The Cricket Thread

[Tony Towner]

Of those on the periphery:

Robinson: Attitude, attitude, attitude
Cook: Superb figures and I like watching him bowl...but as I say I would worry about him being a bit Woakes away from home
Tongue: Not played since August 2023 and no recent news on his recovery
Stone/Mahmood/Archer: Can't stay fit
Potts/Carse: Averaging 62 and 286 (!) respectively with the ball for Durham this season
Atkinson: Maybe, although he doesn't have a huge body of work to pick from
Fisher: Looked nowhere near good enough in his one cap to date
Overtons: Hunchback rubbish
Currans: Popgun rubbish

https://twitter.com/x/status/1791151744128291271

 

[Mel Evo]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1791151744128291271

I mean, I’m sure Rob Key has it all in hand.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Stokes playing today for Durham and has bowled 6 overs this morning.

Leach is also back in the Somerset team.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I might have to put Ed Barnard back on England Watch at this rate.

 

[Sniffer]

I might have to put Ed Barnard back on England Watch at this rate.

Some recovery from this morning. As in most fixtures of late I’ve had to google to find out who 2 of the bowlers are!

 

[Tony Towner]

Some recovery from this morning. As in most fixtures of late I’ve had to google to find out who 2 of the bowlers are!

Craig Miles put in his best performance picking up a 5 for and did his ankle celebrating the 5th wicket . The overseas player curse continues, ones gone to play for Pakistan in Ireland despite being told they wouldn't call him up, the other rocked up injured which it took two sub par performances for them to discover

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Here's hoping Crawley is one where domestic form doesn't matter (in fairness he has been very good for England for a while now)

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[Deutsch Wolf]

Some recovery from this morning. As in most fixtures of late I’ve had to google to find out who 2 of the bowlers are!

Che Simmons with figures of 6-2-10-3!

 

[Tony Towner]

Not enforcing the follow on is biting them on the arse

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Not enforcing the follow on is biting them on the arse

I would have gone for it but in fairness even limping to 150ao would leave Essex chasing 385, which seems fanciful.

 

[Trips]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1791151744128291271

Hopefully Jimmy decides to go one more test and play at Trent Bridge, purely because I'm going

 

[BillyDee]

It wasn't Jimmy's decision

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Not enforcing the follow on is biting them on the arse

94 all out.

330 to get for Essex and they're 6/1 in reply.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

15/2. Glorious weather today so overheads not to blame, could just be crap batting.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Here's hoping Crawley is one where domestic form doesn't matter (in fairness he has been very good for England for a while now)

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Made 238 today, panic over

Essex 224/4, probably slight favourites though there isn't too much batting to come if both Cox and Critchley go. If you get bowled out for 94 then you get what you deserve (I suppose Hain didn't bat, but that's not much of an excuse)

 

[Tony Towner]

Whichever one of Davies or Robinson decided against not enforcing the follow on needs shooting. Only spent about a session and half in the field

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Horrible start to the season for Hain when he's looking to push his case for England. Misses games for personal reasons (not judging at all there, but far from ideal, especially when everyone is racking up cheap runs), gets an all-time shocker vs Surrey, concussion in this game so presumably won't play next week vs Lancs.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Whichever one of Davies or Robinson decided against not enforcing the follow on needs shooting. Only spent about a session and half in the field

Lost by four wickets, that's a serious black mark.

The non-knobhead Ollie Robinson closing in on a century for Durham, he's certainly doing all he can to put himself in the mix if we are moving on from Foakes and Bairstow (I say we should, one isn't quite good enough with the bat and one is yesterday's man).

 

[Tony Towner]

Cowardly bullshit

https://twitter.com/x/status/1792555024825905203

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

England Watch, Week 8

Warwickshire 397 & 94 vs Essex 162 & 331/6

R Yates 8 & 28
S Hain 0 & DNB

S Cook 24-3-82-2 & 8-1-14-1

J Cox 47 & 112
S Cook 6

R Yates 8.2-0-27-3 & 26-4-90-0

Lancashire 357 & 353/9 dec vs Durham 236 & 414

K Jennings 115 & 155
J Bohannon 39 & 38
S Mahmood 46 & 12*

M Potts 22-4-100-3 & 3-0-25-0
B Stokes 18-2-71-2 & 20-0-98-5

A Lees 24 & 40
O Robinson 0 & 171*
B Stokes 2 & 18
M Potts 6 & 2

S Mahmood 12-0-31-0 & 11-2-59-0

Nottinghamshire 235 & 209 vs Hampshire 276 & 171/5

H Hameed 20 & 0
J Clarke 4 & 57
O Stone 24 & 0
D Pennington 14 & 0

L Dawson 10-2-12-1 & 15-2-25-2

L Dawson 95 & 4

O Stone 16-3-62-4 & 9-2-32-0
D Pennington 15.1-5-70-3 & 14-3-37-2

Somerset 554 & 194/2 vs Kent 178 (f/o) & 564

T Banton 133
J Rew 114
C Overton 23
J Leach 21*

Z Crawley 0 & 238

C Overton 11-2-38-3 & 23-4-87-0
J Leach 7-1-22-2 & 31-2-119-2

Surrey 213 & 427 vs Worcestershire 128 & 231

O Pope 63 & 1
J Smith 0 & 72
B Foakes 1 & 3
D Lawrence 84 & 87
G Atkinson 0 & 4

G Atkinson 5-0-22-0 & 12-1-37-1
D Lawrence DNB & 3.3-0-52-2

Gloucestershire 706/6 dec vs Leicestershire 371 (f/o) & 377/7 dec

J Bracey 92

R Ahmed 28.4-1-153-2

R Ahmed 10 & 55

Sussex 150 & 227 vs Yorkshire 195 & 161

T Haines 31 & 0
J Carson 0 & 25
O Robinson 7 & 11

J Root DNB & 8.4-5-6-0

J Root 67 & 10

O Robinson 15.3-7-25-3 & 17-3-42-4
T Haines 9-3-16-1 & DNB
J Carson DNB & 7-0-25-1