English Domestic Season 2025

[Third_Man]

I looked at a few scorecards and Durham/Warwickshire for two seemed to be playing a few first team regulars from the championship, different format I know. Will be interesting to see the sides the likes of Yorkshire/ Lancs put out.

Lancs put this on their website - of course 3 of the 14 would not have played at Sedbergh:

"Lancashire squad to face Northants Steelbacks:

Marcus Harris*, Tom Bailey, George Balderson, Charlie Barnard, George Bell, Jack Blatherwick, Josh Bohannon, Kesh Fonseka, Michael Jones, Joe Moores, Arav Shetty, Harry Singh, Ollie Sutton, Will Williams

Lancashire are without 12 First Team contracted players - James Anderson, Tom Aspinwall, Jos Buttler, Rocky Flintoff, Tom Hartley, Matty Hurst, Keaton Jennings, Liam Livingstone, Saqib Mahmood, Phil Salt, Luke Wells and Luke Wood - due to their participation in The Hundred."

No word on Boyden, Stanley or Philip who theoretically should be available. Barnard, Fonseka, Moores, Shetty all came through their academy but yet to play first class cricket. Sutton and Singh played a game or two in the county championship. Shetty also been playing for SACA and other 2nd XI after being allowed to look elsewhere after leaving the Academy before being given a second chance. Moores made List A against the Pakistan touring team last week (16 years old) nephew of Peter Moores already played 10 ODI matches for England u19.

 

[Pothas]

Got to love the one day cup. Of of the best things is the Indians that can't play in the hundred showing up. Hampshire with a load of teenagers and then Tilak Varma.

 

[kevinw]

Lancs put this on their website - of course 3 of the 14 would not have played at Sedbergh:

"Lancashire squad to face Northants Steelbacks:

Marcus Harris*, Tom Bailey, George Balderson, Charlie Barnard, George Bell, Jack Blatherwick, Josh Bohannon, Kesh Fonseka, Michael Jones, Joe Moores, Arav Shetty, Harry Singh, Ollie Sutton, Will Williams

Lancashire are without 12 First Team contracted players - James Anderson, Tom Aspinwall, Jos Buttler, Rocky Flintoff, Tom Hartley, Matty Hurst, Keaton Jennings, Liam Livingstone, Saqib Mahmood, Phil Salt, Luke Wells and Luke Wood - due to their participation in The Hundred."

No word on Boyden, Stanley or Philip who theoretically should be available. Barnard, Fonseka, Moores, Shetty all came through their academy but yet to play first class cricket. Sutton and Singh played a game or two in the county championship. Shetty also been playing for SACA and other 2nd XI after being allowed to look elsewhere after leaving the Academy before being given a second chance. Moores made List A against the Pakistan touring team last week (16 years old) nephew of Peter Moores already played 10 ODI matches for England u19.

Is it worth asking how Rocky got a gig in the hundred?

 

[mackembhoy]

No word on Boyden, Stanley or Philip who theoretically should be available.

That will be why

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1953026156698935397

 

[Third_Man]

That will be why

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1953026156698935397

thanks, had missed that

 

[Third_Man]

Is it worth asking how Rocky got a gig in the hundred?

No doubt WIll McPherson would have described him as "an Andrew Flintoff favourite" along with Mitch Stanley

 

[Third_Man]

Surrey forced into giving a player a List A debut today. Alex French who is an England U19 ODI international. The silver lining of losing 15 players to franchise cricket?

 

[mackembhoy]

Is it worth asking how Rocky got a gig in the hundred?

Nepotism

Disgraceful and unfair on the player as he should be playing in the One Day Cup at this point in his career.

Time in the middle more important than just giving his lad a financial lift.

If he gets in the side at all for the Leeds crispackets. I'd be raging with Freddie if I was one of the players not selected.

 

[Chin Music]

Nepotism

Disgraceful and unfair on the player as he should be playing in the One Day Cup at this point in his career.

