Specsavers Championship, Monday, July 3, 2017

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3rd & 7 37yd

Just go, Matt. Just go.

by StaggerBreaths 7/3/2017 10:36:10 AM
WICKET: Warwickshire 15/1 (9 ov) v Middlesex
WTS Porterfield c †Simpson b Murtagh 3 (23) Partnership: 15 (9.0 ov)
TJ Murtagh 5-0-11-1 ARI Umeed 10* (32)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 7/3/2017 10:34:51 AM
WICKET: Glamorgan 21/4 (7.4 ov, lost the toss) v Gloucs
AO Morgan c Bancroft b Norwell 2 (16) Partnership: 5 (1.5 ov)
LC Norwell 3.4-1-10-2 AHT Donald 3* (4)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 7/3/2017 10:34:31 AM
@nickcricket I distinctly remember thinking during that game in Chennai: If Dawson just gets 34 in the second innings he will probably retire with a better average than Bradman. Promptly got a duck

by GeorgePotter19 7/3/2017 10:31:07 AM
Trescothick's bat sounds like it could do with knocking in. Let's hope he doesn't use the next eight hours to do just that....
— Cricket Yorkshire (@cricketyorks) July 3, 2017

by nickcricket 7/3/2017 10:30:03 AM
- Live Update
Tim Wigmore at Hamphire 20-0 v Surrey

Good morning from The Oval, where Surrey have had only a day to recover from what is rapidly becoming an annual ritual: a defeat in the Royal London One-Day Cup at Lord’s. They will have to manage without their skipper and best player; Gareth Batty is out with a calf strain; Kumar Sangakkara has split webbing in his hand. But at least the injury to Batty affords me my first opportunity to see Amar Virdi’s offspin. It has the feel of a good toss for Hampshire to win as they seek to consolidate their title aspirations.

by Tim Wigmore 7/3/2017 10:29:40 AM
@GeorgePotter19 Same for Malan in the T20

by nickcricket 7/3/2017 10:28:44 AM
Liam Dawson has the 2nd best test batting average by an Englishman ever. On that basis I hope he never plays again

by GeorgePotter19 7/3/2017 10:28:19 AM
*Looks to camera*

by Matt_MYano 7/3/2017 10:27:53 AM
@Yaacov Can't wait for the top order to be bowled out by David Saker

by nickcricket 7/3/2017 10:27:31 AM
WICKET: Glamorgan 16/3 (5.5 ov, lost the toss) v Gloucs
CA Ingram c †Roderick b Norwell 15 (13) Partnership: 15 (3.1 ov)
LC Norwell 2.5-1-7-1 AO Morgan 0* (9)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 7/3/2017 10:25:25 AM
if there is an ashes series

by Yaacov 7/3/2017 10:25:12 AM
Personally I would have liked an extra batsmen because based on the current attrition rate we will have two debutantes in the Ashes

by nickcricket 7/3/2017 10:23:44 AM
Westley definitely deserves a chance sooner or later, a ton against Rabada, Morkel & co shows he's up to it

by dez dezzy 7/3/2017 10:22:31 AM
I wouldn't mind if he went on to score from there! I'd've gone Cook Stoneman Jennings Root Moe Stokes Bairstow TRJ Rayner (at Lord's anyway) Broad Anderson. Maybe.

by StaggerBreaths 7/3/2017 10:22:15 AM
If they were selecting a player to bat three I would have picked Westley, I am pleased for Gary but who wants to watch him take 22 balls to get off the mark (apart from me)

by nickcricket 7/3/2017 10:21:04 AM
Qadri into the squad in 2019. :|

by StaggerBreaths 7/3/2017 10:19:35 AM
To be honest I wouldn't play Crane for another year or two, but momentum is building it seems.

by Matt Warwick 7/3/2017 10:18:50 AM
@nickcricket Just doesn't make sense. Bring in a proper number 3 and then everyone can drop down to their favoured positions

by acarey87 7/3/2017 10:18:32 AM
What between Moe and Root after Crane gets taken for 50 off 5?

by StaggerBreaths 7/3/2017 10:18:25 AM
@MattWarwick Could well play against the WI, would rather he just bowled a lot of overs for Hants but the hype train has left the station. I suppose if Moeen can stay in as a batsmen then they can rotate the spinners overs

by nickcricket 7/3/2017 10:17:48 AM
Crane getting mauled by the Saffers last week can't have helped his cause

by Matt_MYano 7/3/2017 10:17:36 AM
- Live Update
Paul Edwards at Yorkshire v Somerset 7-0

Well you would have got excellent odds at the start of the season against Tim Bresnan and Lewis Gregory being the two skippers for this game. As for naming the elevens playing in the match....

