Specsavers Championship, Wednesday, September 20, 2017

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3rd & 7 37yd

yeah who flicked the minefield > road switch again?

by Will Colwell 9/20/2017 9:47:47 AM
Although the next man in is a K Sangakkara so maybe not

by NemoUKS 9/20/2017 9:47:40 AM
Can we have a wicket or seven at the Oval now please?

by NemoUKS 9/20/2017 9:47:19 AM
Good man Geoff.

by StaggerBreaths 9/20/2017 9:45:54 AM
@WillColwell heyoooooooo (applauds)

by StaggerBreaths 9/20/2017 9:45:35 AM
@StaggerBreaths That'll be me.

by Geoff Eisenhauer 9/20/2017 9:45:31 AM
bowler as far as I know

by Will Colwell 9/20/2017 9:45:31 AM
Is Ben Green a better bowler or batsmen?

by Will Harding 9/20/2017 9:45:12 AM
@GeoffEisenhauer Admittedly last time Essex hadn't won the title at that point so one could assume the top order weren't all hungover

by Joe Tompkins 9/20/2017 9:45:05 AM
I think Hampshire have a crane going spare

by Will Colwell 9/20/2017 9:44:58 AM
Who else besides me is hearting every Notts. wicket? Whoever you are, I like your style.

by StaggerBreaths 9/20/2017 9:44:54 AM
Can't decide how Worcs fans should be feeling about the carnage at Wantage Rd

by Beth Watson 9/20/2017 9:44:44 AM
They'd need dedicated moving equipment...

by StaggerBreaths 9/20/2017 9:44:22 AM
WICKET: Lancashire 117/6 (38.1 ov, trail by 116 - 1st inns) v Middlesex
SJ Croft c †Simpson b Murtagh 37 (65) Partnership: 22 (10.3 ov)
TJ Murtagh 13.1-3-37-3 R McLaren 5* (34)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 9/20/2017 9:44:06 AM
Dobell: Nottinghamshire lining up a move for Rory Kleinveldt

by Will Colwell 9/20/2017 9:43:44 AM
@JoeTompkins Ligntning twice?

by Geoff Eisenhauer 9/20/2017 9:43:24 AM
#RoryKleinveldtforEngland #somehow

by StaggerBreaths 9/20/2017 9:43:20 AM
WICKET: Nottinghamshire 86/7 (34.5 ov, trail by 108 - 1st inns) v Northants
TJ Moores lbw b Kleinveldt 1 (13) Partnership: 6 (2.3 ov)
RK Kleinveldt 13.5-2-38-6 L Wood 2* (10)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 9/20/2017 9:42:51 AM
Also not played a game for the seconds since July so I suspect he may have an injury

by NemoUKS 9/20/2017 9:42:50 AM
can't imagine Ben Green would have offered less than Trego this season to be fair

by Will Colwell 9/20/2017 9:42:32 AM
If it was a horse race
Essex fined for not trying?

by Lawrence Payne via email 9/20/2017 9:42:07 AM
Here's a good omen for you Geoff, last time Essex won the championship they beat Hampshire away after following on static.espncricinfo.com

by Joe Tompkins 9/20/2017 9:42:01 AM
Notts & Warks are the modern world poachers

by dez dezzy 9/20/2017 9:41:50 AM
Mostly just the fact that we have an awful lot of seam bowling options. It's just top order batsmen who are a problem...

by NemoUKS 9/20/2017 9:41:49 AM
Botham reading that article and taking notes.

by StaggerBreaths 9/20/2017 9:41:48 AM
Derbyshire groundsman guilty of 'revenge attack'
ESPNcricinfoA former Derbyshire groundsman, who was sacked by the club, has pleaded guilty to causing criminal damage after slashing the covers and sabotaging equipment in what was described as a "revenge attack"

by David Hopps 9/20/2017 9:41:04 AM
ECB should definitely look at compensation for counties who develop players in the same way football does. There is nothing wrong with free movement of players/employees, it happens in any other industry but it does seem unfair to counties such as Durham & Leicestershire when Surrey (for years) and Notts (more recently) just cherry pick from the top as big international ground counties.

by petepineapple81 9/20/2017 9:41:02 AM
@WillHarding His day will come. I still rate Bartlett very highly.

by Geoff Eisenhauer 9/20/2017 9:40:57 AM
Stevens and onions would certainly be a senior bowling pair
combine age now of 76

by Lawrence Payne via email 9/20/2017 9:40:45 AM
Disgrace. Spice things up and deduct Essex 50 points

by Geoff Eisenhauer 9/20/2017 9:40:27 AM
Any Somerset fans know why Ben Green hasn't had a chance this season he seems a very talented all rounder

by Will Harding 9/20/2017 9:40:05 AM
WICKET: Essex 40/6 (25.4 ov, trail by 214 - 1st inns) v Hampshire
DW Lawrence b Abbott 11 (57) Partnership: 14 (3.3 ov)
KJ Abbott 6.4-3-8-3 JS Foster 0* (0) RN ten Doeschate 6* (14)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 9/20/2017 9:39:16 AM
Seems fair.

by StaggerBreaths 9/20/2017 9:38:37 AM
@StaggerBreaths and Notts, Then two divs of eight

by Geoff Eisenhauer 9/20/2017 9:38:08 AM
...demote them to minor counties and have done with it.

by StaggerBreaths 9/20/2017 9:37:15 AM
Talk of Onions to Kent too. Durham in big trouble sadly.

by NemoUKS 9/20/2017 9:36:46 AM
At what point to Notts. officially overtake Surrey as the terrible poachy villain of the circuit? Obviously if you're a Leics. fan they've been there for years...

by StaggerBreaths 9/20/2017 9:36:25 AM
UPDATE: Match start delayed (No play before Lunch, wet outfield), Derbyshire v Kent at Chesterfield

by ESPNcricinfo Live 9/20/2017 9:36:16 AM
Gonna have to support Northants today then

by Will Colwell 9/20/2017 9:35:16 AM
Girls very much allowed, amusing animated picture of girls/anyone else apparently no longer so.

by StaggerBreaths 9/20/2017 9:33:31 AM
@StaggerBreaths Thought you said 'girls no longer allowed' then Staggy :=P

by Beth Watson 9/20/2017 9:32:53 AM
It would be bloody hilarious.

by StaggerBreaths 9/20/2017 9:32:43 AM
It would be *quite* funny if Northants pipped Notts for promotion wouldn't it?

by NemoUKS 9/20/2017 9:32:24 AM
...gifs no longer allowed on the blog? :(

by StaggerBreaths 9/20/2017 9:32:11 AM
WICKET: Nottinghamshire 80/6 (32.2 ov, trail by 114 - 1st inns) v Northants
WT Root c Duckett b Kleinveldt 11 (34) Partnership: 1 (1.5 ov)
RK Kleinveldt 12.2-2-34-5 L Wood 1* (7)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 9/20/2017 9:31:32 AM