Midred Posted August 1, 2021 Report Share Posted August 1, 2021 16 hours ago, Calculus said: Going to Taunton tomorrow for the match vs Yorkshire. Any ideas about reasonable places to park? Thanks... Still raining? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted August 1, 2021 Report Share Posted August 1, 2021 So it`s a T20 game for all intents and purposes now. Yorkshire 26/1 off 3.1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted August 1, 2021 Report Share Posted August 1, 2021 James H bringing us home again it looks like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted August 1, 2021 Report Share Posted August 1, 2021 And we are top of the league 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midred Posted August 1, 2021 Report Share Posted August 1, 2021 Suddenly realised that for the BBC the hundred is cricket's equivalent of the premier league - nothing else matters! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted August 1, 2021 Report Share Posted August 1, 2021 Much as I dislike the 100, seeing all these debuts for the young cricketers has been great, I’ve lost count now and they’ve all done well. I’m both excited and worried about the future of county cricket. I’m sure Somerset will be ok but it’d be sad to see any county go 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midred Posted August 1, 2021 Report Share Posted August 1, 2021 2 minutes ago, ralphindevon said: Much as I dislike the 100, seeing all these debuts for the young cricketers has been great, I’ve lost count now and they’ve all done well. I’m both excited and worried about the future of county cricket. I’m sure Somerset will be ok but it’d be sad to see any county go Major league cricket on it's way? (With the 100) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted August 1, 2021 Report Share Posted August 1, 2021 One for the cricket buffs. Yorkshire had a lad called Jack Shutt playing for them - is he any relation to our erstwhile striker Carl? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted August 1, 2021 Report Share Posted August 1, 2021 2 minutes ago, Midred said: Major league cricket on it's way? (With the 100) Nobody knows what’s on its way but the strength of feeling for the county game is huge. Somerset sold out today, despite 10 players being out and the crap weather. In their last game they had 450,000 interactions on their live feed. It ain’t one man and his dog 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted August 1, 2021 Report Share Posted August 1, 2021 5 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said: One for the cricket buffs. Yorkshire had a lad called Jack Shutt playing for them - is he any relation to our erstwhile striker Carl? He might well be a relative but I don’t think a close one as I think we’d have heard about it by now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midred Posted August 1, 2021 Report Share Posted August 1, 2021 13 minutes ago, ralphindevon said: Nobody knows what’s on its way but the strength of feeling for the county game is huge. Somerset sold out today, despite 10 players being out and the crap weather. In their last game they had 450,000 interactions on their live feed. It ain’t one man and his dog Hopefully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 5 hours ago, ralphindevon said: Much as I dislike the 100, seeing all these debuts for the young cricketers has been great, I’ve lost count now and they’ve all done well. I’m both excited and worried about the future of county cricket. I’m sure Somerset will be ok but it’d be sad to see any county go And Glos will be ok too ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 5 hours ago, ralphindevon said: Nobody knows what’s on its way but the strength of feeling for the county game is huge. Somerset sold out today, despite 10 players being out and the crap weather. In their last game they had 450,000 interactions on their live feed. It ain’t one man and his dog Our last game WE had 450001, and we didn't have two men and their dogs ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Dazzler Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 Just felt the need to mention that Glos had another great late win today, having been in a great position with around 8 overs to go and then nearly chucking it away. Sussex needed 5 from 8 balls (or something like that) but with 9 wickets down, and risked a 2nd run which resulted in a run out. So we are still in the mix. Saw a good deal of the live stream, a cracking match whatever the result, but chuffed with the win! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calculus Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 19 hours ago, Midred said: Still raining? Ha! Funny... Stopped raining before 13:00 but play didn't get going until 15:30. Very poor effort in getting water off the ground - both badly organised and under-equipped. At one point there was a guy using what looked a towel to mop up the wicket. Match reduced to 20 overs a side eventually finishing at 18:30 with plenty of daylight lift. More cricket could easily have been provided to the full house than was. Disappointing. Somerset thoroughly deserved their win and were better than Yorkshire in all aspects - batting, bowling and especially fielding. Yorkshire incredibly sloppy in the field - 5 chances put down and although a couple were very difficult the rest should have been held. James Hildreth held everything together once he got in. Everytime I see him can't I can't help feeling a bit sorry for him - he should have had a fair few England caps and it's an injustice that he hasn't. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 13 hours ago, slartibartfast said: Our last game WE had 450001, and we didn't have two men and their dogs ! 13 hours ago, slartibartfast said: And Glos will be ok too ! Yes I’m sure Glos will be ok too…………..but they’ll still have to play within a few hundred meters of the scrapyard that is the Mem’ no wonder they can’t match Somerset’s crowds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy62 Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 Wow. Welsh fire have smashed their way to an impressive 121 from their 100 balls. Massive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Fordy62 said: Wow. Welsh fire have smashed their way to an impressive 121 from their 100 balls. Massive. It’s odd how this so called simplified form of the game overall has lower runs per ball than T20s, takes more minutes per ball than T20 and has lower crowds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 The low scores are because of the pitches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted August 3, 2021 Report Share Posted August 3, 2021 NEWS: Somerset County Cricket Club are delighted to announce that Archie Vaughan has joined the Somerset Academy Archie is the son of former England Captain Michael Vaughan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted August 3, 2021 Report Share Posted August 3, 2021 How did Glos blow that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted August 4, 2021 Report Share Posted August 4, 2021 18 hours ago, Super said: NEWS: Somerset County Cricket Club are delighted to announce that Archie Vaughan has joined the Somerset Academy Archie is the son of former England Captain Michael Vaughan Just need to keep his dad away from doing commentary on the live streams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted August 4, 2021 Report Share Posted August 4, 2021 23 hours ago, TomF said: Hopefully as good a cricketer but less of a knob personality Don't hold your breath ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogbert Posted August 5, 2021 Report Share Posted August 5, 2021 Not looking good up at the Oval, think Somerset need to just try to make sure they bat out the 50 and hope for some rain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted August 5, 2021 Report Share Posted August 5, 2021 1 minute ago, TomF said: Anyone here Cooks suggestion to improve the domestic game? Have a county championship where the 4 teams who finish bottom would be expelled for good. Absolute scenes when it’s Surrey, Yorkshire, Lancaster and One man team Essex. And that's why it would never happen. If you ran it that way next year then based on the last couple of seasons there's a serious possibility that Middlesex wouldn't make the cut for starters. The discussion itself was quite interesting, lots of different ideas on scheduling and number of matches but all of them had drawbacks. The consensus was that the T20 Blast is too long but that trying to reduce the number of games in it would be a problem for the counties who rely on it for the bulk of their income and the shortfall would have to be found from somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midred Posted August 5, 2021 Report Share Posted August 5, 2021 4 hours ago, Dogbert said: Not looking good up at the Oval, think Somerset need to just try to make sure they bat out the 50 and hope for some rain Not looking good, Surrey only need 90 runs off 18 overs! Any more rain possible? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted August 5, 2021 Report Share Posted August 5, 2021 Surrey just going to grind this out it looks like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midred Posted August 5, 2021 Report Share Posted August 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said: Surrey just going to grind this out it looks like Another get out of jail card for them! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midred Posted August 5, 2021 Report Share Posted August 5, 2021 What happens if they get to 10 overs, do they just compare runs and wickets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted August 5, 2021 Report Share Posted August 5, 2021 5 minutes ago, Midred said: Another get out of jail card for them! Raining again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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