English Cricket season

[luckyeddie]

Best news I've seen in a long time....

D Gough 7 1 19 3

 

[Neil Pickup]

And 2 minutes later, he's out. D'Oh!

Always going to happen really, wasn't it?

And Marc, Somerset are sure-fire to beat Gloucester

I'll agree with 5/6 of your other tips but I quite fancy Hampshire. Not sure why, and will probably look a tit come Monday

 

[Rik]

Bad news though, Ian Bell out for 32, Jamie Troughton out for 12 and David Sales out for 12

 

[Rich2001]

Bad news though, Ian Bell out for 32, Jamie Troughton out for 12 and David Sales out for 12

Meanwhile M.Carberry 137 and R.Key 129

And before you say I know it was only vs a UCCE side :rolleyes:

 

[luckyeddie]

... and the winner of the 'First championship hundred of the season' award goes to.....

Michael di Venuto 121

Woo Hoo.

Go, Derbyshire.

 

[Rik]

... and the winner of the 'First championship hundred of the season' award goes to.....

Michael di Venuto 121

Woo Hoo.

Go, Derbyshire.

Well he's Australian...so you can only half claim it :P

 

[luckyeddie]

Well he's Australian...so you can only half claim it :P

Really? And here's me thinking he was as English as, er, Graeme Hick.:P

 

[Neil Pickup]

Somerset are 41/6 after Gloucester managed 203 in the first innings.

Oh dear, oh dear... John Lewis has 5/16.

Mushtaq Ahmed with 6/20 recorded the first five-wicket haul of the season.

And Lancashire - 301/2 - are well on top against Surrey .

 

[chris.hinton]

Worcestershire are doing well

259/4 Ben Smith 88*


Warwick are not

But they have got notts 90/4

 

[luckyeddie]

And the winner of today's 'LMAO' award goes to..... Surrey.

For about 4 hours today, every sports news bulletin on Sky started 'Surrey this, Surrey that'.

Once Sky realised that their darlings had Lancashire tottering at 300-2 or so, they shut up.

Latest .... Lancashire continue to struggle - now 361-2

 

[marc71178]

England All rounder and greatest player ever,
Rikki Clarke - 9.4-0-55-0

 

[Neil Pickup]

Tribute to Richard Johnson:

Somerset were 6/36 when he came in, by close they were 6/175.

Johnson has hit 106* off 84 balls, at one point he hit 45 runs off 17 balls. Quite magnificent.

Given that his career HS is "only" 69, it looks even better, and that no-one else managed more than 42 on the day, and Rob Turner at the other end hit a very stoic 33* off 99 balls...

Hero of the Day!

Maybe he'll get that England cap he deserves now?

 

[lord_of_darkness]

Surrey getting wasted

lancashire on 391/2 massive score against surrey !!

anyway hampshire doing alright , too bad wasim couldnt pick up more than 2 wickets but i hope hamps can chase from now

 

[marc71178]

Maybe he'll get that England cap he deserves now?

So who exactly would he replace? Our bowling stocks are in good enough stead without him!

 

[masterblaster]

How bout Johnson replacing Steve Harmison or Matthew Hoggard, or a fill in for Andy Caddick.

God knows all the above cant bat at all, and Harmison cant bowl on the pitch.

So someone like Johnson who looks like a good bowler (when ive seen him playing for somerset) and a pretty decent bat (from what ive heard today) could replace one of the above.

And Dazzler's Back too today!
Did a good job too, 3/40 something for Yorkshire

 

[Rik]

Well the England squad is likely to have Harmison, Anderson, Caddick and Hoggard there, Simon Jones won't be fit till near the end of the season and I think they'll wait and see if Gough lasts a bit longer. Please someone knock it into them that whilst Harmison "appears" to have the potential, Johnson has the ability. He bowled pretty well on the India tour too and yet Ormond got the Test spot :!(

 

[marc71178]

How bout Johnson replacing Steve Harmison or Matthew Hoggard, or a fill in for Andy Caddick.

God knows all the above cant bat at all

Harmison may not be able to but the other 2 can battle away, and besides that, they're not picked for their batting.

I also find it very amusing that people are suggesting he's selected after he scores a century, but he's a bowler!

 

[masterblaster]

No, its just that having a good bowler, with some sort of batting ability only strengthens the side and adds more balance.

 

[warrioryohannan]

Mushtaq Ahmed gets 11 wkts for Sussex!! wonder why isn't he considered for selection for Pak, he's much better than Danish Kaneria .

 

[V Reddy]

Mushtaq Ahmed gets 11 wkts for Sussex!! wonder why isn't he considered for selection for Pak, he's much better than Danish Kaneria .

He picked up those wickets against a University team. He should be judged only after he picks up wickets against County teams:P