Dogbert Posted August 5, 2021 Report Share Posted August 5, 2021 18 minutes ago, TomF said: Assume they’re well ahead of DLS so this could be rather funny if game is abandoned Yes, abandoned now. If we'd played the final two overs we'd have needed 3 wickets with no additional runs added to get ahead on DLS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted August 5, 2021 Report Share Posted August 5, 2021 Surrey will be royally pissed off. Oh well, never mind. 1 1 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 will be royally pissed off. Oh well, never mind. I can understand why they need the system but it always feels unfair on the team batting first as it's rewriting the first innings total and in hindsight it might have been different. It worked for us this time with the rain. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted August 6, 2021 Report Share Posted August 6, 2021 Comprehensive win by Glos today (7 wkts), just about keeps us in it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted August 8, 2021 Report Share Posted August 8, 2021 Middlesex v Gloucestershire: One-Day Cup game off after Gloucestershire Covid cases - BBC Sport Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midred Posted August 8, 2021 Report Share Posted August 8, 2021 Choice between Somerset v Northants and Wiveliscombe v Kilmington & Stourton on stream! Somerset doing well for first 5 overs but Northants now scoring at will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted August 8, 2021 Report Share Posted August 8, 2021 Gonna be chasing 300 at this rate. Can`t see us getting anywhere near that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogbert Posted August 8, 2021 Report Share Posted August 8, 2021 5 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said: Gonna be chasing 300 at this rate. Can`t see us getting anywhere near that. Pressure will be on to be scoring from the start and I can't see our bowlers getting us out of trouble when the top order collapses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted August 8, 2021 Report Share Posted August 8, 2021 Just now, Dogbert said: Pressure will be on to be scoring from the start and I can't see our bowlers getting us out of trouble when the top order collapses DLS as well. We need to get runs on the board early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midred Posted August 8, 2021 Report Share Posted August 8, 2021 Have they prepared an Essex wicket? They've only won 1 match before this. Hopefully the rain from up here will be heading down that way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midred Posted August 8, 2021 Report Share Posted August 8, 2021 We seem to have had a lot of different captains this season. Is there a correlation between captains and results? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted August 8, 2021 Report Share Posted August 8, 2021 306 to win. Nah, me neither! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted August 8, 2021 Report Share Posted August 8, 2021 (edited) We`ve been set 305 off 46 (DLS) Edited August 8, 2021 by Lanterne Rouge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midred Posted August 8, 2021 Report Share Posted August 8, 2021 7 - 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted August 8, 2021 Report Share Posted August 8, 2021 Digging in a bit now, still need ten an over with five wickets left. Unlikely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted August 8, 2021 Report Share Posted August 8, 2021 Well, Davey and Goldsworthy were good while they lasted, the rest of the match wasn’t much fun We really have run out of steam the last few games, hopefully we’ll creep over the line and qualify. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ralphindevon Posted August 8, 2021 Report Share Posted August 8, 2021 4 minutes ago, TomF said: We’re desperately low on players compared to some sides like Northants who have very few involved in test and hundred. I think we need one more win to go through. Yes true, I'm going Tuesday, hopefully another home win will be enough. It would be good to have Ben Green back but not sure when he will be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Dante Posted August 9, 2021 Report Share Posted August 9, 2021 17 hours ago, Northern Red said: Much as I hate the hundred, this was phenomenal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted August 9, 2021 Report Share Posted August 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Silvio Dante said: Much as I hate the hundred, this was phenomenal We`ve all been there and feel his pain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midred Posted August 9, 2021 Report Share Posted August 9, 2021 55 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said: We`ve all been there and feel his pain! Now that's what you call box entries! