Specsavers Championship, Monday, September 25, 2017

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3rd & 7 37yd

#C OvertonforEngland

by Will Harding 9/25/2017 10:17:15 AM
- Stat Attack
Somerset v Middlesex
o Somerset have picked up just two wins in their last 30 meetings with Middlesex (D20, L8) and are
winless in their last seven clashes (D5, L2).
o Middlesex are unbeaten on their last four trips to play Somerset away from home (W3, D1).
o Somerset are in danger of bringing to an end their 10-year stay in the top division.
o Middlesex are looking for back to back victories for the first time since July last year, the second of
those victories last year was against Somerset.

by David Hopps 9/25/2017 10:15:36 AM
I'm hoping to get to Canterbury Wednesday, didn't want a massive haul of wickets today. 13 will be enough, thanks. (surprised to see them playing actually)

by David Taylor 9/25/2017 10:14:40 AM
I enjoyed this delivery from Finn: ecb.cdn.nvplay.com

by Will Colwell 9/25/2017 10:14:27 AM
#FinnforEngland

by StaggerBreaths 9/25/2017 10:13:47 AM
Don't you dare bowl Trescothick you maniac

by Will Colwell 9/25/2017 10:13:06 AM
Onions has abandoned the Northeast, and so it seems will the selectors ...

by David Taylor 9/25/2017 10:12:12 AM
UPDATE: Match start delayed (Further inspection at 11:45am), Sussex v Nottinghamshire at Hove

by ESPNcricinfo Live 9/25/2017 10:11:34 AM
Wonderfully bowled Static.

by StaggerBreaths 9/25/2017 10:11:29 AM
With Beefy it was about 50% of his career, too much 'hard living'

by nickcricket 9/25/2017 10:10:12 AM
Sometimes you wonder if a great player has gone on a bit too long (Beefy, Sachin). With Sanga, you wonder if he has actually retired too soon.

by James Birbeck Dar 9/25/2017 10:09:22 AM
C'mon Edgbaston weather, we need to get Hants on the park

by nickcricket 9/25/2017 10:08:06 AM
do you think if Sam Northeast ever wrote an autobiography he'd call it Northeast By Northeast

by Will Colwell 9/25/2017 10:05:04 AM
(bangs head on computer)

by StaggerBreaths 9/25/2017 10:04:51 AM
10 runs of the first over for Chopra for Essex, still keeping the England captain out of the side

by Joe Tompkins 9/25/2017 10:04:40 AM
#NortheastForEngland

by Will Colwell 9/25/2017 10:04:37 AM
bad news for me, Northamptonshire Fan Will

by Will Colwell 9/25/2017 10:04:18 AM
WICKET: Kent 20/3 (8.2 ov) v Glamorgan
SA Northeast c Lloyd b Carey 6 (10) Partnership: 6 (2.1 ov)
LJ Carey 4.2-2-5-2 JL Denly 0* (3)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 9/25/2017 10:04:17 AM
Qn, how bad would the fielding have to be for Chris Gayle to complete and all run 4?

by Joe Williams 9/25/2017 10:04:14 AM
Tres' last all run four must have been as a schoolboy in the late Victorian era

by NemoUKS 9/25/2017 10:03:55 AM
UPDATE: Match start delayed (No play before Lunch, rain ), Leicestershire v Northamptonshire at Leicester

by ESPNcricinfo Live 9/25/2017 10:03:32 AM
So good fielding from Middlesex then.

by StaggerBreaths 9/25/2017 10:03:26 AM
UPDATE: Match start delayed, Lancashire v Surrey at Manchester

by ESPNcricinfo Live 9/25/2017 10:03:20 AM
UPDATE: Match start delayed (No play before Lunch, wet outfield), Gloucestershire v Derbyshire at Bristol

by ESPNcricinfo Live 9/25/2017 10:03:10 AM
Tres and Byrom just chugged through an all-run four

by Will Colwell 9/25/2017 10:02:53 AM
Alex Davies looks like he should be the first result when you image search 'Everton fan'

by Will Colwell 9/25/2017 10:02:18 AM
Newell: Maybe we should call up Sam Northeast?
Bayliss: Which county does he play for?
Newell: Kent
Bayliss: No need for that language, I was only asking

by Will Colwell 9/25/2017 10:01:25 AM
Finn has bowled a couple of nasty ones this morning

by NemoUKS 9/25/2017 10:01:19 AM
Lancashire v Surrey
o Six of the last eight meetings between these sides have ended in a draw, with both teams picking
up one win apiece in the process.
o Surrey have won just once on their last nine trips to play Lancashire away from home (D4, L4).
o Kumar Sangakkara is the leading run scorer this season with 1442 to his name for Surrey, since he
joined the club in 2015 he has scored 3,351 runs, only three players in the County Championship
have notched up more in that time (Sam Northeast, Mark Cosgrove, Mark Stoneman).
o Lancashire have lost two games on the spin, they haven’t lost three in succession since 2001

by David Hopps 9/25/2017 10:00:41 AM
very cute that Static_357 thinks Trevor Bayliss is following Kent v Glamorgan

by Will Colwell 9/25/2017 10:00:31 AM
Yes I read the Onions piece, can't help thinking that the Durham management have better things to do than worry if Onions breaks down next season.

by StaggerBreaths 9/25/2017 10:00:09 AM
@NemoUKS And he does miss it quite a bit and is bowled, his most Vaughan like quality

by nickcricket 9/25/2017 9:59:48 AM
Yes but you don't pick him for that do you? Also, how good is DBD at dropping slip catches?

by StaggerBreaths 9/25/2017 9:59:22 AM
So Onions wanted a two year contract and Durham offered him one. Can Durham really afford to let him go?

by Dave Knibb 9/25/2017 9:59:08 AM
@StaggerBreaths Be fair, Vince is also more than capable of edging to gully

by NemoUKS 9/25/2017 9:58:33 AM
UPDATE: Match start delayed, Essex v Yorkshire at Chelmsford

by ESPNcricinfo Live 9/25/2017 9:58:27 AM
Depends Nick, how good is he at edging pretty drives to slip?

by StaggerBreaths 9/25/2017 9:57:48 AM
@Nick Sadly, your probably right...

by Dave Knibb 9/25/2017 9:57:47 AM