Time in the middle more important than just giving his lad a financial lift.

If he gets in the side at all for the Leeds crispackets. I'd be raging with Freddie if I was one of the players not selected.

Not even played a senior t20 game which is just wrong in terms of meriting the Hundred gig. He didn't do bad against India U19s earlier this year but even so, that's the context that says he needs senior list A games

 

[mackembhoy]

Not even played a senior t20 game which is just wrong in terms of meriting the Hundred gig. He didn't do bad against India U19s earlier this year but even so, that's the context that says he needs senior list A games

I've just looked at the Leeds globetrotters and seems like he might sneak in if they rest Brook and Crawley for a bit.

Only have 5 other batsman excluding them 2 in Clark, Lawrence, Malan, Miller and Pepper. So Flintoff probs sneaks in at 6 if they aren't playing.

If they are available he shouldn't be playing ahead of them 7.

So what's the point when he could be attempting to score runs for Lancashire and face a lot more than probably fewer than 100 balls for the next month.

Albeit you could argue the standard of the bowlers he will face in the nets will be good practice for him, but it doesn't replicate a match situation.

I personally think it's stupidity just like it was for Bethell to spend most of April-July carrying drinks.

27	Graham Clark	England	16 March 1993 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
88	Harry Brook	England	22 February 1999 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Captain; Centrally Contracted player
—	Zak Crawley	England	3 February 1998 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
—	Rocky Flintoff	England	7 April 2008 (age 17)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Wildcard player
—	Dan Lawrence	England	12 July 1997 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
—	Dawid Malan	England	3 September 1987 (age 37)	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break
—	David Miller	South Africa	10 June 1989 (age 36)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas player
30	Tom Lawes	England	25 December 2002 (age 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
74	Mitchell Santner	New Zealand	5 February 1992 (age 33)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Overseas player
—	James Fuller	England	24 January 1990 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Wildcard player
—	Imad Wasim	Pakistan	18 December 1988 (age 36)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Overseas player; Replacement player
—	Michael Pepper	England	25 June 1998 (age 27)	Right-handed	—
35	Matthew Potts	England	29 October 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
36	Pat Brown	England	23 August 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
—	Mohammad Amir	Pakistan	13 April 1992 (age 33)	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	Overseas player; Replacement player
95	Adil Rashid	England	17 February 1988 (age 37)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break

 

[Chin Music]

Don't get me started on Bethell's non match preparation over the last four/five months.

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

Century partnership for the Rew brothers as they look to be seeing Somerset home against Middlesex, young Thomas has been particularly impressive in getting to 50 in his second List A game (apparently the FCC XI game against the Pakistan Shaheens had List A status)

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

And as I say that, he's gone!

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

James secures his century off 89 balls and Somerset get over the line in the very next ball

 

[kevinw]

Perils of batting well in the one day cup is that a hundred team will add you to their bench once they get an injury.

 

[Yeoman]

James secures his century off 89 balls and Somerset get over the line in the very next ball

Middlesex always looked a bit short after the dip in the middle-late stage of their innings. I always thought they Somerset had the chase in hand but the Rew brothers did indeed do well to settle it. Rew Jr started a little slowly but a chat with his brother seemed to prompt him to play more aggressively and all went well after that. A good crowd in an admittedly smallish ground.

 

[kevinw]

I did notice that Athers Jr seemed to be given LBW sweeping when the ball seemed to hit the front of the glove.

 

[Molehill]

Century partnership for the Rew brothers as they look to be seeing Somerset home against Middlesex, young Thomas has been particularly impressive in getting to 50 in his second List A game (apparently the FCC XI game against the Pakistan Shaheens had List A status)

I'm wondering if young Thomas might be more talented than his brother. It seems highly likely that we see them play together for England at some point. Who were the last brothers to do so? I presume the Currans did in a white ball game, but red ball?

Apparently the Rew brothers have played a lot of Squash and Golf together too, doing all the right things.......