The Cricket Thread

[Deutsch Wolf]

Sounds like text book preparation for a test summer for Crawley. I’ve given up looking at his early summer scores as they tend to count for nothing in the eyes of the selectors or in his ability to go on to score runs when he’s got his England shirt on.

Which is all true enough, but he couldn't buy a run in NZ...

Since a score of 76 at Lord's, he's on a run of:

0
3
18
78
27
3
29
2
0
1
17
8
21
5

In Tests, and his franchise form in the winter was so bad that he got dropped despite his price tag being quite high (I forget which crappy league it was, they all blur into one).

 

[Sniffer]

Some effort from Ethan Brookes in a defeat for Worcestershire. From being 7 down requiring 108, the rest of the batting managed just one run whilst Brookes got them within 28 runs of victory.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

England Watch, Week Three

Sussex 435 & 132/0 vs Surrey 490

T Haines 174 & 69*
J Carson 6
O Robinson 5

D Worrall 27.2-4-82-2 & 6-0-23-0
G Atkinson 32-6-120-4 & 5-0-20-0
M Fisher 21-4-46-2 & 3-2-5-0
D Lawrence 27-2-87-1 & 9-0-36-0

O Pope 103
D Lawrence 117
B Foakes 60
G Atkinson 4
M Fisher 0
D Worrall 3*

O Robinson 31-6-136-2
J Carson 11-0-57-0

Yorkshire 307 & 277/6 vs Durham 427

J Bairstow 22 & 86*
D Bess 66 & 2*

M Potts 20-4-71-1 & 30-6-88-2

A Lees 172
B McKinney 6
O Robinson 16
M Potts 7*
D Bess 20-0-64-0

Essex 179 & 317 vs Worcestershire 202 & 266

J Cox 32 & 24
M Pepper 10 & 1

Somerset 184 & 163/2 vs Hampshire 336

A Vaughan 29 & 24
T Abell 21 & 27*
T Banton 5
J Rew 0
C Overton 0
J Leach 20

L Dawson DNB & 9-1-20-0

L Dawson 72

C Overton 26-7-67-0
J Leach 5-0-14-0

Warwickshire 93 & 181/6 vs Nottinghamshire 367

S Hain 43 & 16
D Mousley 0 & 32

J Tongue 9-0-35-0 & 20-6-49-2
F Ahmed DNB & 11-7-18-1

H Hameed 138*
J Clarke 4
J Tongue 0
F Ahmed 4

Lancashire 263 & 90/3 vs Leicestershire 491/8 dec

K Jennings 9 & 1
J Bohannon 9 & 45*
T Hartley 11
S Mahmood 13*
J Turner 0

R Ahmed 100

S Mahmood 22-1-99-2
J Turner 13-5-44-2
T Hartley 44-4-151-2
J Bohannon 4-1-10-0

Glamorgan 199 & 329 vs Middlesex 470/9 dec & 59/1

S Bashir 0 & 1

S Bashir 21-2-85-0 & DNB

Gloucestershire 472 & 333/5 dec vs Kent 393 & 124/6

J Bracey 151* & 30*

Z Crawley 1 & 54*

Derbyshire 307 & 202/3 vs Northamptonshire 500/8 dec

No England candidates

 

[Sniffer]

Another 5 wicket haul for Josh Tongue today. He’s had a good start to the summer and should be in contention for a test spot.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

England Watch, Week Four

Sussex 169 & 278 vs Nottinghamshire 300 & 148/1

T Haines 0 & 64
J Carson 6 & 43
O Robinson 1 & 5

J Tongue 13-2-44-5 & 20.2-2-78-1
F Ahmed 7-1-19-1 & 23.2-1-54-4

H Hameed 85 & 62*
B Duckett 9 & 59*
J Clarke 19
J Tongue 39*
F Ahmed 9

O Robinson 25-3-94-4 & 6-1-10-0
J Carson 4.3-1-18-1 & 10.5-0-86-0

Somerset 283 & 119 vs Surrey 367 & 36/2

A Vaughan 36 & 0
T Abell 0 & 4
T Banton 26 & 3
J Rew 6 & 0
L Gregory 62 & 18*
J Leach 0 & 1

D Worrall 21-3-50-2 & 9-4-16-3
G Atkinson 24-5-73-2 & 9-0-36-0
D Lawrence 5-0-15-1 & 4-1-9-1

