.
Curiously, Stewart hasn't bowled a ball so far tonight. It looks like Jaydn is on the field but I haven't heard if Stewart has gone off injured.
Well I really am confused now. Jaydn was on for Leaning (who has a hamstring issue) and not Stewart. So why did the latter not bowl a ball? We didn't pick up a wicket in the final dozen or so overs so surely it was worth giving him one over at least. If there was no intention to do so then perhaps we should have played another batter.
Anyway, Leaning is included along with Joe Denly in a 14-man squad for the game against Essex tomorrow.
Just listening to Hollioake’s post match comments. Surprised he said players were tired. They only been playing T20. Secondly, after tomorrow’s game they’re returning to Canterbury before heading off to Blackpool at 10am the next day. Surely they could hole up overnight somewhere in Essex and go from there? Why the need to go to Canterbury? Seems odd.
Just listening to Hollioake’s post match comments. Surprised he said players were tired. They only been playing T20. Secondly, after tomorrow’s game they’re returning to Canterbury before heading off to Blackpool at 10am the next day. Surely they could hole up overnight somewhere in Essex and go from there? Why the need to go to Canterbury? Seems odd.
That's probably a combination of a number of things. Some of the players won't be in the T20 squad (potentially the likes of Compton, Kashif Ali, Garrett and Quinn) and others that won't be in the CC squad (Billings, Klaassen and Rogers), it's cheaper not to book an extra night in a hotel for probably 18 people, it's one less night away for the players from their families and the difference between going from Chelmsford or Canterbury is only going to save about 40 minutes on a journey of 5 hours plus.
The South Asian Cricket Academy lost in a 3-day game to Surrey 2s ending today. In that match, a couple of our former players featured for SACA - Arafat Bhuiyan (21-2-90-0) and Hamidullah Qadri who returned somewhat contrasting figures in the two innings - 5-0-42-0 and 7.5-4-16-6. Surrey won by 1 wicket and it seems that Qadri almost single handedly got them over the line.
Just listening to Hollioake’s post match comments. Surprised he said players were tired. They only been playing T20. Secondly, after tomorrow’s game they’re returning to Canterbury before heading off to Blackpool at 10am the next day. Surely they could hole up overnight somewhere in Essex and go from there? Why the need to go to Canterbury? Seems odd.
Would you want to stay in Essex any longer than you had to?
Qadri was always fairly talented and hardly done by imo
He's still only 24 which seems strange but then he made his debut for Derbyshire aged 16. He now plays for Norfolk and isn't really imposing himself for them - 6 wickets in 6 matches (50 over games) at 28.67 with an E/R of just under 5.
With the desire to play spinners at an all time low in county cricket, you really have to be something special to force yourself in. Kent have played numerous red and white ball matches without even their number one (and their only frontline spinner in the squad), Parkinson and England have as their main man someone who doesn't get picked for his county.
Curiously, Stewart hasn't bowled a ball so far tonight. It looks like Jaydn is on the field but I haven't heard if Stewart has gone off injured.
Well I really am confused now. Jaydn was on for Leaning (who has a hamstring issue) and not Stewart. So why did the latter not bowl a ball? We didn't pick up a wicket in the final dozen or so overs so surely it was worth giving him one over at least. If there was no intention to do so then perhaps we should have played another batter.
Anyway, Leaning is included along with Joe Denly in a 14-man squad for the game against Essex tomorrow.
Yesterday we handed Gloucestershire their first win in this year's competition.
Essex have just lost to Middlesex by 1 run leaving them winless.
I am going tomorrow (our annual jaunt to watch ritual Kent humiliation).
Is anyone going to suggest an outcome other than a very painful evening watching our lads make a complete arse of themselves?
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62-3 (7.2)
Gloucs require another 82
89-3 (12)
117-3 (14)
Just 41 off 6 overs
Too few glimmers of hope tonight on a lovely summer's evening, which almost looked as though our pointless opponents wanted this one more than the Spitfires....
A plucky partnership between Harry & Sam wasn't enough to post a decent total for Gloucs to chase which they did with the aid of a no ball & a dropped catch ....Not our night.
I'm still pinning my hopes on the One Dayers when other counties will surely be missing more of their stars to The Hundred ( spit) than we shall.
We can but hope.....
Anyway, Leaning is included along with Joe Denly in a 14-man squad for the game against Essex tomorrow.
😉
With the desire to play spinners at an all time low in county cricket, you really have to be something special to force yourself in. Kent have played numerous red and white ball matches without even their number one (and their only frontline spinner in the squad), Parkinson and England have as their main man someone who doesn't get picked for his county.
Yesterday we handed Gloucestershire their first win in this year's competition.
Essex have just lost to Middlesex by 1 run leaving them winless.
I am going tomorrow (our annual jaunt to watch ritual Kent humiliation).
Is anyone going to suggest an outcome other than a very painful evening watching our lads make a complete arse of themselves?