Specsavers Championship, Tuesday, June 27, 2017

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3rd & 7 37yd

Wouldnt really say left field, hes been around the Lions for some time now. Think hes got a fair chance.

by Meical Baggins 6/27/2017 6:11:46 PM
Worcestershire 367 lead Durham by 170
Mark Wood proved his fitness for the Test series against South Africa by taking five for 54 before rain halted the second day's play in Durham's Specsavers County Championship match at home to Worcestershire.
The paceman took the visitors' final two wickets with the new pink ball, but not before they had established a lead of 170.
Brett D'Oliveira completed his century and Moeen Ali made 58 in Worcestershire's total of 367.
Prior to England one-day duty, Wood took 3 for 206 in two matches for Durham at the start of the season as he felt his way back from ankle surgery.
Looking sharper now, he had already taken three of the wickets when Worcestershire resumed on 213 for four. He completed his haul by knocking out Ed Barnard's off stump with his seventh delivery with the new ball before forcing last man Josh Tongue to fend a catch to short leg.

by David Hopps 6/27/2017 6:11:33 PM
On Test selection, I think it's probably a fair enough idea to give Ballance another go against South Africa: it's exactly the sort of bowling that started giving him problems in Tests and if he does well we'll know he's cracked it as it were, and if he doesn't then we'll also know it's probably time to move on. Issue is I really don't think he's a Test no.3 but that's where he'll have to play if Root wants to move himself back down the order (and I reckon he's better at 4 or even 5). Also it's not like there are too many other options for the middle order, it's Ballance, Foakes or bust: too early I'd suggest for Clarke or Livingstone (unless one of them tonks the Saffers all over the shop for the Lions) Bit left-field but given how comfortable and composed he looked on debut, albeit in a completely different format, does Malan warrant being part of the discussion?

by SDHoneymonster 6/27/2017 6:10:53 PM
Rashid is surely not even going to play in Asia if he bowls like that. Particularly because Mason Crane keeps impressing.

by Static_a357 6/27/2017 6:10:16 PM
@MattWarwick He was waiting to bowl out the tail but it never arrived

by nickcricket 6/27/2017 6:09:55 PM
I like that Adil Rashid showed his test match credentials with 16-0-107-0. Top effort.

by Matt Warwick edited by David Hopps 6/27/2017 6:09:16 PM
@nickcricket - that's right. But he hasn't. At some point, in the post-Cook scenario, or if a batsman got injured, there'd be space for these options, even with Haseeb.

by Jamie Dow 6/27/2017 6:07:49 PM
Ballance has to bat above the all rounders, he isn't Jos Buttler allowed to be a specialist batsmen at seven.

by nickcricket 6/27/2017 6:06:46 PM
BBC coms at Yorkshire about to be censored for talking about someones love for a hard length

by Lawrence Payne 6/27/2017 6:06:03 PM
its a bit like saying "lets wait until Curtly Ambrose is slightly tired and pick him off" :D

by Meical Baggins 6/27/2017 6:05:34 PM
If Hameed had got runs then there wouldn't be space for Ballance for me because then Jennings would have dropped to three, Root to four and I would have Moeen at five because he can't stay as the spinner it is wasting time another player could be growing into a Test match level spinner

by nickcricket 6/27/2017 6:05:17 PM
They could push Ballance down a bit to allow him to milk the bowlers when they're slightly tired. Rabada, Morkel, Philander may not be most effective in their later spells.

by Static_a357 6/27/2017 6:04:39 PM
ok maybe not twice (Stoneman is up there) but one is an opener the other isnt.

by Meical Baggins 6/27/2017 6:04:02 PM
Ballances advantage at the minute is he has twice the amount of runs as the next English player in Division 1

by Meical Baggins 6/27/2017 6:03:29 PM
@JamieDow Good summery, South Africa even without Steyn or Abbott have a fine attack and it won't be too much of a surprise if any batsmen even the established ones go though the 4 Tests without cashing in. Whoever opens with Cook is in for a right going over because don't forget about Philander

by nickcricket 6/27/2017 6:03:22 PM
Is there any resemblance between Andy Umeed's bat and a steeeeck of rhuuuuuubarb?

by Jamie Dow 6/27/2017 6:01:41 PM
If Ballance does get picked and scores a good amount of runs, it won't matter how.

