The Cricket Thread

[Tony Towner]

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.

It pisses me off Bethell is in the IPL tbh. Think he owes Warwickshire another year or 2 before doing that

 

[Sniffer]

Barnard has been a cracking signing.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Barnard has been a cracking signing.

Perfect county signing really. Someone who's just that little bit short of playing for England but can be relied on time after time domestically.

Although tbh I'd rather have him playing for England in ODIs than Overton or Curran.

 

[Tony Towner]

That's a good win given the strength of Yorkshire's batting line up.5 of the top 6 have played for England, although randomly they have Bess opening.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Looks like Jordan Cox managed to injure himself, I imagine we'll use Dan Lawrence as the spare batsman (who will inevitably get sent back on Thursday morning) in that case, no other obvious candidates

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

England Watch, Week Five

Yorkshire 205 & 232 vs Warwickshire 253 & 186/5

D Bess 16 & 5
J Root 1 & 90
H Brook 33 & 20
J Bairstow 47 & 6

D Mousley 32 & 4

Durham 511 & 61/0 vs Hampshire 470

A Lees 29 & 30*
O Robinson 76
M Potts 19

S Baker 20-0-103-0 & 5-0-15-0
L Dawson 48-5-158-5 & 9-2-18-0

L Dawson 25
S Baker 1

M Potts 29-6-84-4

Essex 206 & 259 vs Somerset 145 & 325/7

J Cox 26 & 103*
M Pepper 0 & 36
S Cook 8 & 2

C Overton 13.2-5-35-2 & 13-5-37-1
L Gregory 17-3-56-0 & 12-2-45-1
J Leach 30-12-35-3 & 29.4-5-73-3
A Vaughan DNB & 3-0-11-0

A Vaughan 0 & 4
T Abell 7 & 29
T Banton 12 & 13
J Rew 9 & 116
L Gregory 14 & 57
C Overton 12 & 53*
J Leach 1*

S Cook 14-6-31-2 & 22-4-55-1

Leicestershire 304 & 175 vs Northamptonshire 191 & 156

R Ahmed 0 & 9
J Hull 4 & 4*

J Hull 10-0-48-1 & 6-0-13-3
R Ahmed DNB & 1.2-0-1-1

Kent 129 & 473 vs Middlesex 238 & 366/8

Z Crawley 6 & 68
M Parkinson 17 & 4

M Holden 16 & 38

M Parkinson 14-1-37-2 & 38-6-105-3

Lancashire 450 & 255/8 vs Gloucestershire 589/8 dec

K Jennings 4 & 16
J Bohannon 56 & 30
S Mahmood 4 & 0*
T Hartley 35 & 37
J Turner 0

J Bracey 44

S Mahmood 26-3-97-0
J Turner 25-2-96-1
T Hartley 44-4-149-2
J Bohannon 4-0-16-0

Glamorgan 431 & 256/7 dec vs Derbyshire 350 & 308/9

No England candidates

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Rohit Sharma retired from Test cricket

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Looks like Jordan Cox managed to injure himself, I imagine we'll use Dan Lawrence as the spare batsman (who will inevitably get sent back on Thursday morning) in that case, no other obvious candidates

They've gone with James Rew, looks like Lawrence well and truly played himself out of the picture vs SL last year

 

[Sniffer]

Unless there’s a late injury he’s not going to play. If that scenario was to happen though would Jamie Smith keep the gloves?

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

You'd think so. We don't actually need a back up keeper though if Pope is around.

 

[Tony Towner]

Jason Roy playing in the Championship tomorrow, first game for 5 years

 

[Stan Hullis]

Just bought a ticket for day 2 at TB for the Zimbabwe test.

Wasn’t interested at first but the £38 price tag has lured me in.

 

[North Shropshire Lad]

I'm glad that they've priced it reasonably, especially for U16's, as I don't think take up would be that great otherwise. Still plenty left though and clearly no one expects it to go beyond the third day as you can sit anywhere you want on Day 4 for about a tenner!

 

[Sniffer]

It pisses me off Bethell is in the IPL tbh. Think he owes Warwickshire another year or 2 before doing that

He’ll be back sooner than expected as the IPL has been suspended due to the India/Pakistan conflict.

Edit: maybe not as it’s only suspended for a week.
Tom Latham is fit again and plays against Surrey.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Kohli doesn't want to play Tests any more, the BCCI are pushing to have him play over here for one last series.

Losing Rohit, Pujara, Rahane, Ashwin and Kohli all in quick succession is a lot, Shami unlikely to play much more Test cricket too and Jadeja is 37 this year.

Gill looks favourite to get the Test captaincy but he only averages 35, he's a bit of an Indian Ollie Pope.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Remember when we picked Matt Fisher ahead of both Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad?

6 wickets at 61 apiece for Surrey so far

 

[leedswolf]

Kohli doesn't want to play Tests any more, the BCCI are pushing to have him play over here for one last series.

It's official;

Virat Kohli retirement: India great ends 14-year Test cricket career

Legendary India batter Virat Kohli retires from Test cricket with immediate effect.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Tony Towner]

Looks like Warwickshire prepared a road whilst not playing a front line spinner. Part timer opening batter has bowled twice the overs of the 2nd and 3rd pace bowlers

 

[Carrotdude]

Surrey currently on a 141 partnership for the final wicket with Ben Foakes on a career best.

 

[Sniffer]

Remember when we picked Matt Fisher ahead of both Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad?

6 wickets at 61 apiece for Surrey so far

Was he picked to hold up an end if England were 9 down and possibly facing a massive first innings deficit?
Asking for a disgruntled friend - Wesley from Warwickshire