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted August 9, 2021 Report Share Posted August 9, 2021 (edited) Will Smeed, the youngest player in the 100, has just scored a 50. He finished on 65NO from 38 balls. Edited August 9, 2021 by PHILINFRANCE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted August 9, 2021 Report Share Posted August 9, 2021 9 minutes ago, PHILINFRANCE said: Will Smeed, the youngest player in the 100, has just scored a 50. 65* highest score in the 100. What a surprise package he’s turned out to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted August 9, 2021 Report Share Posted August 9, 2021 2 minutes ago, ralphindevon said: 65* highest score in the 100. What a surprise package he’s turned out to be. Only a surprise for those who have never seen him bat for Somerset. Good Luck to the young man, obviously, but I had visions of him and Tom Lammonby starring in the RL cup final amongst their fellow young Somerset debutants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted August 9, 2021 Report Share Posted August 9, 2021 12 minutes ago, PHILINFRANCE said: Only a surprise for those who have never seen him bat for Somerset. Good Luck to the young man, obviously, but I had visions of him and Tom Lammonby starring in the RL cup final amongst their fellow young Somerset debutants. Even us Somerset fans haven’t seen much of him live, I don’t know off hand but maybe 2 matches played in front of Somerset fans? One in which he played very well but 2nd fiddle to Lammonby. Let’s hope his progress doesn’t stutter like poor old Tom Banton’s has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted August 9, 2021 Report Share Posted August 9, 2021 2 minutes ago, ralphindevon said: Even us Somerset fans haven’t seen much of him live, I don’t know off hand but maybe 2 matches played in front of Somerset fans? One in which he played very well but 2nd fiddle to Lammonby. Let’s hope his progress doesn’t stutter like poor old Tom Banton’s has. Admittedly, I have only seen WS on the Somerset streams, but Goodness, he looks a wonderful talent. À propos poor old (young) Tom Banton, I assume you saw that he was out LBW for a duck. He must be seething with anger at the ECB, dragging him away just as he was coming in to some form and leaving him in the dressing room. I would be furious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted August 9, 2021 Report Share Posted August 9, 2021 6 minutes ago, PHILINFRANCE said: Admittedly, I have only seen WS on the Somerset streams, but Goodness, he looks a wonderful talent. À propos poor old (young) Tom Banton, I assume you saw that he was out LBW for a duck. He must be seething with anger at the ECB, dragging him away just as he was coming in to some form and leaving him in the dressing room. I would be furious. Yes they’ve been really unfair with him since covid started. Now Overton and Leach are facing not playing any cricket in the height of summer. It’s a short career, I don’t know how missing a chunk of high summer to carry drinks when you’re in your prime can be anything but scandalous 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted August 9, 2021 Report Share Posted August 9, 2021 5 hours ago, Silvio Dante said: Much as I hate the hundred, this was phenomenal It’s a ‘man’ thing for so many reasons. Firstly, only a man is able to appreciate the absolutely excruciating, eye watering pain such a blow causes. Secondly, in that knowledge, only a man would be able to laugh, when he is the cause of a second, similar blow within seconds of the first. Finally, I dare say few, if any, on here have felt sorry for poor old Alex Hales, his questionable character notwithstanding, but have simply laughed at his misfortune. À propos excruciating pain, and in acknowledgment to the female readers of this forum, I understand that childbirth can be pretty painful also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted August 9, 2021 Report Share Posted August 9, 2021 Thats how to win a game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted August 9, 2021 Report Share Posted August 9, 2021 4 minutes ago, TomF said: Smeed’s wrist and timing is unreal. When you consider Somerset have a potential batting line up of Banton, Abell, Lammonby, Smeed and Goldsworthy.. that alongside Davies and Hildy is quite something. It’s really weird, Somerset are producing the best team the county had ever seen, yet the way cricket is run now we’re never going to see the cricket in a way we used to. For these 6-8 weeks we’re in now they should all be playing almost non stop but there’s 4 or 5 that won’t have played at all. It’s unlikely kids will ever watch red ball cricket in the school holidays like I did. Madness But as you say, such an exciting time for the county, well done Somerset…….with a big help from Devon…..and a little help from Cornwall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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