**Official** County Cricket 2017

[grecian]

4 wickets down in 8 runs, hilariously predictable.

 

[fredfertang]

England might do better to look at Alex Davies than Jos Buttler if they're after a Lancashire wicketkeeper/batsman

 

[fredfertang]

Essex 373/0. Cook on 193*.

What a miserable experience that must be for a bowling side. One of Finn and Roland-Jones is supposed to bowl for England this summer, but it seems more likely they'll both hand in their notice after this.

AN Cook jinxed Howe b Roland Jones 193

 

[grecian]

England might do better to look at Alex Davies than Jos Buttler if they're after a Lancashire wicketkeeper/batsman

Vilas is better than both at first-class.

 

[theegyptian]

Buttler is a clown. Living upto his junk rating in first class cricket. Not sure whose bright idea it was for him to bat 3 (and then 2). Probably came down the line from England that they want their guys batting in the top 4 in county cricket if they are competing to be frontline batsman for England. Should end his chance of playing next week for England.

Roy somehow batted 4 this week for Surrey, ahead of Sangakarra who had 900 runs at just less than 100 before the game - although it worked out well enough for Surrey.

 

[Howe_zat]

AN Cook jinxed Howe b Roland Jones 193

Truly i am a god. I will be firm but fair

 

[fredfertang]

Truly i am a god. I will be firm but fair

You should take up gambhiring

 

[superkingdave]

Vilas is better than both at first-class.

Although Vilas hasn't kept so far this season (IIRC he came knowing he wasn't going to keep unless Davies was injured). Davies has been opening and keeping and doing a fair job, although I think he usually gives a few chances when he gets a score. Vilas has been good but his stats are pretty skewed by that one innings.

 

[S.Kennedy]

We have Stokes and Wood and it is a washout. Oh well, at least we got that first day and it is probably for the best anyway given the scorecard. Looks like most of the games were washouts including the women's international.

 

[Pothas]

4 wickets down in 8 runs, hilariously predictable.

Abel and Davies having quite remarkable seasons, even worse than Rossouw has managed so far.

 

[Bijed]

Being a Somerset fan is giving me an insight into how it must have felt to be an early days Bangladesh supporter.

 

[TheJammyTurtle]

How Abell is still in the team let alone captain is beyond me.

 

[Jarquis]

Hildreth having an awful season is a big difference from previous years. If he was having anything like a normal year it might have helped arrest some of these collapses. We're nearly in July and he hasn't yet made 50

 

[S.Kennedy]

It did seem a wild punt giving Abel the captainacy (I suppose they were hoping for a Graeme Smith thing!).

 

[theegyptian]

So Derbyshire just needed to pick a 16 year old spinner to win a game of championship cricket.

Brad Taylor took his best figures (4-64) on debut at 16 for Hampshire, and has got no-where near replicating those figures since. Wonder if Qadri will have the same problems.

 

[theegyptian]

wtf Somerset have a massive lifeline. Hampshire declared and left Somerset 161 off 31 overs.

Seems a massive gamble by Hampshire, unless they think they are already safe from relegation (which i don't think they are) and want to go full on for the championship.

I'm all a contrived finish but in this situation for Hampshire I'd take the points from the draw and keep Somerset way down at the bottom of the ttable.

Must be real tough batting conditions.

 

[fredfertang]

At 4-2 it looks like the lifeline is too short

 

[TheJammyTurtle]

Another 5-fer for Simon Harmer.Pity quotas messed him around so much as he should be the incumbent spinner for South Africa with 20+ tests under his belt really.

Update* He now has all 8 in the innings and 13 in the match

 

[mackembhoy]

So Derbyshire just needed to pick a 16 year old spinner to win a game of championship cricket.

Brad Taylor took his best figures (4-64) on debut at 16 for Hampshire, and has got no-where near replicating those figures since. Wonder if Qadri will have the same problems.

Rashid and Qadri to be tearing apart Ireland, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh for years to come.

 

[theegyptian]

lol essex win.