O Pope 1 & 1
J Smith 58 & 12*
B Foakes 42
D Lawrence 55*
G Atkinson 25
D Worrall 6

L Gregory 19-3-46-3 & DNB
J Leach 15-2-46-1 & DNB

Worcestershire 162 & 81 vs Durham 136 & 108/4

A Lees 0 & 2
B McKinney 24 & 34
O Robinson 0 & 22*

Gloucestershire 252 & 152 vs Leicestershire 262 & 146/8

J Bracey 93* & 5

J Hull 12-1-60-1 & 7-0-37-2

R Ahmed 4 & 0
J Hull 16*

Derbyshire 472 vs Middlesex 315 & 307/7

M Holden 15 & 94

 

[Sniffer]

Cracking figures by the younger of the Ahmed brothers.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Cracking figures by the younger of the Ahmed brothers.

Rehan didn't bowl at all, which is odd

 

[Tony Towner]

The IPL doesn't interest me in the slightest as a competitor, but this is remarkable

https://twitter.com/x/status/1916906596371701814

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

In the immortal words of Graham Taylor in Rotterdam in 1993, "what sort of thing is going on here?!"

https://twitter.com/x/status/1916826413304303665

 

[Carrotdude]

The IPL doesn't interest me in the slightest as a competitor, but this is remarkable

https://twitter.com/x/status/1916906596371701814

Yeah this is utterly mad!

 

[jd1981]

In the immortal words of Graham Taylor in Rotterdam in 1993, "what sort of thing is going on here?!"

https://twitter.com/x/status/1916826413304303665

Why aren’t they running first off? Easily 2 runs there.
It’s clearly not going for 4 either, Monty Panesar levels of daft cricket.

 

[jd1981]

The IPL doesn't interest me in the slightest as a competitor, but this is remarkable

https://twitter.com/x/status/1916906596371701814

Muscle strength to play that shot needs to be pretty immense first off let alone getting it right.

 

[Sniffer]

I heard earlier his dad built a net for him and paid local kids to give him something like 500 throw downs a day. This was after his talent was spotted and they got him into an academy. His talent was obviously there but the dedication to learn his craft had been put in too. Having the resources to fund it all helped also.
They say that his next ipl contract will be £1m and he will easily triple that in sponsorship deals.

 

[jd1981]

I heard earlier his dad built a net for him and paid local kids to give him something like 500 throw downs a day. This was after his talent was spotted and they got him into an academy. His talent was obviously there but the dedication to learn his craft had been put in too. Having the resources to fund it all helped also.
They say that his next ipl contract will be £1m and he will easily triple that in sponsorship deals.

Hopefully he’ll have sound advice around him also, does worry me young people come into money you often get some bad influences near by trying to earn a quick bit of dosh for themselves.

 

[Mel Evo]

I heard earlier his dad built a net for him and paid local kids to give him something like 500 throw downs a day. This was after his talent was spotted and they got him into an academy. His talent was obviously there but the dedication to learn his craft had been put in too. Having the resources to fund it all helped also.
They say that his next ipl contract will be £1m and he will easily triple that in sponsorship deals.

Hope the kids included the equivalent of a sell on clause per throw down.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I imagine there's a touch of client journalism about it, but I wonder if there's something in the whispers of Crawley and Bashir not being in vs Zim. McKinney seems to be pole position for the former and either Farhan Ahmed or Liam "Dawson" Dawson for the latter.

I think they might get a bit ruthless, you can't really mess about vs India and Aus if there are players you're not sure on.

 

[Tony Towner]

I read a piece the other day questioning whether Bashir will make it as a County player let alone International

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

13 man squad vs Zim, I assume Cox and Potts will be the two to miss out with the XI being:

Crawley
Duckett
Pope
Root
Brook
Stokes
Smith
Atkinson
Tongue
Cook
Bashir

Apparently we've only played one home Test in the last 18 years where none of Anderson, Broad or Woakes have featured

 

[Carrotdude]

Crawley still in fresh off another failure today. Bashir is never going to be good enough either. Nice to see Cook and Tongue in there.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

8 innings for Hamza Shaikh batting in the top 3/4 for Warks this season, still hasn't reached 30 in any innings.

Need 76 to beat Yorkshire, six wickets in hand.