Specsavers Championship, Friday, June 2, 2017
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@LawrencePayne - yes of course it is, bowlers are picked according to conditions.
@nickcricket - a grassy pitch is unlikely to happen this tournament - the pitches are determined by the ICC not the local groundsmen - and that is why they favour keeping a consistent batting line-up that let's face it, whatever your views has been pretty successful overall. -
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UPDATE: Match delayed by bad light, Somerset 161/5 (48.4 ov, won the toss) v Middlesex -
WICKET: Durham 131/8 (38.4 ov) v Northants
P Coughlin c Keogh b Kleinveldt 13 (32) Partnership: 6 (1.3 ov)
RK Kleinveldt 13.4-3-26-2 SW Poynter 4* (4) -
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Moe is (considered) a batting all-rounder, Rashid a spinner. Right or wrong, it was a tactical drop. And Willey has apparently lost his swing, as mentioned earlier (and apart from his first five overs of the innings, had a tendency to get thumped anyway). Anyway they'll both probably come back in.
Also, for what it's worth? I'd keep the top seven together too. Chopping and changing just before a World Cup has got us into problems before.
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Root only bowled because Woakes had to go off, i don't think anyone could have forecast that!!
Ali/Root & Rash are also completely different types of bowler. If you want to change captain on the eve/at the start of a global tournament, you are making the same sort of mistake that previous England tournament teams have made. -
UPDATE: Match delayed by bad light (Play due to restart at 4:50pm), Somerset 161/5 (48.4 ov, won the toss) v Middlesex
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WICKET: Durham 125/7 (37.1 ov) v Northants
MJ Richardson c †Rossington b Buck 27 (40) Partnership: 20 (6.4 ov)
NL Buck 7.1-1-21-4 P Coughlin 11* (27) -
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Not double talk in the slightest & Rashid wasn't dropped either. Morgan just selected what he thought was the best bowling attack for the conditions, which yes in hindsight Rash might have been a better option than Ball. Roy will come good - like all batsmen do at some point he has just hit a poor patch of form - after QDK & possibly Warner he's the most destructive ODI opener in world cricket.
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INDIVIDUAL 100: LWP Wells 100* (184)
Sussex 260/2 (75 ov) v Worcs -
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Evening all. Looking unlikely that Mid/Som will get back out... might improve Soms chances of avoiding defeat. Frustrates me how the top 6, despite a shocking start to the season is a 'closed shop'. Two changes, Davey in for Coverton as not available and TG for Bess, which clearly is tactical based on pitch/weather. With Myburgh, Hose. Eddie Bryom and Bartlett waiting in the wings, it does seem strange. Unfortunately for him as he has been a loyal servant, Trego would be the first to go, closely followed by the captain.
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WICKET: Nottinghamshire 209/8 (56.5 ov) v Derbyshire
BA Hutton b Taylor 9 (50) Partnership: 9 (2.4 ov)
TAI Taylor 11.5-3-51-2 L Wood 6* (7) -
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WICKET: Lancashire 123 all out (43.4 ov, won the toss) v Yorkshire
SD Parry c Lyth b Coad 30 (51) Partnership: 11 (3.5 ov)
BO Coad 11.4-4-25-6 S Mahmood 4* (11) -
UPDATE: Match delayed by bad light, Somerset 161/5 (48.4 ov, won the toss) v Middlesex
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TEAM 200: Hampshire 202/3 (68 ov, won the toss) v Warwickshire
SM Ervine 111* (188) JHK Adams 63* (181) -
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