Perhaps it was a brave decision to bat first by Gregory given the inexperience of his top-order batting and the threat posed by Sidebottom and Coad on the first morning. A geeky stat is that Marcus Trescothick has more years on the clock than Ed Byrom and Tim Rouse combined. Anyway the King of Keynsham has already hit his first four off Coad and we have had our first sightscreen rumpus. There is little chance it will be our last. Sidebottom is warming to his task.

by Paul Edwards 7/3/2017 10:17:01 AM
play dawson as the extra batter, don't need so many seamers

by Yaacov 7/3/2017 10:16:58 AM
#MasonKerrigan

by StaggerBreaths 7/3/2017 10:16:28 AM
I would like to see Moeen Ali at 5 because batting at 7/8 and not getting wickets or holding up an end isn't a long term position in the side. Think England should have found a way to play another batsmen

by nickcricket 7/3/2017 10:16:21 AM
Looking forward to Mason Crane's debut later this summer.

by Matt Warwick 7/3/2017 10:15:51 AM
Oh gawd thats really negative. I don't think either will actually be any good at test level. Unless TRJ does a Woakes

by Mark Ofield 7/3/2017 10:15:31 AM
tail too long.

by Yaacov 7/3/2017 10:14:57 AM
@MarkOfield well it's a 12 man squad so it's him or Dawson

by Will 7/3/2017 10:14:51 AM
Not that i necessarily agree with that at Lords & The Oval

by dez dezzy 7/3/2017 10:14:47 AM
Moe and Dawson are half a spinner each though Jez!

by StaggerBreaths 7/3/2017 10:14:43 AM
@acarey87 Yeah it isn't ideal, wonder if Root insisted they select him so they decided to shove him up there to fail.

by nickcricket 7/3/2017 10:14:32 AM
Can't see them picking 2 spinners in English conditions

by dez dezzy 7/3/2017 10:14:11 AM
They're saying they'll play him at Lord's, which makes sense.

by StaggerBreaths 7/3/2017 10:14:06 AM
Surely TRJ is injury cover?

by Mark Ofield 7/3/2017 10:13:19 AM
Cook, Jennings, Ballance, Root, Ali, Stokes, Bairstow, TRJ, Broad, Wood, Anderson is my order.

by Matt Warwick 7/3/2017 10:13:17 AM
(applause intensifies)

by StaggerBreaths 7/3/2017 10:12:53 AM
...everything is horrible

by Matt_MYano 7/3/2017 10:12:43 AM
TRJ at eight surely.

by StaggerBreaths 7/3/2017 10:12:28 AM
WICKET: Glamorgan 1/2 (2.4 ov, lost the toss) v Gloucs
JA Rudolph c †Roderick b Payne 1 (7) Partnership: 1 (1.4 ov)
DA Payne 1.4-1-0-1 AO Morgan 0* (3)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 7/3/2017 10:12:26 AM
Not sure i want to see Ballance at 3. His issues all stemmed from constantly coming in to bat in the first 5 overs and having to defend from the start

by acarey87 7/3/2017 10:12:19 AM
Isn't a utility player just a euphemism for mediocrity?

by mdpayne87 7/3/2017 10:12:19 AM
There is no good answer to that. I just think Dawson ain't it.

by StaggerBreaths 7/3/2017 10:12:18 AM
WICKET: Derbyshire 5/1 (2.4 ov, won the toss) v Durham
LM Reece lbw b Rushworth 0 (7) Partnership: 5 (2.4 ov)
C Rushworth 1.4-0-4-1 BT Slater 4* (9)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 7/3/2017 10:12:18 AM

COUNTY FIXTURES
COUNTY RESULTS

Derbyshire v Kent at Chesterfield
Sep 19-22, 2017 (10:30 local | 09:30 GMT | 05:30 EDT | 04:30 CDT | 02:30 PDT)

Durham v Sussex at Chester-le-Street - Sep 19-22
Sussex 346 Durham 321/6 (89 ov)

Glamorgan v Gloucs at Cardiff - Sep 19-22
Glamorgan 442 Gloucs 161/1 (47 ov)

Hampshire v Essex at Southampton - Sep 19-22
Hampshire 254 Essex 76 & 208/3 (74 ov) (f/o)

Middlesex v Lancashire at Lord's - Sep 19-22
Middlesex 233 & 152 Lancashire 165 & 46/1 (11 ov, target 221)

Northants v Notts at Northampton - Sep 19-22
Northants 194 & 270 Notts 151 & 33/2 (14 ov, target 314)

Surrey v Somerset at The Oval - Sep 19-22
Somerset 269 Surrey 328/6 (102 ov)

Yorkshire v Warwickshire at Leeds - Sep 19-22
Warwickshire 219 & 49/1 (16 ov) Yorkshire 296

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