Specsavers Championship, Wednesday, July 5, 2017

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3rd & 7 37yd

@LordK Dawson - although technically he's a Wiltshire boy...

by SDHoneymonster 7/5/2017 11:16:22 AM
Oh good, this boring conversation again.

by Matt Warwick 7/5/2017 11:16:09 AM
@Nick yes it is easy to knock them and rightly so. 7 non UK players is indefensible and would be a travesty if they won the CC especially after the unpleasant Bransgroves Machiavellian actions. Who do they have in the squad? Crane? or have I missed someone as promising as he is he shouldn't be anywhere near I international teams yet. Add in their policy of poaching young talent from all over, Topley, wheater, Hart they really should be producing their own given their large catchment

by Lord K 7/5/2017 11:14:50 AM
@LordK Easy to knock Hants and I have had a lot of fun with it but they have a player in the England squad which is more than most Counties.

by nickcricket 7/5/2017 11:09:53 AM
WICKET: Warwickshire 4/1 (3.1 ov, lead by 4 - 2nd inns) v Middlesex
WTS Porterfield c Rayner b Helm 0 (7) Partnership: 4 (3.1 ov)
TG Helm 1.1-1-0-1 ARI Umeed 4* (12)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 7/5/2017 11:09:19 AM
Here were her stats in February last year

by Will 7/5/2017 11:07:48 AM
Tammy Beaumont went a long time averaging about 12 in ODIs with a strike rate in the 60s. Seems to have kicked on a bit

by Will 7/5/2017 11:06:27 AM
Just the 7 non UK players for Hampshire in this game I see!

by Lord K 7/5/2017 11:05:05 AM
Rashid caught third man, is such a Rashid dismissal

by nickcricket 7/5/2017 11:04:42 AM
Rashid out uppercutting to third man

by Will 7/5/2017 11:04:09 AM
Lords tho innit bruv, went for a International for the first time last year. Nice day out but the pitch was awful made the Cricket attritional. Got this trick with a shandy bottle, heat the lid so it expands, pour the shandy away. Fill with beer. Got 4 litres in doing that.

by nickcricket 7/5/2017 11:03:06 AM
I definitely don't advocating smuggling red wine in a cranberry juice carton. That would be wrong.

by StaggerBreaths 7/5/2017 11:02:26 AM
I am sitting at work next to a cooler containing a bottle of Moet I found in the garage that must be at least 15 years old. Hoping it hasn't gone funny

by Will 7/5/2017 11:02:09 AM
Its grey overcast and the ball is moving at Scarborough

by Lawrence Payne 7/5/2017 11:01:36 AM
You can take in a bottle of wine/4 beers though, and that'll cost you £20 at most grounds

by MrOzhotham . 7/5/2017 11:01:24 AM
Now let's see how Somerset go about losing this.

by SDHoneymonster 7/5/2017 11:00:55 AM
But the ambience Will!

by StaggerBreaths 7/5/2017 11:00:03 AM
WICKET: Yorkshire 213 all out (76.3 ov, trail by 55 - 1st inns) v Somerset
AU Rashid c Overton b Gregory 49 (102) Partnership: 10 (4.4 ov)
L Gregory 25.3-6-62-2 RJ Sidebottom 2* (14)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 7/5/2017 10:59:56 AM
Lords tomorrow is costing me EIGHTY FIVE POUNDS to sit in the Edrich lower

by Will 7/5/2017 10:58:48 AM
@MjRichardson93 I'm going to the Saturday at Headingley for 30 quid, full adult ticket

by nickcricket 7/5/2017 10:58:14 AM
Ohhhhh Attila!

by MjRichardson93 7/5/2017 10:58:07 AM
Meanwhile, Surrey 9/2 in the last 10 overs.

by Matt Warwick 7/5/2017 10:57:56 AM
@MattWarwick Cardiff's recent allocation of two opening Ashes tests and an international tournament is utterly, utterly baffling and a slap in the face to the likes of CLS, Rose Bowl and Old Trafford

by GeorgePotter19 7/5/2017 10:57:13 AM
Think all this Cardiff bashing is a little unfair. Had many a lovely day watching England in Cardiff, plenty to do once the cricket's done for the day and the only place where a day's test cricket doesn't force you to remortgage your house.

by MjRichardson93 7/5/2017 10:57:03 AM
WICKET: Northamptonshire 219/3 (62.4 ov, trail by 482 - 1st inns) v Kent
AG Wakely b Hunn 32 (97) Partnership: 35 (13.4 ov)
MD Hunn 6.4-0-32-1 MDE Holden 13* (39)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 7/5/2017 10:55:35 AM
People rave about this Abbott but he couldn't even get out Gary Ballance cheaply and he goes so far back in his crease to pace he is stood next to the wicketkeeper

by nickcricket 7/5/2017 10:53:56 AM
Probably the same number of people who turn up at Cardiff to watch England vs anybody.

