Midred Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 If Essex lose this will they be appealing against the state of the pitch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 Decent start Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted May 4 Author Admin Report Share Posted May 4 9 hours ago, Lanterne Rouge said: I see Sky are showing Lancs v Kent from 11 today until the IPL game starts at 3. Hopefully the sign of things to come with more CC being shown live. I possibly dreamt it but I'm sure I saw Somerset were being shown live soon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 In true Somerset fashion we are making hard work of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 Getting nervy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 15 needed 4 wickets left Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearded_red Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 First decent weather of the season, beating those ***** in two days. Proper day at the cricket. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 Whose betting on an Essex objection and a points deduction 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted May 5 Report Share Posted May 5 That was very enjoyable, ideally it would have been a match played over at least 3 days but it’s far more enjoyable and productive than those 550 for 2 wickets. Loved every minute. Unbeaten going into mid May and all to play for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted May 5 Report Share Posted May 5 (edited) Was at Friday, batters didn’t really look like they were struggling as such, the ball was just doing a little, was a bit slow scoring and you had the two best seam attacks in the country playing Edited May 5 by Lrrr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted May 9 Report Share Posted May 9 I see Pete Trego’s 16 year old son made his debut for Gloucestershire 2nds yesterday. Coming on to bowl as their 5th bowler he took 5 for 16. If he turns out to be a good’un, and I really hope he does, I’ll be a bit/very disappointed he plays for Gloucestershire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted May 11 Report Share Posted May 11 Wow, 409 ,put in on a green'un............excellent stuff, might grift a draw ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted May 11 Report Share Posted May 11 4 hours ago, slartibartfast said: Wow, 409 ,put in on a green'un............excellent stuff, might grift a draw ! I will be disappointed if we don't get our first win of the season here. We just need to avoid that "one bad session" that seems to dog us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted May 11 Report Share Posted May 11 45 minutes ago, Port Said Red said: I will be disappointed if we don't get our first win of the season here. We just need to avoid that "one bad session" that seems to dog us. You can't say that, the natives on here will be getting restless ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted May 11 Report Share Posted May 11 Just now, slartibartfast said: You can't say that, the natives on here will be getting restless ! All out for 171 and a 5fer for the javelin thrower, I have had worse days supporting Glos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted May 11 Report Share Posted May 11 1 minute ago, Port Said Red said: All out for 171 and a 5fer for the javelin thrower, I have had worse days supporting Glos. looking at the weather, they better enforce the follow on ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CloudyThatchers Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 (edited) Wow a Glos win at long last! Edited May 13 by CloudyThatchers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 Get the **** in ! Forgotten what it felt like ! Watching all day on Northants TV, very good and fair comms. They said the finest spell of fast bowling seen for many a day here by de Lange . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 1 minute ago, slartibartfast said: Get the **** in ! Forgotten what it felt like ! Watching all day on Northants TV, very good and fair comms. They said the finest spell of fast bowling seen for many a day here by de Lange . Found his level i expect. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 (edited) 20 hours ago, slartibartfast said: Get the **** in ! Forgotten what it felt like ! Watching all day on Northants TV, very good and fair comms. They said the finest spell of fast bowling seen for many a day here by de Lange . I watched some of the Somerset coverage in the last couple of seasons and this match is the most accurate I have seen him bowl. For once he didn't look like a converted javelin thrower. Let's hope he can remain that consistent. Edited May 14 by Port Said Red 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Humble Realist Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 What are peoples thoughts on this new plan to sell off pieces of the hundred franchises to save the wider game. https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ecb-secures-counties-agreement-hundred-direction-of-travel-1433319 Whereas I can see some decent short term benefits for counties with a huge injection of cash I dont see how in the mid to long run it doesn't create a 2 tier system (one could argue it already exists ) where the hundred counties slowly but surely become the only show in town. Counties like Glos are damned if they do, damned if they dont. Vote the changes through and in the