Specsavers Championship, Tuesday, July 4, 2017

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3rd & 7 37yd

If there wasn't a cap on batting points, Kent would have 7.

by Matt Warwick 7/4/2017 10:53:55 AM
- Live Update
Paul Edwards at Yorkshire 65-3 v Somerset

A grey morning here but Yorkshire's overnight pair have won the early exchanges. Fine shots from both Harry Brook and Tom Kohler-Cadmore have added 23 runs to the total after we started half an hour late because of slight rain. There is attention paid to the cricket in Scarborough that one finds is very few other venues; in its way, it is more intense than Headingley, perhaps because first-class games take place here on only eight days each year. One more run has been added and the crowd, which is smaller than the first day's, is following every ball.

by Paul Edwards 7/4/2017 10:53:26 AM
Zaltzman is perfect for me in that I find me very entertaining and he does know about Cricket, I hope if Bumble decides to reduce his number of matches that Sky look to replace that humour and not get another ex England Captain

by nickcricket 7/4/2017 10:53:22 AM
Some of the local radio commentators are good

by Lawrence Payne 7/4/2017 10:52:00 AM
TEAM 500: Kent 500/1 (109.5 ov, won the toss) v Northants
JL Denly 177* (223) SR Dickson 242* (328)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 7/4/2017 10:51:40 AM
Kent's highest ever partnership in FC history. Dickson & Denly overtaking Cowdrey and Da Silva. Road.

by MjRichardson93 7/4/2017 10:51:37 AM
Coney, Zaltzmann also great.

by StaggerBreaths 7/4/2017 10:51:10 AM
I don't hear enough of Blowers to get that annoyed, my worry that the lack of blowers is going to be replaced by more Dagnall and not the Norcross, Zaltzman

by nickcricket 7/4/2017 10:50:41 AM
You're far from alone SDHM, and to a certain extent I understand why. But I'll miss him.

by StaggerBreaths 7/4/2017 10:50:37 AM
WICKET: Warwickshire 334 all out (105 ov) v Middlesex
WB Rankin lbw b Murtagh 0 (7) Partnership: 1 (1.2 ov)
TJ Murtagh 28-3-85-3 JS Patel 19* (24)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 7/4/2017 10:50:13 AM
@SDHoneymonster what?!

by MrOzhotham . 7/4/2017 10:49:13 AM
@SDHoneymonster I don't dislike Blowers, but he's a poor man's Jeremy Coney.

by Kieran Layer 7/4/2017 10:49:12 AM
Harry Brook onto 26, Lyth and Lees give him a standing ovation as he goes past their averages.

by nickcricket 7/4/2017 10:48:50 AM
Oh my dear old thing!

by Lawrence Payne 7/4/2017 10:48:48 AM
@StaggerBreaths Confession to make... I can't stand Blowers and I'm glad he's retiring.

by SDHoneymonster 7/4/2017 10:48:14 AM
Hilfenhaus in the first over with the lead pipe.

by StaggerBreaths 7/4/2017 10:47:33 AM
Yes, it was caught by Hussey?

by nickcricket 7/4/2017 10:47:24 AM
Re: Honey Monster - he absolutely smashed it (pause and view frame by frame)! Straight into the toe of the bat.

Good delivery, though.

by Jack Harrison 7/4/2017 10:47:10 AM
Was it Hilfenhaus in the 1st over? :)

by dez dezzy 7/4/2017 10:46:32 AM
@nickcricket That's the one! Got Strauss with a rank long hop in the first over of the match if I remember.

by SDHoneymonster 7/4/2017 10:46:05 AM
ah yes it was Hilfenhaus, he got Strauss in the first over

by Will 7/4/2017 10:46:00 AM
I remember Hilfenhaus getting Strauss third ball of the match. Must be him.

by Kieran Layer 7/4/2017 10:45:59 AM
He's on the way out though. Probably time to be fair, but there's nobody similar to replace him. (Norcross is also good.)

by StaggerBreaths 7/4/2017 10:45:31 AM
@Will Bollinger definitely came in at Adelaide but I don't think he played Brisbane.

by SDHoneymonster 7/4/2017 10:45:28 AM
Hilfenhaus?

by nickcricket 7/4/2017 10:45:25 AM
@SDHoneymonster Bollinger?

by Will 7/4/2017 10:45:04 AM
WICKET: Warwickshire 333/9 (103.4 ov) v Middlesex
GD Panayi c †Simpson b Helm 1 (15) Partnership: 3 (2.5 ov)
TG Helm 24.4-2-81-2 WB Rankin 0* (0) JS Patel 18* (23)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 7/4/2017 10:45:03 AM
Shots fired from Lawrence Booth. Can't remember the fifth Aussie bowler from that game - I've got Johnson, Siddle, Watson and Doherty.
Kent are 485 for 1, entering England at Brisbane 2010-11 territory - and against better bowlers!
— Lawrence Booth (@the_topspin) July 4, 2017

by SDHoneymonster 7/4/2017 10:44:41 AM
Blowers not gone yet SB, still doing the SA tests I think

by Lawrence Payne 7/4/2017 10:44:34 AM
Also Boycott and Aggers being catty at each other is one of the great modern-day pleasures.

by StaggerBreaths 7/4/2017 10:44:19 AM
@Nick Cherrington sounds like a country house

by Lawrence Payne 7/4/2017 10:43:25 AM
I enjoy Boycott because he's a character. I hold the weird view whereby I can tell what's actually going on via Cricinfo and the like, so I don't mind how accurate the radio talk is so long as it's entertaining. So I prefer the likes of Boycott, Swann, and dearly departed Blofeld.

Vaughan can **** off.

by StaggerBreaths 7/4/2017 10:43:20 AM
@Will Forgot his bat when he was walking out after tea Yesterday

by nickcricket 7/4/2017 10:43:15 AM
George Bailey doesn't even know which way round he's standing

by Will 7/4/2017 10:42:48 AM
Bailey reckoned he hit that, but who can tell?

by Matt Warwick 7/4/2017 10:42:22 AM
I mentioned it last time but the blog was empty, but it worth checking out Harry Brook's middle name

by nickcricket 7/4/2017 10:41:54 AM
TEAM 400: Hampshire 403/4 (105.2 ov, won the toss) v Surrey
SM Ervine 22* (24) GJ Bailey 75* (147)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 7/4/2017 10:41:31 AM
he's one of those rare examples of someone who knows absolutely nothing about current cricket (other than who the latest star is) while also having absolutely no sense of humour

by Rob Little 7/4/2017 10:41:14 AM
Umpire's somehow given this not out at The Oval. Unless he's hit it (which we can't really tell) it must be the howler of the year surely. #DRSfortheChampo
Beautiful stuff, Sam 👌

Junior's looking dangerous this morning. pic.twitter.com/WsezO19pC3
— Surrey Cricket (@surreycricket) July 4, 2017

by SDHoneymonster 7/4/2017 10:41:06 AM
Kents game at Beckenham is getting a little ridiculous, going to need a 50 ball double ton from Duckett for Northants

by dez dezzy 7/4/2017 10:40:16 AM
I don't mind Boycott although I mainly follow the Cricket though Sky so that limits he amount of him I hear, I don't mind the usually comms biases, ie County or players a bit like them but Vaughan's conflict of Interest really does annoy me

by nickcricket 7/4/2017 10:39:59 AM
@RobLittle I think he's the only pundit I dislike as much as Boycott.

by Kieran Layer 7/4/2017 10:38:07 AM