Specsavers Championship, Wednesday, September 20, 2017

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3rd & 7 37yd

The only reason why Bairstow wouldn't keep the gloves is if they can't find any specialist batsmen

by Dav3theRav3951 9/20/2017 12:58:07 PM
Having said that, YJB has been much improved in the last year and isn't giving the selectors much of an excuse to pick a specialist keeper

by dez dezzy 9/20/2017 12:56:20 PM
I still think Foster should have played more tests for England twitter.com

by Joe Tompkins 9/20/2017 12:55:15 PM
In modern LO cricket the keeper absolutely has to be a great batsmen, but i think glove-work should supercede batting ability in Tests - 1 drop/missed stumping can be the difference between being in the field for 2 sessions or for 2 days

by dez dezzy 9/20/2017 12:53:54 PM
@dezdezzy They are looking for a package and while someone with the ability to bat isn't making mistakes behind the stumps there is no advantage in changing. I limited overs cricket the keeper isn't that important, the ball doesn't swing or seam and batsmen rarely leave the ball. Could put first slip there

by nickcricket 9/20/2017 12:53:45 PM
Spot on Dez

by Chris Cayenne 9/20/2017 12:51:23 PM
WICKET: Essex 54/2 (23.1 ov, trail by 124 - 2nd inns) v Hampshire
NLJ Browne lbw b Dawson 24 (72) Partnership: 43 (18.0 ov)
LA Dawson 2.1-1-4-1 T Westley 24* (56)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 9/20/2017 12:51:01 PM
Re-word that Nick, they have lots of keeping options, but the England selectors treat batting as more important

by dez dezzy 9/20/2017 12:50:52 PM
England are blessed with a lot of keeping options in limited overs Cricket, less so in the Test match arena because Bairstow has set a high standard for batting

by nickcricket 9/20/2017 12:49:17 PM
WICKET: Gloucestershire 53/1 (14.5 ov, trail by 389 - 1st inns) v Glamorgan
CDJ Dent c †Cooke b Smith 13 (47) Partnership: 53 (14.5 ov)
RAJ Smith 1.5-0-10-1 BAC Howell 38* (43)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 9/20/2017 12:48:50 PM
'Back to Kent'? We didn't pinch him you know.

by Dave Knibb 9/20/2017 12:48:26 PM
You sure he's not a spinner Chris? Keepers are called Davies, not Robinson.

by StaggerBreaths 9/20/2017 12:48:09 PM
I wouldn't expect him to, Adam Rouse has done pretty well as Billing's replacement and we have England under 19 keeper Ollie Robinson too

by Chris Cayenne 9/20/2017 12:47:07 PM
Thought he was going back to Kent but not seen an announcement.

by NemoUKS 9/20/2017 12:45:08 PM
Tim Wigmore at Surrey 157-3 v Somerset

The cricket has been excellent - tense, attritional and enthralling - all day, and Somerset have well-deserved their three wickets. Now, somehow, they’ve got to find a way past Kumar Sangakkara, who swept his second ball from Jack Leach through midwicket for four, and then followed it up with an exquisite cut two balls later. His innings looms as pivotal to Somerset’s hopes of preserving their cherished Division One status.

by Tim Wigmore 9/20/2017 12:44:21 PM
It seems that some counties have loads of keepers and some have none. I think that Ben Duckett may start pushing to play as a keeper again a bit more in the future, in a few years that could be his route back to international cricket, though there's stacks of competition.

by Dave Knibb 9/20/2017 12:43:50 PM
Dam it
feel bad now

by Lawrence Payne via email 9/20/2017 12:40:34 PM
Anybody know if Ryan Davies has a club yet? He was very highly thought of a Kent before he went off to Somerset

by Chris Cayenne 9/20/2017 12:39:58 PM
We are not blessed with keepers Dave

by Lawrence Payne via email 9/20/2017 12:38:13 PM
Collective jinxing?