long run they become 2nd class citizens. Dont vote it through and they potentially go busy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearded_red Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 1 hour ago, The Humble Realist said: What are peoples thoughts on this new plan to sell off pieces of the hundred franchises to save the wider game. Frankly, it is going to destroy county cricket and first class cricket in this country. At absolute best the counties will end up as some sort of essentially semi-pro feeder clubs that exist purely to develop players. If people think billionaires from India or the US are throwing cash at a money losing tournament in England just for a stake in ‘teams’ that play for four weeks in August they’re off their rocker. They are buying influence so that the tournament will grow and grow and cannibalise everything else. The argument that a handful of counties are in immediate danger (forgive me for being cynical but I’m 33 and I’ve heard this about counties my entire life and it’s never happened) and the cash will save them is so simplistic I have to believe it’s pure gaslighting. Fine, you’re saying that you’re saving yourselves today to make yourselves utterly irrelevant in five years. Jam today, death tomorrow. But, to be honest, I think the game I love is in its last knockings anyway to be honest. We really can’t be far away from the billionaire IPL franchise owners contracting players on multi year contracts and the IPL going up to 20 teams and being played over 9 months. May get space here and there when they allow their players to go and play a World Cup. I’ve long since accepted the way it’s going and now just try and enjoy what’s left of the cricket I love. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Humble Realist Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 3 hours ago, bearded_red said: Frankly, it is going to destroy county cricket and first class cricket in this country. At absolute best the counties will end up as some sort of essentially semi-pro feeder clubs that exist purely to develop players. If people think billionaires from India or the US are throwing cash at a money losing tournament in England just for a stake in ‘teams’ that play for four weeks in August they’re off their rocker. They are buying influence so that the tournament will grow and grow and cannibalise everything else. The argument that a handful of counties are in immediate danger (forgive me for being cynical but I’m 33 and I’ve heard this about counties my entire life and it’s never happened) and the cash will save them is so simplistic I have to believe it’s pure gaslighting. Fine, you’re saying that you’re saving yourselves today to make yourselves utterly irrelevant in five years. Jam today, death tomorrow. But, to be honest, I think the game I love is in its last knockings anyway to be honest. We really can’t be far away from the billionaire IPL franchise owners contracting players on multi year contracts and the IPL going up to 20 teams and being played over 9 months. May get space here and there when they allow their players to go and play a World Cup. I’ve long since accepted the way it’s going and now just try and enjoy what’s left of the cricket I love. A sad but fault truthful post I fear. I just dont see how the non hundred counties would ever really vote for it but maybe they have accepted their fate as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearded_red Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 42 minutes ago, The Humble Realist said: I just dont see how the non hundred counties would ever really vote for it but maybe they have accepted their fate as well. I don’t disagree, but some of us were making the exact same point 6/7 years ago when they initially voted through an eight team city based franchise tournament to take place in the middle of our summer. Not quite turkeys voting for Christmas, but turkeys voting for Christmas in exchange for 1.3 milllion pounds a year. Everything that has followed has been entirely predictable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 Leicestershire put Glos into bat, they have just broken their opening partnership record Vs Leicestershire and Charlesworth his personal best in 1st class cricket. Well done captain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted May 17 Author Admin Report Share Posted May 17 I know the English cricket fixtures have been well known for being randomly set, but how are Somerset playing Kent for the second time already this season 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 2 hours ago, Port Said Red said: Leicestershire put Glos into bat, they have just broken their opening partnership record Vs Leicestershire and Charlesworth his personal best in 1st class cricket. Well done captain. Yeah ,but we've lost Charlesworth now...................were all doomed ! Well done lads 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 Pretty dumb calls from Kent and Leicestershire at the toss. Oh well.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 5 hours ago, Super said: Pretty dumb calls from Kent and Leicestershire at the toss. Oh well.... No, just superb batting, at least from Glos (couldn't say about your lot ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearded_red Posted Saturday at 13:14 Report Share Posted Saturday at 13:14 Crawley first ball duck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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