The Cricket Thread

[Deutsch Wolf]

He is (after a rusty start). Taking wickets in Division Two of the Championship has never been an issue for him though.

He's only on the list because I don't trust us not to do something stupid... (and we are legit short on fit seam bowlers in at least the short term, as it happens)

 

[Tredman]

 

[Dinowolf]

Ollie Robinson and Dom Sibley have been selected for a County Select XI squad that will play New Zealand in a four-day warm-up match in Chelmsford from Thursday.

County Select XI squad: Jack Blatherwick (Lancashire), Michael Burgess (Warwickshire), Ben Compton (Kent), Ben Gibbon (Worcestershire), Nick Gubbins (Hampshire), Tom Haines (Sussex), Lyndon James (Nottinghamshire), Ryan Patel (Surrey), Liam Patterson-White (Nottinghamshire), Jamie Porter (Essex), Ollie Robinson (Sussex), Dom Sibley (Warwickshire).

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

60* off 27 for Brook in the T20 this evening.

Should be straight in the XI in this form...

 

[Nando]

Ollie's at it again.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

England XIs in the first Test of the summer

Can you name the England XIs from the first Test of the summer?

www.sporcle.com

236/242

 

Missed Knight, Schofield, Tremlett, Compton x 2 and Dawson

 

[Sniffer]

England XIs in the first Test of the summer

Can you name the England XIs from the first Test of the summer?

www.sporcle.com

236/242

 

Missed Knight, Schofield, Tremlett, Compton x 2 and Dawson

205

Missed an extra 17 with 3 of my favourite players from the recent era.

 

[Tony Towner]

207...it was a lot of the more recent ones missed

 

[Tony Towner]

Paul Stirling 5 6's, but the last ball went for a 4

 

[Dinowolf]

Paul Stirling 5 6's, but the last ball went for a 4

On his debut too.

Not a good debut for the 19 yr old bowler, Sales, who delivered six short balls that got what they asked for.

 

[Carrotdude]

Butler’s IPL has been utterly ludicrous

 

[Dinowolf]

Harry Brook - 72 off 48 tonight vs Lancashire

Match Tied

 

[Tony Towner]

Went to the Derbyshire vs 'Warwickshire' game tonight. We have the batting and spin bowling to win it, but boy the quicks. Henry Brookes was kicked out of the attack for back to back beamers, although neither were overly dangerous and the tub of lard who they are paying a fortune to be captain...Good god.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Jamie Porter has 5-6 in the tour game vs NZ.

NZ 19/6 and only 134 in front.

 

[Sniffer]

Jamie Porter has 5-6 in the tour game vs NZ.

NZ 19/6 and only 134 in front.

Some late partnerships got them up to 148.
112 for 1 chasing 264 to win. Compton continuing his early season form on an unbeaten 56.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Compton made 119 in the end. Should win this within the hour.

No word as yet whether Compton would even want to play for England rather than SA, I think he is qualified due to ancestry (pretty sure you're still grand with his ancestry and he hasn't represented SA at any level so no qualifiying/residency period required). I know he hasn't been playing for very long but he's in rare form.

 

[Sniffer]

Compton made 119 in the end. Should win this within the hour.

No word as yet whether Compton would even want to play for England rather than SA, I think he is qualified due to ancestry (pretty sure you're still grand with his ancestry and he hasn't represented SA at any level so no qualifiying/residency period required). I know he hasn't been playing for very long but he's in rare form.

There was an article on him in the Guardian. He’s been trying to make it for years, got a contract with Nottinghamshire but got nowhere but now is excelling at Kent. Top run scorer in the 2nd XI championship season in the past.

Persistence pays off for Ben Compton, Kent’s early-season run machine

A decade of trying to break into the county game was finally rewarded for the opener who is making the most of his belated opportunity

www.theguardian.com

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Yeah, sorry, I mean he's hardly played any actual FC cricket (16 games, and some of them were in Zimbabwe so comes with its own caveats). He's been trying hard to get in for a while.

Apparently he believes he can play white ball cricket effectively but if you get pigeonholed as a four day player only and you don't have much of a track record then a lot of counties will overlook you these days, as for a large portion of the season you're earning but not playing at all.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1531252987426922498

That's Craig Overton with his Test match batting average of 15.

Backwards thinking.

 

[Tony Towner]

I'm of the view that the keeper these days needs to be a genuine batsman. After that you pick your best 4 bowlers though even if that means the tail starts at 8