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Post by newby on Jun 2, 2024 11:27:06 GMT
Teams also messing about with the dimensions of the playing area, altering the size of the boundaries to suit their strengths and weaknesses.
On the commentary the different teams mostly have their own commentary team so not much chance of any balance.
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Post by donnylad on Jun 2, 2024 14:38:40 GMT
Both openers could have gone already.
Sanderson and Willey look better than any 2 of our quicks, except for the two boundaries Joe lad has whacked off Sanderson.
Having said that some short stuff got clouted and singles ere taken 55 for 0 in 6 overs.
It looks like this Northants XI have the same appealing coach as the Championship team. If it passes the bat, hits the p[ads, never mind if the batsman didn't hit it or if the ball pitched outside leg - jump up and down run around waving your arms and appealing - anyone can do it; keeper, cover, deep square leg - lets all join in.
Bopara has 4 for 34 off 4 and 18 of those came in 6's. Raza, 4 overs for 26 and 12 off those were scored by Bess of his last over.
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Post by newby on Jun 2, 2024 15:57:48 GMT
186/6 looks competitive and we've finished on the front foot. Up to the bowlers and no dropped catches please.
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Post by donnylad on Jun 2, 2024 17:26:45 GMT
What a difference a day and a bit of sunshine makes.
We looked a different team today (apart from the obvious about personnel changes) in the field and with the bat.
Lesson of the day - Wharton will remember to advance his front foot closer to the bat when facing a wily old bowler like Bopara!!
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Post by newby on Jun 2, 2024 17:30:31 GMT
Good stuff and particularly pleased for Thommo especially after his horror over last time out.
Good weekend all in all and they can have a few days off before next Sunday against Derbyshire at Headingley.
Leech looks to have picked up an injury so that might mean even more spin next time.
Well done all.
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Post by hawke on Jun 2, 2024 18:37:36 GMT
Yes glad for Thompson here too. Masood has scored more than I’d imagined as, as has been said, he is not considered to be a T20 specialist. Pleased Malan is starting to do if for us. He and Root are unexpected bonuses to me.
Our spinners bowl an interesting variety, We were strong when Rashid and Rafiq first played. Always worry about our seam up but Thommo got it right today.
I was anxious Bopara might win it for them and delighted we got Willey early. I’ve seen him take spinners apart for us. Thought he might haunt us today.
I suppose with the WC on then the standard is not so high this year and we might just might be one of the better sides. Here’s hoping
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Post by tykemania on Jun 2, 2024 18:59:42 GMT
I only really saw the last ten or so overs of their response, my big take away was how good some of our fielding was - Tommo and Revs especially, but with positive words for Chohan, Wharton and even Masood.
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Post by hawke on Jun 2, 2024 21:36:16 GMT
I only really saw the last ten or so overs of their response, my big take away was how good some of our fielding was - Tommo and Revs especially, but with positive words for Chohan, Wharton and even Masood. great to hear
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Post by karma on Jun 3, 2024 6:41:35 GMT
What an outstanding player Bopara is with both bat and ball . Any other day he would be my man of the match.
Thommo was outstanding coming in to put the icing on the cake with the bat, not slogs but a powerful cameo that carried Yorkshire forward to a total I thought we'd never reach . The momentum was with us.
And then he bowled better than I've seen him bowl all season, no car-crash over for 30 , but an accurate and varied deliveries interspersed with well-diguised slower balls I'd not really noticed before. Even the commentators were crowing about him.
Thommo, man of the match in a team that fielded brilliantly ,did most things very well and never let their heads drop. A different performance to last time out .
What a difference a day and a bit of sunshine makes and an engaged captain and team
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Post by newby on Jun 3, 2024 9:43:21 GMT
I remember when I took early retirement from doing a proper job, I was a civil servant so you may have a different view on how proper a job it was.
Anyway, we still had our youngest son at Uni and I think a tiny mortgage left so I signed up with an agency and did bits and pieces, some for a few weeks or months and one, which I found myself for almost 2 years.
The best part of it was I felt free to stay or go, didn't have to meet anyone for appraisals or show I was prepared to go the extra mile, complete lack of the b***S*** that comes with a proper job these days.
It must be a bit like that for Ravi Bopara these days, he turns up, puts in a performance, or not, and then arrives for the next game. His proper job at Essex is behind him, and Sussex, Northants and whoever comes next are just a means to an end.
Just watched the highlights of Youtube to cheer me up.
Pity about the injury to Leech, this period of this season is his big chance I feel, he hasn't exactly grasped it with both hands and if Cliff comes in and does better he may well not get another chance and end up being moved on at the end of the season.
We have a light programme in the next couple of weeks with 2 games at Headingley and 1 at Edgbaston. The bears, like us are relying quite heavily on spin so we might get pitches that suit our strength for the next fortnight at least.
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Post by slowleftarmer on Jun 3, 2024 11:35:24 GMT
I can relate to that newby and it does make a massive difference on your mental health!
For 35 years i had to work to support family, kids, mortgage but for the last 6 months I have lost all those millstones and the money I earn allows me to have better (and more) holidays that i did not do in my younger days.
from a work perspective, I no longer feel the need to always volunteer, to go the extra mile or to get involved in the internal crap that all organisations somehow have to generate to tick an ISO box, satisfy risk and compliance, meet H&S issues or now cater for EDI and ESG factors.
If someone came along and tapped me on the shoulder tomorrow and said its time to move on and heres something to encourage you to do so, I would be delighted.
So yes I can see how Bopara is not playing for another long term contract, he isnt playing to feel part of a team and he isnt playing with any financial pressures so he can go out and perform better. He is of course also an advert for the modern cricketer who focuses solely on one format of the game for 12 months of the year so he need not worry about red ball matches. if we all only focused on one thing in our lives we would probably get better and better at it!
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Post by tykemania on Jun 3, 2024 14:09:01 GMT
So yes I can see how Bopara is not playing for another long term contract, he isnt playing to feel part of a team and he isnt playing with any financial pressures so he can go out and perform better. He is of course also an advert for the modern cricketer who focuses solely on one format of the game for 12 months of the year so he need not worry about red ball matches. if we all only focused on one thing in our lives we would probably get better and better at it! Dunno about that. I took a month off to focus on my golf and I went from mildly terrible to outright embarrassing...
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Post by newby on Jun 6, 2024 20:34:47 GMT
Just one game in the North group tonight. Notts continue to disappoint the faithful at Trent Bridge, while delighting me by going down to Worcestershire.
Played 3 lost 3.
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Post by karma on Jun 7, 2024 5:19:51 GMT
So yes I can see how Bopara is not playing for another long term contract, he isnt playing to feel part of a team and he isnt playing with any financial pressures so he can go out and perform better. He is of course also an advert for the modern cricketer who focuses solely on one format of the game for 12 months of the year so he need not worry about red ball matches. if we all only focused on one thing in our lives we would probably get better and better at it! Dunno about that. I took a month off to focus on my golf and I went from mildly terrible to outright embarrassing... Not quite the same thing but as the medical person was cutting the plaster cast off my previously broken wrist with shears, I nervously asked, " Will I be able to play the piano to a reasonable standard?" A" I don't see why not" " That's funny I couldn't play before"
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Post by Hit Wicket on Jun 7, 2024 21:33:52 GMT
It looked unlikely but they persevered, they dug deep, with their jackboot clamped on their opponent's throat they had second thoughts, stuck their two successful bowlers on the boundary, brought back the two liabilities, spilled catches, and through sheer grit and determination Glamorgan managed to lose v Essex by two wickets.
Medals all round, lads. That was truly special.
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