The Cricket Thread

[Sniffer]

Sam Cook currently with figures of 11-9-9-5 for Essex vs Notts. Seems odd that he doesn't ever seem to be on England's radar, especially for home games. He averages 19 in first class cricket.

Finished with 6-14.
19 is a ridiculous first class average even if he is a horses for courses bowler. Don't know much about the history of which recent English bowlers would have a better record than that without ever being selected for test cricket.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Finished with 6-14.
19 is a ridiculous first class average even if he is a horses for courses bowler. Don't know much about the history of which recent English bowlers would have a better record than that without ever being selected for test cricket.

Ben Coad averages 20 but he's clearly a notch short of the quality/pace required (no shame in that).

I think Cook is a fair bit better than that. Possibly has a chance this year with no Broad, Jimmy possibly not able to play every single Test, patience seeming to run thin with Robinson, Archer definitely not back any time soon, Mahmood with a lot of work to do to get back into the picture and Potts kind of on the edge.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

100 off 69 balls for Brook

 

[North Shropshire Lad]

I think this is a long hard summer for Worcs, but good to see a decent start with the bat at the very least.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

England Watch 2024, Week One

Kent 284 & 290/4 dec vs Somerset 403

M Parkinson 25

T Banton DNB & 3-1-7-0

T Banton 28
J Rew 57

M Parkinson 31-3-116-2

Lancashire 202 vs Surrey 15/0

K Jennings 11
J Bohannon 84
T Hartley 16*

T Lawes 8-1-20-1
D Lawrence 28-2-91-4
J Overton 4-0-23-0

T Hartley 1-0-4-0

Essex 253 & 374/9 dec vs Nottinghamshire 293 & 80

J Cox 84 & 0
S Cook 6* & 29

H Hameed 34 & 10
B Duckett 21 & 5
J Clarke 104 & 19

S Cook 18-5-59-4 & 14-10-14-6

Worcestershire 360 & 295/3 vs Warwickshire 333

R Yates 1-0-5-0 & DNB

R Yates 26

Glamorgan 620/3 dec & 31/2 vs Middlesex 655

J De Caires 28-0-147-0 & 4-0-10-0

Leicestershire 354 & 26/0 vs Yorkshire 264/6 dec

R Ahmed 28 & DNB

M Fisher 14-3-59-1 & DNB

H Brook 100*

R Ahmed 5-0-43-0

Northamptonshire 371 & 170/9 vs Sussex 478/9 dec

O Robinson 22-7-67-2 & 10-4-19-2
J Carson 24-3-80-0 & 14-4-52-2
T Haines 1-0-1-0 & DNB

T Haines 133
J Carson 61
O Robinson 32*

 

[North Shropshire Lad]

Sam Cook currently with figures of 11-9-9-5 for Essex vs Notts. Seems odd that he doesn't ever seem to be on England's radar, especially for home games. He averages 19 in first class cricket.

I like good nicknames and think 'Little Chef' is up there. It's not quite 'Judy' [for Puncheon] levels of good but decent.

 

[Tony Towner]

Only 1 positive result in round 1. A lot of that is to do with the weather, but Mark Robinson was very critical of using the Kookaburra ball in April

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Only 1 positive result in round 1. A lot of that is to do with the weather, but Mark Robinson was very critical of using the Kookaburra ball in April

It's a total piece of shit in terms of equipment, I wish the ICC would regulate properly and make Southern Hemisphere teams use a proper ball. Makes for terrible cricket on the whole.

 

[North Shropshire Lad]

Sam Northeast was equally dismissive. 1300 runs in the first innings at Lords.

 

[Kenny]

Sadiq Khan has mugged KP or something

https://twitter.com/x/status/1777611224160588284

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

It's a total piece of shit in terms of equipment, I wish the ICC would regulate properly and make Southern Hemisphere teams use a proper ball. Makes for terrible cricket on the whole.

Oz would tell them to do one

 

[Tony Towner]

Sick of hearing Strauss spout this shite. None of the top International players are interested and neither are investers. It'll continue to have a lads on the piss audience, but nobody is really interested in a sporting context

https://twitter.com/x/status/1778464275721564646

 

[Kenny]

Strange storm clouds appearing over the Brisbane area...

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

it’s absolutely laughable to think the hundred can be rated above the big bash.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Warks absolutely rattling along today against Durham (who have all of Potts, Boland and Carse playing, so a good standard attack).

224/0 (40.2 overs)

Yates 102* (118)
Davies 113* (126)

 

[Carrotdude]

Kookaburra ball still by any chance?

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Yes I believe so for this round (and then some more later in the summer)

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Yates finally gone for 191 off 205 balls. 344/1, with 30+ overs left we could conceivably hit 500 in a day here.

 

[Tony Towner]

Sir Liam of Longbridge

Since this, Norwell hasn't played a single First Class or List A game and is now out again with a torn pec for several weeks. Such a shame

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

200 for Davies