by StaggerBreaths 9/20/2017 12:38:10 PM
WICKET: Yorkshire 179/6 (60.3 ov, trail by 40 - 1st inns) v Warwickshire
AJ Hodd c †Ambrose b Wright 14 (20) Partnership: 21 (5.1 ov)
CJC Wright 17.3-6-41-3 JA Leaning 18* (71)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 9/20/2017 12:37:53 PM
Yorkshire have got a 19 year old playing in the 2nds Johnny Read, made a FC debut against SA A last year but no idea how near the 1st Team he is

by nickcricket 9/20/2017 12:37:26 PM
With Hodd he never puts in the eye catching performances, he averages 28 by scoring around 28 a lot. Its not 100, nothing for 4 innings, 100. He has been a great steward while Bairstow has been in and out but with Jonny reinstating his 3 format inclusion for England, Yorkshire need Hodd to step up his game because baring overseas he will play every match now

by nickcricket 9/20/2017 12:34:07 PM
@Lawrence I get what you mean about Hodd, are there any young keepers coming through at Yorks at all? I know they played a schoolboy once a few years ago if memory serves me right but he's stopped playing I think.

by Dave Knibb 9/20/2017 12:30:31 PM
With all Durham's problems with players leaving etc. Cameron Steel has put together a nice season currently averaging 47 in the championship

by Dav3theRav3951 9/20/2017 12:28:07 PM
Think Hodd gets treated pretty poorly by Yorkshire actually

by Lawrence Payne via email 9/20/2017 12:25:34 PM
Better not get relegated Nick, or Hodd'll be playing for Notts. in 2019.

by StaggerBreaths 9/20/2017 12:23:53 PM
He's back in his volcano base Dave.

by StaggerBreaths 9/20/2017 12:23:27 PM
I'm just back from work. I might pop down the County Ground in a bit to heckle Mike Newell, though by the sounds of it he's not there.

by Dave Knibb 9/20/2017 12:23:00 PM
Is there Something wrong with Duckett?

by nickcricket 9/20/2017 12:22:59 PM
WICKET: Northamptonshire 4/1 (4 ov, lead by 47 - 2nd inns) v Notts
D Murphy c & b Wood 2 (12) Partnership: 4 (4.0 ov)
L Wood 2-1-2-1 RI Newton 2* (12)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 9/20/2017 12:21:32 PM
You can totally see why Hodd has been moved up to 6, with an average like 26.85 this season he is bang in form. Also feel its cruel of Cricinfo to have a picture of Bairstow celebrating a century while Yorkshire collapse to relegation

by nickcricket 9/20/2017 12:21:32 PM
Will he be coached by Trevor Baylizzard Nemo?

by StaggerBreaths 9/20/2017 12:21:13 PM
Read report, Yorkshire looking to bat once,
didn't realise they meant only once today

by Lawrence Payne via email 9/20/2017 12:21:11 PM
INDIVIDUAL 50: CT Steel 50* (99)
Durham 132/1 (35.2 ov, trail by 214 - 1st inns) v Sussex

by ESPNcricinfo Live 9/20/2017 12:20:54 PM
GTF ballance, without you we are nothing

by Joe Williams 9/20/2017 12:20:10 PM
Come on Gary, don't be like this.

by StaggerBreaths 9/20/2017 12:19:35 PM
If the season goes on much longer, John Snow will get a game

by NemoUKS 9/20/2017 12:18:20 PM
WICKET: Yorkshire 158/5 (55.2 ov, trail by 61 - 1st inns) v Warwickshire
GS Ballance c †Ambrose b Patel 28 (53) Partnership: 43 (15.5 ov)
JS Patel 15.2-7-23-1 JA Leaning 15* (58)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 9/20/2017 12:17:13 PM
Mick Hunt continues to chunter, 'I'll show 'em,' from the sidelines.

by StaggerBreaths 9/20/2017 12:14:04 PM
Either John or Raymond Flood

by Dave Knibb 9/20/2017 12:13:52 PM
WICKET: Middlesex 16/2 (6.2 ov, lead by 84 - 2nd inns) v Lancashire
SS Eskinazi b Bailey 2 (10) Partnership: 4 (2.1 ov)
TE Bailey 3.2-1-12-2 SD Robson 4* (13)

by ESPNcricinfo Live 9/20/2017 12:13:09 PM
Or Watt's team mate, Cricket in Ap-Rilee Roussouw

by StaggerBreaths 9/20/2017 12:11:59 PM
Marvan Attapatter of rain tu

by mdpayne87 9/20/2017 12:10:17 PM