by Static_a357 6/27/2017 5:58:42 PM
bad light in a day night match makes it all a nonsense

by Lawrence Payne 6/27/2017 5:58:23 PM
bad light? in a day/night game :D

by Meical Baggins 6/27/2017 5:58:22 PM
Should have played at Surrey, Yorkshire can't afford to turn the lights on full

by nickcricket 6/27/2017 5:58:21 PM
lol umpires consult about bad light decide to carry on and Lyth out next ball

by Lawrence Payne 6/27/2017 5:57:34 PM
No, but you dont have to, its a different situation entirely

by Meical Baggins 6/27/2017 5:57:11 PM
WICKET: Yorkshire 11/1 (7.3 ov, trail by 505 - 1st inns) v Surrey
A Lyth lbw b SM Curran 8 (20) Partnership: 11 (7.3 ov)
SM Curran 3.3-2-1-1 AZ Lees 1* (25)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/27/2017 5:56:55 PM
@MeicalBaggins Yeah but would you pick Cook by just looking at his technique?

by nickcricket 6/27/2017 5:56:38 PM
Rikki Clarke is matching Umeed strike rate

by Lawrence Payne 6/27/2017 5:56:38 PM
That isnt going to happen Lawrence.

by Meical Baggins 6/27/2017 5:53:41 PM
Hey!! Someone turned the cricinfo computer off and on again, I think.

by Jamie Dow 6/27/2017 5:53:23 PM
UPDATE: Stumps (No play Tuesday due to rain), Essex 106/0 (36 ov, trail by 140 - 1st inns) v Middlesex

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/27/2017 5:53:20 PM
Got a horrible feeling Roy will get call up to bat 4

by Lawrence Payne 6/27/2017 5:53:17 PM
oh wow its going nuts.....

by Meical Baggins 6/27/2017 5:52:47 PM
UPDATE: Stumps (No play Tuesday due to rain), Gloucestershire 31/0 (7 ov, trail by 327 - 1st inns) v Sussex

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/27/2017 5:52:33 PM
WICKET: Nottinghamshire 366/9 (102.2 ov, lead by 186 - 1st inns) v Kent
JT Ball c Gidman b Claydon 19 (19) Partnership: 20 (4.3 ov)
ME Claydon 20-3-68-1 CMW Read 15* (29) HF Gurney 0* (1)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/27/2017 5:52:31 PM
WICKET: Northamptonshire 26/2 (9.2 ov, lead by 130 - 2nd inns) v Leics
BM Duckett c Eckersley b McKay 0 (2) Partnership: 4 (0.5 ov)
CJ McKay 4.2-3-2-1 MDE Holden 6* (23) AG Wakely 12* (16)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/27/2017 5:52:31 PM
WICKET: Glamorgan 167/5 (63.2 ov, trail by 121 - 1st inns) v Derbyshire
AHT Donald b Reece 38 (84) Partnership: 64 (29.5 ov)
LM Reece 12-5-32-1 NJ Selman 48* (145) AG Salter 1* (17)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/27/2017 5:52:30 PM
UPDATE: Match delayed by rain, Worcestershire 367 all out (86.4 ov, lead by 170 - 1st inns) v Durham

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/27/2017 5:52:29 PM
WICKET: Warwickshire 160/5 (76.1 ov, trail by 113 - 1st inns) v Lancashire
TR Ambrose c Vilas b Clark 19 (38) Partnership: 32 (12.3 ov)
ARI Umeed 57* (233) R Clarke 13* (51)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/27/2017 5:52:28 PM
INDIVIDUAL 50: ARI Umeed 57* (233)
Warwickshire 160/5 (76.1 ov, trail by 113 - 1st inns) v Lancashire

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/27/2017 5:52:28 PM
STUMPS: Somerset 43/1 (19 ov, trail by 168 - 1st inns) v Hampshire
EJ Byrom 13* (50) AJ Hose 9* (21)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 6/27/2017 5:52:26 PM
I guess the issue is whether the selectors think Ballance can play genuine fast bowling of an international standard.

by Meical Baggins 6/27/2017 5:52:11 PM
Well he didn't get double figures in Bangladesh, but contrasting conditions.

by Static_a357 6/27/2017 5:51:37 PM
@MeicalBaggins Yeah don't need to look it up, from his return to the side it 2016 its rubbish he top scored in one innings with a 70 at Edgbaston against Pak

by nickcricket 6/27/2017 5:50:45 PM
Only half hour late there :D

by Meical Baggins 6/27/2017 5:50:42 PM
Yorkies 4 for 0 after 5 overs

by Lawrence Payne 6/27/2017 5:50:34 PM