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Post by newby on Mar 21, 2024 11:26:32 GMT
An inauspicious start with a delay down in Kidderminster where Worcestershire are taking on Durham UCCE. I'm not sure if I mean taking on or taking the mickey with a start this week.
No play before lunch at any rate.
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Post by newby on Mar 21, 2024 13:49:31 GMT
Even more inauspicious, the match has already been abandoned without a ball being bowled.
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Post by slowleftarmer on Mar 21, 2024 14:50:01 GMT
should have played it at Worcester.... oh hang on a minute.....
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Post by byased on Mar 21, 2024 18:39:57 GMT
whole area has been under water for some weeks, so not a surprise.
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Post by newby on Mar 22, 2024 9:00:41 GMT
As we 'hopefully' shake off the rain and cold weather to prepare for a new season, it's the climax to the red ball season in Australia with the final of the Sheffield shield taking place in Perth.
A bit of Yorkshire involvement with Doncaster born Sam Whiteman captaining Leeds born Josh Inglis and 9 other colonial types in the Western Australia side.
No Yorkies in the Tasmania side that I could see, but of course Andrew Gale does work for Cricket Tasmania.
Day 2 of the 5 day final drawing to close now. WA opened with a competitive 347, Whiteman 102, Inglis 15.
Tasmania battling hard are currently 151/4, make that 5 and up against it.
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Post by davemorton on Mar 22, 2024 11:22:39 GMT
Good Test match just started in Bangladesh, on a lively pitch. Sri Lanka lost their first five wickets for 57, and their last five for 21. Fortunately, for them, there was a partnership of 202 in the middle.
Bangladesh currently 20 for two. Relevance for us is that SL tour England this summer, and for Yorkshire, that Karunaratne is playing and scored 17, which was about par for the course when he was here.
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Post by newby on Mar 22, 2024 17:44:16 GMT
And both players involved in the partnership were out 102, what's the chances.
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Post by newby on Mar 23, 2024 10:36:22 GMT
Poor old Tasmania drowning in a sea of runs with Western Australia 382 runs in front and power to add at 221/3 at the end of day 3. The .57 of a point that consigned Tasmania to an away final, after leading the table all the way to the final game looks to have cost them dear.
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Post by tykemania on Mar 23, 2024 19:49:35 GMT
The damn hundred has pushed the season beyond what the bounds of even global climate change allows. I played golf down on the Kent coast last week - both Cinque Ports and St George's had water pooling in places and the majority of bunkers out of play. To start as early as we do risks devaluing the four day game, because some games - and indeed whether some games even make it to the starting line - a lottery.
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Post by newby on Mar 25, 2024 14:33:05 GMT
Some encouraging news on the Yorkshire website about the availability of Harry Brook and Joe Root early season.
Reading between the lines it seems HB may well be back as early as the Leicestershire game. A bit more difficult to read the runes as far as Joe Root goes, he has no England cricket until June so I guess this is a good opportunity to see how keen he really is about turning out for his County.
The first day of the University games on Tuesday looks cool but dry, the other two days could go either way.
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Post by newby on Mar 26, 2024 8:51:20 GMT
Loughborough UCCE v Lancashire, due to start today has been abandoned already. It's not a first class ground obviously and it's probably been inevitable for a while, taking the awful weather into account.
Hopefully better news at Headingley, Chester-le-Street and Northampton. Forecast looks dry for today, it just depends how wet the ground is already.
I did read somewhere that Yash Vagadia was playing for a UCCE side but that might have been Durham, rather than Leeds Bradford.
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Post by newby on Mar 26, 2024 10:13:33 GMT
Delayed start at Headingley, Inspection at 1 pm. sigh.
Umpires Steve O’Shaughnessy and Naeem Ashraf. Isn't that the duo that did the waterfest at Scarborough.
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Post by karma on Mar 26, 2024 13:00:37 GMT
Play to commence @ 13:40, Yorkshire batting
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Post by newby on Mar 26, 2024 13:24:39 GMT
Well at least the cricket season has started with play at Northampton and CLS and hopefully they are warming up at Headingley.
Onwards and Upwards.
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Post by newby on Mar 26, 2024 18:35:13 GMT
News on the England players availability.
Harry Brook, first 5 games, Leicestershire, Glos, Middx, Derbyshire and Glamorgan.
Joe Root, games 2-5 and 7. Glos, Middx, Derbyshire, Glamorgan and Northants.
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