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Post by newby on Jul 2, 2024 15:46:02 GMT
Thank you Ben Mike.
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Post by davemorton on Jul 2, 2024 17:24:34 GMT
Six down at Leicester, so they will beat Middlesex, failing serious rainfall tomorrow.
That would put us on the heels of Middlesex, but also boost Leics into 4th place, and they will surely be part of the promotion 'conversation' come September. Good side, and well done to them.
How tragic - and disgraceful - that we have to wait so long for the next round of proper cricket. Empty grounds on summer days. The Sport that Took its own Life.
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Post by newby on Jul 2, 2024 18:22:21 GMT
Middlesex finally succumbed still 100 plus runs behind. That keeps us in 3rd but moves us to within 4 points of Middlesex and a mere 27 points behind Sussex.
Leicestershire, and depending on tomorrow Glamorgan, will still be well in the picture.
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Post by karma on Jul 2, 2024 19:12:02 GMT
I understand when we play Middlesex at Headingley (August 29th - 1st Sept) it will be using the Kookaburra ball.
This is not what I wanted 😢
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Post by tykemania on Jul 2, 2024 20:13:34 GMT
I understand when we play Middlesex at Headingley (August 29th - 1st Sept) it will be using the Kookaburra ball. This is not what I wanted 😢 FFS I mean heaven forefend that we should stick with the ball that promotes good balanced cricket.
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Post by newby on Jul 2, 2024 21:00:46 GMT
We'll just have to prepare a raging turner.
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Post by tykemania on Jul 2, 2024 21:31:56 GMT
We'll just have to prepare a raging turner. Suppose with Lyth, Malan, Root (I'm cancelling Test matches here), Brook, Bess, Moriarty, Chohan and Hen-Boisen that could work....
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Post by byased on Jul 2, 2024 21:55:14 GMT
certainly made the table much more interesting from our point of view. Wharton scored more than Derbyshire did in each of their innings. Would this be a first I wonder?
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Post by davemorton on Jul 2, 2024 23:52:53 GMT
A rare feat that hasn't been mentioned, is that Wharton scored a hundred on day 1 for the team batting second.
Joe Root performed the same in a Test at Trent Bridge (I think) after Broad had bowled the Aussies out for 60, and that was a first in Test cricket.
I can claim to have beaten the opposition score on my own, batting second. It can't be all that common, though certainly not unique, as teams have been bowled out for 0 in amateur cricket.
On this occasion, we bowled them out for 10. I scored 5 in the first over, my partner scored 1, and I also managed to run him out, which is how I came to face the first ball of the second over. I hit it for 6, thus scoring 11* of our 12 for one.
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Post by karma on Jul 3, 2024 6:20:23 GMT
A rare feat that hasn't been mentioned, is that Wharton scored a hundred on day 1 for the team batting second. Joe Root performed the same in a Test at Trent Bridge (I think) after Broad had bowled the Aussies out for 60, and that was a first in Test cricket. I can claim to have beaten the opposition score on my own, batting second. It can't be all that common, though certainly not unique, as teams have been bowled out for 0 in amateur cricket. On this occasion, we bowled them out for 10. I scored 5 in the first over, my partner scored 1, and I also managed to run him out, which is how I came to face the first ball of the second over. I hit it for 6, thus scoring 11* of our 12 for one. Good call!
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Post by slowleftarmer on Jul 3, 2024 11:33:05 GMT
the asterisk being the most important thing in all of that!
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