by Matt Warwick 7/5/2017 10:53:09 AM
WICKET: Surrey 137/3 (42.2 ov, trail by 511 - 1st inns) v Hampshire
SG Borthwick c †McManus b Abbott 3 (36) Partnership: 9 (9.0 ov)
KJ Abbott 8.2-3-11-1 RJ Burns 62* (125)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 7/5/2017 10:52:12 AM
@MattWarwick Wales becoming an international team would probably bankrupt Glamorgan, I mean who is going to turn up to watch them Vs Germany?

by nickcricket 7/5/2017 10:52:05 AM
I say yes if it means we don't have to play internationals in Cardiff.

by Matt Warwick 7/5/2017 10:50:33 AM
@StaggerBreaths That and George Dobell, The most Warwickshire Somerset fan of all time?

by nickcricket 7/5/2017 10:50:15 AM
The great Dobell debate. (Or at least, the one after, 'Should Rikki Clarke play for England'.)

by StaggerBreaths 7/5/2017 10:48:36 AM
Should Wales have its own international cricket side? @fmwales thinks so...https://t.co/17D2xqBFY8
— WalesOnline (@WalesOnline) July 5, 2017

by nickcricket 7/5/2017 10:47:30 AM
INININGS PARITY KLAXON

by StaggerBreaths 7/5/2017 10:47:08 AM
WICKET: Derbyshire 2/1 (0.3 ov, lead by 69 - 2nd inns) v Durham
BT Slater c Collingwood b Rushworth 2 (3) Partnership: 2 (0.3 ov)
C Rushworth 0.3-0-2-1 BA Godleman 0* (0)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 7/5/2017 10:45:48 AM
WICKET: Sussex 33/2 (10 ov, won the toss) v Leics
HZ Finch lbw b Jones 0 (1) Partnership: 1 (1.0 ov)
RA Jones 5-0-19-1 LWP Wells 16* (34)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 7/5/2017 10:45:26 AM
WICKET: Middlesex 334 all out (94 ov, lead by 0 - 1st inns) v Warwickshire
TJ Murtagh c †Ambrose b Clarke 10 (14) Partnership: 18 (4.0 ov)
R Clarke 23-5-61-3 JAR Harris 18* (66)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 7/5/2017 10:44:37 AM
C'mon Sids play the reverse ramp for 6s, Yes he is in the middle but can he move well enough to bat. Would bring Coverton back and bowl a short ball to find out

by nickcricket 7/5/2017 10:43:05 AM
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by StaggerBreaths via I0.kym-cdn 7/5/2017 10:42:46 AM
No

by StaggerBreaths 7/5/2017 10:42:19 AM
Yes

by MjRichardson93 7/5/2017 10:41:46 AM
Somerset last wicket partnership seems massive now

by Lawrence Payne 7/5/2017 10:41:44 AM
Yes, wait did I already have my turn

by nickcricket 7/5/2017 10:41:44 AM

COUNTY FIXTURES
COUNTY RESULTS

1st Quarter-Final: Derbyshire v Hampshire at Derby
Aug 22, 2017 (18:30 local | 17:30 GMT | 13:30 EDT | 12:30 CDT | 10:30 PDT)

2nd Quarter-Final: Glamorgan v Leics at Cardiff
Aug 23, 2017 (18:30 local | 17:30 GMT | 13:30 EDT | 12:30 CDT | 10:30 PDT)

3rd Quarter-Final: Notts v Somerset at Nottingham
Aug 24, 2017 (18:30 local | 17:30 GMT | 13:30 EDT | 12:30 CDT | 10:30 PDT)

4th Quarter-Final: Surrey v Warwickshire at The Oval
Aug 25, 2017 (19:00 local | 18:00 GMT | 14:00 EDT | 13:00 CDT | 11:00 PDT)

Durham v Derbyshire at Chester-le-Street
Aug 28-31, 2017 (11:00 local | 10:00 GMT | 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT)

Essex v Somerset at Chelmsford
Aug 28-31, 2017 (11:00 local | 10:00 GMT | 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT)

Glamorgan v Sussex at Colwyn Bay
Aug 28-31, 2017 (11:00 local | 10:00 GMT | 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT)

Kent v Leics at Canterbury
Aug 28-31, 2017 (11:00 local | 10:00 GMT | 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT)

Lancashire v Warwickshire at Manchester
Aug 28-31, 2017 (11:00 local | 10:00 GMT | 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT)

Notts v Northants at Nottingham
Aug 28-31, 2017 (11:00 local | 10:00 GMT | 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT)

Surrey v Middlesex at The Oval
Aug 28-31, 2017 (11:00 local | 10:00 GMT | 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT)

Worcs v Gloucs at Worcester
Aug 28-31, 2017 (11:00 local | 10:00 GMT | 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT)

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